Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.,
AS ISSUER,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE,
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 21, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
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1
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SECTION 1.1. Definitions
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SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver
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SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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SECTION 1.9. 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; Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays
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SECTION 1.14. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations
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SECTION 1.15. Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts
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SECTION 1.16. Acceptance of Trust
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SECTION 1.17. Force Majeure
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SECTION 1.18. U.S.A. Patriot Act
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ARTICLE II
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Security Forms
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SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating
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ARTICLE III
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The Securities
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SECTION 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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SECTION 3.2. Denominations
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SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities
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SECTION 3.5. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 3.9. Cancellation
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SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest
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SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Code Numbers
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ARTICLE IV
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Satisfaction and Discharge
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SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money
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SECTION 4.3. Repayment to the Company
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ARTICLE V
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Remedies
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SECTION 5.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected
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SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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SECTION 5.9. 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 Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI
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The Trustee
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SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee Under Other Indentures
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SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust
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SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement
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SECTION 6.8. Conflicting Interests
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SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
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SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII
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Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
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SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee
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SECTION 7.4. Reports by Express Scripts or the Company
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ARTICLE VIII
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Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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SECTION 8.1. Company and Express Scripts May Consolidate,
Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 8.2. Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
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Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
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Covenants
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SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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SECTION 10.4. Statement by Officers as to Default
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SECTION 10.5. Existence
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SECTION 10.6. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
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SECTION 10.7. Calculation of Original Issue Discount
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SECTION 10.8. Limitations on Liens
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SECTION 10.9. Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
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SECTION 10.10. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control
Triggering Event
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SECTION 10.11. Additional Guarantors
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ARTICLE XI
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Redemption of Securities
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SECTION 11.1. Applicability of Article
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SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price
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SECTION 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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SECTION 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE XII
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Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 12.1. [Reserved]
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SECTION 12.2. Legal Defeasance
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SECTION 12.3. Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 12.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 12.5. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be
Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 12.6. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XIII
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Guarantee
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SECTION 13.1. Unconditional Guarantee
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SECTION 13.2. Waiver
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SECTION 13.3. Guarantee of Payment
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SECTION 13.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee
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SECTION 13.5. Defenses of Company Waived
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SECTION 13.6. Continued Effectiveness
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SECTION 13.7. Subrogation
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SECTION 13.8. Information
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SECTION 13.9. Subordination
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SECTION 13.10. Release of Guarantor
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SECTION 13.11. Limitation of Guarantors Liability
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SECTION 13.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors
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SECTION 13.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
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SECTION 13.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee
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SECTION 13.15. Successor Guarantor
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iv
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310
through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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§310 (a)(1)
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6.9
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(a)(2)
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6.9
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(5)
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6.9
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(b)
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6.8, 6.10
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§311 (a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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§312 (a)
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7.1, 7.2
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(b)
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7.2
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(c)
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7.2
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§313 (a)
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7.3
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(b)
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7.3
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(c)
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7.3
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(d)
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7.3
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§314 (a)
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7.4
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(a)(4)
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1.1, 10.4
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.2
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(c)(2)
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1.2
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(d)
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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1.2
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(f)
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10.4
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§315 (a)
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6.1
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
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(d)
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6.1
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(e)
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5.14
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§316 (a)
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1.1
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.2, 5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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(c)
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1.4
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§317 (a)(1)
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5.3
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(a)(2)
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5.4
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(b)
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10.3
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§318 (a)
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1.7
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of
the Indenture.
v
INDENTURE, dated as of November 21, 2011, among Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
Company
), having its principal executive office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri
63121, the Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and
ratable benefits of the Holders of any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities authenticated and delivered under 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 in the United States, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles
as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of this instrument;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) the words herein, hereof, hereunder and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture or the Securities, as applicable, as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
(6) the term including means including without limitation.
Act
, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
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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.
Applied Amounts
means an amount (which may be conclusively determined by the
Companys Board of Directors) equal to the greater of (i) capitalized rent with respect to the
applicable machinery and/or equipment and (ii) the fair value of the applicable machinery and/or
equipment, that is applied within 180 days of the applicable transaction or transactions to
repayment of the Securities or to the repayment of any Indebtedness which, in accordance with GAAP,
is classified as long-term debt and that is on parity with the Securities.
Authenticating Agent
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section
6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event
means the Securities of the applicable series
are not rated, or are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any
date during the period commencing 60 days prior to the public notice of an arrangement that could
result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the
occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of
the Securities of the applicable series is under publicly announced consideration for possible
downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies);
provided
that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event
otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in, or termination of, any rating shall not
be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be
deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of a Change of Control Triggering Event)
if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies ceasing to rate the Securities of the applicable series or
making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or
publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the termination or reduction
was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a
result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change
of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
Beneficial Owner
shall mean any Person who is considered a beneficial owner of a
security for purposes of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Board of Directors
means, with respect to any Person, either the board of directors
of such Person or any duly authorized committee empowered by that board to act with respect to this
Indenture.
2
Board Resolution
means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day
means, with respect to any Place of Payment, 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, except as may otherwise be
provided in the form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture.
Capital Stock
of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options
to acquire such capital stock.
Change of Control
means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) prior to the
consummation of the Mergers, (a) the direct or indirect sale, 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 properties and assets of Express Scripts and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than Express Scripts or one of its
Subsidiaries; (b) the approval by the holders of the Common Stock of Express Scripts or the Company
of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Express Scripts or the Company
(whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture); (c) the
consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that
any Person or Group (other than the Company) becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly,
of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Voting Stock of Express Scripts or
the Company; (d) Express Scripts or the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Express Scripts or the Company,
pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of Express Scripts, the
Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property
(except (x) when Voting Stock of Express Scripts or the Company is converted into, or exchanged
for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving
effect to the transaction or (y) pursuant to the Mergers); or (e) the first day on which a majority
of the members of the Board of Directors of Express Scripts are not Continuing Directors and (ii)
following the consummation of the Mergers, (a) the direct or indirect sale, 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 properties and assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries; (b) the approval by the holders of the Common Stock of the Company of any plan or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance
with the provisions of the Indenture); (c) the consummation of any transaction (including any
merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group (other than one of the
Companys Subsidiaries) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of
the then outstanding number of shares
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of the Voting Stock of the Company; (d) the Company
consolidates with or merges with or into any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges
with or into, the Company,
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 (except when
Voting Stock of the Company is converted into, or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting
Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to the transaction); or (e) the first
day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing
Directors).
Change of Control Offer
has the meaning specified in Section 10.10(1).
Change of Control Payment
has the meaning specified in Section 10.10(1).
Change of Control Payment Date
has the meaning specified in Section 10.10(2)(iii).
Change of Control Triggering Event
means the occurrence of both a Change of Control
and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
Code
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
regulations of the Unites States Department of Treasury thereunder.
Commission
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this
Indenture 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.
Common Stock
with respect to any Person, shall mean shares of such Persons Common
Stock or any other shares of Capital Stock of such Person into which the Common Stock shall be
reclassified or changed.
Company
means the corporation named as the Company in the preamble to this
Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor corporation.
Company Request
or
Company Order
means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by (a) the Chairman of its Board of Directors, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President or a Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, and (b) its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Consolidated Net Worth
means, with respect to any entity, at any date, the sum of
all amounts which would be included under stockholders equity on a consolidated balance sheet of
such entity and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance
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with GAAP on such date or, in the event
such date is not a fiscal quarter end, as of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter end;
provided, however
, that, in calculating
Consolidated Net Worth with respect to the Company following the consummation of the Mergers
and prior to the date that financial statements for the Company are available, such Consolidated
Net Worth shall be calculated as of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter end of Express Scripts
after giving pro forma effect to the Mergers, the repayment of the indebtedness to be repaid in
connection with the Mergers and the financing obtained in connection with the foregoing.
Continuing Directors
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the
relevant Board of Directors who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the
issuance of the Securities (in the case of the Board of Directors of Express Scripts) or on the
date of the consummation of the Mergers (in the case of the Board of Directors of the Company); or
(ii) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of at least
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of
such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of a proxy statement in which
such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such
nomination).
Corporate Trust Office
means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee,
which office, at the date of execution of this Indenture, is located at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th
Floor MAC N9311-115, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.
corporation
means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
Covenant Defeasance
has the meaning specified in Section 12.3.
Default
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both, would
be, an Event of Default.
Defaulted Interest
has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
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 3.1,
until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Depositary shall mean or include each person who is then a Depositary
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Depositary as used with respect
to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of
that series.
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Dollar
or
$
means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
Environmental Laws
means any and all current or future legally binding statutes,
ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, permits, licenses, authorizations, plans,
directives, consent orders or consent decrees of or from any federal, state or local governmental
authority, agency or court, or any other binding requirements of governmental authorities relating
to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) any activity, event or occurrence involving
hazardous materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or, as
relating to the environment, the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any
manner applicable to (x) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or facilities or (y) following the consummation
of the Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
facilities.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
Event of Default,
unless otherwise specified in the supplemental indenture or
Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 establishing a series of Securities, has
the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
Exchange Act
means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
Expiration Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
Express Scripts Existing Revolving Credit Facility
means that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2010, among Express Scripts and the lenders and agents from time
to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time.
Express Scripts
means Express Scripts, Inc. and not any of its subsidiaries.
Facilities
means (i) that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 5, 2011, among
Express Scripts, the Company and the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto and (ii)
that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 29, 2011, among Express Scripts, the Company and
the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, in each case as amended, restated,
supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
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Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States (
U.S. GAAP
) as in effect on the date of the
Indenture;
provided
that for purposes of the provisions of Article X and Section 13.10 (and, in
each case, any definitions
related thereto) as they relate to any series of Securities issued after the date hereof
(other than any additional Securities of the same series and on the same terms and conditions of
Securities already issued), GAAP means U.S. GAAP as in effect on the date of the supplemental
indenture or Officers Certificate executed pursuant to Section 3.1 in respect of such Securities.
Global Security
means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any
series, which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the
applicable Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 3.3, and bears the legend set
forth in Exhibit 1 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such
Securities).
Group
means any group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act.
Guarantee
has the meaning stated in Section 13.1(1). The term Guarantee used as a
verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guarantor
means (i) as of the date hereof, Express Scripts and the Subsidiaries of
Express Scripts named on the signature pages hereto (it being understood and agreed that Express
Scripts and such Subsidiaries will be Subsidiaries of the Company following the consummation of the
Mergers) and (ii) in the future, the parties that become Guarantors pursuant to Section 10.11, but
in each case excluding Persons who cease to be obligated under the Guarantee in accordance with
this Indenture.
Hazardous Materials
means (i) any chemical, material or substance defined as or
included in any environmental law in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes,
hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, acutely hazardous waste, radioactive waste,
biohazardous waste, pollutant, toxic pollutant, contaminant, restricted hazardous waste,
infectious waste, toxic substances, or any other term or expression intended to define, list or
classify substances by reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor
environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity,
carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, TCLP toxicity or EP toxicity or words of
similar import under any applicable Environmental Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum
fraction or petroleum derived substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other
wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or
geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives; (v) any radioactive materials;
(vi) any friable asbestos-containing materials; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii)
electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated
biphenyls; (ix) pesticide; and (x) any other
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chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is
prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental authority pursuant to Environmental Laws.
Holder
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
Indebtedness
means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, all items of
such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including
capital leases) or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than accounts payable, deferred
compensation, customer advances, earn-outs, agreements providing for the holdback of up to 10% of
the purchase price relating to an acquisition and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course
of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c)
obligations with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (excluding
operating leases), (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to
be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the
issuer in respect of the issuers payment of such drafts, (e) all liabilities secured by any Lien
(other than carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, repairmens or other like non-consensual Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business) on any Property owned by such Person even though such
Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof;
provided
that in
the event such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof,
the amount of such liabilities shall be deemed to be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the
assets of such Person subject to such Lien and (ii) the amount of the liability secured by such
Lien, (f) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP
as in effect at such time is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, (g)
Securitized Indebtedness, and (h) all guarantees by such Person of any of the foregoing;
provided
,
however
, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this
definition, Indebtedness shall not include any intercompany indebtedness between or among (x)
prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and any of its Subsidiaries or (y)
following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
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 or Officers
Certificates 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 a particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1;
provided
,
however
, that if at any time more
than one Person is acting as Trustee under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more
separate Trustees for any one or more separate series of Securities, Indenture shall mean, with
respect to such series of Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
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more
indentures supplemental hereto or Officers Certificates entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the particular series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive, however, of any provisions
or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee,
regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms
adopted by means of
one or more indentures supplemental hereto or Officers Certificates executed and delivered
after such person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as such Trustee, was not a
party;
provided
,
further
that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto or Officers Certificates which are only applicable to certain
series of Securities, the term Indenture for a particular series of Securities shall only include
the supplemental indentures or Officers Certificates applicable thereto.
Interest Payment Date
, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
Investment Company Act
means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Investment Grade Rating
means a rating of Baa3 (or better) by Moodys (or its
equivalent under any successor rating category of Moodys) and a rating of BBB- (or better) by S&P
(or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), respectively, and the equivalent
investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by
the Company under the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement agency and in
the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of
Rating Agency.
Legal Defeasance
has the meaning specified in Section 12.2.
Liens
means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust
or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
Margin Stock
means any margin stock, as said term is defined in Regulation U of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any
successor), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Maturity
, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase at the option of
the Holder or otherwise.
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Medco
means Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and not any of its subsidiaries.
Medco Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility
means that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of April 30, 2007, among Medco and the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto,
as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.
Merger Agreement
means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 20, 2011,
among Express Scripts, Medco, the Company, Aristotle Merger Sub, Inc. and Plato Merger Sub, Inc.,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of November 7, 2011, and as it may be further
amended from time to time.
Mergers
means the merger of Aristotle Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, with and into Express Scripts, and the merger of Plato
Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, with and into
Medco.
Moodys
means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moodys Corporation,
and its successors.
Notice of Default
means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.1(4).
Obligations
has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
Officer
means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, any Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, in each case of the Company.
Officers Certificate
means a certificate signed by two Officers, and delivered to
the Trustee. One of the Officers signing an Officers Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
Opinion of Counsel
means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for, or an
employee of, the Company, and who shall be reasonably 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 5.2.
Outstanding
, when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series,
means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
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(1) Securities theretofore canceled 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 or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
(3) Securities as to which Legal Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 12.2; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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
,
however
, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.2, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 3.1, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
3.1, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such clause), and (D) 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, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, 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.
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Paying Agent
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company, and shall
initially be the Trustee.
Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transactions
means (i) prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, sales or transfers by Express Scripts or any Subsidiary of Express Scripts or (ii)
following the consummation of the Mergers, sales or transfers by the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company, in each case of any real property,
improvements, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment with the intention of taking back a lease
thereof;
provided
,
however
, that Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions shall not include such
transactions involving machinery and/or equipment (excluding any lease for a temporary period of
not more than 36 months with the intent that the use of the subject machinery and/or equipment will
be discontinued at or before the expiration of such period) relating to facilities (a) in full
operation for more than 180 days as of the date hereof (
provided
that, for purposes of this
definition as it relates to any series of Securities issued after the date hereof (other than any
additional Securities of the same series and on the same terms and conditions of Securities already
issued), such period shall be 180 days as of the date of the supplemental indenture or Officers
Certificate executed pursuant to Section 3.1 in respect of such Securities) and (b) that are
material (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, to the business of Express Scripts and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) following the consummation of the Mergers, to the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case to the extent that the sum of the
aggregate sale price of such machinery and/or equipment from time to time involved in such
transactions (giving effect to payment in full under any such transaction and excluding the Applied
Amounts plus the amount of obligations and Indebtedness from time to time secured by Liens
permitted under Section 10.8(21) herein, exceeds 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth (i) prior to the
consummation of the Mergers, of Express Scripts or (ii) following the consummation of the Mergers,
of the Company.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, general
partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, trust, trust company, bank, land trust, business
trust or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, incorporated or 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 in or as contemplated by Section 3.1.
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 3.6 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
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Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Property
means, with respect to any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed
property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
Purchase Notice
means a notice delivered by a Holder in accordance with Section
10.10 in the form set forth in Exhibit 1.
Rating Agency
or
Rating Agencies
means each of Moodys and S&P;
provided
that if any of Moodys or S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the
Company may appoint another nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency
that is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Record Date
means any Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.
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 3.1.
Restricted Subsidiary
means (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express
Scripts and each Subsidiary of Express Scripts that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other then
the Company) and (ii) following the consummation of the Mergers, any Subsidiary of the Company that
is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
S&P
means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors.
Securities
means any securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto,
in each case as amended from time to time.
Security Register
and
Security Registrar
have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
Securitized Indebtedness
means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the
reasonably expected liability of such Person for the repayment of, or otherwise relating to, all
accounts receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper or other financial
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assets and related
rights and assets sold or otherwise transferred by such Person, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate
thereof, on or prior to such date.
Special Record Date
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
Stated Maturity
, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest, if any, 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, if any, is due and payable.
Subsidiary
with respect to any Person means (i) any corporation, association or
other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock
or other equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or
a combination thereof), (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through
entity the sole general partner or the managing general partner or managing member of which is such
Person or a Subsidiary of such Person and (iii) any partnership, limited liability company or
similar pass-through entity the only general partners, managing members or Persons, however
designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person (or any combination thereof).
Trust Indenture Act
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as
of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 9.5;
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
Indenture 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 the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Unrestricted Subsidiary
means (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, any
Subsidiary of Express Scripts that is not a Guarantor or required to be a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 10.11 hereof (other than the Company) and (ii) following the consummation of the Mergers,
any Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time is not a Guarantor or required to be a
Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof.
U.S. Government Obligation
means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation
of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person
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controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which
is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and (y) shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government
Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the
holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or
interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held;
provided
that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest
evidenced by such depositary receipt.
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.
Voting Stock
means, with respect to any Person as of any date, 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.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary
means, when used with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which 100% of the shares of Capital Stock or
other equity interests is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any
partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the sole partners, members or
persons, however designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
SECTION 1.2.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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 (1) an Officers Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with and (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion
of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture 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;
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(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 or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not there has been compliance with such covenant or condition; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, there has been
compliance with such condition or covenant.
SECTION 1.3.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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 or any Guarantor 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 or her 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 Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case
may be, 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. Any such
certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant (who may be an employee of the
Company) or firm of accountants, 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 1.4.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by
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Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. The Trustee shall promptly
deliver to the Company copies of all such instrument or instruments and records delivered to the
Trustee. 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
6.1) 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 or her the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her 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 set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, vote, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series;
provided
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the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to
in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date;
provided further
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to
the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for
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which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
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 5.2, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7 or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12,
in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other
Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided
that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Companys expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the
Expiration Date
and from time to time may
change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided
that no such change shall be
effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in
writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record
date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than
the 180th day after the applicable record date.
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Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to 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 part of such principal amount.
SECTION 1.5.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
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 (or by facsimile transmission
((612)-667-9825);
provided
that oral confirmation of receipt shall have been received) to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, 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 addressed to it at the address of the Companys 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, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the
Secretary;
provided
that such notice shall not be deemed to be given until received by the
Company.
SECTION 1.6.
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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 its 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.
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SECTION 1.7.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act which is required under the Trust Indenture 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 which 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.
SECTION 1.8.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.9.
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company and the Guarantors shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10.
Separability Clause.
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.
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; Waiver of Jury Trial
THIS INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES, THE
SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 1.13.
Legal Holidays.
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
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provision of any Security 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.
SECTION 1.14.
Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or future directors, officers,
employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Companys or any
Guarantors obligations under this Indenture or the Securities or for any claim based on, or in
respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each holder
waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for
the issuance of the Securities.
SECTION 1.15.
Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or
PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the
parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of
the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures
for all purposes.
SECTION 1.16.
Acceptance of Trust.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee named herein, hereby accepts the trusts in
this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
SECTION 1.17.
Force Majeure
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including 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.
SECTION 1.18.
U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act,
the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the
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funding of terrorism
and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each
person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The
parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may
request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.1.
Form and Dating.
The Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part
of, this Indenture (subject to any changes to any Securities issued
after the date hereof pursuant to Section 3.1). The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities
may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if
any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to
the Company). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the
Securities set forth in Exhibit 1 are part of the terms of this Indenture. The Guarantees shall be
in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit 2.
ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.1.
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 a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.3, 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, any or all of the following:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (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 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or
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11.7 and except for any Securities
which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the price or prices at which the Securities of such series will be offered by the
Company (such price or prices to be expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the
Securities of such series);
(4) 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;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;
(6) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or
the method of determining the rate or rates, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable or the
method of determining such dates and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the rate or rates of interest, if any, payable on overdue installments of principal of,
or any premium or interest on the Securities of such series, and the basis upon which interest
shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months;
(8) the place or places where the principal of and any premium, if any, and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company or otherwise and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which
any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
(12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies
or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable and the manner of determining
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the equivalent thereof in the currency of
the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
Outstanding in Section 1.1;
(13) 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 the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on
such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or
the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount
of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(15) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series
will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount
which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and
payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in
which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(16) if applicable, that any 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 respective Depositaries for
such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such
Global Security in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit 1 and any circumstances
in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of
the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such
Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2;
(18) any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents or Security Registrars;
(19) whether Securities of the series are entitled to any benefits of any Guarantee of any
Guarantors pursuant to this Indenture;
(20) the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the
Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other
collateral, including whether certain provisions of the Trust
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Indenture Act are applicable and
any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;
(21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to
Securities of the series; and
(22) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1(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 the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, 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.
SECTION 3.2.
Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. 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 minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 3.3.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of its Board of
Directors, its principal financial officer, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of
its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual
or facsimile.
The Guarantee endorsed on any Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by the
Chairman of its Board of Directors, its principal financial officer, its Chief Executive Officer,
its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer, attested by
its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
Securities or any Guarantee endorsed thereon bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall bind the Company or the Guarantors, as
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applicable, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date 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 and, if applicable, having
endorsed thereon the Guarantees executed as provided in Section 13.1 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 (which may provide that Securities
that are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee from time to time
upon the telephonic or written order of Persons designated in said Company Order and that such
Persons are authorized to determine such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified
in the Company Order) shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as
permitted by Section 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in conclusively
relying upon, a copy of such Board Resolution, the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of
the series and an Opinion of Counsel, with such Opinion of Counsel stating:
(1) that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(2) that this Indenture and 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, and,
if applicable, the Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Guarantors, in each case 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.
However, 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 3.1 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 3.1 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
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.
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Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon 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 in Exhibit 1 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 3.9, 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 3.4.
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 in the form 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 like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. 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 3.5.
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 or 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 and exchanges of Securities. The Trustee initially
is hereby appointed
Security Registrar
for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers and exchanges of
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Securities as herein provided. The Company may change any Security
Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as
Security Registrar.
The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the
surrender of a Security for registration of transfer. Upon surrender for registration of transfer
of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company, if the requirements of this Indenture are met, 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 like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor.
All Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall be the valid obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors, respectively, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company 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 Sections 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected or identified for redemption and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected or identified for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.
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SECTION 3.6.
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, and
having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, if applicable.
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 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, and having endorsed
thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, if applicable.
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 and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, 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 3.7.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided in or as contemplated by Section 3.1 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;
provided
that on the maturity date for any series of Securities, the Company
will pay accrued and unpaid
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interest to the Person to whom the Company pays the principal amount,
instead of 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.
In the case of Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the name of or held
by a Depository or its nominee, unless otherwise specified by Section 3.1, payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case
may be, as the registered owner or Holder of such Global Security. None of the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Security Registrant for
such Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to
or payments made on account of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
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 fewer than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
and not fewer 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 given to each Holder of Securities
of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, not fewer 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).
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated
quotation system or securities exchange on which such Securities may be quoted or 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.
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 3.8.
Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors 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 3.7) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
In the case of a Global Security, so long as the Depository for such Global Security, or its
nominee, is the registered owner of such Global Security, such Depository or such nominee, as the
case may be, will be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Securities represented by such
Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture. Except as provided in Section 3.1, owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have Securities that are
represented by such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to
receive physical delivery of such Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the
owners or Holders thereof under this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall (i)
prevent the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
a Depository or (ii) impair, as between a Depository and holders of beneficial interests in any
Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the
Depository as Holder of such Global Security.
None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent
or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
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ownership interest in a Global Security or
for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interest.
SECTION 3.9.
Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption or registration of transfer or exchange
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall
be promptly canceled 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 canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.
SECTION 3.10.
Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified in or as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any
series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 3.11.
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs and Common Code Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs, and Common Code
numbers (in each case, if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP
numbers, ISINs and Common Code numbers in notices of redemption or exchange 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 in writing of any change in any CUSIP
numbers, ISINs or Common Code numbers applicable to the Securities.
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.1.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
(1) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities (except as to any surviving rights expressly provided for herein or in a supplemental
indenture or Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 for a
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series of Securities),
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when:
(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than (x) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (y) Securities of such series for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 10.3) for cancellation or
(ii) all Outstanding Securities of a series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation:
(a) have become due and payable; or
(b) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year; or
(c) if redeemable at the option of the Company, 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 in the case of clause (ii), the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee (or another
trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) 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 such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which 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 without consideration of reinvestment of interest, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified 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 such series of Securities not previously delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 3.6) at the
respective Stated Maturities or on the respective Redemption Date, as the case may be, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities and, in the case of either of
clauses (i) or (ii), the Company (x) has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company and (y) has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that there has been compliance with all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series of
Securities.
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(2) Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any
series of Securities, (i) the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities under
Sections 4.2, 6.6, 6.7, 6.10, 6.11 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 (as applicable) and (ii)
the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder shall in each case
survive with respect to such series of Securities.
SECTION 4.2.
Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 12.4 and all money received by
the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee, shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, 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.
SECTION 4.3.
Repayment to the Company.
Upon termination of the trust pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 12.4 hereof, the Trustee and Paying
Agent shall promptly pay to the Company any excess money or U.S. Government Obligations.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
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), except to the extent such event is specifically deleted or modified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 for the Securities of that series:
(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; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that
series at its Maturity or when otherwise due; or
(3) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or
by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness
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(or the payment of which is
guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary), if that default is caused by a failure to pay
principal at its stated maturity after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity and, in each case, the
principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other
Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default after stated maturity or the maturity
of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100 million or more; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the
Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture to this Indenture or Officers
Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3.1 (in each case other than any default described in
clause (1) or (2) above) with respect to or applicable to that series of Securities and
continuance of such default for a period of 60 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; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or any Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a
decree or order adjudging the Company or any Guarantor bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or
in respect of the Company or any Guarantor under any applicable Federal or State law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or any Guarantor or of any substantial part of the property of the
Company or any Guarantor, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Company or any Guarantor ; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or any Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent
by the Company or any Guarantor to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company or any Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any Guarantor, or the filing
by the Company or any Guarantor of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
similar relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Company or any
Guarantor 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 any Guarantor or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or any
Guarantor, or the making by the Company or any Guarantor of a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors,
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or the admission by the Company or any Guarantor in writing of its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or
any Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) a Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void
and unenforceable or the Guarantee is found to be invalid or a Guarantor denies its liability
under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of the Guarantor in accordance with the
terms hereof); or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series provided
for pursuant to Section 3.1(17).
SECTION 5.2.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(1) If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or
5.1(6), with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may require the Company to repay immediately the principal
of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if any Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms
thereof), all Outstanding Securities of the affected series. The Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the affected series may rescind and annul
that acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series, other
than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in this
Indenture. An Event of Default arising pursuant to Sections 5.1(5) or 5.1(6) shall cause the
principal of, and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if any Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as
may be specified by the terms thereof), all Securities to become immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act by the Trustee, the Holders of the Securities or any other
party.
(2) Other than its duties in the case of a default, the Trustee is not obligated to
exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any
Holder of any series of Securities, unless the Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee. If the Holders offer such indemnity to the Trustee, then the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the affected
series will have the right, subject to certain limitations, 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 that series.
SECTION 5.3.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
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(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
borne by 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 the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or
any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any
Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
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 most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.4.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In any case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other any judicial proceeding relative to
the Company (or any Guarantor or 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 to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
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reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
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.
SECTION 5.5.
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 5.6.
Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of
which moneys have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which
moneys have been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the
payment of interest, if any, on the Securities of such series in default in the order of
the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such
interest has been collected by such Trustee and to the extent permitted by law) upon the
overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by such Securities, such payments to be
made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal or any premium of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and
payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities
of such series for principal, any premium and interest, if any, with interest upon the
overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by such Trustee
and to the extent permitted by
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law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne
by the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in
full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the
payment of such principal, any premium and interest, without preference or priority of
principal over interest, or of interest over principal, or of any installment of interest
over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other
Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid
interest; and
FOURTH: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons lawfully
entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.7.
Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding under
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under this
Indenture, unless each of the following shall have occurred:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series; and
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy and have offered, and if
requested provided, indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability
or expense incurred in connection with such pursuit; and
(3) the Trustee has failed to comply with such request within 60 days after receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity; and
(4) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series, a direction inconsistent with such request
during that 60-day period.
SECTION 5.8.
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 3.7) 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.
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SECTION 5.9.
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, any Guarantor, 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 3.6, 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 (subject to the limitations contained in this
Indenture) 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 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 and
the Trustee shall not have determined that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial
to Holders of Securities of that series, or any other series, not taking part in such direction;
and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.
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SECTION 5.13.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series may on behalf of the Holders of all of 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 the payment of any redemption price, purchase price or repurchase price with respect to
any Securities 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 each Holder 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.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or her acceptance
thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee
for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party
litigant in such suit, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act;
provided
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 or in any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of
Holders for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any
Security on or after the due date for such payment.
SECTION 5.15.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.1.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as expressly set forth in this
Indenture and as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own
willful misconduct, subject to Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.2.
Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and the Trustee has received notice of the
Default or Event of Default in accordance with this Indenture, the Trustee must mail to each Holder
a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 30 days after the occurrence of the Event of
Default. However, the Trustee need not mail the notice if the Default or Event of Default (a) has
been cured or waived; or (b) is not in the payment of any amounts due with respect to any Security
and the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the best interests of
Holders. In addition, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of
such Default or Event of Default actually known to it as and to the extent provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.3.
Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(1) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively
rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Companys Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
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(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) other than its duties in the case of a default pursuant to Section 5.2, 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 Holder, unless such Holders offer to the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(6) 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, note, other evidence
of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9) 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;
(10) the permissive rights of the Trustee to do the things enumerated in this Indenture
shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein. The Trustee shall not be liable in
connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or
willful misconduct;
(11) whenever in the administration of the trusts imposed upon it by this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter may be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by an Officers Certificate, and such Officers Certificate shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or
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suffered in good faith under the provisions of
the Indenture in reliance upon such Officers Certificate, but in its discretion the Trustee
may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may request such additional
evidence as it may deem reasonable;
(12) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of
profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or
damage and regardless of the form of action;
(13) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including 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;
(14) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and
(15) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names
of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions
pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 6.4.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity, sufficiency or priority of this Indenture or of the Securities,
except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the
statements made by it or to be made by it in any Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to
the Company are true and accurate as of the date thereof. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities
or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5.
May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee Under Other Indentures.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar
or such other agent.
Subject to the limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, nothing in this Indenture shall
prohibit the Trustee from becoming and acting as trustee under other
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indentures under which other
securities, or certificates of interest of participation in other securities, of the Company are
outstanding in the same manner as if it were not Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 6.6.
Money Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraphs of Sections 10.3 and 12.5, all money received
by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes
for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 6.7.
Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing
between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, damage, claim (including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee))
or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a
Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it
hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant
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to this Section 6.7, except
with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.8.
Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest within 90 days or resign, to the
extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and
this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities
of more than one series.
SECTION 6.9.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be the Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such and has (or if the Trustee is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding
company has) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall be subject to
supervision or examination by a Federal or State authority. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the
Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
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The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the
Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall
take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company
and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall have been so appointed
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by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in the manner required by Section 6.11, the retiring Trustee may petition, or any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 6.11.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee, but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or
trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
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effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the
Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
Upon the reasonable written request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph,
as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 6.12.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if
such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 6.13.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.5, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
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Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws
to act as Authenticating Agent, having (or if the Authenticating Agent is a member of a bank
holding company system, its bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of not less
than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities of
the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under
the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 6.14,
the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate
of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in 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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ARTICLE VII
Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.1.
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 later than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities of each series as of such 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;
provided
that no such list need be furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee
is acting as Security Registrar.
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SECTION 7.2.
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 7.1, if any, 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 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of 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 the names and addresses of Holders
made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.3.
Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Securities, as their names and addresses appear in
the Securities Register, 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.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act and, if required by
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15,
following the date of the initial issuance of Securities under this Indenture deliver to Holders a
brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and
with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are
listed on any securities exchange or of any delisting therefrom.
SECTION 7.4.
Reports by Express Scripts or the Company.
Prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and, following the consummation of
the Mergers, the Company will 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 the Trust
Indenture Act;
provided
that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee
within
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15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission;
provided further
that
any such information, documents or reports filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (or EDGAR) system shall be deemed to be filed with the
Trustee,
provided further
that the Trustee shall have no duty to determine whether such filing has
occurred.
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).
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.1.
Company and Express Scripts May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(1) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, permit
any other Person to consolidate with or merge with and into the Company or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:
(i) the Company is the surviving entity or the Person formed by such consolidation or
merger or the Person to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company are conveyed, transferred or leased, as the case may be, shall be an entity
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Outstanding
Securities and the performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any Indebtedness
that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of
such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at
the time of such transaction, there shall not be any Event of Default, or event which,
after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default;
(iii) if, as a result of such transaction, the properties or assets of the Company
would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted under Section 10.8 of this
Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case
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may be, shall take those steps
that are necessary to secure all the Outstanding Securities equally and ratably with
Indebtedness secured by that Lien; and
(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or transfer and supplemental
indenture, if applicable, comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to
the consummation of the particular consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
under this Indenture have been complied with.
(2) For purposes of this Section 8.1, the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which
properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all
or substantially all of the Companys properties and
assets on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially
all of the Companys properties and assets.
(3) Prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts shall not (i) consolidate or
merge with or into any other Person, (ii) permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge
with and into it (other than as contemplated by the Merger Agreement) or (iii) convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person.
SECTION 8.2.
Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other Person or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company to any other Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or merger or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease 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 successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities (to the extent
the Company was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.1.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, 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, to modify and amend this
Indenture and the terms of the Securities to:
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(1) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities
upon the Companys consolidation or merger, or the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys property and assets in accordance with
this Indenture;
(2) add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders of
all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer 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) add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
(4) 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) 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) secure any of the Securities;
(7) establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and
3.1;
(8) 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) comply with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted or traded;
(10) add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act;
provided
that such
action does not materially adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of Securities;
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(11) supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary
to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Articles IV and XII,
provided
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect;
(12) reflect the release of any Guarantor in accordance with Article XIII; or
(13) add Guarantors with respect to any of the Securities.
In addition, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental
indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities in order to cure
any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Securities in a
manner that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, adversely affect the
rights of any Holder in any material respect;
provided
that any modification of this Indenture and
the Securities to conform the provisions of the Indenture to any description of the applicable
Securities in the offering circular or prospectus therefor shall not be deemed to adversely affect
the rights of any Holder in any material respect. The Company and the Trustee may also enter into a
supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities in order to conform the
Indenture to any description of the Securities contained in the offering circular or prospectus
therefor.
SECTION 9.2.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of at least 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 and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions 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 thereon or any premium payable upon any Security, or reduce the amount of the
principal of, or any premium, or any interest on, an Original Issue Discount Security or
any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change any Place of Payment where, manner or
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 release
any Guarantee by a Guarantor other than as provided in this Indenture (it being
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understood
that any release effected by Section 8.2 shall not constitute any of the foregoing);
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent 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;
(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
9.1(8); or
(4) change the ranking of any series of Securities.
In addition, subject to Sections 5.8 and 5.13, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may, by notice to the Trustee, waive
compliance by the Company or the Guarantors with any provision of this Indenture or such
Securities, in a particular instance or generally, without notice to any other Holder;
provided
that no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Company or the Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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 9.3.
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 receive, and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.3) shall be fully protected in
conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
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the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture is the
valid and binding obligation of the Company. 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 9.4.
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 (unless such supplemental indenture does not apply
to such Securities).
SECTION 9.5.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 9.6.
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.
ARTICLE X
Covenants
SECTION 10.1.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal,
premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Depository. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated
Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of each Holder thereof as such address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that
payments on a certificated
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Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account
maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire
transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating
such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such
other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
SECTION 10.2.
Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each 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. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change
in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof,
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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 will
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.
SECTION 10.3.
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 principal or any premium
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such principal or any premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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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) hold all sums
held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of
that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any
default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, 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.
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for a period ending on the earlier of the date that is 10 Business
Days prior to the date such money would escheat to the State or two years after such principal (and
premium, if any) 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.
SECTION 10.4.
Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing upon its becoming aware of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. In addition, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date of
the Indenture, an Officers Certificate stating whether the officers certifying therein have actual
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default by the Company in performing any of its obligations
under the Indenture or the Securities and describing any such Default or Event of Default.
SECTION 10.5.
Existence.
Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things reasonably
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
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SECTION 10.6.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company and, prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or Express Scripts,
respectively, or upon the income, profits or property of (x) prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) following the consummation of the
Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided
,
however
, that the Company or Express
Scripts, as applicable, shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged
any such tax, assessment or charge (i) whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (ii) if the failure to pay or discharge would not have
a material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, properties or condition
(financial or otherwise) of (x) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (y) following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 10.7.
Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a
written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual
periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other
specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Code.
SECTION 10.8.
Limitations on Liens
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or assume,
except (x) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, in favor of Express Scripts or in favor of one
or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and (y) following consummation of the Mergers, in favor of
the Company or in favor of one or more of the Companys Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, any Lien against
or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by Express Scripts, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to do so, unless the Outstanding
Securities of each series are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so
secured by such Lien, except that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to the following types of
Liens:
(1) Liens in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other social
security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding
obligations under Section 412 of the Code);
(2) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than
contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal,
performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, in each such case arising in
the ordinary course of business;
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(3) mechanics, workmens, carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, landlords, or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or
that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action;
(4) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges or levies that are not
delinquent or which are payable without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in
accordance with GAAP (x) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, on the books of Express Scripts
or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) following the consummation of the Mergers, on the books of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(5) Liens consisting of attachments, judgments or awards against (x) prior to the consummation
of the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) following the consummation of the
Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case with respect to which an appeal or
proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution shall have been obtained, or which
are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which
adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of (x) prior to
the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) following the
consummation of the Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(6) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for
installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and
other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially adversely
affect the value of such Property or materially impair its use for the operations of (x) prior to
the consummation of the Mergers, the business of Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y)
following the consummation of the Mergers, the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(7) (x) with respect to Securities issued on the date hereof, Liens existing on the date of
this Indenture and (y) with respect to Securities issued after the date hereof (other than any
additional Securities of the same series and on the same terms and conditions of Securities already
issued), Liens existing on the date of the supplemental indenture or Officers Certificate pursuant
to which such Securities were issued, in each case securing Indebtedness or other obligations of
Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries;
(8) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to (x)
prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y)
following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens on Margin Stock to the extent that a prohibition on such Liens pursuant to this
Section 10.8 would violate Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
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the Federal Reserve System of
the United States of America, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time;
(10) purchase money Liens on Property hereafter acquired by (x) prior to the consummation of
the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) following the consummation of the
Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case created within 180 days of such
acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of construction including any improvements
or the commencement of operation of the Property, whichever occurs later) to secure or provide for
the payment or financing of all or any part of the purchase price thereof;
provided
that the Lien
secured thereby shall attach only to the Property so acquired and related assets (except that
individual financings by one Person (or an Affiliate thereof) may be cross-collateralized to other
financings provided by such Person and its Affiliates that are independently permitted by this
clause (10));
(11) Liens in respect of Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions;
(12) Liens on the Property of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary of (x) after the date hereof
and prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts or (y) following the consummation of
the Mergers, the Company;
provided
that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, (ii) any such Lien does not by its terms
cover any Property after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary that was not covered immediately
prior thereto and (iii) any such Lien does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than
Indebtedness existing immediately prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided
that
such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(13) Liens on Property and proceeds thereof existing at the time of acquisition thereof and
not created in contemplation thereof;
(14) Liens (x) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code
on the items in the course of collection, and (y) in favor of a banking institution arising as a
matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set off) and which are within the
general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(15) Liens securing Securitized Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$1.5 billion at any one time outstanding upon the granting of such Liens;
(16) any extension, renewal, refinancing, substitution or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals, refinancings, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any
of the Liens referred to in paragraphs (7), (10), (12) and (13) of this Section;
provided
that such
extension, renewal, refinancing substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or any
part of substantially the same property or assets that secured the Lien extended, renewed,
refinanced, substituted or replaced (plus
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improvements on such Property) and the liability secured
by such Lien at such time is not increased;
(17) Liens on proceeds of any of the assets permitted to be the subject of any Lien or
assignment permitted by this Section 10.8;
(18) Liens imposed in respect of Environmental Laws;
(19) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by (x)
prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts or any of its Subsidiaries or (y)
following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in
the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary
conduct of the business of Express Scripts, the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable;
(20) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed
money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar
agreements entered into (x) prior to the consummation of the Mergers, by Express Scripts or
any of its Subsidiaries or (y) following the consummation of the Mergers, by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business; and
(21) other Liens;
provided
that, without duplication, the aggregate sum of all obligations and
Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under this clause (21), together with all Property subject
to Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth of (x)
prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts (y) following the consummation of the
Mergers, the Company, in each case measured upon the granting of such Liens based on the
consolidated balance sheet of Express Scripts or the Company, as applicable, for the end of the
then most recent quarter for which financial statements are available.
SECTION 10.9.
Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in sale and
leaseback transactions except for Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions.
SECTION 10.10.
Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
.
(1) Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to a
particular series of Securities, each Holder of Securities of such series shall have the right
to require, by delivery to the Company of a Purchase Notice, the Company to repurchase all or
any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of their
Securities of such series pursuant to the offer described below (the
Change of Control
Offer
) at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities repurchased,
to the date of purchase
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(subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to
receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the
Change of Control
Payment
).
(2) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to a
particular series of Securities, or at the Companys option, prior to any Change of Control but
after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice
to Holders of Securities of the applicable series, with a written copy to the Trustee, which
notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(i) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control Triggering Event for such series;
(ii) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 10.10 and
that all Securities of such series validly tendered will be accepted for payment;
(iii) the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date,
which date shall be a Business Day that is no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the
Change of Control Payment Date
); and
(iv) if the notice is mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of
Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control
Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
(3) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall be required, to the extent
lawful, to:
(i) accept for payment all Securities of such series or portions of such Securities
properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Securities of such series or portions of such Securities properly tendered;
and
(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities properly accepted
together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities
or portions of Securities being purchased and that all conditions precedent provided for in
this Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of
Securities pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Securities properly tendered the Change
of Control Payment for such Securities, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or
cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each
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Holder of Securities properly tendered a new
Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Securities surrendered;
provided
that each new Security will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000.
(4) The Company shall 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 Securities as a result of a Change of
Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with this Section 10.10, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under
this Section 10.10 by virtue of such conflicts.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to
repurchase the Securities upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (x) 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 the Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or
(y) the Company has given written notice of a redemption as provided under Section 11.4 or in
accordance with any redemption provisions provided for in any supplemental indenture or
Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1, unless the Company has failed to pay the
Redemption Price on the Redemption Date.
SECTION 10.11.
Additional Guarantors
.
If, after the date of this Indenture, any Subsidiary of (x) prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, Express Scripts or (y) following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company that is, in
each case, not then a Guarantor guarantees, becomes a borrower, issuer or guarantor under, or
grants any Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, (1) the Express Scripts Existing Revolving
Credit Facility or any refinancing or replacement thereof, (2) the Medco Term Loan and Revolving
Credit Facility or any refinancing or replacement thereof, (3) either of the Facilities or any
refinancing or replacement thereof, or (4) any other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal
amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth of (a) prior to the consummation
of the Mergers, Express Scripts or (b) following the consummation of the Mergers, the Company, in
each case as of the end of such entitys most recent quarter for which financial statements are
available (such Consolidated Net Worth to be measured at the time of the incurrence of each such
guarantee or borrowing or the granting of such Lien), then in any such case such Subsidiary will
become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee promptly
(but in any event, within two Business Days of the date on which it guaranteed or incurred such
Indebtedness or granted such Lien, as the case may be).
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any Guarantee by a Guarantor that was issued pursuant
to this Section 10.11 solely as a result of its guarantee or incurrence of, or granting of a Lien
in respect of, any such Indebtedness shall be
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automatically and unconditionally released upon the
release or discharge of the guarantee that resulted in the creation of such Subsidiarys Guarantee
(or upon such Subsidiary ceasing to be an issuer or a borrower or the release of Liens granted by
such Subsidiary, as the case may be), except a discharge or release as a result of payment under
such guarantee.
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.1.
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 3.1
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 11.2.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any series (including
any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 40 days (or at
least 45 days if less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed) 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 and of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities of such series to be redeemed.
SECTION 11.3.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee
from among 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 such Securities or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination.
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 aggregate
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
In the case of any redemption in part affecting only a single Security, the unredeemed portion
of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be
less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
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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 11.4.
Notice of Redemption.
Notice of any optional redemption of any Securities 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 such Holders address as shown in the Security Register for
the affected Securities.
Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any
Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities
or portion thereof.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price (including accrued interest, if any);
(3) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series to be redeemed;
(4) if less than all of the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the portions of
principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said
date;
(6) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price;
(7) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other number
used by the Depository to identify such Securities); and
(8) if notice of redemption of such Securities to be redeemed has been given by the Company
pursuant to this Section 11.4 and funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any
accrued and unpaid interest) of all such Securities to be redeemed on the Redemption Date are
irrevocably available for the redemption of the Securities called for redemption on the
Redemption Date, that the Securities called
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for redemption shall cease to bear interest on and
after such Redemption Date and that the only remaining right of the Holders will be to receive
payment of the Redemption Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, on Company Request provided to the Trustee at least ten days before the
notice of redemption is to be given to Holders, by the Trustee at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 11.5.
Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before 11:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, 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 10.3) 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.
SECTION 11.6.
Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities to be redeemed shall, on
the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and, if
funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all of
such Securities to be redeemed on the Redemption Date are irrevocably available for the redemption
of the Securities called for redemption on the Redemption Date, from and after such date (unless
the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid 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 and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that, unless
otherwise specified in or as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Interest
Payment Date 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 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the
rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 11.7.
Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency
in accordance with the notice of redemption (with, if the Company or the Trustee shall so require,
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 other appropriate person), and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall
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authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, having endorsed thereon the
Guarantee executed by the Guarantors and of like tenor, of any authorized denominations 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
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
SECTION 12.1.
[Reserved].
SECTION 12.2.
Legal Defeasance.
Subject to Section 12.4, the Company at any time may terminate all its obligations under the
Securities of a particular series and this Indenture (and have each Guarantors obligation
discharged with respect to its Guarantee and this Indenture) (
Legal Defeasance
). For
this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this
Indenture insofar as such Securities 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 all the Securities of such series have in fact been paid in full: (1) the rights of
Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 12.4 and as
more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to
such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 10.2 and 10.3, (3) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance
with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 12.3 applied
to such Securities.
SECTION 12.3.
Covenant Defeasance.
Subject to Section 12.4, the Company at any time may terminate its obligations under Sections
7.4, 10.6, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11 and Article VIII and XIII, inclusive, and the occurrence of
any event specified in Sections 5.1(4) with respect to any of Article VIII and Sections 7.4, 10.6,
10.8, 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11, inclusive, shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default,
in each case with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section
(hereinafter called
Covenant Defeasance
). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance
means that, with respect to such Securities, 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 Article
or Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.1(4)), whether directly or
indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Article or Section or by reason
of any reference in any such Article or Section to any other
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provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such shall be unaffected
thereby.
SECTION 12.4.
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may exercise its Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant Defeasance option (which
defeasance will be effective on the date the conditions below are satisfied) for any Securities
only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies
the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this
Article applicable to it) 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 which 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 without
consideration of reinvestment of interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent certified 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 Outstanding Securities of such series at the respective Stated
Maturities or on the respective Redemption Date, as the case may be, in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and such Securities;
(2) in the event of an election for Legal Defeasance under Section 12.2, 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 of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
the case of either (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 income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Legal Defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities 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, Legal Defeasance and discharge were not to occur;
(3) in the event of an election for Covenant Defeasance under Section 12.3, 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 income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to
such Securities 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;
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(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect
that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit;
(5) no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections
5.1(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 Legal 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 Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(8) such Legal 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
unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from
registration thereunder; and
(9) 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 Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 12.5.
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, 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 12.6, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the
Trustee
) pursuant to Section 12.4 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
such Securities 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 such Securities, 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 12.4 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other
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than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company and any Paying Agent upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held
by it as provided in Section 12.4 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would
then be required to be deposited to effect the Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case
may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 12.6.
Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations
in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities 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 such Securities from which the
Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 12.2 or 12.3 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time
as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section
12.5 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article;
provided
,
however
, that if
the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if
any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE XIII
Guarantee
SECTION 13.1.
Unconditional Guarantee.
(1) For value received, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guarantees (each a
Guarantee
), to each Holder of a Security
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture or the Securities or the
obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities will be
duly and promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by
acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by
law) interest, if any, on the Securities and all other obligations of the Company or the
Guarantor to the Holders of or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including fees, expenses or
others) (collectively, the
Obligations
) will be promptly paid in full or performed,
all in
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accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to such Guarantor), the same will
be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. If the Company shall fail to
pay when due, or to perform, any Obligations, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be
jointly and severally obligated to pay in cash, or to perform or cause the performance of, the
same promptly. An Event of Default under this Indenture or the Securities of a particular
series shall entitle the Holders of the Securities of such series to accelerate the Obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the Obligations of the
Company.
(2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture,
the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the
Securities with respect to any provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, any release of
any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the
same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Security, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
Guarantor.
(3) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of
the Securities and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the Obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article V for the purposes of the Guarantee,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in
respect of the Obligations and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as
provided in Article V, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of its Guarantee.
SECTION 13.2.
Waiver
.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives diligence,
presentment, demand of, payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest,
notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by
complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 13.3.
Guarantee of Payment
.
Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment,
performance and compliance when due and not a guarantee of collection, and waives any right to
require that any resort be had by the Trustee or any Holder of the Securities to the security, if
any, held for payment of the Obligations.
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SECTION 13.4.
No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee
.
Subject to Section 13.10 of this Indenture, the obligations of each of the Guarantors
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, termination, impairment or for any
reason (other than the payment in full in cash of the Obligations), including any claim of waiver,
release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to
any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be
discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the
Securities to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture or the
Securities, any other guarantee or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any
provision thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of
the Obligations, or by any other act or omission or delay to do any other act that may or might in
any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a
discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of
all the Obligations).
SECTION 13.5.
Defenses of Company Waived
.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on
or arising out of any defense of the Company or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the
Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of
the Company, other than final payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors
waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates to impair or
to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of each of the
Guarantors against the Company or any security.
SECTION 13.6.
Continued Effectiveness
.
Subject to Section 13.10 of this Indenture, each of the Guarantors further agrees that its
Guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored by the Trustee or any Holder of the Securities upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
SECTION 13.7.
Subrogation
.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right of each of the
Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any Obligation when and as the
same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or
otherwise, each of the Guarantors hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by
the Trustee or any Holder of the Securities, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Holders in
cash the amount of such unpaid
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Obligations, and thereupon the Holders shall assign (except to the
extent that such assignment would render a Guarantor a creditor of the Company within the meaning
of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code as now in effect or hereafter amended or any
comparable provision of any successor statute) the amount of the Obligations owed to it and paid by
such Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee to such Guarantor, such assignment to be pro rata to the
extent the Obligations in question were discharged by such Guarantor, or make such other
disposition thereof as such Guarantor shall direct (all without recourse to the Holders, and
without any representation or warranty by the Holders). If (a) a Guarantor shall make payment to
the Holders of all or any part of the Obligations and (b) all the Obligations and all other amounts
payable under this Indenture shall be paid in full, the Trustee will, at such Guarantors request,
execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without
representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of
an interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.
SECTION 13.8.
Information.
Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the
Companys financial condition and assets, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and
extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities will have no duty to advise the Guarantors of information
known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
SECTION 13.9.
Subordination
.
Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Holders, as provided above, all rights of
such Guarantor against the Company, arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or
otherwise, shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full in cash of all the Obligations to the Trustee;
provided
,
however
, that any right of
subrogation that such Guarantor may have pursuant to this Indenture is subject to Section 13.7
hereof.
SECTION 13.10.
Release of Guarantor
.
(1) A Guarantor shall, upon the occurrence of any of the following events, be automatically
and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Indenture and its
Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder; provided that
such Guarantor would not, immediately after such release and discharge, be required to become a
Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof if such Guarantor had incurred its then-existing
guarantees, Indebtedness and Liens at the time of such release and discharge:
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(i) upon notice by the Company to the Trustee, at any time such Guarantor is not a
borrower, issuer or guarantor under, and has not granted any then-existing Lien to
secure any obligations pursuant to, (1) the Express Scripts Existing Revolving Credit
Facility or any refinancing or replacement thereof (including as a result of any
release from such obligations in connection with being designated an exempt
subsidiary by Express Scripts (as defined in the Express Scripts Existing Revolving
Credit Facility)), (2) the Medco Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility or any
refinancing or replacement thereof, (3) either of the Facilities or any refinancing or
replacement thereof, or (4) any other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount
outstanding in excess of 15% of the Consolidated Net Worth of (x) prior to the
consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts (y) or following the consummation of the
Mergers, the Company, in each case as of the end of such entitys most recent quarter
for which financial statements are available (other than obligations arising under this
Indenture and the Securities), and such Guarantor is released or discharged from each
guarantee and Lien granted by such Guarantor with respect to all such Indebtedness
other than obligations arising under this Indenture and any Securities issued under the
Indenture except where resulting from a discharge or release as a result of payment
under such guarantee;
(ii) upon the occurrence of the circumstances described in Section 10.11 hereof,
of which the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee; or
(iii) upon the sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the
equity interests or assets of the Guarantor to another Person (other than to the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates).
(2) A Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all
obligations under this Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder upon any Covenant Defeasance or Legal Defeasance with respect to the
Securities, subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 12.6 of the Indenture.
(3) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release upon
receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate certifying as to the
compliance with this Section. Any Guarantor not so released will remain liable for the full
amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities provided in this
Indenture and its Guarantee.
SECTION 13.11.
Limitation of Guarantors Liability
.
(1) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is
the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by such Guarantor not constitute a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
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Transfer Act or any similar federal or
state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantor. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the
Holders and such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under
this Indenture and its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum aggregate amount which, after
giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor, and after giving
effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution
obligations under this Indenture, will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its
Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(2) The Guarantee is expressly limited so that in no event, including the acceleration of
the maturity of the Securities, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid in respect of
interest on the Securities (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) exceed
the maximum permissible amount under applicable law, as in effect on the date hereof and as
subsequently amended or modified to allow a greater amount of interest (or fees or other amounts
deemed payment for the use of funds) to be paid under the Guarantee. If for any reason the
amount in respect of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds)
required by the Guarantee exceeds such maximum permissible amount, the obligation to pay
interest under the Guarantee (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds)
shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount and any
amounts collected by any holder of any Security in excess of the permissible amount shall
be automatically applied to reduce the outstanding principal on such Security.
SECTION 13.12.
Contribution from Other Guarantors
.
Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to
seek contribution from each other non-paying Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets
of each Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect
in the United States of America as of the date hereof so long as the exercise of such right does
not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
SECTION 13.13.
No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
.
Neither the Trustee, any Holder nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or
exhaust any rights or remedies or take any other steps under any security for the Obligations or
against the Company or any other Person or any Property of the Company or any other Person before
the Trustee, such Holder or such other Person is entitled to demand payment and performance by any
or all Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their Guarantee.
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SECTION 13.14.
Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee
.
(1) To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in this Article, each Guarantor hereby
agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit 2 shall be
endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either
manual or facsimile signature of an officer, manager or member, as applicable, of each
Guarantor.
(2) Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a
notation of such Guarantee.
(3) If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no
longer holds that office or is no longer a manager or member, as applicable, at the time the
Trustee authenticates such Guarantee or at any time thereafter, such Guarantors Guarantee of
such Security shall be valid nevertheless.
(4) The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf
of each Guarantor.
SECTION 13.15.
Successor Guarantor
.
Unless otherwise released and discharged from its obligations in accordance with this
Indenture, upon any consolidation or merger by any Guarantor with or into any other Person, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger
shall sign a supplemental indenture and guarantee and succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as
if such successor Person has been named as a Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor
Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities
(to the extent the Guarantor was the predecessor Person).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as
of the day and year first above written.
[Signature Pages To Follow]
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Very truly yours,
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
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By:
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Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
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Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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/s/
Martin P. Akins
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Martin P. Akins
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Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
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ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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Tom Rocheford
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
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Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith Ebling
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Name:
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Keith Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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/s/
Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Keith Ebling
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Name:
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
As Trustee
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/s/ Richard
H. Prokosch
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Richard
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EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (
DTC
), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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No. __________
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Principal Amount (US)$__________
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________ United States
Dollars (U.S.$__________ ) on
[ ] and to pay interest
thereon, from [ ], or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be [
] and [ ] of each
year, commencing [ ], at the
per annum rate of [ ]%, or as such rate may be adjusted
pursuant to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the [ ] Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the day that is [
] days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date
(whether or not a Business Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not
less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities
exchange on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on
overdue principal at the rate borne by this Security, and it will pay interest on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which shall initially be the
Corporate Trust Office, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of
the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be
made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository.
The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal,
premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such
address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a certificated
Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank
in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire
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transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its [ ]% Senior Notes due [
] (herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a [ ] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of [ ], to an indenture,
dated as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof and herein with the [ ] Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $[ ] in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer, or in exchange for,
or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of
the Base Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base
Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this
Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus [ ] basis points, plus unpaid
interest on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Section 4 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event,
the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Securities at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the
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Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture.
(5)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange of
this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance
with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if any) and
the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an adjustment on its
records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys Procedures.
(6)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and is
continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all Outstanding Securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding securities of this series may rescind or annul that
acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to this series of Securities other than the
non-payment of accelerated principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
(7)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be
entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under the
Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or
maturity, as the case may be.
(8)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the
Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be affected, on behalf of the
Holders of all such 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
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not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security or such other Security.
Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Indenture) interest on any such
Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(9)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
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 authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a
Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed
by the Guarantor. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(10)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(11)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their
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creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This
waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(12)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
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(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (
STAMP
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may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set
forth in the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the
Indenture and the Securities by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the
Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof.
Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such
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Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION COPY
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Among
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
2.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
This First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011 (the
First Supplemental
Indenture
), among Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri
(herein called the
Company
), the Guarantors party hereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
Trustee
), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the
Base Indenture
and, together with this First
Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into the Base Indenture, which
provides for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Base Indenture.
B. The Base Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in the Base Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers Certificate or in one or more
supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the
Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent therewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
C. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the
Trustee shall authenticate, a new series of Securities to be known as the 2.750% Senior Notes due
2014 pursuant to the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set
forth in Appendix A hereto (together with the Exhibits thereto, the
Appendix
), in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 1.1.
Issuance of Securities; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
(1) On November 21, 2011, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, the Initial Securities substantially in the form
set forth in the Appendix, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the
Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
(2) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby
creates a series of Securities designated as the 2.750% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company
(including both the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities (as defined below), the
Securities
), which Securities shall be deemed Securities for all purposes under the
Indenture.
(3) The Initial Securities to be issued pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture shall be
issued in the aggregate principal amount of $900,000,000 and shall mature on November 21, 2014
unless the Securities are redeemed prior to that date as described in Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of this
First Supplemental Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities Outstanding at
any time may not exceed $900,000,000, except for Securities issued, authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base Indenture and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered;
provided
that the Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional
Securities hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (except for
the issue date, issue price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date) (and having the
same Guarantors) as the Initial Securities (
Additional Securities
).
(4) The Securities shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
SECTION 1.2.
Interest.
(1) Interest on a Security will accrue at the per annum rate of 2.750% (the
Security
Interest Rate
), from and including the date specified on the face of such Security until the
principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be
paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) The Company shall pay interest on the Securities semi-annually in arrears on November 21
and May 21 of each year (each, an
Interest Payment Date
), commencing May 21, 2012.
(3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the
Securities after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
(4) The Place of Payment for this Security shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee
at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal,
premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Depository and (ii) the Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive
Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of each Holder thereof as such address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that
payments on a Definitive Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no
later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
(5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or
exchange of a Security. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Securities to pay any taxes or
other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Securities.
(6) If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not
a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date
payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
that Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to
such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.3.
Additional Interest.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among
the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein,
pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the Securities upon the occurrence
of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
SECTION 1.4.
Relationship with Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision
of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture,
the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling;
provided
,
however
, that the forms and provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture modify and amend the
terms of the Base Indenture only with respect to the Securities.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 2.1.
Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context of this First Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this First
Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings
specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are
defined in the Base Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this First Supplemental
Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Base
Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this First
Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;
provided
that any term that is defined in both the
Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in this First Supplemental Indenture.
Additional Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(3).
Appendix
has the meaning specified in the recitals to this First Supplemental
Indenture.
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Securities 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 a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.
Comparable Treasury Price
means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average
of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date so obtained.
Definitive Security
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Independent Investment Banker
means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Initial Purchaser
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Initial Securities
means Securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$900,000,000 initially issued under this First Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section
1.1(3).
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
Maturity Date
means November 21, 2014.
Private Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates) and three other primary United
States government securities dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective
successors;
provided
that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the
respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of
New York selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, 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 such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registration Rights Agreement
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Regular Record Date
for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest
Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day).
Security Interest Rate
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
Special Mandatory Redemption Date
means the earlier to occur of (i) the 20th day (or
if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, if the Mergers have not been completed on or prior to the
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, or (ii) the 30th day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Merger Agreement
for any reason.
Special Mandatory Redemption Notice
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date
means April 20, 2012;
provided
that
such date may be extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than July 20,
2012, in the event the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger
Agreement have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) prior to April 20, 2012;
provided
,
further
, that such extended date may be further
extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than October 22, 2012, in the
event that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger Agreement
have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
prior to the initially extended date;
provided
,
however
, that, in any case, (x) the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date shall only be extended if and when the Outside Date (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) is extended pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Merger
Agreement, and the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, as so extended, shall be the same
date as the Outside Date, as so extended, and (y) if the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering
Date is extended in accordance with the foregoing, the term Special Mandatory Redemption
Triggering Date shall mean such date as so extended.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to
the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
SECTION 3.1.
Form Generally.
(1) Provisions relating to the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly
made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the
Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit 1 to the Appendix. The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities and
the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit 2 to the Appendix. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities (execution thereof to
be conclusive evidence of such approval). Each Security shall be in fully registered form and
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in the
Appendix are part of the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture. The Guarantees shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit 3 to the Appendix.
(2) The Securities shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so
required by any automated quotation system or securities exchange upon which the Securities may be
quoted or listed) on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.1.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities, in whole or from time to time in part,
prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
Securities to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal of and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35
basis points, plus unpaid interest on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption
Date.
SECTION 4.2.
Special Mandatory Redemption.
If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or prior to the Special Mandatory
Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto,
then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a
price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and
unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date (the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
) (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant
Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SECTION 4.3.
Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
(1) Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 4.2 (a
Special Mandatory Redemption
Notice
) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first class mail, postage
prepaid, within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each
Holder of Securities at such Holders address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give
notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to such Holder, or any defect in the notice to any
such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Securities.
All Special Mandatory Redemption Notices shall state:
(i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
(ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price
will become due and payable with respect to each Security;
(iv) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(v) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers
used by the Depositary to identify such Securities); and
(vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all Securities to be
redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on or before
such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that such Securities shall cease to bear interest on and
after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(2) Each Special Mandatory Redemption Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price of all Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with
the Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities shall cease to
bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date (unless the Company shall default
on the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price). Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
provided, however,
that installments of interest whose Interest
Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory 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 Regular Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
(3) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default.
With respect to the Securities, Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following as Section 5.1(9):
(i) the Company fails to timely deliver a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice when required.
ARTICLE VI
Reports by Company
SECTION 6.1.
Reports by Express Scripts or the Company.
With respect to the Securities, Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following paragraph to the end of such Section:
In addition, prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and, following the
consummation of the Mergers, the Company, shall furnish, at the Companys expense, to the Holders
and prospective Holders, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act so long
as any Securities are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 7.1.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities to:
(1) allow the Companys or any Guarantors successor (or successive successors) to assume the
Companys or such Guarantors obligations under the Base
Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities pursuant to the provisions
under Article VIII or Section 13.15 of the Base Indenture;
(2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this First Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities;
(3) add any additional Events of Default;
(4) secure the Securities;
(5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and add to or change any of
the provisions of the Base 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 of the Base Indenture;
(6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by the Indenture;
(7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(8) amend the provisions of the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture relating
to the transfer or legending of the Securities;
provided
that (i) compliance with the Base
Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (ii) such
amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities or owners of
beneficial interests in Securities; or
(9) make any other amendment or supplement to the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of any Securities in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel).
No amendment to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Base Indenture, this First
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities made solely to conform to the provisions of the Base
Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or the Securities to any description of the Securities
in the offering circular therefor, to the extent that such provision in the offering circular was
intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
any Securities.
SECTION 7.2.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend this First Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture and the terms of the Securities with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities;
provided
that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of
each affected Holder of each Security:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver;
(2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of or interest on, the
Securities;
(3) reduce the principal amount of, or any premium, if any, or rate of interest on, the
Securities;
(4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of the Securities or, except as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which the Securities may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof;
(5) change any Place of Payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or premium,
if any, or interest on, the Securities are payable;
(6) impair the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such Holders Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Security on or after
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Base Indenture or this First
Supplemental Indenture, for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Base Indenture or
this First Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain Defaults;
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Base
Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture other than in accordance with the terms thereof or
hereof; or
(9) modify any of the above provisions.
Any modification or amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this First Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities that relate to the Special Mandatory Redemption set forth
in Sections 4.2 or 4.3 shall require the written consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. In addition, any modification or
amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions in the Indenture and the terms of the Securities that
relate to the items set forth in Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture shall require the written
consent of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities.
In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, waive any past default
under the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture and
its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, any Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Base Indenture
or this First Supplemental Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each
Holder. In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, waive compliance with the
Companys covenants described under Sections 10.8 and 10.9 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous.
SECTION 8.1.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 8.2.
Supplemental Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This First Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of
signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery
of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the
original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto
transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
SECTION 8.3.
Separability Clause.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
[Signature Pages To Follow]
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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President
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[First Supplemental Indenture]
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL
SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE
VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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Keith J. Ebling
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Keith J. Ebling
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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Patrick McNamee
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Patrick McNamee
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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Tom Rocheford
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
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Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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Martin P. Akins
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Martin P. Akins
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ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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Tom Rocheford
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
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Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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Edward Ignaczak
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Edward Ignaczak
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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George Paz
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George Paz
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
As Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Richard
H. Prokosch
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Richard
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Vice President
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[First Supplemental Indenture]
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions
1.1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Applicable Procedures
means, with respect to any transfer or transaction prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period and involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial
interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a transfer or transaction, to
the extent applicable and as in effect from time to time.
Definitive Security
means a certificated Initial Security or Exchange Security or
Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set
forth in Section 2.3(e).
Depository
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
Exchange Securities
means any securities issued pursuant to the Indenture in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Initial Purchaser
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
Persons purchasing such Initial Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities
means any securities other than Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Issue Date
means the date on which Initial Securities are issued pursuant to a
supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 of
the Base Indenture.
Private Exchange
means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to the Initial Purchaser to issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for
the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like
aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.
Private Exchange Securities
means any securities issued in connection with a Private
Exchange.
Purchase Agreement
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Securities.
QIB
means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer
means an offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders,
in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities
registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement
means, with respect to each issuance of Securities
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the
registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing
such Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Restricted Period
means, with respect to any Securities, the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are
first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Securities.
Rule 144A Securities
means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on
Rule 144A.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Custodian
means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as
appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
Shelf Registration Statement
means the shelf registration statement filed by the
Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Securities
means Securities that bear or are required to bear
the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section
2.3(e) hereto.
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1.2
Other Definitions
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Global Securities
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2.
The Securities.
2.1 (a)
Form and Dating.
The Initial Securities were offered and sold by the Company
pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Securities will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (
Rule 144A
) and (ii) in offshore
transactions to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act (
Regulation S
). Initial Securities may thereafter
be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Securities initially resold pursuant to Rule
144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more securities in registered, global form
(collectively, the
Rule 144A Global Security
); and Initial Securities initially resold
pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary securities
in registered, global form (collectively, the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security
), in
each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend and the applicable
restricted securities legend set forth Section 2.3(e) hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of
the purchasers of the Initial Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian and
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Base Indenture. Until the expiration
of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Securities may be held only through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System
(
Euroclear
), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (
Clearstream,
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Luxembourg
), as indirect participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person that
takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security in accordance with the certification
requirements described in the second succeeding paragraph below. Except as set forth in this
Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security will not
be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Security or any other Security prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period and then, after the expiration of the Restricted Period, may be
exchanged for one or more permanent securities in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the
Regulation S Permanent Global Security
and, together with the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, the
Regulation S Global Security
) or a Definitive
Security upon (1) delivery to DTC of certification of compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Securities and pursuant to Regulation S as provided in the Indenture, (2) a
certification in form satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such
Regulation S Temporary Global Security are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who
purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities
Act and (3) in the case of an exchange for Definitive Securities, in compliance with the
requirements described in Section 2.4(a) of this Appendix.
Definitive Securities may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Security
unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in
the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer
restrictions applicable to such Securities.
Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Global
Securities may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Securities only if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of
the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that the beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security is being transferred to a Person (a) whom the transferor
reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) is purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable
securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the
expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made
in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities
Act..
The Rule 144A Global Security, the Regulation S Global Security and any Global Securities in
fully registered form without the Restricted Securities Legend are collectively referred to herein
as
Global Securities
. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions.
This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security
deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such
Depositorys instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights
under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or
by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Security, and the Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository
as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities.
Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or
2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Definitive Securities.
2.2
Authentication.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue
Date, Initial Securities in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture, (2) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities, and
(3) a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this
Appendix, in each case upon a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated.
2.3
Transfer and Exchange.
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities
. When Definitive Securities are
presented to the Security Registrar with a request:
(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture and if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
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(ii) if such Definitive Securities are required to bear a restricted securities legend,
they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C)
below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as
applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Security Registrar
by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a
certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a
certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x) pursuant to an
exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144
under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the
requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Security) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an
opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the
compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section
2.3(e)(i).
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a
Global Security.
A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that such
Definitive Security is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or
(B) being transferred after expiration of the Restricted Period by a Person who initially
purchased such Security in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its
interest in such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities
Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Regulation S
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Rule 144A
Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
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represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, to be
increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as
applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Rule 144A
Global Securities or Regulation S Global Securities, as applicable, are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the
form of an Officers Certificate of the Company, a new Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S
Global Security, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein
shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the
Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall
deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositorys
procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be
credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security. The Security Registrar shall,
in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security and to
debit the account of the Person making the transfer in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global
Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions
set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities
pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the
certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Securities intended to
ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another
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applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d)
Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Securities.
During the Restricted
Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Securities may only be sold, pledged
or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws
of any State of the United States.
(e)
Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Security
certificate evidencing the Global Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor
or in substitution thereof), in the case of Securities offered other than in reliance on
Regulation S, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (together with the
legend in the second paragraph of this Section 2.3(e)(i), the
Restricted Securities
Legend
):
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A)
THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY
(I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE
904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER
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WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
Each certificate evidencing a Security offered in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED
ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
Each Definitive Security shall also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES
WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any
Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, the Security Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange
such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legend
set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Security Registrar that such
sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set
forth on the reverse of the Security); and to the extent permitted by law at any time after
one year has elapsed following the Issue Date, if the Securities are freely tradeable
without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or successor rule), the
Security Registrar shall permit the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend and rescind
any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Company delivers
to the Trustee an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that the removal of the
Restricted Securities Legend is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange
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Security will cease to apply and a certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange
Security or an Initial Security or Private Exchange Security in global form, in each case
without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of
such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such transferring
Holders certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or directions to
transfer such Holders interest in the Global Security, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities
issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders
of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Exchange
Securities in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial
Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Securities,
all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to
certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such
Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Private Exchange
Securities in global form with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted
securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange
such Initial Securities in such Private Exchange.
(f)
Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security.
At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed,
purchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or
retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial
interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced
and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the
Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee
or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g)
No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a
Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with
respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or
with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the
payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and
communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the
Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which
shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of
beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository
subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee
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may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any
Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation
or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by,
the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as
to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4
Definitive Securities.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners
thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such
transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a
Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and DTC or the Company
specifically requests such exchange, (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities under the Indenture or (iv)
upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with
the Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal
corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in
whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred
pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and
registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Transfer Restricted Security shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted securities legend and definitive securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto unless that legend is not required by applicable law.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global
Security shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Securities.
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(d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)
hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Definitive Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons.
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APPENDIX
EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS
DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF
SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I)
THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities Offered in Reliance on Regulation S.]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
United States
Dollars (U.S.$ ) on November 21, 2014 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 21 and November 21 of each year,
commencing May 21, 2012, at the per annum rate of 2.750%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
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regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its
discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
2.750% Senior Notes due 2014
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the First Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The First Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the First Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Registration Rights.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of November 21, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial
Purchasers named therein, pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the
Securities upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(7)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(8)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in
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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
(9)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under the
Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or
maturity, as the case may be.
(10)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the First Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(11)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
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If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(12)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(13)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(14)
Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
(15)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
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Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of
the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
_________
Your Signature: ________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring
prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act after the
later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such
Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that
such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1)
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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act; or
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in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is
a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or
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outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with
Rule 904 under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
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pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act
provided by Rule 144.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered
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holder thereof;
provided
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however
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to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that
such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Signature
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of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information
and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $___________.
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Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 2
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
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If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities Legend from
Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned [TO BE ATTACHED TO
GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.
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If the Security is a Private Exchange Security issued in a Private Exchange to an
Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Securities
Legend from Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit 2
with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
United States
Dollars (U.S.$
) on November 21, 2014 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 21 and November 21 of each year,
commencing May 21, 2012, at the per annum rate of 2.750%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
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however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire
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transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
2.750% Senior Notes due 2014
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the First Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The First Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the First Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(7)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
(8)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors
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obligations under the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on
the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(9)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the First Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(10)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
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but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(11)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(12)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(13)
[Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.]
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Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $__________.
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(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set
forth in the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the
Indenture and the Securities by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the
Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof.
Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such
provisions.
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Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Among
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
3.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
This Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011 (the
Second
Supplemental Indenture
), among Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis,
Missouri (herein called the
Company
), the Guarantors party hereto and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
Trustee
), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the
Base Indenture
and, together with this
Second Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into the Base Indenture, which
provides for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Base Indenture.
B. The Base Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in the Base Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers Certificate or in one or more
supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the
Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent therewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
C. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the
Trustee shall authenticate, a new series of Securities to be known as the 3.500% Senior Notes due
2016 pursuant to the terms of this Second Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set
forth in Appendix A hereto (together with the Exhibits thereto, the
Appendix
), in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 1.1.
Issuance of Securities; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
(1) On November 21, 2011, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, the Initial Securities substantially in the form set forth in the Appendix, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
(2) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby
creates a series of Securities designated as the 3.500% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company
(including both the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities (as defined below), the
Securities
), which Securities shall be deemed Securities for all purposes under the
Indenture.
(3) The Initial Securities to be issued pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture shall
be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000 and shall mature on November 15, 2016
unless the Securities are redeemed prior to that date as described in Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of this
Second Supplemental Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities Outstanding at
any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000, except for Securities issued, authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base Indenture and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered;
provided
that the Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional
Securities hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (except for
the issue date, issue price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date) (and having the
same Guarantors) as the Initial Securities (
Additional Securities
).
(4) The Securities shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
SECTION 1.2.
Interest.
(1) Interest on a Security will accrue at the per annum rate of 3.500% (the
Security
Interest Rate
), from and including the date specified on the face of such Security until the
principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be
paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) The Company shall pay interest on the Securities semi-annually in arrears on November 15
and May 15 of each year (each, an
Interest Payment Date
), commencing May 15, 2012.
(3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the
Securities after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
(4) The Place of Payment for this Security shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee
at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal,
premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Depository and (ii) the Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive
Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of each Holder thereof as such address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that
payments on a Definitive Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no
later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
(5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or
exchange of a Security. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Securities to pay any taxes or
other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Securities.
(6) If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not
a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date
payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
that Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to
such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.3.
Additional Interest.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among
the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein,
pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the Securities upon the occurrence
of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration
Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a rate of 0.25% per annum
for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default, and
such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the occurrence of such
Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during the initial 90-day
period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate thereafter shall be 0.50%
per annum, in each case regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and
are continuing). The Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
SECTION 1.4.
Relationship with Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision
of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture,
the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling;
provided
,
however
, that the forms and provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture modify and amend the
terms of the Base Indenture only with respect to the Securities.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 2.1.
Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context of this Second Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Second Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings
specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this Second Supplemental Indenture that are
defined in the Base Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Second Supplemental
Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Base
Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this Second
Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;
provided
that any term that is defined in both the
Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in this Second Supplemental Indenture.
Additional Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(3).
Appendix
has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Second Supplemental
Indenture.
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Securities 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 a comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Securities.
Comparable Treasury Price
means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average
of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for the Redemption Date so obtained.
Definitive Security
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Independent Investment Banker
means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Initial Purchaser
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Initial Securities
means Securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$1,250,000,000 initially issued under this Second Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section
1.1(3).
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
Maturity Date
means November 15, 2016.
Private Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates) and three other primary United
States government securities dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective
successors;
provided
that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the
respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of
New York selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, 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 such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registration Rights Agreement
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Regular Record Date
for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest
Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day).
Security Interest Rate
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
Special Mandatory Redemption Date
means the earlier to occur of (i) the 20th day (or
if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, if the Mergers have not been completed on or prior to the
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, or (ii) the 30th day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Merger Agreement
for any reason.
Special Mandatory Redemption Notice
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date
means April 20, 2012;
provided
that
such date may be extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than July 20,
2012, in the event the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger
Agreement have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) prior to April 20, 2012;
provided
,
further
, that such extended date may be further
extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than October 22, 2012, in the
event that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger Agreement
have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
prior to the initially extended date;
provided
,
however
, that, in any case, (x) the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date shall only be extended if and when the Outside Date (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) is extended pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Merger
Agreement, and the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, as so extended, shall be the same
date as the Outside Date, as so extended, and (y) if the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering
Date is extended in accordance with the foregoing, the term Special Mandatory Redemption
Triggering Date shall mean such date as so extended.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to
the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
SECTION 3.1.
Form Generally.
(1) Provisions relating to the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly
made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the Trustees certificate of
authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the
Appendix. The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities and the Trustees
certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2
to the Appendix. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated
for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities (execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of such approval). Each Security shall be in fully registered form and shall
be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in the Appendix are
part of the terms of this Second Supplemental Indenture. The Guarantees shall be in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit 3 to the Appendix.
(2) The Securities shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so
required by any automated quotation system or securities exchange upon which the Securities may be
quoted or listed) on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.1.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities, in whole or from time to time in part,
prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
Securities to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal of and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40
basis points, plus unpaid interest on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption
Date.
SECTION 4.2.
Special Mandatory Redemption.
If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or prior to the Special Mandatory
Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto,
then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a
price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and
unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date (the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
) (subject to the right of Holders
on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SECTION 4.3.
Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
(1) Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 4.2 (a
Special Mandatory Redemption
Notice
) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first class mail, postage
prepaid, within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each
Holder of Securities at such Holders address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give
notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to such Holder, or any defect in the notice to any
such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Securities.
All Special Mandatory Redemption Notices shall state:
(i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
(ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price
will become due and payable with respect to each Security;
(iv) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(v) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers
used by the Depositary to identify such Securities); and
(vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all Securities to be
redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on or before
such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that such Securities shall cease to bear interest on and
after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(2) Each Special Mandatory Redemption Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price of all Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with
the Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities shall cease
to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date (unless the Company shall
default on the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price). Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
provided, however,
that installments of interest whose
Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory 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 Regular Record Date according to their terms and the provisions
of Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
(3) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default.
With respect to the Securities, Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following as Section 5.1(9):
(i) the Company fails to timely deliver a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice when required.
ARTICLE VI
Reports by Company
SECTION 6.1.
Reports by Express Scripts or the Company.
With respect to the Securities, Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following paragraph to the end of such Section:
In addition, prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and, following the
consummation of the Mergers, the Company, shall furnish, at the Companys expense, to the Holders
and prospective Holders, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act so long
as any Securities are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 7.1.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities to:
(1) allow the Companys or any Guarantors successor (or successive successors) to assume the
Companys or such Guarantors obligations under the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental
Indenture and the Securities pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 13.15 of the
Base Indenture;
(2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this Second Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities;
(3) add any additional Events of Default;
(4) secure the Securities;
(5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and add to or change any of
the provisions of the Base 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 of the Base Indenture;
(6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by the Indenture;
(7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(8) amend the provisions of the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture relating
to the transfer or legending of the Securities;
provided
that (i) compliance with the Base
Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (ii) such
amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities or owners of
beneficial interests in Securities; or
(9) make any other amendment or supplement to the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of any Securities in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel).
No amendment to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Base Indenture, this Second
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities made solely to conform to the provisions of the Base
Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Securities to any description of the
Securities in the offering circular therefor, to the extent that such provision in the offering
circular was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Base Indenture, this Second
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of any Securities.
SECTION 7.2.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend this Second Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture and the terms of the Securities with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
provided
that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of each
Security:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver;
(2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of or interest on, the
Securities;
(3) reduce the principal amount of, or any premium, if any, or rate of interest on, the
Securities;
(4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of the Securities or, except as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which the Securities may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof;
(5) change any Place of Payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or premium,
if any, or interest on, the Securities are payable;
(6) impair the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such Holders Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Security on or after
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Base Indenture or this Second
Supplemental Indenture, for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Base Indenture or
this Second Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain Defaults;
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Base
Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture other than in accordance with the terms thereof or
hereof; or
(9) modify any of the above provisions.
Any modification or amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Second Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities that relate to the Special Mandatory Redemption set forth
in Sections 4.2 or 4.3 shall require the written consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. In addition, any modification or
amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions in the Indenture and the terms of the Securities that
relate to the items set forth in Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture shall require the written
consent of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities.
In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, waive any past default
under the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities or
in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities, waive compliance with the Companys covenants described
under Sections 10.8 and 10.9 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous.
SECTION 8.1.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 8.2.
Supplemental Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This Second Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental
Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF
transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental
Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental
Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
SECTION 8.3.
Separability Clause.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
[Signature Pages To Follow]
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
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By:
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Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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President
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[Second Supplemental Indenture]
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
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Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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Martin P. Akins
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Martin P. Akins
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ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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Tom Rocheford
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
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Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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Edward Ignaczak
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Edward Ignaczak
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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George Paz
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George Paz
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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Keith Ebling
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Keith Ebling
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Vice President
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
As Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Richard
H. Prokosch
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Richard
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Vice President
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[Second Supplemental Indenture]
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Applicable Procedures
means, with respect to any transfer or transaction prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period and involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial
interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a transfer or transaction, to
the extent applicable and as in effect from time to time.
Definitive Security
means a certificated Initial Security or Exchange Security or
Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set
forth in Section 2.3(e).
Depository
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
Exchange Securities
means any securities issued pursuant to the Indenture in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Initial Purchaser
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
Persons purchasing such Initial Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities
means any securities other than Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Issue Date
means the date on which Initial Securities are issued pursuant to a
supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 of
the Base Indenture.
Private Exchange
means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to the Initial Purchaser to issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for
the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like
aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.
Private Exchange Securities
means any securities issued in connection with a Private
Exchange.
Purchase Agreement
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Securities.
QIB
means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer
means an offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders,
in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities
registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement
means, with respect to each issuance of Securities
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the
registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing
such Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Restricted Period
means, with respect to any Securities, the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are
first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Securities.
Rule 144A Securities
means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on
Rule 144A.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Custodian
means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as
appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
Shelf Registration Statement
means the shelf registration statement filed by the
Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Securities
means Securities that bear or are required to bear
the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section
2.3(e) hereto.
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1.2
Other Definitions
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Global Securities
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2.
The Securities.
2.1 (a)
Form and Dating.
The Initial Securities were offered and sold by the
Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Securities will be resold initially only to
(i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (
Rule 144A
) and (ii) in
offshore transactions to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance
on Regulation S under the Securities Act (
Regulation S
). Initial Securities may
thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S,
subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Securities initially resold
pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more securities in
registered, global form (collectively, the
Rule 144A Global Security
); and Initial
Securities initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one
or more temporary securities in registered, global form (collectively, the
Regulation S
Temporary Global Security
), in each case without interest coupons and with the global
securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth Section 2.3(e) hereto,
which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Securities represented thereby
with the Securities Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the
Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Base
Indenture. Until the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Securities may be held only through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear System (
Euroclear
), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme
(
Clearstream,
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Luxembourg
), as indirect participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person that
takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security in accordance with the certification
requirements described in the second succeeding paragraph below. Except as set forth in this
Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security will not
be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Security or any other Security prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period and then, after the expiration of the Restricted Period, may be
exchanged for one or more permanent securities in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the
Regulation S Permanent Global Security
and, together with the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, the
Regulation S Global Security
) or a Definitive
Security upon (1) delivery to DTC of certification of compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Securities and pursuant to Regulation S as provided in the Indenture, (2) a
certification in form satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such
Regulation S Temporary Global Security are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who
purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities
Act and (3) in the case of an exchange for Definitive Securities, in compliance with the
requirements described in Section 2.4(a) of this Appendix.
Definitive Securities may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Security
unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in
the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer
restrictions applicable to such Securities.
Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Global
Securities may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Securities only if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of
the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that the beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security is being transferred to a Person (a) whom the transferor
reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) is purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable
securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the
expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made
in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities
Act..
The Rule 144A Global Security, the Regulation S Global Security and any Global Securities in
fully registered form without the Restricted Securities Legend are collectively referred to herein
as
Global Securities
. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions.
This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security
deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such
Depositorys instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights
under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or
by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Security, and the Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository
as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities.
Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or
2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Definitive Securities.
2.2
Authentication.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue
Date, Initial Securities in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture, (2) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities, and
(3) a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this
Appendix, in each case upon a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated.
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Transfer and Exchange.
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the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture and if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
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(ii) if such Definitive Securities are required to bear a restricted securities
legend, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A),
(B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and
documents, as applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Security
Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without
transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a
certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x) pursuant to an
exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144
under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the
requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Security) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an
opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the
compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section
2.3(e)(i).
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a
Global Security.
A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that such
Definitive Security is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A
or (B) being transferred after expiration of the Restricted Period by a Person who
initially purchased such Security in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold
its interest in such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S
Global Security; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities
Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Regulation S
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Rule 144A
Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, such instructions to
contain information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
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represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, to be
increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as
applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Rule 144A
Global Securities or Regulation S Global Securities, as applicable, are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the
form of an Officers Certificate of the Company, a new Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S
Global Security, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein
shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the
Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall
deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositorys
procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be
credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security. The Security Registrar shall,
in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of
the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security and
to debit the account of the Person making the transfer in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global
Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions
set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by
the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities
pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered
Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the
certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Securities intended to
ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another
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applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d)
Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Securities.
During the Restricted
Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Securities may only be sold, pledged
or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws
of any State of the United States.
(e)
Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each
Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities (and all Securities issued in
exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), in the case of Securities offered other than
in reliance on Regulation S, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form
(together with the legend in the second paragraph of this Section 2.3(e)(i), the
Restricted Securities Legend
):
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED
BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A)
THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER
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WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
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Each certificate evidencing a Security offered in reliance on Regulation S shall bear
a legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN
THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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Each Definitive Security shall also bear the following additional legend:
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IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS
SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER
COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any
Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, the Security Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange
such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legend
set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Security Registrar that
such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Security); and to the extent permitted by law at any
time after one year has elapsed following the Issue Date, if the Securities are freely
tradeable without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or successor
rule), the Security Registrar shall permit the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend
and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the
Company delivers to the Trustee an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that the
removal of the Restricted Securities Legend is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange
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Security will cease to apply and a certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange
Security or an Initial Security or Private Exchange Security in global form, in each case
without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of
such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such transferring
Holders certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or directions to
transfer such Holders interest in the Global Security, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities
issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders
of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Exchange
Securities in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such
Initial Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities
issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders
of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Private
Exchange Securities in global form with the global securities legend and the applicable
restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders
that exchange such Initial Securities in such Private Exchange.
(f)
Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security.
At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed,
purchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or
retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial
interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced
and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the
Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee
or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g)
No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of
a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with
respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or
with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the
payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and
communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the
Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders
(which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The
rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the
Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee
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may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any
Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly
required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial
compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4
Definitive Securities.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners
thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such
transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a
Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and DTC or the Company
specifically requests such exchange, (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities under the Indenture or (iv)
upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with
the Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal
corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in
whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred
pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and
registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Transfer Restricted Security shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted securities legend and definitive securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto unless that legend is not required by applicable law.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global
Security shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Securities.
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(d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof,
the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive
Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.
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APPENDIX
EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS
DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF
SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I)
THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities Offered in Reliance on Regulation S.]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of ____ United States
Dollars (U.S.$___ ) on November 15, 2016 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 3.500%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
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regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its
discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
3.500% Senior Notes due 2016
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Second Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Second Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Second Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Registration Rights.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of November 21, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial
Purchasers named therein, pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the
Securities upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(7)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(8)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in
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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after
the respective due dates expressed herein.
(9)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under the
Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or
maturity, as the case may be.
(10)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Second Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(11)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
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If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(12)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(13)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(14)
Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
(15)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
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Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of
the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring
prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act after the
later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such
Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that
such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1)
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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act; or
(2)
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in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably
believes is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or
(3)
¨
outside the United States in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(4)
¨
pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities
Act provided by Rule 144.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered
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holder thereof;
provided
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however
, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be
entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal
opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Signature Guarantee:
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information
and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
¨
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $___________.
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Security.)
Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 2
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
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If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities Legend from
Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned [TO BE ATTACHED TO
GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.
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If the Security is a Private Exchange Security issued in a Private Exchange to an
Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Securities
Legend from Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit 2
with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of ____ United States
Dollars (U.S.$ ____) on November 15, 2016 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 3.500%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
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however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire
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transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating
such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such
other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
3.500% Senior Notes due 2016
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Second Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Second Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Second Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(7)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
(8)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors
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obligations under the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the
Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the
Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(9)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Second Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(10)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
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but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(11)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(12)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(13)
[Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.]
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(14)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
¨
¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $__________.
(Sign exactly as your name appears on
the other side of this Security.)
Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set
forth in the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the
Indenture and the Securities by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the
Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof.
Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such
provisions.
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Exhibit 4.4
EXECUTION COPY
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Among
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
4.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021
This Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011 (the
Third Supplemental
Indenture
), among Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri
(herein called the
Company
), the Guarantors party hereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
Trustee
), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the
Base Indenture
and, together with this Third
Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into the Base Indenture, which
provides for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Base Indenture.
B. The Base Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in the Base Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers Certificate or in one or more
supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the
Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent therewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
C. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the
Trustee shall authenticate, a new series of Securities to be known as the 4.750% Senior Notes due
2021 pursuant to the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set
forth in Appendix A hereto (together with the Exhibits thereto, the
Appendix
), in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 1.1.
Issuance of Securities; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
(1) On November 21, 2011, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, the Initial Securities substantially in the form
set forth in the Appendix, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
(2) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby
creates a series of Securities designated as the 4.750% Senior Notes due 2021 of the Company
(including both the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities (as defined below), the
Securities
), which Securities shall be deemed Securities for all purposes under the
Indenture.
(3) The Initial Securities to be issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture shall
be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000 and shall mature on November 15, 2021
unless the Securities are redeemed prior to that date as described in Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of this
Third Supplemental Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities Outstanding at
any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000, except for Securities issued, authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base Indenture and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered;
provided
that the Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional
Securities hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (except for
the issue date, issue price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date) (and having the
same Guarantors) as the Initial Securities (
Additional Securities
).
(4) The Securities shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
SECTION 1.2.
Interest.
(1) Interest on a Security will accrue at the per annum rate of 4.750% (the
Security
Interest Rate
), from and including the date specified on the face of such Security until the
principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be
paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) The Company shall pay interest on the Securities semi-annually in arrears on November 15
and May 15 of each year (each, an
Interest Payment Date
), commencing May 15, 2012.
(3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the
Securities after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
(4) The Place of Payment for this Security shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee
at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal,
premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Depository and (ii) the Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive
Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of each Holder thereof as such address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that
payments on a Definitive Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no
later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
(5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or
exchange of a Security. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Securities to pay any taxes or
other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Securities.
(6) If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not
a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date
payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
that Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to
such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.3.
Additional Interest.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among
the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein,
pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the Securities upon the occurrence
of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
SECTION 1.4.
Relationship with Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Third Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision
of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture,
the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling;
provided
,
however
, that the forms and provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture modify and amend the
terms of the Base Indenture only with respect to the Securities.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 2.1.
Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context of this Third Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Third
Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings
specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture that are
defined in the Base Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Third Supplemental
Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Base
Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this Third
Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;
provided
that any term that is defined in both the
Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in this Third Supplemental Indenture.
Additional Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(3).
Appendix
has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Third Supplemental
Indenture.
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Securities 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 a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.
Comparable Treasury Price
means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average
of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for the Redemption Date so obtained.
Definitive Security
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Independent Investment Banker
means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Initial Purchaser
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Initial Securities
means Securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$1,250,000,000 initially issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section
1.1(3).
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
Maturity Date
means November 15, 2021.
Private Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates) and three other primary United
States government securities dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective
successors;
provided
that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the
respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of
New York selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, 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 such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registration Rights Agreement
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Regular Record Date
for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest
Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day).
Security Interest Rate
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
Special Mandatory Redemption Date
means the earlier to occur of (i) the 20th day (or
if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, if the Mergers have not been completed on or prior to the
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, or (ii) the 30th day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Merger
Agreement for any reason.
Special Mandatory Redemption Notice
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date
means April 20, 2012;
provided
that
such date may be extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than July 20,
2012, in the event the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger
Agreement have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) prior to April 20, 2012;
provided
,
further
, that such extended date may be further
extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than October 22, 2012, in the
event that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger Agreement
have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
prior to the initially extended date;
provided
,
however
, that, in any case, (x) the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date shall only be extended if and when the Outside Date (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) is extended pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Merger
Agreement, and the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, as so extended, shall be the same
date as the Outside Date, as so extended, and (y) if the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering
Date is extended in accordance with the foregoing, the term Special Mandatory Redemption
Triggering Date shall mean such date as so extended.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to
the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
SECTION 3.1.
Form Generally.
(1) Provisions relating to the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly
made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the
Trustees certificate of
authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the
Appendix. The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities and the Trustees
certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2
to the Appendix. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated
for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities (execution thereof to
be conclusive evidence of such approval). Each Security shall be in fully registered form and
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in the
Appendix are part of the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture. The Guarantees shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit 3 to the Appendix.
(2) The Securities shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so
required by any automated quotation system or securities exchange upon which the Securities may be
quoted or listed) on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.1.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities, in whole or from time to time in part,
prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
Securities to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal of and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45
basis points, plus unpaid interest on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption
Date.
SECTION 4.2.
Special Mandatory Redemption.
If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or prior to the Special Mandatory
Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto,
then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a
price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and
unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date (the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
) (subject to the right of Holders
on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SECTION 4.3.
Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
(1) Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 4.2 (a
Special Mandatory Redemption
Notice
) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first class mail, postage
prepaid, within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each
Holder of Securities at such Holders address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give
notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to such Holder, or any defect in the
notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption
of any other Securities.
All Special Mandatory Redemption Notices shall state:
(i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
(ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price
will become due and payable with respect to each Security;
(iv) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(v) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers
used by the Depositary to identify such Securities); and
(vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all Securities to
be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on or
before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that such Securities shall cease to bear interest on
and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(2) Each Special Mandatory Redemption Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price of all Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with
the Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities shall cease to
bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date (unless the Company shall default
on the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price). Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
provided, however,
that installments of interest whose Interest
Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory 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 Regular Record Date according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
(3) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default.
With respect to the Securities, Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following as Section 5.1(9):
(i) the Company fails to timely deliver a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice when required.
ARTICLE VI
Reports by Company
SECTION 6.1.
Reports by Express Scripts or the Company.
With respect to the Securities, Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following paragraph to the end of such Section:
In addition, prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and, following the
consummation of the Mergers, the Company, shall furnish, at the Companys expense, to the Holders
and prospective Holders, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act so long
as any Securities are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 7.1.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Base Indenture, this Third Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities to:
(1) allow the Companys or any Guarantors successor (or successive successors) to assume the
Companys or such Guarantors obligations under the Base
Indenture, this Third Supplemental
Indenture and the Securities pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 13.15 of the
Base Indenture;
(2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this Third Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities;
(3) add any additional Events of Default;
(4) secure the Securities;
(5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and add to or change any
of the provisions of the Base 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 of the Base Indenture;
(6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by the Indenture;
(7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(8) amend the provisions of the Base Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture relating
to the transfer or legending of the Securities;
provided
that (i) compliance with the Base
Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (ii) such
amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities or owners of
beneficial interests in Securities; or
(9) make any other amendment or supplement to the Base Indenture, this Third Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of any Securities in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel).
No amendment to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Base Indenture, this Third
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities made solely to conform to the provisions of the Base
Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Securities to any description of the Securities
in the offering circular therefor, to the extent that such provision in the offering circular was
intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Base Indenture, this Third Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
any Securities.
SECTION 7.2.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend this Third Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture and the terms of the Securities with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities;
provided
that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of each
Security:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver;
(2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of or interest on, the
Securities;
(3) reduce the principal amount of, or any premium, if any, or rate of interest on, the
Securities;
(4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of the Securities or, except as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which the Securities may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof;
(5) change any Place of Payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities are payable;
(6) impair the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such Holders Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Security on or after
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Base Indenture or this Third
Supplemental Indenture, for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Base Indenture or
this Third Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain Defaults;
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Base
Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture other than in accordance with the terms thereof or
hereof; or
(9) modify any of the above provisions.
Any modification or amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Third Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities that relate to the Special Mandatory Redemption set forth
in Sections 4.2 or 4.3 shall require the written consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. In addition, any modification or
amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions in the Indenture and the terms of the Securities that
relate to the items set forth in Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture shall require the written
consent of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities.
In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, waive any past default
under the Base Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture
and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities or
in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Base Indenture or this Third Supplemental
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities, waive compliance with the Companys covenants described
under Sections 10.8 and 10.9 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous.
SECTION 8.1.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 8.2.
Supplemental Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This Third Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of
signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery
of this Third Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the
original Third Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto
transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
SECTION 8.3.
Separability Clause.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL
SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE
VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Third Supplemental Indenture]
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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[Third Supplemental Indenture]
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
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By:
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Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Martin P. Akins
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Name:
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Martin P. Akins
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Title:
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Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
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ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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[Third Supplemental Indenture]
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
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By:
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Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith Ebling
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Name:
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Keith Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
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Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith Ebling
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Name:
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Keith Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Keith Ebling
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Name:
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Keith Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Third Supplemental Indenture]
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
As Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Richard
H. Prokosch
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Name:
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Richard
H. Prokosch
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Title:
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Vice President
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[Third Supplemental Indenture]
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions
1.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Applicable Procedures
means, with respect to any transfer or transaction prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period and involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial
interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a transfer or transaction, to
the extent applicable and as in effect from time to time.
Definitive Security
means a certificated Initial Security or Exchange Security or
Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set
forth in Section 2.3(e).
Depository
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
Exchange Securities
means any securities issued pursuant to the Indenture in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Initial Purchaser
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
Persons purchasing such Initial Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities
means any securities other than Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Issue Date
means the date on which Initial Securities are issued pursuant to a
supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 of
the Base Indenture.
Private Exchange
means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to the Initial Purchaser to issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for
the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like
aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.
Private Exchange Securities
means any securities issued in connection with a Private
Exchange.
Purchase Agreement
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Securities.
QIB
means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer
means an offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders,
in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities
registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement
means, with respect to each issuance of Securities
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the
registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing
such Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Restricted Period
means, with respect to any Securities, the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are
first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Securities.
Rule 144A Securities
means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on
Rule 144A.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Custodian
means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as
appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
Shelf Registration Statement
means the shelf registration statement filed by the
Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Securities
means Securities that bear or are required to bear
the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section
2.3(e) hereto.
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1.2
Other Definitions
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Agent Members
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Clearstream, Luxembourg
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Euroclear
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Global Securities
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Restricted Securities Legend
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2.3
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2.
The Securities.
2.1 (a)
Form and Dating.
The Initial Securities were offered and sold by the Company
pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Securities will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (
Rule 144A
) and (ii) in offshore
transactions to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act (
Regulation S
). Initial Securities may thereafter
be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Securities initially resold pursuant to Rule
144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more securities in registered, global form
(collectively, the
Rule 144A Global Security
); and Initial Securities initially resold
pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary securities
in registered, global form (collectively, the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security
), in
each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend and the applicable
restricted securities legend set forth Section 2.3(e) hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of
the purchasers of the Initial Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian and
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Base Indenture. Until the expiration
of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Securities may be held only through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System
(
Euroclear
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Clearstream,
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Luxembourg
), as indirect participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person that
takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security in accordance with the certification
requirements described in the second succeeding paragraph below. Except as set forth in this
Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security will not
be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Security or any other Security prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period and then, after the expiration of the Restricted Period, may be
exchanged for one or more permanent securities in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the
Regulation S Permanent Global Security
and, together with the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, the
Regulation S Global Security
) or a Definitive
Security upon (1) delivery to DTC of certification of compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Securities and pursuant to Regulation S as provided in the Indenture, (2) a
certification in form satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such
Regulation S Temporary Global Security are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who
purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities
Act and (3) in the case of an exchange for Definitive Securities, in compliance with the
requirements described in Section 2.4(a) of this Appendix.
Definitive Securities may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Security
unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in
the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer
restrictions applicable to such Securities.
Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Global
Securities may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Securities only if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of
the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that the beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security is being transferred to a Person (a) whom the transferor
reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) is purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable
securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the
expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made
in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities
Act..
The Rule 144A Global Security, the Regulation S Global Security and any Global Securities in
fully registered form without the Restricted Securities Legend are collectively referred to herein
as
Global Securities
. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions.
This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security
deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such
Depositorys instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights
under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or
by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Security, and the Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository
as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities.
Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or
2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Definitive Securities.
2.2
Authentication.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue
Date, Initial Securities in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture, (2) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities, and
(3) a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this
Appendix, in each case upon a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated.
2.3
Transfer and Exchange.
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities
. When Definitive Securities are
presented to the Security Registrar with a request:
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to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
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the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture and if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
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however
, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
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(ii) if such Definitive Securities are required to bear a restricted securities legend,
they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C)
below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as
applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Security Registrar
by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a
certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a
certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x) pursuant to an
exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144
under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the
requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Security) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an
opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the
compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section
2.3(e)(i).
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a
Global Security.
A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that such
Definitive Security is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or
(B) being transferred after expiration of the Restricted Period by a Person who initially
purchased such Security in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its
interest in such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities
Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Regulation S
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Rule 144A
Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
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represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, to be
increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as
applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Rule 144A
Global Securities or Regulation S Global Securities, as applicable, are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the
form of an Officers Certificate of the Company, a new Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S
Global Security, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein
shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the
Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall
deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositorys
procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be
credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security. The Security Registrar shall,
in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security and to
debit the account of the Person making the transfer in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global
Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions
set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities
pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the
certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Securities intended to
ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another
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applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d)
Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Securities.
During the Restricted
Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Securities may only be sold, pledged
or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws
of any State of the United States.
(e)
Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Security
certificate evidencing the Global Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor
or in substitution thereof), in the case of Securities offered other than in reliance on
Regulation S, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (together with the
legend in the second paragraph of this Section 2.3(e)(i), the
Restricted Securities
Legend
):
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A)
THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY
(I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE
904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER
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WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
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Each certificate evidencing a Security offered in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED
ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
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Each Definitive Security shall also bear the following additional legend:
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IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES
WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any
Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, the Security Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange
such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legend
set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Security Registrar that such
sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set
forth on the reverse of the Security); and to the extent permitted by law at any time after
one year has elapsed following the Issue Date, if the Securities are freely tradeable
without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or successor rule), the
Security Registrar shall permit the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend and rescind
any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Company delivers
to the Trustee an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that the removal of the
Restricted Securities Legend is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange
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Security will cease to apply and a certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange
Security or an Initial Security or Private Exchange Security in global form, in each case
without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of
such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such transferring
Holders certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or directions to
transfer such Holders interest in the Global Security, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities
issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders
of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Exchange
Securities in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial
Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Securities,
all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to
certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such
Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Private Exchange
Securities in global form with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted
securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange
such Initial Securities in such Private Exchange.
(f)
Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security.
At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed,
purchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or
retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial
interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced
and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the
Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee
or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g)
No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a
Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with
respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or
with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the
payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and
communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the
Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which
shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of
beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository
subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee
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may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any
Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation
or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by,
the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as
to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4
Definitive Securities.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners
thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such
transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a
Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and DTC or the Company
specifically requests such exchange, (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities under the Indenture or (iv)
upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with
the Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal
corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in
whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred
pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and
registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Transfer Restricted Security shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted securities legend and definitive securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto unless that legend is not required by applicable law.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global
Security shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Securities.
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(d)
In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)
hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Definitive Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons.
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APPENDIX
EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS
DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF
SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I)
THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities Offered in Reliance on Regulation S.]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________
United States
Dollars (U.S.$ __________) on November 15, 2021 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 4.750%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
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regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its
discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
4.750% Senior Notes due 2021
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Third Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Third Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Third Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Registration Rights.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of November 21, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial
Purchasers named therein, pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the
Securities upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(7)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(8)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in
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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
(9)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under the
Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or
maturity, as the case may be.
(10)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Third Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(11)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
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If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(12)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(13)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(14)
Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
(15)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
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Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of
the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:__________
Your Signature:________________________________________
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring
prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act after the
later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such
Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that
such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act; or
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(2)
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in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is
a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or
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(3)
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outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with
Rule 904 under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
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pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act
provided by Rule 144.
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Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered
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holder thereof;
provided
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however
, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled
to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that
such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Signature
Signature Guarantee:
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information
and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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Trustee or
Securities
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
¨
¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $___________.
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Your Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:________________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 2
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
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If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities Legend from
Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned [TO BE ATTACHED TO
GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.
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If the Security is a Private Exchange Security issued in a Private Exchange to an
Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Securities
Legend from Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit 2
with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________ United States
Dollars (U.S.$ __________) on November 15, 2021 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 4.750%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire
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transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
4.750% Senior Notes due 2021
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Third Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Third Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Third Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on
or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering
Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their
Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10
of the Base Indenture.
(6)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange
of this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in
accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if
any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an
adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys
Procedures.
(7)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and
is continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
(8)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall
be entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors
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obligations under the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on
the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(9)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Third Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(10)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
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but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(11)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(12)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(13)
[Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.]
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(14)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
¨
¨
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $__________.
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Signature Guarantee:________________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set
forth in the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the
Indenture and the Securities by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the
Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof.
Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such
provisions.
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Exhibit 4.5
EXECUTION COPY
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 21, 2011
Among
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
6.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2041
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011 (the
Fourth
Supplemental Indenture
), among Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis,
Missouri (herein called the
Company
), the Guarantors party hereto and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
Trustee
), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the
Base Indenture
and, together with this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the
Indenture
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into the Base Indenture, which
provides for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Base Indenture.
B. The Base Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially
the form set forth in the Base Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers Certificate or in one or more
supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated for issuance, agreements to which the
Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent therewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
C. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the
Trustee shall authenticate, a new series of Securities to be known as the 6.125% Senior Notes due
2041 pursuant to the terms of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set
forth in Appendix A hereto (together with the Exhibits thereto, the
Appendix
), in each
case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 1.1.
Issuance of Securities; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
(1) On November 21, 2011, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall authenticate, the Initial Securities substantially in the form set forth in the Appendix, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture, and with such notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted
or designated for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may,
consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
(2) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby
creates a series of Securities designated as the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2041 of the Company
(including both the Initial Securities and any Additional Securities (as defined below), the
Securities
), which Securities shall be deemed Securities for all purposes under the
Indenture.
(3) The Initial Securities to be issued pursuant to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall
be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $700,000,000 and shall mature on November 15, 2041
unless the Securities are redeemed prior to that date as described in Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities Outstanding at
any time may not exceed $700,000,000, except for Securities issued, authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to
Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base Indenture and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered;
provided
that the Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional
Securities hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (except for
the issue date, issue price and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date) (and having the
same Guarantors) as the Initial Securities (
Additional Securities
).
(4) The Securities shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
SECTION 1.2.
Interest.
(1) Interest on a Security will accrue at the per annum rate of 6.125% (the
Security
Interest Rate
), from and including the date specified on the face of such Security until the
principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be
paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) The Company shall pay interest on the Securities semi-annually in arrears on November 15
and May 15 of each year (each, an
Interest Payment Date
), commencing May 15, 2012.
(3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the
Securities after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
(4) The Place of Payment for this Security shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee
at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal,
premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Depository and (ii) the Company will make all payments in respect of a Definitive
Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address
of each Holder thereof as such address appears in the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that
payments on a Definitive Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained
by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by
giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no
later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as
the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
(5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or
exchange of a Security. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Securities to pay any taxes or
other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Securities.
(6) If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not
a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date
payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
that Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to
such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.3.
Additional Interest.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among
the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers named therein,
pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the Securities upon the occurrence
of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration
Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a rate of 0.25% per annum
for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default, and
such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the occurrence of such
Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during the initial 90-day
period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate thereafter shall be 0.50%
per annum, in each case regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and
are continuing). The Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
SECTION 1.4.
Relationship with Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision
of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling;
provided
,
however
, that the forms and provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture modify and amend the
terms of the Base Indenture only with respect to the Securities.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 2.1.
Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings
specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture that are
defined in the Base Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Base
Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;
provided
that any term that is defined in both the
Base Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
Additional Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(3).
Appendix
has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture.
Comparable Treasury Issue
means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Securities 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 a comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Securities.
Comparable Treasury Price
means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average
of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than
five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
for the Redemption Date so obtained.
Definitive Security
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Independent Investment Banker
means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Initial Purchaser
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the Appendix.
Initial Securities
means Securities in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$700,000,000 initially issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section
1.1(3).
Interest Payment Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
Maturity Date
means November 15, 2041.
Private Exchange Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Reference Treasury Dealer
means each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates) and three other primary United
States government securities dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective
successors;
provided
that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the
respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of
New York selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations
means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, 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 such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registration Rights Agreement
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Appendix.
Regular Record Date
for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest
Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or
not a Business Day).
Security Interest Rate
has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
Securities
has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
Special Mandatory Redemption Date
means the earlier to occur of (i) the 20th day (or
if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, if the Mergers have not been completed on or prior to the
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, or (ii) the 30th day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Merger Agreement
for any reason.
Special Mandatory Redemption Notice
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 hereto.
Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date
means April 20, 2012;
provided
that
such date may be extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than July 20,
2012, in the event the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger
Agreement have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger
Agreement) prior to April 20, 2012;
provided
,
further
, that such extended date may be further
extended by the Company on one or more occasions to a date not later than October 22, 2012, in the
event that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1(c), 6.1(e) or 6.2(d) of the Merger Agreement
have not been satisfied or waived by the fifth Business Day (as defined in the Merger Agreement)
prior to the initially extended date;
provided
,
however
, that, in any case, (x) the Special
Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date shall only be extended if and when the Outside Date (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) is extended pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Merger
Agreement, and the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date, as so extended, shall be the same
date as the Outside Date, as so extended, and (y) if the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering
Date is extended in accordance with the foregoing, the term Special Mandatory Redemption
Triggering Date shall mean such date as so extended.
Treasury Rate
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to
the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming 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.
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
SECTION 3.1.
Form Generally.
(1) Provisions relating to the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly
made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the Trustees certificate of
authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the
Appendix. The Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities and the Trustees
certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2
to the Appendix. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, quoted or designated
for issuance, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage or as may, consistent
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities (execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of such approval). Each Security shall be in fully registered form and shall
be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in the Appendix are
part of the terms of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The Guarantees shall be in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit 3 to the Appendix.
(2) The Securities shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so
required by any automated quotation system or securities exchange upon which the Securities may be
quoted or listed) on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.1.
Optional Redemption.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities, in whole or from time to time in part,
prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
Securities to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal of and interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50
basis points, plus unpaid interest on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption
Date.
SECTION 4.2.
Special Mandatory Redemption.
If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or prior to the Special Mandatory
Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto,
then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a
price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and
unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date (the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price
) (subject to the right of Holders
on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
SECTION 4.3.
Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
(1) Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 4.2 (a
Special Mandatory Redemption
Notice
) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first class mail, postage
prepaid, within 10 Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each
Holder of Securities at such Holders address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give
notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to such Holder, or any defect in the notice to any
such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Securities.
All Special Mandatory Redemption Notices shall state:
(i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
(ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price
will become due and payable with respect to each Security;
(iv) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
(v) the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers
used by the Depositary to identify such Securities); and
(vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price of all Securities to
be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on or
before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that such Securities shall cease to bear interest on
and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
(2) Each Special Mandatory Redemption Notice having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption
Price of all Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with
the Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Securities shall cease
to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date (unless the Company shall
default on the payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price). Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
provided, however,
that installments of interest whose
Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory 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 Regular Record Date according to their terms and the provisions
of Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
(3) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Special Mandatory
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default.
With respect to the Securities, Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following as Section 5.1(9):
(i) the Company fails to timely deliver a Special Mandatory Redemption Notice when required.
ARTICLE VI
Reports by Company
SECTION 6.1.
Reports by Express Scripts or the Company.
With respect to the Securities, Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following paragraph to the end of such Section:
In addition, prior to the consummation of the Mergers, Express Scripts and, following the
consummation of the Mergers, the Company, shall furnish, at the Companys expense, to the Holders
and prospective Holders, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision) under the Securities Act so long
as any Securities are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 7.1.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Base Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities to:
(1) allow the Companys or any Guarantors successor (or successive successors) to assume the
Companys or such Guarantors obligations under the Base Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and the Securities pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 13.15 of the
Base Indenture;
(2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities;
(3) add any additional Events of Default;
(4) secure the Securities;
(5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities and add to or change any
of the provisions of the Base 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 of the Base Indenture;
(6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by the Indenture;
(7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(8) amend the provisions of the Base Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture relating
to the transfer or legending of the Securities;
provided
that (i) compliance with the Base
Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being
transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (ii) such
amendment does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities or owners of
beneficial interests in Securities; or
(9) make any other amendment or supplement to the Base Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of any Securities in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel).
No amendment to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Base Indenture, this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities made solely to conform to the provisions of the Base
Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Securities to any description of the
Securities in the offering circular therefor, to the extent that such provision in the offering
circular was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Base Indenture, this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of any Securities.
SECTION 7.2.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Securities.
The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture and the terms of the Securities with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
provided
that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of each
Security:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or
waiver;
(2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of or interest on, the
Securities;
(3) reduce the principal amount of, or any premium, if any, or rate of interest on, the
Securities;
(4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of the Securities or, except as expressly
provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which the Securities may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof;
(5) change any Place of Payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities are payable;
(6) impair the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
interest on such Holders Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Security on or after
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, the consent of
whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Base Indenture or this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Base Indenture or
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain Defaults;
(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Base
Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture other than in accordance with the terms thereof or
hereof; or
(9) modify any of the above provisions.
Any modification or amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and the terms of the Securities that relate to the Special Mandatory Redemption set forth
in Sections 4.2 or 4.3 shall require the written consent of the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. In addition, any modification or
amendment to, or waiver of, the provisions in the Indenture and the terms of the Securities that
relate to the items set forth in Section 10.10 of the Base Indenture shall require the written
consent of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities.
In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, waive any past default
under the Base Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Securities or
in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Base Indenture or this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities, waive compliance with the Companys covenants described
under Sections 10.8 and 10.9 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous.
SECTION 8.1.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 8.2.
Supplemental Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture 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. The exchange of copies of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF
transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Fourth Supplemental
Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
SECTION 8.3.
Separability Clause.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
[Signature Pages To Follow]
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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George Paz
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George Paz
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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George Paz
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
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Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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George Paz
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George Paz
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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[Fourth Supplemental Indenture]
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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Keith J. Ebling
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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Patrick McNamee
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Patrick McNamee
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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Tom Rocheford
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
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Martin P. Akins
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Tom Rocheford
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
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Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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Keith J. Ebling
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Vice President
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Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Edward Ignaczak
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Edward Ignaczak
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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George Paz
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Keith J. Ebling
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Vice President
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[Fourth Supplemental Indenture]
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
As Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Richard
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Name:
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Richard
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Vice President
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[Fourth Supplemental Indenture]
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
1. Definitions
1.1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Applicable Procedures
means, with respect to any transfer or transaction prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period and involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial
interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a transfer or transaction, to
the extent applicable and as in effect from time to time.
Definitive Security
means a certificated Initial Security or Exchange Security or
Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set
forth in Section 2.3(e).
Depository
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
Exchange Securities
means any securities issued pursuant to the Indenture in
connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Initial Purchaser
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
Persons purchasing such Initial Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities
means any securities other than Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.
Issue Date
means the date on which Initial Securities are issued pursuant to a
supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1 of
the Base Indenture.
Private Exchange
means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights
Agreement, to the Initial Purchaser to issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for
the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like
aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.
Private Exchange Securities
means any securities issued in connection with a Private
Exchange.
Purchase Agreement
means with respect to each issuance of Initial Securities, the
purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons
purchasing such Securities.
QIB
means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Registered Exchange Offer
means an offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration
Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders,
in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities
registered under the Securities Act.
Registration Rights Agreement
means, with respect to each issuance of Securities
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the
registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Persons purchasing
such Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
Restricted Period
means, with respect to any Securities, the period of 40
consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are
first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities
Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Securities.
Rule 144A Securities
means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on
Rule 144A.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Custodian
means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as
appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
Shelf Registration Statement
means the shelf registration statement filed by the
Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
Transfer Restricted Securities
means Securities that bear or are required to bear
the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section
2.3(e) hereto.
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1.2
Other Definitions
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Agent Members
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Clearstream, Luxembourg
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Global Securities
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2.
The Securities.
2.1 (a)
Form and Dating.
The Initial Securities were offered and sold by the Company
pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Securities will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs
in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (
Rule 144A
) and (ii) in offshore
transactions to Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act (
Regulation S
). Initial Securities may thereafter
be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Securities initially resold pursuant to Rule
144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more securities in registered, global form
(collectively, the
Rule 144A Global Security
); and Initial Securities initially resold
pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary securities
in registered, global form (collectively, the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security
), in
each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend and the applicable
restricted securities legend set forth Section 2.3(e) hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of
the purchasers of the Initial Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian and
registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Base Indenture. Until the expiration
of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Securities may be held only through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System
(
Euroclear
), and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (
Clearstream,
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Luxembourg
), as indirect participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person that
takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security in accordance with the certification
requirements described in the second succeeding paragraph below. Except as set forth in this
Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security will not
be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Security or any other Security prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period and then, after the expiration of the Restricted Period, may be
exchanged for one or more permanent securities in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the
Regulation S Permanent Global Security
and, together with the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, the
Regulation S Global Security
) or a Definitive
Security upon (1) delivery to DTC of certification of compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the Securities and pursuant to Regulation S as provided in the Indenture, (2) a
certification in form satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such
Regulation S Temporary Global Security are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who
purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities
Act and (3) in the case of an exchange for Definitive Securities, in compliance with the
requirements described in Section 2.4(a) of this Appendix.
Definitive Securities may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Security
unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in
the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer
restrictions applicable to such Securities.
Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Global
Securities may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Securities only if (1) such exchange
occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of
the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that the beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security is being transferred to a Person (a) whom the transferor
reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) is purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable
securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the
expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written
certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made
in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities
Act..
The Rule 144A Global Security, the Regulation S Global Security and any Global Securities in
fully registered form without the Restricted Securities Legend are collectively referred to herein
as
Global Securities
. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions.
This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security
deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
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The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such
Depositorys instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights
under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or
by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Security, and the Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository
as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities.
Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or
2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Definitive Securities.
2.2
Authentication.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue
Date, Initial Securities in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture, (2) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively,
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities, and
(3) a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this
Appendix, in each case upon a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated.
2.3
Transfer and Exchange.
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities
. When Definitive Securities are
presented to the Security Registrar with a request:
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to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal
amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
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the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture and if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
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(ii) if such Definitive Securities are required to bear a restricted securities legend,
they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C)
below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as
applicable:
(A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Security Registrar
by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a
certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a
certification to that effect; or
(C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x) pursuant to an
exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144
under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the
requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form
set forth on the reverse of the Security) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an
opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the
compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section
2.3(e)(i).
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a
Global Security.
A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security except upon satisfaction of the
requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
together with:
(i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that such
Definitive Security is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or
(B) being transferred after expiration of the Restricted Period by a Person who initially
purchased such Security in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its
interest in such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security; and
(ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities
Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Regulation S
Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Rule 144A
Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities
Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between
the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
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represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, to be
increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall
credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as
applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Rule 144A
Global Securities or Regulation S Global Securities, as applicable, are then outstanding, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the
form of an Officers Certificate of the Company, a new Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S
Global Security, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
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Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
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(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein
shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including
applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the
Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall
deliver to the Security Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositorys
procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be
credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security. The Security Registrar shall,
in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security and to
debit the account of the Person making the transfer in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global
Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Security Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal
amount of the Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions
set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the
Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to
a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
(iv) In the event that a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities
pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange
Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such
Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are
substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the
certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Securities intended to
ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another
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applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other
procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
(d)
Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Securities.
During the Restricted
Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Securities may only be sold, pledged
or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws
of any State of the United States.
(e)
Legend.
(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Security
certificate evidencing the Global Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor
or in substitution thereof), in the case of Securities offered other than in reliance on
Regulation S, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (together with the
legend in the second paragraph of this Section 2.3(e)(i), the
Restricted Securities
Legend
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY
RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
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THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A)
THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY
(I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE
904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE), OR (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER
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WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
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Each certificate evidencing a Security offered in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT
), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED
ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
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Each Definitive Security shall also bear the following additional legend:
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IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH
TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES
WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any
Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, the Security Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange
such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legend
set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Security, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Security Registrar that such
sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set
forth on the reverse of the Security); and to the extent permitted by law at any time after
one year has elapsed following the Issue Date, if the Securities are freely tradeable
without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or successor rule), the
Security Registrar shall permit the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend and rescind
any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Company delivers
to the Trustee an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that the removal of the
Restricted Securities Legend is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange
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Security will cease to apply and a certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange
Security or an Initial Security or Private Exchange Security in global form, in each case
without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of
such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such transferring
Holders certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or directions to
transfer such Holders interest in the Global Security, as applicable.
(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial
Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities
issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders
of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Exchange
Securities in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial
Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
(v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Securities,
all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to
certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such
Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Private Exchange
Securities in global form with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted
securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange
such Initial Securities in such Private Exchange.
(f)
Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security.
At such time as all beneficial
interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed,
purchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or
retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial
interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed, purchased or
canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced
and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the
Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee
or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(g)
No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a
Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with
respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any
participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or
with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person
(other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the
payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and
communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the
Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which
shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of
beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository
subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee
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may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as
to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any
Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation
or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by,
the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as
to form with the express requirements hereof.
2.4
Definitive Securities.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners
thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such
transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and
a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a
Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and DTC or the Company
specifically requests such exchange, (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities under the Indenture or (iv)
upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with
the Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal
corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in
whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred
pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and
registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Security delivered in
exchange for an interest in a Transfer Restricted Security shall, except as otherwise provided by
Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted securities legend and definitive securities
legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto unless that legend is not required by applicable law.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global
Security shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Securities.
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(d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)
hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Definitive Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons.
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APPENDIX
EXHIBIT 1
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR
COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS
DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF
SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation S]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY
BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (IV)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I)
THROUGH (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities Offered in Reliance on Regulation S.]
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY REGISTRAR AND
TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY
REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
United States
Dollars (U.S.$
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on November 15, 2041 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 6.125%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
Subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, if a Registration Default (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this
Security from and including the date on which such Registration Default occurs to but excluding the
date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured or the Securities cease to be Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), whichever is earlier, at a
rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default, and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the 91st day following the
occurrence of such Registration Default (provided that the maximum additional interest rate during
the initial 90-day period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum additional interest rate
thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
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regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that have occurred and are continuing). The
Company will pay such additional interest on regular Interest Payment Dates.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or
the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately
preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its
discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
6.125% Senior Notes due 2041
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $700,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Fourth Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or
prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event,
the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Securities at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10 of the Base
Indenture.
(6)
Registration Rights.
The Company is party to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
November 21, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantors and the representatives of the Initial
Purchasers named therein, pursuant to which it is obligated to pay additional interest on the
Securities upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
(7)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange of
this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance
with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if any) and
the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an adjustment on its
records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys Procedures.
(8)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and is
continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in
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respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
(9)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be
entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations under the
Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or
maturity, as the case may be.
(10)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(11)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
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If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(12)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(13)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(14)
Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
(15)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
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Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of
the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring
prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act after the
later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such
Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that
such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1)
o
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act; or
(2)
o
in the United States to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is
a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or
(3)
o
outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with
Rule 904 under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended; or
(4)
o
pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act
provided by Rule 144.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the
Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered
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holder thereof;
provided
,
however
, that if box (4) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled
to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions,
certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that
such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject
to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Signature Guarantee:
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information
and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $___________.
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(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 2
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
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If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities Legend from
Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned [TO BE ATTACHED TO
GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.
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Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Securities
Legend from Exhibit 1 to the Appendix and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit 2
with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
% SENIOR NOTE DUE
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Aristotle Holding, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
United States
Dollars (U.S.$
) on November 15, 2041 and to pay interest thereon, from November 21, 2011, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but
excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be May 15 and November 15 of each year,
commencing May 15, 2012, at the per annum rate of 6.125%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms hereof (the
Security Interest Rate
), until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, 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 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 of which shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may
be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of
twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this
Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the
extent lawful.
The Place of Payment for this Security will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at
625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, or as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall
be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities
represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company
will make all payments in respect of a Definitive Security (including principal, premium and
interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address
appears on the Security Register;
provided
,
however
, that payments on a Definitive Security will be
made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United
States if such Holder elects payment by wire
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transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect
designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for
payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
(1)
Indenture
. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
designated as its
6.125% Senior Notes due 2041
(herein called the
Securities
),
issued under a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, to an indenture, dated
as of November 21, 2011 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof and herein with the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the
Indenture
), between the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, 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 aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities
Outstanding at any time may not exceed $700,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for
Securities issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 of the Base
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Fourth Supplemental Indenture pursuant
to which this Security is issued provides that Additional Securities may be issued thereunder, if
certain conditions are met. The Initial Securities issued pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental
Indenture and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor
will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any Restricted
Subsidiary to create liens on assets and to engage in sale/leaseback transactions. The Indenture
also contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and, prior to the consummation of the
Mergers, of Express Scripts to consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their
respective assets. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture (including in the Appendix
thereto) shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or
inconsistency between this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
govern.
(2)
Optional Redemption
. At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem
all or a part of the Securities upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any
Securities being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to the Redemption
Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and
interest on the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus unpaid interest
on the Securities to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
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(3)
Mandatory Redemption
. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities.
(4)
Special Mandatory Redemption
. If for any reason (i) the Mergers are not consummated on or
prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Triggering Date or (ii) the Merger Agreement is
terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company shall redeem all the Securities on the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate accreted principal
amount of such Security, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to,
but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
(5)
Change of Control Triggering Event
. In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event,
the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Securities at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.10 of the Base
Indenture.
(6)
Global Security
. If this Security is a Global Security, then the transfer and exchange of
this Security or beneficial interests herein shall be effected through the Depository in accordance
with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth therein, if any) and
the procedures of the Depository therefor. The Security Registrar shall make an adjustment on its
records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Depositorys Procedures.
(7)
Defaults and Remedies
. If an Event of Default with respect to this Security occurs and is
continuing, the principal of and any unpaid premium and interest on (or, if this Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) all outstanding securities of this series, may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may rescind or annul that acceleration
if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities other than the non-payment of accelerated
principal have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture.
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, and, among other
things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue a remedy in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any amounts due on the Securities on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
(8)
Discharge and Defeasance
. Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be
entitled to terminate some or all of the Companys and the Guarantors
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obligations under the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture if the Company deposits
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on
the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
(9)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities. The provisions relating to the Special Mandatory
Redemption set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture may not be
modified or waived without the written consent of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such
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 or such other Security. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Security, the Holder of this
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture) interest on any
such Security on the Stated Maturity date expressed herein (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.
(10)
Denomination, Registration and Transfer
. The Securities are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable only upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for this Security, the Company, if the requirements of the Indenture are met,
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
If the requirements of this Indenture are met, then, at the option of the Holder, Securities
may be exchanged for other Securities, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount, 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, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
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but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee or other such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(11)
Guarantee
. Payment of this Security is jointly and severally and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors
pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture
and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
(12)
No Recourse Against Others.
None of the Companys or any Guarantors past, present or
future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of
the Companys or any Guarantors obligations under the Indenture or the Securities or for any claim
based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of
the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
(13)
[Holders Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement.
Each Holder, by acceptance
hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement in respect
of this Security, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the
indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.]
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(14)
Governing Law
. THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY AND ANY GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the
Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.
Requests may be made to:
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
One Express Scripts Way
St. Louis, Missouri 63121
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
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TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 10.10
of the Indenture, check the box:
o
o
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 10.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $__________.
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(Signature must be guaranteed)
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security
Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be
determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 3
FORM OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set
forth in the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the
Indenture and the Securities by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be
promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the
Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the
Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof.
Each Holder of a Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such
provisions.
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
$900,000,000 2.750% Senior Notes Due 2014
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 21, 2011
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street,
New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the
Representatives
) of the Initial Purchasers
Dear Sirs:
Aristotle Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Issuer
), proposes to issue and sell,
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated November 14, 2011 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the
Purchase Agreement
), to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A to
the Purchase Agreement (the
Initial Purchasers
), $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
2.750% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
Initial Securities
) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the
Guaranties
) by the Guarantors (as defined below) and any other entity that becomes a guarantor of
the Initial Securities following the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as
defined below). As used herein, (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers and the execution and
delivery of any Joinder Agreements and Supplemental Indentures (as defined below) by the Merger
Date Guarantors, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and, following the consummation of
the Mergers and the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement and Supplemental Indenture by
a Merger Date Guarantor, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and the Merger Date
Guarantors party thereto, (ii) the Company refers to the Issuer together with the Guarantors and
(iii) capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011,
and supplemented by a supplemental indenture (a
Supplemental Indenture
) dated as of November 21,
2011, among the Issuer, the Closing Date Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (as supplemented on November 21, 2011, and as may be supplemented from time to time
thereafter, the
Indenture
). On the Merger Date Medco will, and within 60 days following the
Merger Date each other Merger Date Guarantor will, enter into (i) a Supplemental Indenture,
pursuant to which each such Merger Date Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee the Initial
Securities and (ii) a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each, a
Counterpart
). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without
limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the
Holders
), as follows:
1.
Assumption and Adoption of this Agreement by the Merger Date Guarantors.
On the Merger
Date, Medco will execute a Counterpart, and on the date that each other Merger Date Guarantor is
required to guarantee the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each such
other Merger Date Guarantor will execute a Counterpart.
2.
Registered Exchange Offer
. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) a registration statement (the
Exchange Offer
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), with respect to a proposed offer (the
Registered Exchange Offer
) to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 7 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to
issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the
Exchange Securities
) of the Issuer issued under the
Indenture, guaranteed by the Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities, the
special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial Securities, the provisions relating to the
matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other provisions of the Indentures that are no longer
applicable to any party thereto as a result of the consummation of the Mergers) that would be
registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act
within 360 days (or if the 360th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter)
after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities (the
Issue Date
); provided that such
date shall not be earlier than the 60th day following the consummation of the Mergers (the later of
the date that is the 360th day after the date of issuance of the Initial Securities and the 60th
day after the consummation of the Mergers, the
Effectiveness Deadline
), (ii) as soon as
practicable after the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, offer the
Exchange Securities in exchange for the Initial Securities and complete such Registered Exchange
Offer not later than 60 days after such Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (or
if such 60th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day) and (iii) keep the
Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders
(such period being called the
Exchange Offer Registration Period
). For the avoidance of doubt,
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement may include debt securities of the Company other than
the Initial Securities.
If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close
the Registered Exchange Offer in not less than 20 business days after the commencement thereof
provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that at the time of
the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holders business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities
from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and
without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commissions staff
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each
Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own
account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an
Exchanging Dealer
), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures
section and the Purpose of the Exchange Offer section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the Plan of
Distribution section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities
received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities
constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable,
in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to
permit such
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prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in
order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an
Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging
Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such
period is extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation
of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial
Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and
deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange
(the
Private Exchange
) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued under the Indenture, guaranteed by the
Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects (including the existence of
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of
the United States, but excluding the special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial
Securities, the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other
provisions of the Indenture that are no longer applicable to a party thereto as a result of the
consummation of the Mergers) to the Initial Securities (the
Private Exchange Securities
). The
Initial Securities and the guarantees thereof, the Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof
and the Private Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof are herein collectively called the
Securities
.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer
shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted
for exchange; and
(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the
Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
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The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together
on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent
as a class separate from one another on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if
no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to
the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange
Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such
Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Securities, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be
required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities and (vi) such Holder is not acting on behalf of any person who could not
truthfully make the foregoing representations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.
Shelf Registration
. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 60 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective, (iii)
any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange
Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer
and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other
than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in
the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered
Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of
the exchange, the Company shall take the following actions:
(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3) file with the
Commission and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared
effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement
(the
Shelf Registration Statement
and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, a
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act
relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section
7 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (hereinafter, the
Shelf Registration
); provided, however,
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that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities
held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included
therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities for a period of
one year (or such longer period extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) from the Issue
Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) have been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The Company shall
be deemed not to have used commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that
would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii)
such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of the Companys obligations hereunder), including, but not limited to,
the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Company promptly thereafter
complies with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof, if applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4.
Registration Procedures
. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by
Section 3 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by
Section 2 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event
that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto
on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures section and the Purpose
of the Exchange Offer section and in Annex C hereto in the Plan of Distribution section
of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include
the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as
applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a
section entitled Plan of Distribution, reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers,
which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the
staff of the Commission with respect to the potential underwriter status of any
broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act
)) of Exchange Securities received by
such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a
Participating Broker-Dealer
),
whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which
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may be in-house counsel),
represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration
Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that
becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder
pursuant to Section 4(d) and (f), the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as selling securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection
to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of
the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an ineligible
issuer, as defined in Commission Rule 405;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes
in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration
Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal at
the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the
coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not,
without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any offer relating to the Securities
that would constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 405.
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser,
and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
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(f) The Company shall, during the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement provided for in Section 3(b), deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request.
The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer
and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration
Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of such states of the United States as any Holder
of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities
covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process
or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities
to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in
such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable
period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 4(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of
the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the
Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 4(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use
of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
provided for in Section 3(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 2 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the
date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the
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Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received
such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 4(j). During the period during which the
Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company will prior to the three-year expiration of that Shelf Registration
Statement file, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective
(unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any
interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring Shelf
Registration Statement to make registered dispositions, a new registration statement
relating to the Securities, which shall be deemed the Shelf Registration Statement for
purposes of this Agreement.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the
extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise
provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), in a timely manner and containing such
changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such
qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the
Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested,
an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities (the
Required Holders
) shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration; provided that the Company
shall not be required to enter into an underwriting agreement (or similar agreement in
respect of an underwritten public offering) more than once; provided further that, if the
Required Holders shall request that the Company enter into an underwriting agreement (or
similar agreement in respect of an underwritten public offering) at a time when another
underwritten public offering with respect to the Companys securities has been commenced
and is then continuing, then the Company may delay entry into the requested underwriting
agreement until the earlier of (i) the completion of the then existing underwritten public
offering or (ii) the 60th day following receipt of such request from the Required Holders.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant
or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all
relevant financial and
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other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and (ii) cause the
Companys officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant
information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each
case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however,
that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties by one counsel designated
by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 5 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i) its counsel
to deliver an opinion in form and substance customary for offerings of such type and
reasonably acceptable to such Holders and the managing underwriting, if any, thereof,
relating to the Securities and addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and, if
such Shelf Registration contemplates an underwritten offering, dated the closing date under
the underwriting agreement relating thereto); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of
the applicable Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent
public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with
primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
successor bulletins).
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial
Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer that is, at the time of such request,
holding Initial Securities, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set
forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in
connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b)
of the Purchase Agreement with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon
delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as
directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the
Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no
event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or
selling group or assist in the distribution (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the
Rules
) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (
FINRA
)) thereof, whether
as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if
such Rules, including Rule 5121, shall so require, engaging a qualified independent
underwriter (as defined in Rule 5121) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by
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such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield
of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the
extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 6 hereof and (iii)
providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such
broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
5.
Registration Expenses
. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2 through 4 hereof, whether or
not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in
the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for
the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.
6.
Indemnification
. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder
or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the
Indemnified Parties
) from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to,
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in
any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 433
(
Issuer FWP
), relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i)
the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with
respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any
preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was
required to be delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172)
by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to such person, at or prior to the
time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if
permitted by Section 4(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The
Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who
controls such
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underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if
requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent
that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person
in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder
may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have
under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the
exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
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indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such
indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 6 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
7.
Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances
. (a) Additional interest (the
Additional Interest
) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any
of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below a
Registration
Default
):
(i) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed and it does
not become effective by the Effectiveness Deadline;
(ii) If the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 60 days of the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iii) If an effective Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed with the
Commission but does not become effective within 30 days following the event which required
the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement; or
(iv) If after either an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration
Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related
prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with
resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because
either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of
such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend
such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus to comply with the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such
Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a
replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set
forth in the title of such Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been
cured or the Initial Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, whichever is earlier,
at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first
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90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default (the Initial Period), and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the
91st day following the occurrence of such Registration
Default (it being understood and agreed that the maximum Additional Interest rate during the
Initial Period shall be 0.25% per annum and the maximum Additional Interest rate thereafter shall
be 0.50% per annum, in each case, regardless of the number of Registration Defaults that shall have
occurred and be continuing).
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 7(a)(iv)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to
have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet
effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y)
the occurrence of other material events with respect to the Company that would be required to be
disclosed in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus, and the disclosure of
which in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus would in the good faith
determination of the Company (1) interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of a
transaction that is being contemplated by the Company (whether or not a final decision has been
made to undertake such transaction) and (2) involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations
that are not in the best interest of the Company or its stockholders at such time and (ii) in the
case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf
Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided, however, that in
any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days or more
than an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such
Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of
Section 7(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the
applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Securities, multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.
(d)
Transfer Restricted Securities
means each Security until (i) the date on which such
Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a
broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the
date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on
or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
Statement, (iv) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (v) the earliest date that is no less than one year after the
Issue Date and on which such Security (except for Securities held by an affiliate of the Company)
may be resold in reliance on paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (vi) the date
on which such Initial Security shall cease to be outstanding.
8.
Rules 144 and 144A
. For as long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding,
the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and transmit to any
Holder of Initial Securities, such information, documents and 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 the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, the Company will furnish to any Holder of Initial
Securities and to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities, upon the requests of such Holder,
any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, so long as the notes are not freely transferable under the Securities
Act. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing all such information.
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9.
Underwritten Registrations
. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (
Managing Underwriters
) will be
selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be
included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i)
agrees to sell such persons Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Amendments and Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b)
Notices
. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to a Holder of the
Securities, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company, or, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New
York, N.Y. 10013, Attention: General Counsel, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered
or telegraphed and confirmed to it care of Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO
63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Initial
Purchaser pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such
Initial Purchaser.
(c)
No Inconsistent Agreements
. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into,
nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(d)
Merger Date Guarantors; Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall become effective as
to, and binding upon, each of the Merger Date Guarantors upon execution and delivery of a
Counterpart. Upon execution of a Counterpart, each Merger Date Guarantor agrees to be bound by the
terms, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement as described in the Counterpart, with all
rights, duties and obligations stated herein, with the same force and effect as if such party had
executed this Agreement on the date hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
its successors and assigns.
(e)
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
(f)
Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g)
Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h)
Severability
. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
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(i)
Securities Held by the Company
. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by
the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be affiliates
solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether
such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Closing
Date Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL
SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX,
INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Martin P. Akins
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Name:
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Martin P. Akins
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Title:
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Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel
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By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By:
Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the Initial Purchasers
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
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By:
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/s/ Michael Muntner
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Name:
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Michael Muntner
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Title:
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Managing Director
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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/s/ Brian D. Bednarski
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Name:
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Brian D. Bednarski
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Title:
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Managing Director
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make
this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
, 20 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required
to deliver a prospectus.
(1)
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of
resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation
in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it
for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional
copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all
expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or
dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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In addition, the legend required by
Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the
Exchange Offer prospectus.
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ANNEX D
o
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS
AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in,
and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not
be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Exhibit A
Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement
Each signatory hereto (a
Merger Date Guarantor
) hereby agrees to join and become a party to
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among Aristotle Holding, Inc.
(the
Issuer
) the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (as defined
therein), in respect of the Issuers 2.750% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
Registration Rights
Agreement
), as of the execution and delivery of this counterpart as though it had entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on November 21, 2011. Each Merger Date Guarantor hereby further
agrees, effective upon the execution and delivery of this counterpart, to be bound by all of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or of a Guarantor under the Registration
Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such covenants, agreements and obligations shall
include, but not be limited to, the obligations enumerated in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
Dated:_____________________________
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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
$1,250,000,000 3.500% Senior Notes Due 2016
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 21, 2011
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street,
New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the
Representatives
) of the Initial Purchasers
Dear Sirs:
Aristotle Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Issuer
), proposes to issue and sell,
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated November 14, 2011 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the
Purchase Agreement
), to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A to
the Purchase Agreement (the
Initial Purchasers
), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
3.500% Senior Notes due 2016 (the
Initial Securities
) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the
"
Guaranties
) by the Guarantors (as defined below) and any other entity that becomes a guarantor of
the Initial Securities following the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as
defined below). As used herein, (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers and the execution and
delivery of any Joinder Agreements and Supplemental Indentures (as defined below) by the Merger
Date Guarantors, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and, following the consummation of
the Mergers and the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement and Supplemental Indenture by
a Merger Date Guarantor, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and the Merger Date
Guarantors party thereto, (ii) the Company refers to the Issuer together with the Guarantors and
(iii) capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011,
and supplemented by a supplemental indenture (a
Supplemental Indenture
) dated as of November 21,
2011, among the Issuer, the Closing Date Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (as supplemented on November 21, 2011, and as may be supplemented from time to time
thereafter, the
Indenture
). On the Merger Date Medco will, and within 60 days following the
Merger Date each other Merger Date Guarantor will, enter into (i) a Supplemental Indenture,
pursuant to which each such Merger Date Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee the Initial
Securities and (ii) a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each, a
Counterpart
). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without
limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the
Holders
), as follows:
1.
Assumption and Adoption of this Agreement by the Merger Date Guarantors.
On the Merger
Date, Medco will execute a Counterpart, and on the date that each other Merger Date Guarantor is
required to guarantee the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each such
other Merger Date Guarantor will execute a Counterpart.
2.
Registered Exchange Offer
. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) a registration statement (the
Exchange Offer
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities Act
), with respect to a proposed offer (the
Registered Exchange Offer
) to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 7 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to
issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the
Exchange Securities
) of the Issuer issued under the
Indenture, guaranteed by the Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities, the
special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial Securities, the provisions relating to the
matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other provisions of the Indentures that are no longer
applicable to any party thereto as a result of the consummation of the Mergers) that would be
registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act
within 360 days (or if the 360th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter)
after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities (the
Issue Date
); provided that such
date shall not be earlier than the 60th day following the consummation of the Mergers (the later of
the date that is the 360th day after the date of issuance of the Initial Securities and the 60th
day after the consummation of the Mergers, the
Effectiveness Deadline
), (ii) as soon as
practicable after the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, offer the
Exchange Securities in exchange for the Initial Securities and complete such Registered Exchange
Offer not later than 60 days after such Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (or
if such 60th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day) and (iii) keep the
Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders
(such period being called the
Exchange Offer Registration Period
). For the avoidance of doubt,
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement may include debt securities of the Company other than
the Initial Securities.
If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close
the Registered Exchange Offer in not less than 20 business days after the commencement thereof
provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that at the time of
the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holders business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities
from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and
without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commissions staff
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each
Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own
account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an
Exchanging Dealer
), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures
section and the Purpose of the Exchange Offer section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the Plan of
Distribution section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities
received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities
constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a
prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to
permit such
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prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case
where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging
Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which
all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them
(unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make
such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after
the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial
Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and
deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange
(the
Private Exchange
) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued under the Indenture, guaranteed by the
Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects (including the existence of
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of
the United States, but excluding the special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial
Securities, the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other
provisions of the Indenture that are no longer applicable to a party thereto as a result of the
consummation of the Mergers) to the Initial Securities (the
Private Exchange Securities
). The
Initial Securities and the guarantees thereof, the Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof
and the Private Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof are herein collectively called the
"
Securities
.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer
shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted
for exchange; and
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(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the
Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together
on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent
as a class separate from one another on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if
no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to
the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange
Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such
Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Securities, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be
required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities and (vi) such Holder is not acting on behalf of any person who could not
truthfully make the foregoing representations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.
Shelf Registration
. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 60 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective, (iii)
any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange
Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer
and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other
than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in
the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging
Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely
tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange, the Company shall take the following
actions:
(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3) file with the
Commission and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared
effective (unless it
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becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement
(the
Shelf Registration Statement
and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, a
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act
relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section
7 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (hereinafter, the
Shelf Registration
); provided, however, that no Holder
(other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be
bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included
therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities for a period of
one year (or such longer period extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) from the Issue
Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) have been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The Company shall
be deemed not to have used commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that
would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii)
such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of the Companys obligations hereunder), including, but not limited to,
the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Company promptly thereafter
complies with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof, if applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4.
Registration Procedures
. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by
Section 3 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by
Section 2 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event
that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto
on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer
Procedures section and the Purpose of the Exchange Offer section and in Annex C hereto
in the Plan of Distribution section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if
requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration
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Statement a section entitled Plan of Distribution,
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of
the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the
potential underwriter status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange
Act
)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (a
Participating Broker-Dealer
), whether such positions or policies have been
publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the
reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be
in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v)
in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the
Shelf Registration Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus
supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is
delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 4(d) and (f), the names of the Holders, who
propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as selling
securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection
to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of
the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an ineligible
issuer, as defined in Commission Rule 405;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes
in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration
Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal at
the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the
coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including those, if any,
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incorporated by reference). The Company shall not,
without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any offer relating to the Securities
that would constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 405.
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser,
and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement provided for in Section 3(b), deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request.
The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer
and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration
Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of such states of the United States as any Holder
of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities
covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process
or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities
to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in
such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable
period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 4(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus and any other required
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document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of
the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the
Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 4(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use
of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
provided for in Section 3(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 2 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the
date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received
such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 4(j). During the period
during which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will prior to the three-year expiration of that
Shelf Registration Statement file, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be
declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) within a period
that avoids any interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered by the
expiring Shelf Registration Statement to make registered dispositions, a new registration
statement relating to the Securities, which shall be deemed the Shelf Registration
Statement for purposes of this Agreement.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the
extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise
provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), in a timely manner and containing such
changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such
qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the
Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested,
an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities (the
Required
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Holders
) shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration; provided that the Company
shall not be required to enter into an underwriting agreement (or similar agreement in
respect of an underwritten public offering) more than once; provided further that, if the
Required Holders shall request that the Company enter into an underwriting agreement (or
similar agreement in respect of an underwritten public offering) at a time when another
underwritten public offering with respect to the Companys securities has been commenced
and is then continuing, then the Company may delay entry into the requested underwriting
agreement until the earlier of (i) the completion of the then existing underwritten public
offering or (ii) the 60th day following receipt of such request from the Required Holders.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant
or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and (ii) cause the Companys officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the
Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such
persons to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering
shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other
parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 5 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i) its counsel
to deliver an opinion in form and substance customary for offerings of such type and
reasonably acceptable to such Holders and the managing underwriting, if any, thereof,
relating to the Securities and addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and, if
such Shelf Registration contemplates an underwritten offering, dated the closing date under
the underwriting agreement relating thereto); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of
the applicable Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent
public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with
primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
successor bulletins).
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial
Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer that is, at the time of such request,
holding Initial Securities, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set
forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in
connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b)
of the Purchase Agreement with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon
delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as
directed
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by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the
Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no
event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or
selling group or assist in the distribution (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the
Rules
) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (
FINRA
)) thereof, whether
as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if
such Rules, including Rule 5121, shall so require, engaging a qualified independent
underwriter (as defined in Rule 5121) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in
Section 6 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
5.
Registration Expenses
. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2 through 4 hereof, whether or
not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in
the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for
the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.
6.
Indemnification
. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder
or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the
Indemnified Parties
) from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, or any
actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may
become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing
prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 433 (
Issuer FWP
), relating to a Shelf Registration, or
arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a
prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and shall
reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration
Statement or
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prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus
or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder
specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to
the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered (including through satisfaction
of the conditions of Commission Rule 172) by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the
Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to
such person, at or prior to the time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or
supplemented prospectus or, if permitted by Section 4(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however,
that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and
directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the
Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent
that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person
in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to
the Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have
under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof the
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indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the
exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes
of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
indemnified party.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 6 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
7.
Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances
. (a) Additional interest (the
"
Additional Interest
) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any
of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below a
Registration
Default
):
(i) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed and it does
not become effective by the Effectiveness Deadline;
(ii) If the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 60 days of the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
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(iii) If an effective Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed with the
Commission but does not become effective within 30 days following the event which required
the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement; or
(iv) If after either an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration
Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related
prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with
resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because
either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of
such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend
such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus to comply with the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such
Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a
replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set
forth in the title of such Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been
cured or the Initial Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, whichever is earlier,
at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default (the Initial Period), and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the
91st day following the occurrence of such Registration Default (it being understood and agreed that
the maximum Additional Interest rate during the Initial Period shall be 0.25% per annum and the
maximum Additional Interest rate thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case, regardless of
the number of Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing).
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 7(a)(iv)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to
have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet
effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y)
the occurrence of other material events with respect to
the Company that would be required to be disclosed in such Shelf Registration Statement or the
related prospectus, and the disclosure of which in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus would in the good faith determination of the Company (1) interfere with or affect the
negotiation or completion of a transaction that is being contemplated by the Company (whether or
not a final decision has been made to undertake such transaction) and (2) involve initial or
continuing disclosure obligations that are not in the best interest of the Company or its
stockholders at such time and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding in good
faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe
such events; provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 30 days or more than an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period,
Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such
Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of
Section 7(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the
applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Securities, multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.
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(d)
Transfer Restricted Securities
means each Security until (i) the date on which such
Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a
broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the
date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on
or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
Statement, (iv) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (v) the earliest date that is no less than one year after the
Issue Date and on which such Security (except for Securities held by an affiliate of the Company)
may be resold in reliance on paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (vi) the date
on which such Initial Security shall cease to be outstanding.
8.
Rules 144 and 144A
. For as long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding,
the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and transmit to any
Holder of Initial Securities, such information, documents and 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 the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, the Company will furnish to any Holder of Initial
Securities and to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities, upon the requests of such Holder,
any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, so long as the notes are not freely transferable under the Securities
Act. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing all such information.
9.
Underwritten Registrations
. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (
Managing Underwriters
) will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i)
agrees to sell such persons Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and
(ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Amendments and Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b)
Notices
. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to a Holder of the
Securities, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company, or, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New
York, N.Y. 10013, Attention: General Counsel, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered
or telegraphed and confirmed to it care of Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO
63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Initial
Purchaser pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such
Initial Purchaser.
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(c)
No Inconsistent Agreements
. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into,
nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(d)
Merger Date Guarantors; Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall become effective as
to, and binding upon, each of the Merger Date Guarantors upon execution and delivery of a
Counterpart. Upon execution of a Counterpart, each Merger Date Guarantor agrees to be bound by the
terms, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement as described in the Counterpart, with all
rights, duties and obligations stated herein, with the same force and effect as if such party had
executed this Agreement on the date hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
its successors and assigns.
(e)
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
(f)
Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g)
Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h)
Severability
. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(i)
Securities Held by the Company
. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by
the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall
not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Closing
Date Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO. FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE
VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Martin P. Akins
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Martin P. Akins
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Title:
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Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel
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By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By:
Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the Initial Purchasers
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
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By:
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/s/ Michael Muntner
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Name:
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Michael Muntner
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Title:
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Managing Director
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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/s/ Brian D. Bednarski
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Name:
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Brian D. Bednarski
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Title:
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Managing Director
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make
this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
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to deliver a prospectus.
(1)
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of
resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation
in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it
for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional
copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all
expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or
dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the
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CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS
AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in,
and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not
be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Exhibit A
Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement
Each signatory hereto (a
Merger Date Guarantor
) hereby agrees to join and become a party to
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among Aristotle Holding, Inc.
(the
Issuer
) the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (as defined
therein), in respect of the Issuers 3.500% Senior Notes due 2016 (the
Registration Rights
Agreement
), as of the execution and delivery of this counterpart as though it had entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on November 21, 2011. Each Merger Date Guarantor hereby further
agrees, effective upon the execution and delivery of this counterpart, to be bound by all of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or of a Guarantor under the Registration
Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such covenants, agreements and obligations shall
include, but not be limited to, the obligations enumerated in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
Dated:_____________________________
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Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
$1,250,000,000 4.750% Senior Notes Due 2021
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 21, 2011
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street,
New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the
Representatives
) of the Initial Purchasers
Dear Sirs:
Aristotle Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Issuer
), proposes to issue and sell,
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated November 14, 2011 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the
Purchase Agreement
), to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A to
the Purchase Agreement (the
Initial Purchasers
), $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
4.750% Senior Notes due 2021 (the
Initial Securities
) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the
Guaranties
) by the Guarantors (as defined below) and any other entity that becomes a guarantor of
the Initial Securities following the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as
defined below). As used herein, (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers and the execution and
delivery of any Joinder Agreements and Supplemental Indentures (as defined below) by the Merger
Date Guarantors, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and, following the consummation of
the Mergers and the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement and Supplemental Indenture by
a Merger Date Guarantor, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and the Merger Date
Guarantors party thereto, (ii) the Company refers to the Issuer together with the Guarantors and
(iii) capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011,
and supplemented by a supplemental indenture (a
Supplemental Indenture
) dated as of November 21,
2011, among the Issuer, the Closing Date Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (as supplemented on November 21, 2011, and as may be supplemented from time to time
thereafter, the
Indenture
). On the Merger Date Medco will, and within 60 days following the
Merger Date each other Merger Date Guarantor will, enter into (i) a Supplemental Indenture,
pursuant to which each such Merger Date Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee the Initial
Securities and (ii) a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each, a
Counterpart
). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without
limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the
Holders
), as follows:
1.
Assumption and Adoption of this Agreement by the Merger Date Guarantors.
On the Merger
Date, Medco will execute a Counterpart, and on the date that each other Merger Date Guarantor is
required to guarantee the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each such
other Merger Date Guarantor will execute a Counterpart.
2.
Registered Exchange Offer
. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) a registration statement (the
Exchange Offer
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), with respect to a proposed offer (the
Registered Exchange Offer
) to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 7 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to
issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the
Exchange Securities
) of the Issuer issued under the
Indenture, guaranteed by the Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities, the
special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial Securities, the provisions relating to the
matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other provisions of the Indentures that are no longer
applicable to any party thereto as a result of the consummation of the Mergers) that would be
registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act
within 360 days (or if the 360th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter)
after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities (the
Issue Date
); provided that such
date shall not be earlier than the 60th day following the consummation of the Mergers (the later of
the date that is the 360th day after the date of issuance of the Initial Securities and the 60th
day after the consummation of the Mergers, the
Effectiveness Deadline
), (ii) as soon as
practicable after the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, offer the
Exchange Securities in exchange for the Initial Securities and complete such Registered Exchange
Offer not later than 60 days after such Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (or
if such 60th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day) and (iii) keep the
Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders
(such period being called the
Exchange Offer Registration Period
). For the avoidance of doubt,
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement may include debt securities of the Company other than
the Initial Securities.
If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close
the Registered Exchange Offer in not less than 20 business days after the commencement thereof
provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that at the time of
the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holders business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities
from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and
without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commissions staff
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each
Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own
account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an
Exchanging Dealer
), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures
section and the Purpose of the Exchange Offer section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the Plan of
Distribution section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities
received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities
constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable,
in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to
permit such
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prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in
order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or an
Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging
Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such
period is extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation
of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial
Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and
deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange
(the
Private Exchange
) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued under the Indenture, guaranteed by the
Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects (including the existence of
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of
the United States, but excluding the special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial
Securities, the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other
provisions of the Indenture that are no longer applicable to a party thereto as a result of the
consummation of the Mergers) to the Initial Securities (the
Private Exchange Securities
). The
Initial Securities and the guarantees thereof, the Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof
and the Private Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof are herein collectively called the
Securities
.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer
shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted
for exchange; and
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(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the
Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together
on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent
as a class separate from one another on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if
no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to
the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange
Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such
Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Securities, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be
required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities and (vi) such Holder is not acting on behalf of any person who could not
truthfully make the foregoing representations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.
Shelf Registration
. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 60 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective, (iii)
any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange
Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer
and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other
than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in
the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered
Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of
the exchange, the Company shall take the following actions:
(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3) file with the
Commission and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared
effective (unless it
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becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement (the
Shelf
Registration Statement
and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the
offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 7 hereof) by
the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set
forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(hereinafter, the
Shelf Registration
); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an
Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such
Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the
provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included
therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities for a period of
one year (or such longer period extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) from the Issue
Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) have been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The Company shall
be deemed not to have used commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that
would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii)
such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of the Companys obligations hereunder), including, but not limited to,
the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Company promptly thereafter
complies with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof, if applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4.
Registration Procedures
. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by
Section 3 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by
Section 2 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event
that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto
on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures section and the Purpose
of the Exchange Offer section and in Annex C hereto in the Plan of Distribution section
of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include
the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as
applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
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Statement a
section
entitled Plan of Distribution, reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which
shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of
the Commission with respect to the potential underwriter status of any broker-dealer that
is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act
)) of Exchange Securities received by such
broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a
Participating Broker-Dealer
), whether
such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission
or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers based
upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of
the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include
in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement (or, if permitted by
Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to
Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 4(d) and (f),
the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, as selling securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection
to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of
the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an ineligible
issuer, as defined in Commission Rule 405;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes
in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration
Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal at
the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the
coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including those, if any,
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incorporated by reference). The Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any offer
relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in
Commission Rule 405.
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser,
and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement provided for in Section 3(b), deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request.
The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer
and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration
Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of such states of the United States as any Holder
of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities
covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process
or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities
to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in
such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable
period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 4(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus and any other required
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document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of
the Securities or purchasers of Securities,
the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company
notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating
Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 4(b) above to
suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been
made, then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating
Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 3(b) above and the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 above shall each be extended by the number
of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating
Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this
Section 4(j). During the period during which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will prior
to the three-year expiration of that Shelf Registration Statement file, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes
effective automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any interruption in the
ability of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring Shelf Registration Statement to
make registered dispositions, a new registration statement relating to the Securities,
which shall be deemed the Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the
extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise
provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), in a timely manner and containing such
changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such
qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the
Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested,
an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities (the
Required
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Holders
) shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration; provided that the Company shall not be required to enter into an
underwriting agreement (or similar agreement in respect of an underwritten public offering)
more than once; provided further that, if the Required Holders shall request that the
Company enter into an underwriting agreement (or similar agreement in respect of an
underwritten public offering) at a time when another underwritten public offering with
respect to the Companys securities has been commenced and is then continuing, then the
Company may delay entry into the requested underwriting agreement until the earlier of (i)
the completion of the then existing underwritten public offering or (ii) the 60th day
following receipt of such request from the Required Holders.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant
or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and (ii) cause the Companys officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the
Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such
persons to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering
shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other
parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 5 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i) its counsel
to deliver an opinion in form and substance customary for offerings of such type and
reasonably acceptable to such Holders and the managing underwriting, if any, thereof,
relating to the Securities and addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and, if
such Shelf Registration contemplates an underwritten offering, dated the closing date under
the underwriting agreement relating thereto); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of
the applicable Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent
public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with
primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
successor bulletins).
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial
Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer that is, at the time of such request,
holding Initial Securities, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set
forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in
connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b)
of the Purchase Agreement with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon
delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as directed
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by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Initial Securities so
exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange
Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the
Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or
selling group or assist in the distribution (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the
Rules
) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (
FINRA
)) thereof, whether
as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if
such Rules, including Rule 5121, shall so require, engaging a qualified independent
underwriter (as defined in Rule 5121) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in
Section 6 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
5.
Registration Expenses
. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2 through 4 hereof, whether or
not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in
the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for
the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.
6.
Indemnification
. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder
or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the
Indemnified Parties
) from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to,
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in
any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 433
(
Issuer FWP
), relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i)
the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or
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prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder
and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and
(ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made
in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was
required to be delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172)
by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to such person, at or prior to the
time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if
permitted by Section 4(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The
Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who
controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if
requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent
that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the
limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person
in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder
may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have
under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof the
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indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action
in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the
subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the
exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such
indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 6 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
7.
Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances
. (a) Additional interest (the
Additional Interest
) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any
of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below a
Registration
Default
):
(i) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed and it does
not become effective by the Effectiveness Deadline;
(ii) If the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 60 days of the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
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(iii) If an effective Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed with the
Commission but does not become effective within 30 days following the event which required
the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement; or
(iv) If after either an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration
Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related
prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with
resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because
either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of
such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend
such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus to comply with the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such
Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a
replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set
forth in the title of such Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been
cured or the Initial Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, whichever is earlier,
at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default (the Initial Period), and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the
91st day following the occurrence of such Registration Default (it being understood and agreed that
the maximum Additional Interest rate during the Initial Period shall be 0.25% per annum and the
maximum Additional Interest rate thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case, regardless of
the number of Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing).
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 7(a)(iv)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to
have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet
effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y)
the occurrence of other material events with respect to the Company that would be required to be
disclosed in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus, and the disclosure of
which in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus would in the good faith
determination of the Company (1) interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of a
transaction that is being contemplated by the Company (whether or not a final decision has been
made to undertake such transaction) and (2) involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations
that are not in the best interest of the Company or its stockholders at such time and (ii) in the
case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf
Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided, however, that in
any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days or more
than an aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month period, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such
Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of
Section 7(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the
applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Securities, multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.
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(d)
Transfer Restricted Securities
means each Security until (i) the date on which such
Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a
broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the
date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on
or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
Statement, (iv) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (v) the earliest date that is no less than one year after the
Issue Date and on which such Security (except for Securities held by an affiliate of the Company)
may be resold in reliance on paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (vi) the date
on which such Initial Security shall cease to be outstanding.
8.
Rules 144 and 144A
. For as long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding,
the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and transmit to any
Holder of Initial Securities, such information, documents and 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 the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, the Company will furnish to any Holder of Initial
Securities and to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities, upon the requests of such Holder,
any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, so long as the notes are not freely transferable under the Securities
Act. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing all such information.
9.
Underwritten Registrations
. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (
Managing Underwriters
) will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i)
agrees to sell such persons Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Amendments and Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b)
Notices
. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to a Holder of the
Securities, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company, or, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New
York, N.Y. 10013, Attention: General Counsel, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered
or telegraphed and confirmed to it care of Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO
63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Initial
Purchaser pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such
Initial Purchaser.
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(c)
No Inconsistent Agreements
. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into,
nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(d)
Merger Date Guarantors; Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall become effective as
to, and binding upon, each of the Merger Date Guarantors upon execution and delivery of a
Counterpart. Upon execution of a Counterpart, each Merger Date Guarantor agrees to be bound by the
terms, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement as described in the Counterpart, with all
rights, duties and obligations stated herein, with the same force and effect as if such party had
executed this Agreement on the date hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
its successors and assigns.
(e)
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
(f)
Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g)
Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h)
Severability
. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(i)
Securities Held by the Company
. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by
the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall
not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Closing
Date Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
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ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
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PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Martin P. Akins
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Name:
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Martin P. Akins
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Title:
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Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel
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By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By:
Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the Initial Purchasers
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
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/s/ Michael Muntner
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Name:
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Michael Muntner
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Title:
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Managing Director
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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/s/ Brian D. Bednarski
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Name:
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Brian D. Bednarski
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Title:
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Managing Director
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make
this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
, 20 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required
to deliver a prospectus.
(1)
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of
resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation
in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it
for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional
copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all
expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or
dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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(1)
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In addition, the legend required by
Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the
Exchange Offer prospectus.
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ANNEX D
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CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS
AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in,
and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not
be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Exhibit A
Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement
Each signatory hereto (a
Merger Date Guarantor
) hereby agrees to join and become a party to
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among Aristotle Holding, Inc.
(the
Issuer
) the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (as defined
therein), in respect of the Issuers 4.750% Senior Notes due 2021 (the
Registration Rights
Agreement
), as of the execution and delivery of this counterpart as though it had entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on November 21, 2011. Each Merger Date Guarantor hereby further
agrees, effective upon the execution and delivery of this counterpart, to be bound by all of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or of a Guarantor under the Registration
Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such covenants, agreements and obligations shall
include, but not be limited to, the obligations enumerated in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
Dated:_____________________________
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[
Name of Guarantor
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Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION COPY
Aristotle Holding, Inc.
$700,000,000 6.125% Senior Notes Due 2041
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 21, 2011
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
388 Greenwich Street,
New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the
Representatives
) of the Initial Purchasers
Dear Sirs:
Aristotle Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Issuer
), proposes to issue and sell,
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated November 14, 2011 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the
Purchase Agreement
), to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A to
the Purchase Agreement (the
Initial Purchasers
), $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
6.125% Senior Notes due 2041 (the
Initial Securities
) to be unconditionally guaranteed (the
"
Guaranties
) by the Guarantors (as defined below) and any other entity that becomes a guarantor of
the Initial Securities following the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as
defined below). As used herein, (i) prior to the consummation of the Mergers and the execution and
delivery of any Joinder Agreements and Supplemental Indentures (as defined below) by the Merger
Date Guarantors, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and, following the consummation of
the Mergers and the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement and Supplemental Indenture by
a Merger Date Guarantor, Guarantors means the Closing Date Guarantors and the Merger Date
Guarantors party thereto, (ii) the Company refers to the Issuer together with the Guarantors and
(iii) capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011,
and supplemented by a supplemental indenture (a
Supplemental Indenture
) dated as of November 21,
2011, among the Issuer, the Closing Date Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (as supplemented on November 21, 2011, and as may be supplemented from time to time
thereafter, the
Indenture
). On the Merger Date Medco will, and within 60 days following the
Merger Date each other Merger Date Guarantor will, enter into (i) a Supplemental Indenture,
pursuant to which each such Merger Date Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee the Initial
Securities and (ii) a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(each, a
Counterpart
). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company agrees with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Initial Securities (including, without
limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the
Holders
), as follows:
1.
Assumption and Adoption of this Agreement by the Merger Date Guarantors.
On the Merger
Date, Medco will execute a Counterpart, and on the date that each other Merger Date Guarantor is
required to guarantee the Offered Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each such
other Merger Date Guarantor will execute a Counterpart.
2.
Registered Exchange Offer
. The Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) a registration statement (the
Exchange Offer
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities Act
), with respect to a proposed offer (the
Registered Exchange Offer
) to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 7 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to
issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the
Exchange Securities
) of the Issuer issued under the
Indenture, guaranteed by the Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects to the
Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities, the
special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial Securities, the provisions relating to the
matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other provisions of the Indentures that are no longer
applicable to any party thereto as a result of the consummation of the Mergers) that would be
registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act
within 360 days (or if the 360th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter)
after the date of original issue of the Initial Securities (the
Issue Date
); provided that such
date shall not be earlier than the 60th day following the consummation of the Mergers (the later of
the date that is the 360th day after the date of issuance of the Initial Securities and the 60th
day after the consummation of the Mergers, the
Effectiveness Deadline
), (ii) as soon as
practicable after the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, offer the
Exchange Securities in exchange for the Initial Securities and complete such Registered Exchange
Offer not later than 60 days after such Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (or
if such 60th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day) and (iii) keep the
Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by
applicable law) after the date notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders
(such period being called the
Exchange Offer Registration Period
). For the avoidance of doubt,
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement may include debt securities of the Company other than
the Initial Securities.
If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close
the Registered Exchange Offer in not less than 20 business days after the commencement thereof
provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
electing to exchange the Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that at the time of
the commencement of the Registered Exchange Offer such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course
of such Holders business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities
from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and
without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commissions staff
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each
Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own
account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Securities (an
Exchanging Dealer
), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information
set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures
section and the Purpose of the Exchange Offer section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the Plan of
Distribution section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities
received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities
constituting any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus containing the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable,
in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such
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prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case
where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging
Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which
all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange Securities held by them
(unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make
such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after
the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser holds Initial
Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the
delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and
deliver to such Initial Purchaser upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange
(the
Private Exchange
) for the Initial Securities held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer issued under the Indenture, guaranteed by the
Guarantors and otherwise identical in all material respects (including the existence of
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of
the United States, but excluding the special mandatory redemption relating to the Initial
Securities, the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 7 hereof and any other
provisions of the Indenture that are no longer applicable to a party thereto as a result of the
consummation of the Mergers) to the Initial Securities (the
Private Exchange Securities
). The
Initial Securities and the guarantees thereof, the Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof
and the Private Exchange Securities and the guarantees thereof are herein collectively called the
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Securities
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In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the
Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an
address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of
business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer
shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted
for exchange; and
(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the
Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together
on all matters
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as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent
as a class separate from one another on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment
date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if
no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial
Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to
the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange
Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such
Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Securities, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will
receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be
required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities and (vi) such Holder is not acting on behalf of any person who could not
truthfully make the foregoing representations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and
any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and
any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
3.
Shelf Registration
. If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations
thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect a Registered
Exchange Offer, as contemplated by Section 2 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 60 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective, (iii)
any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange
Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer
and held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder (other
than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or, in
the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered
Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities on the date of
the exchange, the Company shall take the following actions:
(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3) file with the
Commission and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared
effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement
(the
Shelf Registration Statement
and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, a
Registration Statement
) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act
relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section
7 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (hereinafter, the
Shelf Registration
); provided, however, that no Holder
(other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be
bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
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(b) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included
therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities for a period of
one year (or such longer period extended pursuant to Section 4(j) below) from the Issue
Date or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) have been
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The Company shall
be deemed not to have used commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that
would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable law or (ii)
such action is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of the Companys obligations hereunder), including, but not limited to,
the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Company promptly thereafter
complies with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof, if applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration
Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
4.
Registration Procedures
. In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by
Section 3 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered Exchange Offer contemplated by
Section 2 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event
that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the
original offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto
on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the Exchange Offer Procedures section and the Purpose
of the Exchange Offer section and in Annex C hereto in the Plan of Distribution section
of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include
the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as
applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a
section entitled Plan of Distribution, reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers,
which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the
staff of the Commission with respect to the potential underwriter status of any
broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act
)) of Exchange Securities received by
such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (a
Participating Broker-Dealer
),
whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the
prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration
Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that
becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section
4(d) and (f), the names of the Holders, who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement, as selling securityholders.
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(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior
written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional
information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection
to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of
the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an ineligible
issuer, as defined in Commission Rule 405;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes
in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration
Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal at
the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included within the
coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not,
without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any offer relating to the Securities
that would constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 405.
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each Initial Purchaser,
and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement provided for in Section 3(b), deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request.
The Company consents, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering
and sale of
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the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus
following the Registered Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final
prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject
to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer
and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange
Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration
Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel
in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of such states of the United States as any Holder
of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities
covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then
so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process
or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities
to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in
such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable
period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 4(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of
the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the
Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 4(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use
of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
provided for in Section 3(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 2 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the
date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers,
the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received
such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 4(j). During the period
during which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will prior to the three-year expiration of that
Shelf Registration Statement file, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be
declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) within a period
that avoids any interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered by the
expiring Shelf Registration Statement to make
registered dispositions, a new registration statement relating to the Securities, which
shall be deemed the Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement.
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(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the
Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the
extent and so long as they are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise
provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning
with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), in a timely manner and containing such
changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such
qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the
Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the
Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time
reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested,
an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities (the
Required Holders
) shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration; provided that the Company
shall not be required to enter into an underwriting agreement (or similar agreement in
respect of an underwritten public offering) more than once; provided further that, if the
Required Holders shall request that the Company enter into an underwriting agreement (or
similar agreement in respect of an underwritten public offering) at a time when another
underwritten public offering with respect to the Companys securities has been commenced
and is then continuing, then the Company may delay entry into the requested underwriting
agreement until the earlier of (i) the completion of the then existing underwritten public
offering or (ii) the 60th day following receipt of such request from the Required Holders.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably
available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in
any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant
or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company and (ii) cause the Companys officers, directors, employees, accountants and
auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the
Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such
persons to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering
shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other
parties by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 5 hereof.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of
Securities covered thereby, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i) its counsel to deliver an
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opinion in form and substance customary for offerings of such type and
reasonably acceptable to such Holders and the managing underwriting, if any, thereof,
relating to the Securities and addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (and, if
such Shelf Registration contemplates an underwritten offering, dated the closing date under
the underwriting agreement relating thereto); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all
customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of
the applicable Securities; and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent
public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the
applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with
primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as
contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
successor bulletins).
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any Initial
Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer that is, at the time of such request,
holding Initial Securities, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set
forth in Section 7(d) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in
connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public
accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for
which financial information is provided in the Registration Statement to deliver to such
Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form,
meeting the requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b)
of the Purchase Agreement with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon
delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other Person as
directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the
Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no
event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall
underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or
selling group or assist in the distribution (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the
Rules
) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (
FINRA
)) thereof, whether
as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker
or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if
such Rules, including Rule 5121, shall so require, engaging a qualified independent
underwriter (as defined in Rule 5121) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in
Section 6 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be
required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
5.
Registration Expenses
. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2 through 4 hereof, whether or
not the Registered Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in
the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered
thereby for the reasonable fees
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and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for
the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.
6.
Indemnification
. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder
or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to
collectively as the
Indemnified Parties
) from and against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to,
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in
any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Commission Rule 433
(
Issuer FWP
), relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made) not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i)
the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with
respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any
preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was
required to be delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172)
by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such
purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to such person, at or prior to the
time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if
permitted by Section 4(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The
Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who
controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same
extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if
requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf
Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and,
subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as
incurred, the Company for any legal or other
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expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any
such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have
under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the
exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation
provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one
hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the
parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net
proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph
(d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party.
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(e) The agreements contained in this Section 6 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
7.
Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances
. (a) Additional interest (the
Additional Interest
) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any
of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iv) below a
Registration
Default
):
(i) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed and it does
not become effective by the Effectiveness Deadline;
(ii) If the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 60 days of the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iii) If an effective Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed with the
Commission but does not become effective within 30 days following the event which required
the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement; or
(iv) If after either an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration
Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration Statement or the related
prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with
resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified herein because
either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of
such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend
such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus to comply with the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, or (3) such
Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a
replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set
forth in the title of such Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been
cured or the Initial Securities cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, whichever is earlier,
at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a
Registration Default (the Initial Period), and such rate will increase by 0.25% per annum on the
91st day following the occurrence of such Registration Default (it being understood and agreed that
the maximum Additional Interest rate during the Initial Period shall be 0.25% per annum and the
maximum Additional Interest rate thereafter shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case, regardless of
the number of Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing).
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 7(a)(iv)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to
have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related
prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet
effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y)
the occurrence of other material events with respect to the Company that would be required to be
disclosed in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus, and the disclosure of
which in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus would in the good faith
determination of the Company (1) interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of a
transaction that is being contemplated by the Company (whether or not a final decision has been
made to undertake such transaction) and (2) involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations
that are not in the best interest of the Company or its stockholders at such time and (ii) in the case of
clause (y), the Company is proceeding in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration
Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided, however, that in any case if
such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 30 days or more than an
aggregate of 90 days in any 12-month
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period, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance
with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration
Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of
Section 7(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the
applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Securities, multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360.
(d)
Transfer Restricted Securities
means each Security until (i) the date on which such
Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely
transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a
broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the
date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on
or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively
registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration
Statement, (iv) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (v) the earliest date that is no less than one year after the
Issue Date and on which such Security (except for Securities held by an affiliate of the Company)
may be resold in reliance on paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (vi) the date
on which such Initial Security shall cease to be outstanding.
8.
Rules 144 and 144A
. For as long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding,
the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and transmit to any
Holder of Initial Securities, such information, documents and 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 the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, the Company will furnish to any Holder of Initial
Securities and to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities, upon the requests of such Holder,
any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision)
under the Securities Act, so long as the notes are not freely transferable under the Securities
Act. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing all such information.
9.
Underwritten Registrations
. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (
Managing Underwriters
) will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i)
agrees to sell such persons Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements
and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Amendments and Waivers
. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
(b)
Notices
. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to a Holder of the
Securities, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed to the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company, or, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New
York, N.Y. 10013, Attention:
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General Counsel, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
it care of Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO 63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General
Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such
Initial Purchaser.
(c)
No Inconsistent Agreements
. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into,
nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof.
(d)
Merger Date Guarantors; Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall become effective as
to, and binding upon, each of the Merger Date Guarantors upon execution and delivery of a
Counterpart. Upon execution of a Counterpart, each Merger Date Guarantor agrees to be bound by the
terms, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement as described in the Counterpart, with all
rights, duties and obligations stated herein, with the same force and effect as if such party had
executed this Agreement on the date hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and
its successors and assigns.
(e)
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
(f)
Headings
. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g)
Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h)
Severability
. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application
thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(i)
Securities Held by the Company
. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by
the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent
Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall
not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Closing
Date Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
ARISTOTLE HOLDING, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
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By:
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/s/
George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
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BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI ACQUISITION, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
ESI MAIL ORDER PROCESSING, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
iBIOLOGIC, INC.
IVTX, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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CURASCRIPT, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION
SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
MANAGEMENT CO.
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Patrick McNamee
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Name:
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Patrick McNamee
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Title:
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President
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ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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ESI PARTNERSHIP
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Martin P. Akins
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Name:
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Martin P. Akins
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Title:
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Vice President and Deputy General
Counsel
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By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Tom Rocheford
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Name:
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Tom Rocheford
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Title:
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President
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SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By:
Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/ Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS MSA, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS WC, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Edward Ignaczak
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Name:
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Edward Ignaczak
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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George Paz
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Name:
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George Paz
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Title:
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President
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EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Keith J. Ebling
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Name:
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Keith J. Ebling
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Title:
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Vice President
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the Initial
Purchasers
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
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By:
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/s/ Michael Muntner
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Name:
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Michael Muntner
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Title:
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Managing Director
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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Brian D. Bednarski
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Name:
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Brian D. Bednarski
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Title:
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Managing Director
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented
from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities
received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has
agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make
this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See Plan of Distribution.
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of
180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
, 20 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required
to deliver a prospectus.
(1)
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by
broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange
Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of
resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation
in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such
Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it
for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and
by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional
copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all
expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or
dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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In addition, the legend required by
Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will appear on the back cover page of the
Exchange Offer prospectus.
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ANNEX D
o
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS
AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in,
and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not
be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Exhibit A
Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement
Each signatory hereto (a
Merger Date Guarantor
) hereby agrees to join and become a party to
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2011, among Aristotle Holding, Inc.
(the
Issuer
) the Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (as defined
therein), in respect of the Issuers 6.125% Senior Notes due 2041 (the
Registration Rights
Agreement
), as of the execution and delivery of this counterpart as though it had entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on November 21, 2011. Each Merger Date Guarantor hereby further
agrees, effective upon the execution and delivery of this counterpart, to be bound by all of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or of a Guarantor under the Registration
Rights Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such covenants, agreements and obligations shall
include, but not be limited to, the obligations enumerated in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of
the Registration Rights Agreement.
Dated:_____________________________
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Name of Guarantor
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Title:
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