UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)    August 8, 2013

 

 

Web.com Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

     
     
Delaware 000-51595 94-3327894
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
   

12808 Gran Bay Parkway West , Jacksonville, FL

32258

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (904) 680-6600  

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 
 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Completion of Senior Convertible Notes Offering

 

On August 14, 2013, Web.com Group, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its registered underwritten public offering of $258.75 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (such notes, the “Notes,” and such offering, the “Offering”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., described in Item 8.01 below .

 

The Notes sold in the Offering include $33.75 million aggregate principal amount of Notes sold to the underwriters pursuant to their 30-day option to purchase Notes to cover over-allotments, which was exercised in full on August 12, 2013.

 

The Notes were offered and sold in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2013, which was effective upon filing (Registration No. 333-190479) , including the prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act dated August 8, 2013, to the prospectus contained in the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) .

 

Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture

 

The Company issued the Notes under an indenture, dated as of August 14, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of August 14, 2013 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

 

The Notes will mature on August 15, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier redeemed or purchased by the Company or converted. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will bear interest at a rate of 1.00% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2014.

 

Holders may convert their Notes at their option prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding May 15, 2018 in multiples of $1,000 principal amount only upon the occurrence of certain circumstances. On or after May 15, 2018, Holders may convert all or a portion of their Notes in multiples of $1,000 principal amount at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at its election.

 

On or after August 20, 2016, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the Notes, at its option, if the last reported sale price of its common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending within five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture) occurs at any time, subject to certain conditions, holders may require the Company to purchase all or any portion of their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change purchase date.

 

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The conversion rate for the Notes is initially 28.5714 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $35.00 per share of common stock, representing a conversion premium of approximately 24.3% over the last reported sale price of $28.16 per share of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on August 8, 2013. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in certain events, such as distributions, dividends and stock splits. In addition, upon a Make-Whole Adjustment Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture) or redemption notice, the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or such redemption notice. In addition, holders who convert in connection with a redemption notice will also receive accrued and unpaid interest (unless such conversion occurs after a record date and on or prior to the related interest payment date).

 

The Indenture contains customary events of default including: (a) the failure to pay the principal of any Note when due; (b) the failure to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the conversion obligation owing upon conversion of any Note within five business days; (c) the failure to pay any interest on any Note when due, and such failure continues for 30 days; (d) the failure to pay the fundamental change purchase price or redemption price of any Note when due; (e) the failure to provide timely notice of a specified corporate transaction, a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Adjustment Event in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; (f) the failure to comply with other covenants in the Indenture for 60 days after notice from the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (g) the failure to pay when due or upon acceleration of certain indebtedness and other payment obligations in an outstanding principal amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $20 million, which failure is not cured or acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days after notice thereof from the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; (h) the failure to pay certain judgments in excess of $20 million; and (i) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) occur.

 

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

 

The indenture provides that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into another person, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its consolidated properties and assets to, another person, unless (a) the successor person, if any, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture; and (b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On August 8, 2013, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $33,750,000 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018. The Underwriters exercised this option in full on August 12, 2013.

 

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

 

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

 

The Company estimates that net proceeds from the Offering will be approximately $ 251.4 million, after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and estimated transaction expenses associated with the Offering payable by the Company . T he Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay $43.0 million of indebtedness under its revolving credit facility and $208.0 million of indebtedness under its first lien term loans .

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated August 8, 2013, by and among the Company, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
4.1 Indenture, dated August 14, 2013, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 14, 2013, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 1.00% Senior Convertible Note due 2018).
5.1 Opinion of Cooley LLP
23.1 Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
   
Date: August 14, 2013 By:      /s/ Matthew P. McClure  
                  Matthew P. McClure, Secretary

  

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated August 8, 2013, by and among the Company, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
4.1 Indenture, dated August 14, 2013, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 14, 2013, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 1.00% Senior Convertible Note due 2018).
5.1 Opinion of Cooley LLP
23.1 Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP INC.

$225,000,000 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018

Underwriting Agreement

August 8, 2013

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue

4th Floor

New York, New York 10152

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Web.com Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”) $225,000,000 principal amount of its 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $33,750,000 principal amount of 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “Option Securities”). The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the Securities. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of cash, shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the option of the Company. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 14, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented and amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated on or about August 14, 2013, to the Base Indenture relating to the Securities (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and any other amendments or supplements thereto, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

 

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement (File No. 333-190479) , including a prospectus (the “Basic Prospectus”), relating to the Securities. The Company has also filed, or proposes to file, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The registration statement, as amended at the time of this Agreement, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Prospectus” means the Basic Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto) as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities and the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities together with the Basic Prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. References herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement,” “amendment” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) subsequent to the date of this Agreement which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Effective Time” means the effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the offering of the Securities, as determined for the Company pursuant to Section 11 of the Securities Act and Item 512 of Regulation S-K, as applicable.

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At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated August 8, 2013, and each “free writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

 

“Applicable Time” means 8:00 A.M., New York City time, on August 9, 2013.

 

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters .

 

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per Security equal to 97.5% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any from August 14, 2013 to the Closing Date, (the “Purchase Price”), on the Closing Date (as such term is hereinafter defined). The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

 

In addition, in reliance upon the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, the Option Securities at a price per Security equal to the Purchase Price for the sole purpose of covering over-allotted sales of convertible senior notes in excess of the principal amount of the Underwritten Securities. The option granted hereby will expire 30 days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon written notice (each, an “Option Exercise Notice”) from the Underwriters setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. The principal amount of the Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total principal amount of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities (as adjusted by the Underwriters to eliminate fractions of $1,000). Any Additional Closing Date (as defined below) shall be determined by the Underwriters, but shall not be later than five full business days after the date of the Option Exercise Notice nor earlier than the Closing Date or, if after the Closing Date, earlier than three business days after the date of the Option Exercise Notice unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties hereto, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date. Any Option Exercise Notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

 

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

 

(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2013, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Securities, on the date and at the time and place specified in the Option Exercise Notice. The time and date of such payment and delivery of the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”, and the time and date of such payment and delivery for the Option Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.

 

(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Underwriters against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (the “Global Notes”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Notes will be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

 

(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, or any other person. Additionally, none of the Underwriters nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. The Company has not received any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by the Commission and has not received notice of any proceeding for that purpose or notice of any action instituted pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities by the Commission, nor has any such proceeding or action been threatened by the Commission; as of the Effective Time, the Registration Statement complied, and as of the date of any amendment thereto will comply, in all material respects with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively the “Trust Indenture Act”) and the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, the Prospectus did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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

 

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

 

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(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Capital Stock”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

 

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

 

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

 

(l) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

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

 

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

 

(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents . The Transaction Documents conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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

 

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(q) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof), except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

 

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

 

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(t) Independent Accountants. Ernst &Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

 

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

 

(v) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names, and any registrations or applications thereof, licenses, inventions, and know-how (including trade secrets, source code, software, and other unregistered proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. The Company and its subsidiaries have not received any cease and desist letter, invitation to take a license, or notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others in connection with its Intellectual Property which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

 

(x) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

 

(y) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, other than those that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets other than those that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(z) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.

 

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

 

(bb) Compliance with and Liability Under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (a) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (c) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

(cc) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

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(dd) Disclosure Controls . The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ii) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

(jj) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

 

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

 

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(ll) No Registration Rights . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the sale of the Securities to be sold hereunder.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(qq) Status Under the Securities Act . The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

(rr) No Ratings. There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.

 

(ss) Underlying Securities. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture. The Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved, and when issued upon such conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

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

 

(a) Required Filings. The Company will (i) pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)1(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date and (ii) file the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later than the close of business on the second business day following the date of determination of the public offering price of the Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act. The Company will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet substantially in the form of Schedule 4 hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act, and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

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

 

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

 

(d) Notice to the Underwriters. The Company will advise the Underwriters promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(h) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., other than (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any grants of equity awards granted under Company Stock Plans or shares of Common Stock of the Company issued upon the grant, exercise or vesting of equity awards granted under Company Stock Plans in effect on the date hereof as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (C) shares of Common Stock or other securities issued in connection with a transaction that includes a commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any acquisition of assets of not less than a majority or controlling portion of the equity of another entity, provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this clause (C) shall not exceed 5.0% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities pursuant hereto and (y) the recipient of any such shares of Common Stock and securities issued pursuant to this clause (C) during the 60-day restricted period described above shall enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

(i) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

 

(j) Exchange Listing. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to list for quotation the Underlying Securities on the Nasdaq Market.

 

(k) Reports. For a period of three years from the date of this Agreement, so long as the Securities are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriters to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.

 

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

 

(m) Use of Proceeds . The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

 

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(n) Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form . If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Underwriters, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Underwriters of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action reasonably necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

 

(o) Underlying Securities . The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities.

 

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

 

(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

 

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission.

 

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

 

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

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

 

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

 

(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Underwriters makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Underwriters (A) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (C) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.

 

(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided , that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Cooley LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.

 

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(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

(h) Exchange Listing. The Underlying Securities shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Market, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

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

 

(j) Good Standing . The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

 

(k) Lock-up Agreements . The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company set forth on Schedule 3 hereto relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to the Underwriters on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

(l) Additional Documents. At the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

(m) Supplemental Indenture Relating to the Securities. The Underwriters shall have received an executed copy of the Supplemental Indenture.

 

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

 

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

 

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

 

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(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of Securities and (ii) the paragraph under the caption “Price Stabilization and Short Positions” under the heading “Underwriting.”

 

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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

 

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(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

 

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

 

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

 

9. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriters, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Underwriters, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

10. Defaulting Underwriter .

 

(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

 

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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

 

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

 

11. Payment of Expenses .

 

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities on the Nasdaq Market and (xi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, transfer agent or registrar and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties). In addition, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters).

 

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(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

15. Miscellaneous .

 

(a) Authority of Underwriters. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Underwriters on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Underwriters shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

 

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Underwriters c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (fax no: (212) 214-5918). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 12808 Gran Bay Parkway West, Jacksonville, Florida 32258 (fax: (904) 880-0350); Attention: Matt McClure.

 

(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ David L. Brown  
    Name: David L. Brown
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

  

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
 
By:  /s/ David Herman  
  Name: David Herman
Title: Director

  

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
 
 
By:  /s/ Chris Cormier  
  Name: Chris Cormier
Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

By:  /s/ Andrew Yaeger  
  Name: Andrew Yaeger
Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Schedule 1

 

 

Underwriter   Principal Amount of Securities
     
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC   $112,500,000
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.   $112,500,000
     
Total   $225,000,000
     

 

 

 
 

Schedule 2

 

Subsidiaries of the Company

 

 

 

 
Subsidiary Jurisdiction
Network Solutions, LLC Delaware
Register.com, Inc. Delaware

 

 

 
 

 

Schedule 3

 

 

Persons Delivering Lock-Up Agreements

 

 

GA-NWS Investor LLC

David L. Brown

Kevin M. Carney

Jason T. Teichman

Roseann Duran

Hugh M. Durden

Philip J. Facchina

Anton J. Levy

Timothy I. Maudlin

Robert S. McCoy, Jr.

Deborah H. Quazzo

 

 

 
 

 

Schedule 4

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated August 8, 2013

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 8, 2013

Registration Statement No. 333-190479

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Web.com Group, Inc.

 

$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of

1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “notes”)

 

The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to Web.com Group, Inc.’s offering (the “offering”) of its 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2013 relating to the offering (the “preliminary prospectus supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein and the related base prospectus dated August 8, 2013, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

Issuer Web.com Group, Inc.
Ticker /Exchange for Common Stock WWWW / NASDAQ Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”)
Title of Securities 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018
Aggregate Principal Amount Offered $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of notes (or $258,750,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full)
Maturity Date August 15, 2018, unless earlier redeemed, purchased or converted
Interest 1.00% per annum, accruing from the Closing Date
Interest Payment Dates February 15 and August 15, beginning February 15, 2014
Interest Payment Record Dates February 1 and August 1 of each year
Last Reported Sale Price $28.16 per share of the Issuer’s common stock on Nasdaq on the Pricing Date
Conversion Premium Approximately 24.3% over the Last Reported Sale Price
Initial Conversion Price Approximately $35.00 per share of common stock
Initial Conversion Rate 28.5714 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes
Optional Redemption The Issuer may not redeem the notes prior to August 20, 2016. On or after August 20, 2016, the Issuer may redeem for cash all or part of the notes, at its option, if the last reported sale price of the Issuer’s common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending within five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Issuer provides notice of redemption exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. The Issuer will give notice of any redemption not less than 45 nor more than 60 calendar days before the redemption date. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

 
 

 

Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Notice of Redemption If and only to the extent a holder elects to convert its notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change (as defined under “Description of Notes—Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Notice of Redemption” in the preliminary prospectus supplement) or a notice of redemption, the Issuer will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate by a number of additional shares of common stock. The following table sets forth the number of additional shares to be added to the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes in connection with a make-whole fundamental change or a redemption notice, as the case may be:

Stock Price

Effective Date $28.16 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 $37.50 $40.00 $45.00 $50.00 $60.00 $80.00 $100.00
August 14, 2013 6.9399 6.9399 6.0948 5.1343 4.3537 3.7131 2.7407 2.0553 1.1956 0.4302 0.1472
August 15, 2014 6.9399 6.9399 6.1920 5.1599 4.3275 3.6499 2.6342 1.9315 1.0740 0.3511 0.1047
August 15, 2015 6.9399 6.9399 6.0843 4.9859 4.1101 3.4061 2.3716 1.6766 0.8654 0.2395 0.0534
August 15, 2016 6.9399 6.9399 5.6373 4.4850 3.5845 2.8770 1.8745 1.2373 0.5539 0.1083 0.0089
August 15, 2017 6.9399 6.2192 4.6280 3.4379 2.5512 1.8924 1.0422 0.5762 0.1775 0.0088 0.0000
August 15, 2018 6.9399 4.7619 2.1978 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

 

The exact stock price and effective date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

 

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

 

· If the stock price is greater than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

 

· If the stock price is less than $28.16 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of notes exceed 35.5113, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of Notes —Conversion Rate Adjustments” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

 
 

 

Underwriters’ Purchase Price 97.5% of the principal amount
Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $218.5 million (or $251.4 million if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), after deducting fees and estimated transaction expenses associated with the offering.

 

The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay $43.0 million of indebtedness under our revolving credit facility and $175.5 million of indebtedness under its first lien term loans. See “Use of Proceeds” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, the Issuer expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of the additional notes for the repayment of indebtedness under its first lien term loans

 

Pricing Date August 8, 2013
Closing Date August 14, 2013
Joint Book-Running Managers Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Settlement 

DTC

CUSIP/ISIN 94733A AA2 / US94733AAA25

 

Changes to Information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

 

The following changes are made to the information set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement and will be reflected in the final prospectus supplement.

 

The following information set forth on the front cover of the preliminary prospectus supplement is updated as follows:

 

Issue Price: 95% of the principal amount

 

The following information will be added under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”:

 

Original Issue Discount

 

The notes are being issued with original issue discount (“OID”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between their stated principal amount and their “issue price” (the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes is sold to the public). A U.S. noteholder as well as a non-U.S. noteholder subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net basis generally will be required to include the OID in gross income as ordinary interest income in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income and regardless of such holder’s regular method of tax accounting. Such OID will be included in gross income for each day during each taxable year in which the note is held using a constant yield-to-maturity method that reflects the compounding of interest. This means that the noteholder will have to include in income increasingly greater amounts of OID over time. A noteholder’s adjusted tax basis in a note will be the amount paid for the note, increased by any OID previously included in income with respect to that note. OID for non-U.S. noteholders will generally be treated in the same manner as payments of stated interest for U.S. federal income tax purposes. All holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the OID rules to their particular circumstances.

 

 
 

See "Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations" in the preliminary prospectus supplement, which supplements and qualifies the above U.S. federal income tax discussion.

 

The following information set forth in the column labeled “As adjusted” under the heading “Capitalization” in the preliminary prospectus supplement is updated as follows:

 

    June 30, 2013
As adjusted
 
    (in thousands)  
       
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 16,799  
     Debt:        
Revolving Credit Facility maturing 2016 (1)   $ -  
First Lien Term Loans due 2017 (1)     449,866  
Capital Lease Obligations     8  
1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due August 15, 2018 (2)     225,000  
Less: Unamortized debt discount of 1.00% Senior Convertible Senior Notes due August 15, 2018 offered hereby (2)     (58,191 )
Total debt   $ 616,683  
Stockholders’ equity:        
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share: 150,000,000 shares authorized, 50,335,133 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013 (3)   $ 50  
Additional paid-in capital (2)     522,638  
Accumulated other comprehensive income     10  
Accumulated deficit     (348,710 )
Total stockholders’ equity   $ 173,988  
Total capitalization   $ 790,671  
         

 

 

 

(1) Reflects debt under our first lien credit facilities. We currently expect to use the proceeds from this offering for the repayment of our revolving credit facility and a portion of our first lien term loans. Debt under the first lien term loans is net of original issue discount of $1.5 million. For a more detailed description of this indebtedness, see “Description of Certain Other Indebtedness.”

 

(2) In accordance with ASC 470-20, the fair value of the feature to convert the notes into common stock is reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. Upon issuance of the notes, the debt will be reported at a discount to the face amount resulting in a decrease in the amount of debt with an increase in equity reported in our financial statements. Under GAAP, the amount of debt reported will accrete up to the face amount over the expected term of the debt. The determination of the fair values of the debt and equity components has been estimated but is subject to change based upon the completion of our analysis of nonconvertible debt interest rates. We currently estimate that the fair value of the feature to convert the debt into common stock is equal to approximately $58.2 million on a pretax basis. This amount is being reported herein, on an as adjusted basis, on a pre-tax basis as unamortized debt discount on the notes being offered hereby and as an increase in additional paid-in capital. This amount will be reported on an after-tax basis in our financial statements. ASC 470-20 does not affect the actual amount that we are required to repay.

 

(3) The number of shares shown as issued and outstanding in the table above excludes:

 

· shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes offered hereby;

 

· an aggregate of 7,184,695 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of June 30, 2013, having a weighted-average exercise price of $10.93 per share; and

 

· an aggregate of 2,152,205 shares of our common stock reserved as of June 30, 2013 under our equity incentive plans.

 

 
 

 

The following information set forth under the heading “Summary Consolidated Financial Data” in the preliminary prospectus supplement in the preliminary prospectus supplement is updated as follows:

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2013
    Year Ended December 31, 2012  
                 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Loss:                
Pro forma basic net (loss) income per common share (6)   $ (1.19 )   $ (2.55 )
Pro forma diluted net (loss) income per common share (6)   $ (1.19 )   $ (2.55 )
                 

  

(6) The pro forma basic and diluted net (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 gives effect to the issuance and sale of $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of notes in this offering, our receipt of net proceeds therefrom, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and the application of estimated net proceeds as set forth under “Use of Proceeds.” Included in the pro forma adjustment for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are decreases in interest expenses of $3.9 million and $12.4 million, respectively, resulting from a decreased weighted average interest rate for the applicable periods, offset by $5.2 million and $10.0 million, respectively, in amortization related to the estimated debt discount recorded in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 470-20. Pro forma adjustments assume that the transaction took place on January 1, 2012. For the six months ended June 30, 2013, basic and diluted shares used in calculating net (loss) per share were 48.4 million. For the year ended December 31, 2012, basic and diluted shares used in calculating net (loss) per share were 46.9 million.

 

The Issuer has filed a registration statement including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement if you request them from Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 800-326-5897, or email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attn: Prospectus Group, by email at prospectus.CPDG@db.com or by phone at (800) 503-4611.

 

This communication should be read in conjunction with the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, each dated August 8, 2013. The information in this communication supersedes the information in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to the extent inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

 
 

Annex A

 

Pricing Disclosure Package

 

Pricing Term Sheet, dated August 8, 2013, relating to the Securities and attached as Schedule 4 hereto.

 

 

 
 

 

Exhibit A

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

August 8, 2013

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue

4th Floor

New York, New York 10152

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

Re: Web.com Group, Inc. --- Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you, as Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Web.com Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible notes of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., the undersigned will not, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the final prospectus (the “Prospectus”) relating to the Public Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, $0.001 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of the Lock-Up Securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in each case other than (A) transfers of the Lock-Up Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B) as a distribution to direct or indirect affiliates, limited partners, members or shareholders of such person, (C) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to any immediate family member, any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned or any of their successors upon death or any partnership or limited liability company, the partners or members of which consist of such person and one or more members of such person’s immediate family (for purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) and such transfer does not involve a disposition for value, (D) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to any beneficiary of such person pursuant to a will, other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, (E) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to such person’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by such person , (F) pledges of shares of Lock-Up Securities (including transfer in connection with any such pledges) in favor of lenders under such person’s credit facilities in existence as of the date hereof, (G) transfers of Lock-Up Securities to any permitted transferee under that certain Stockholder Agreement, by and among the Company and the stockholders named therein, dated as of October 27, 2011, as amended, or (H) transfer shares of Lock-Up Securities to satisfy tax withholding obligations pursuant to Company equity compensation plans or arrangements; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (A), (B), (C), (E) and (G), each donee, transferee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Underwriters a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided , further , that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (G), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 60-day period referred to above).

 

 
 

[For directors and officers other than Roseann Duran, Jason Teichman, Tim Maudlin and Anton Levy:] In addition, nothing in this Lock-up Agreement shall prohibit the undersigned from establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Lock-Up Period; provided that (a) no transactions thereunder are made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

 

[For Roseann Duran:] In addition, nothing in this Lock-up Agreement shall prohibit the undersigned from selling 25,000 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan in existence as of the date hereof during the Lock-Up Period or establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Lock-Up Period; provided that (a) no transactions under any newly established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan are made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) no public disclosure of such newly established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

 

[For Jason Teichman:] In addition, nothing in this Lock-up Agreement shall prohibit the undersigned (A) from establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Lock-Up Period, provided that (a) no transactions thereunder are made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, or (B) selling up to 37,500 shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period.

 

[For Tim Maudlin:] In addition, nothing in this Lock-up Agreement shall prohibit (A) the undersigned (i) from establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Lock-Up Period, provided that (a) no transactions thereunder are made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) selling up to 20,000 shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, or (B) the undersigned’s spouse from selling up to 10,000 shares of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period.

 

[For Anton Levy:] In addition, nothing in this Lock-up Agreement shall prohibit the undersigned from establishing a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan during the Lock-Up Period, provided that (a) no transactions thereunder are made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the undersigned shall not be deemed to beneficially own any Common Stock or such other securities as may be held by investment entities affiliated with General Atlantic LLC.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the undersigned shall be permitted to make transfers, sales, tenders or other dispositions of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a tender offer for securities of the Company or any other transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other business combination, involving a change of control of the Company (including, without limitation, entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities in connection with any such transaction, or vote any Lock-Up Securities in favor of any such transaction), provided that all Lock-Up Securities subject to this agreement that are not so transferred, sold, tendered or otherwise disposed of remain subject to this agreement; and provided further that it shall be a condition of transfer, sale, tender or other disposition that if such tender offer or other transaction is not completed, any Lock-Up Securities subject to this agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions herein.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this agreement will terminate automatically (i) if the Underwriting Agreement is not executed on or before August 31, 2013 and (ii) upon the termination of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

 

This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER][NAME OF DIRECTOR OR OFFICER]
   
  By: 
    Name:
Title

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.,
Iss u er

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee 

 

 

_______________

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 14, 2013

 

 

_______________

 

Debt Securities

 

 
 

 

Table Of Contents

Page

 

 

ARTICLE 1   DEFINITIONS   1
         
Section 1.01   Definitions of Terms   1
         
ARTICLE 2   ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES   5
         
Section 2.01   Designation and Terms of Securities   5
         
Section 2.02   Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate   8
         
Section 2.03   Denominations: Provisions for Payment   8
         
Section 2.04   Execution and Authentications   10
         
Section 2.05   Registration of Transfer and Exchange   10
         
Section 2.06   Temporary Securities   12
         
Section 2.07   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities   12
         
Section 2.08   Cancellation   13
         
Section 2.09   Benefits of Indenture   13
         
Section 2.10   Authenticating Agent   13
         
Section 2.11   Global Securities   14
         
Section 2.12   CUSIP Numbers   15
         
ARTICLE 3   REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS   15
         
Section 3.01   Redemption   15
         
Section 3.02   Notice of Redemption   15
         
Section 3.03   Payment Upon Redemption   17
         
Section 3.04   Sinking Fund   17
         
Section 3.05   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities   17
         
Section 3.06   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund   18
         
ARTICLE 4   COVENANTS   18
         
Section 4.01   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest   18
         
Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency   18
         
Section 4.03   Paying Agents   19
         
Section 4.04   Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee   20

 

 
 

 

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ARTICLE 5   SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE   20
         
Section 5.01   Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders   20
         
Section 5.02   Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders   20
         
Section 5.03   Reports by the Company   21
         
Section 5.04   Reports by the Trustee   21
         
ARTICLE 6   REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT   22
         
Section 6.01   Events of Default   22
         
Section 6.02   Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee   24
         
Section 6.03   Application of Moneys Collected   25
         
Section 6.04   Limitation on Suits   25
         
Section 6.05   Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver   26
         
Section 6.06   Control by Securityholders   26
         
Section 6.07   Undertaking to Pay Costs   27
         
ARTICLE 7   CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE   27
         
Section 7.01   Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee   27
         
Section 7.02   Certain Rights of Trustee   29
         
Section 7.03   Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities   31
         
Section 7.04   May Hold Securities   31
         
Section 7.05   Moneys Held in Trust   31
         
Section 7.06   Compensation and Reimbursement   32
         
Section 7.07   Reliance on Officer’s Certificate   32
         
Section 7.08   Disqualification; Conflicting Interests   33
         
Section 7.09   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility   33
         
Section 7.10   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor   33
         
Section 7.11   Acceptance of Appointment By Successor   34
         
Section 7.12   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business   36

 

 
 

 

 

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Section 7.13   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company   36
         
Section 7.14   Notice of Default.   36
         
ARTICLE 8   CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS   36
         
Section 8.01   Evidence of Action by Securityholders   36
         
Section 8.02   Proof of Execution by Securityholders   37
         
Section 8.03   Who May be Deemed Owners   37
         
Section 8.04   Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded   38
         
Section 8.05   Actions Binding on Future Securityholders   38
         
ARTICLE 9   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   38
         
Section 9.01   Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders   38
         
Section 9.02   Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders   39
         
Section 9.03   Effect of Supplemental Indentures   40
         
Section 9.04   Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures   40
         
Section 9.05   Execution of Supplemental Indentures   40
         
ARTICLE 10   SUCCESSOR ENTITY   41
         
Section 10.01   Company May Consolidate, Etc.   41
         
Section 10.02   Successor Entity Substituted   41
         
ARTICLE 11   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   42
         
Section 11.01   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture   42
         
Section 11.02   Discharge of Obligations   43
         
Section 11.03   Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust   43
         
Section 11.04   Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents   43
         
Section 11.05   Repayment to Company   43
         
ARTICLE 12   IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS   44
         
Section 12.01   No Recourse   44
         
ARTICLE 13   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS   44
         
Section 13.01   Effect on Successors and Assigns   44
         
Section 13.02   Actions by Successor   44
         
Section 13.03   Surrender of Company Powers   44
         
Section 13.04   Notices   45

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Section 13.05   Governing Law   45
         
Section 13.06   Treatment of Securities as Debt   45
         
Section 13.07   Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent   45
         
Section 13.08   Payments on Business Days   46
         
Section 13.09   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act   46
         
Section 13.10   Counterparts   46
         
Section 13.11   Separability   46
         
Section 13.12   Compliance Certificates   46

 

 
 

INDENTURE

 

Indenture , dated as of August 14, 2013, among Web.com Group, Inc ., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “Trustee”):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, this Indenture shall be principally administered; which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Administrator for Web.com Group, Inc. or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Issuer.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any Officer. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and in each case who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

(5) the applicability of any guarantees;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(25) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax purposes;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate .

 

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

 

Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 2.04 Execution and Authentications .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually authenticates the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a Note shall be conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and validly authenticated and issued under this Indenture.

 

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

 

Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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Section 2.06 Temporary Securities .

 

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

 

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 2.08 Cancellation .

 

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, repurchase, exchange, registration of transfer or conversion shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent (or any other applicable agent), be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture .

 

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

 

Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent .

 

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

 

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Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon written request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving 30 days prior written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

 

Section 2.11 Global Securities .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers .

 

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

 

 

 

article 3

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

 

Section 3.01 Redemption .

 

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

 

Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.

 

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Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption .

 

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

 

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

 

Section 3.04 Sinking Fund .

 

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

 

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

 

Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .

 

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

 

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Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .

 

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

 

article 4

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

 

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

 

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

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

 

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Section 4.03 Paying Agents .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee .

 

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

article 5

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

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

 

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

 

Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 5.03 Reports by the Company .

 

(a) The Company will at all times comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee within 30 days, after the Company files the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any correspondence filed with the Commission or any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission; and provided further, that so long as such filings by the Company are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), or any successor system, such filings shall be deemed to have been filed with the Trustee for purposes hereof without any further action required by the Company; provided that the Trustee shall have no obligation to determine whether any such filing has been so made. For the avoidance of doubt, a failure by the Company to file annual reports, information and other reports with the SEC within the time period prescribed thereof by the Commission shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 5.03.

 

(b) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents delivered to the Trustee or filed with the SEC via EDGAR to ensure compliance with the provision of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty whatsoever to ascertain or determine whether the above referenced filings with the SEC on EDGAR (or any successor system) has occurred.

 

Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee .

 

(a) If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee, within sixty (60) days after each May 1, shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 1, which complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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

 

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

 

article 6

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01 Events of Default .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated.

 

(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected .

 

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

 

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders .

 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or subject the Trustee in its sole discretion to personal liability. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

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Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs .

 

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

 

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CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee .

 

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(iv) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee .

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents or inquire as to the performance by the Company of any of its covenants under this Indenture, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity or security reasonably acceptable to it against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(j) The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.

 

The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to furnish the Trustee with Officer’s Certificates, Company Orders and any other matters or directions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

 

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in any registration statement, prospectus, or any other document in connection with the sale of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any rating on the Securities or any action or omission of any rating agency.

 

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

 

Section 7.04 May Hold Securities .

 

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

 

Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust .

 

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

 

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Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d) To ensure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all funds or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or interest on particular Securities. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5), the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services in connection therewith are to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate .

 

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

 

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Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

 

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

 

Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

 

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

 

If such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

 

Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

 

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

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

 

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(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

 

(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

 

(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

 

then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

 

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

 

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.

 

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

 

Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor .

 

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

 

Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company .

 

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

 

Section 7.14 Notice of Default .

 

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act notice of the Event of Default within the earlier of 90 days after it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee, unless such Event of Default has been cured; provided, however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Securityholders.

 

article 8

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders .

 

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

 

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

 

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders .

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners .

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Security Registrar as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

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Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded .

 

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

 

Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders .

 

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

 

article 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders .

 

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

 

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

 

(b) to comply with Article Ten;

 

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

 

(d) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders .

 

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.

 

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

 

Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

 

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

 

Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures .

 

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

 

Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

 

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, shall receive an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by the terms of this Article and that all conditions precedent to the execution of the supplemental indenture have been complied with; provided, however, that such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.

 

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

 

article 10

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

 

Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.

 

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

 

Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted .

 

(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

article 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

 

If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

 

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Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations .

 

If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid.

 

Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.

 

Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust .

 

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

 

Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents .

 

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

 

Section 11.05 Repayment to Company .

 

Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

 

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article 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 12.01 No Recourse .

 

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

 

article 13

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns .

 

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

 

Section 13.02 Actions by Successor .

 

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

 

Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers .

 

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

 

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Section 13.04 Notices .

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any paying or other agent under this Indenture or by the holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: Web.com Group, Inc., 12808 Gran Bay Parkway West, Jacksonville, Florida 32258, Attention: Chief Financial Officer . Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

Section 13.05 Governing Law .

 

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

 

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

  

Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt .

 

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

 

Section 13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent .

 

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, if requested, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12 or Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days .

 

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

 

Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

 

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

 

Section 13.10 Counterparts .

 

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

 

Section 13.11 Separability .

 

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

 

Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates .

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, an officer’s certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s performance under this Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 13.12, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such an Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any such Event of Default and its status.

 

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Section 13.01 U.S.A Patriot Act .

 

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

 

Section 13.02 Force Majeure .

 

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

 

Section 13.03 Table of Contents; Headings.

 

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

 

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In Witness Whereof , the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

Web.com Group, Inc.
 
By: /s/ Kevin Carney  
Name: Kevin Carney  
Title: Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer  
   
   
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ,
as Trustee
 
By: /s/ Michael Tu  
Name: Michael Tu  
Title: Assistant Vice President  

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1)

 

 

 

Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as Amended

Section of Indenture

310(a) 7.09
310(b) 7.08
  7.10
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) 7.13
311(b) 7.13
311(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 5.01
  5.02(a)
312(b) 5.02(c)
312(c) 5.02(c)
313(a) 5.04(a)
313(b) 5.04(b)
313(c) 5.04(a)
  5.04(b)
313(d) 5.04(c)
314(a) 5.03
  13.12
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 13.07(a)
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 13.07(b)
314(f) Inapplicable
315(a) 7.01(a)
  7.01(b)
315(b) 7.14
315(c) 7.01
315(d) 7.01(b)
315(e) 6.07
316(a) 6.06
  8.04
316(b) 6.04
316(c) 8.01
317(a) 6.02
317(b) 4.03
318(a) 13.09

_________________

 

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

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.,
Issuer

 

and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2013

 

TO INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF AUGUST 14, 2013

 

Relating To

 

1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018

 

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.01 Definitions 1
     
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES 10
Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount 10
Section 2.02 Maturity 10
Section 2.03 Optional Redemption 10
Section 2.04 Sinking Fund 13
Section 2.05 Form and Payment 13
Section 2.06 Interest 14
Section 2.07 Additional Notes 14
Section 2.08 Transfer and Exchange 14
     
ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS 15
Section 3.01 Purchase of Notes; Cancellation 15
Section 3.02 Compliance Certificate 16
Section 3.03 Reports 16
     
ARTICLE IV
CONVERSION OF NOTES 16
Section 4.01 Conversion Privilege 16
Section 4.02 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion 20
Section 4.03 Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice 24
Section 4.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate 27
Section 4.05 Adjustments of Prices 36
Section 4.06 [Reserved] 36
Section 4.07 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Shares of Common Stock 36
Section 4.08 Certain Covenants 38
Section 4.09 Responsibility of Trustee 38
Section 4.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions 39
Section 4.11 Shareholder Rights Plans 40
     
ARTICLE V
PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS  
Section 5.01 Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change 40
Section 5.02 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice 42
Section 5.03 Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price 43
Section 5.04 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes 44

 

 

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Section 5.05 Third Party Offers to Purchase Notes 44
     
ARTICLE VI
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE 44
Section 6.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc on Certain Terms 44
Section 6.02 Successor Person to Be Substituted 45
Section 6.03 Base Indenture 45
     
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 45
Section 7.01 Events of Default 45
Section 7.02 Exception to Remedies 47
Section 7.03 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment 48
Section 7.04 Collection and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee 49
Section 7.05 Application of Money Collected 50
Section 7.06 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest and Settlement Amount 51
Section 7.07 Waiver of Past Defaults 51
Section 7.08 Notice of Default 52
Section 7.09 Limitation on Suits 52
     
ARTICLE VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 53
Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders 53
Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders 54
     
ARTICLE IX
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 55
Section 9.01 Applicability of Article 11 of the Base Indenture 55
Section 9.02 Satisfaction and Discharge 55
Section 9.03 Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust 56
Section 9.04 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held 56
Section 9.05 Repayment to the Company 56
Section 9.06 Reinstatement 57
     
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS 57 
Section 10.01 Form of Notes 57
Section 10.02 Ratification of Base Indenture 57
Section 10.03 Application of Supplemental Indenture 57
Section 10.04 Trust Indenture Act Controls 57
Section 10.05 Conflict with Base Indenture 58
Section 10.06 Withholding Offset 58
Section 10.07 Calculations in Respect of Notes 58
Section 10.08 Governing Law 58
Section 10.09 Successors 58
Section 10.10 Counterparts 59
Section 10.11 Appointment of Conversion Agent, Etc. 59
Section 10.12 Trustee Disclaimer 59

 

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of August 14, 2013 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), to the Indenture (defined below) between Web.com Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2013 (the “ Base Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its notes and other evidences of senior debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as therein provided (“ Securities ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as its 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture (together, the “ Indenture ”); and

 

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

 

WITNESSETH:

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the premises contained herein, each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I


DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Definitions.

 

(a) Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.

 

(b) References in this Supplemental Indenture to article and section numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.

 

 
 

(c) For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:

 

Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 7.02.

 

Additional Shares ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.03(a).

 

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to a Depositary, as to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.

 

Base Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

 

Bid Solicitation Agent ” means the Person appointed by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(i). The Company shall initially act as the Bid Solicitation Agent.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close or be closed in the State of New York.

 

Capital Stock ” means, for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity.

 

Cash Settlement ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(a).

 

Certificated Notes ” means permanent certificated Notes in registered form that are not Global Notes issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.

 

Clause A Distribution ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

Clause B Distribution ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

Clause C Distribution ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

close of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

 

Combination Settlement ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(a).

 

Common Equity ” of any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date means the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company existing on the Issue Date or any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, or, in the event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, the common stock or Common Equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation, and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such person and which are not subject to redemption by such person; provided, however , that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion of Notes shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

 

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Company ” has the meaning provided in the preamble.

 

Conversion Agent ” means the office or agency appointed by the Company where Notes may be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.

 

Conversion Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(c).

 

Conversion Obligation ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).

 

Conversion Price ” at any given time shall be computed by dividing $1,000 by the Conversion Rate at such time.

 

Conversion Rate ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).

 

Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period, 1/30th the product of:

 

(1) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and

 

(2) the Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily Measurement Value ” means Specified Dollar Amount divided by 30.

 

Daily Settlement Amount ” consists of, with respect to each of the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period:

 

(1) cash equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such VWAP Trading Day; and

 

(2) if the Daily Conversion Value on such VWAP Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily VWAP ” means, for each of the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the applicable Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “WWWW <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day reasonably determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company), determined without regard to afterhours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

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Distributed Property ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Effective Date ” means (a) with respect to a share split or share combination, the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable; and (b) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice, as provided in Section 4.03(c).

 

Ex-Dividend Date ” means the first date upon which the shares of Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on the Relevant Stock Exchange (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by the Relevant Stock Exchange.

 

Expiration Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(e).

 

A “ Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:

 

(1) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their employee benefit plans, files a Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s Common Equity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless such beneficial ownership arises as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act; provided that no person or group shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange under such offer;

 

(2) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, cash, securities, or other property; (B) any binding share exchange, consolidation, merger or similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities, or other property; or (C) any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided , however , that a transaction described in clauses (A) or (B) in which the holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving entity or transferee or the parent entity thereof immediately after such transaction shall be deemed not to constitute a Fundamental Change;

 

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(3) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(4) the Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) ceases to be listed on any of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors);

 

provided , however, that an event, transaction or series of related transactions described in clause (1) or clause (2) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if 90% or more of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in connection with such event, transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors) or which will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such event, transaction or transactions (these securities being referred to as “ Publicly Traded Securities ”), and as a result of such event, transaction or transactions the Notes become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities. Any event, transaction or series of related transactions that constitute a Fundamental Change under both clause (1) and clause (2) above shall be deemed to be a Fundamental Change solely under clause (2) above.

 

Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(b).

 

Fundamental Change Purchase Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a).

 

Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(c)(i).

 

Fundamental Change Purchase Price ” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a).

 

Global Note ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.05.

 

Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Security Register.

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person for borrowed money (including without limitation, Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).

 

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Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

 

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(a).

 

Issue Date ” means August 14, 2013.

 

Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock (or any other security for which the Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not listed on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or such other security) in the over-the-counter market, as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or similar organization, on that date. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or such other security) on that date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for such purpose.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change, after giving effect to any exceptions or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the proviso in clause (2) of the definition thereof.

 

Market Disruption Event ” means:

 

(1) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session; or

 

(2) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

Maturity Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.

 

Measurement Period ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b)(i).

 

Notes ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

 

Notice of Conversion ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(b)(ii)(1).

 

Observation Period ” means, with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion:

 

(1) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to May 15, 2018, the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third VWAP Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date;

 

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(2) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 15, 2018, the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 32nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date; and

 

(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) above, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the date of the issuance of a Redemption Notice but prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date, the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 32nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date.

 

open of business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

 

Outstanding ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture, except that, with respect to the Notes, Notes shall be deemed to be no longer “Outstanding” under any of the following circumstances:

 

(a) Notes, or portions thereof, that have become due, for whose payment 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 Notes;

 

(b) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 (excluding Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives);

 

(c) Notes that have been converted pursuant to Article IV and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(d) Notes surrendered for purchase in accordance with Article V for which the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, in accordance with Section 5.03(b); and

 

(e) Notes redeemed in accordance with Section 2.03 for which the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price, in accordance with Section 2.03(f).

 

Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.05.

 

Physical Settlement ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(a).

 

Publicly Traded Securities ” has the meaning provided in the definition of Fundamental Change in this Section 1.01(c).

 

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

 

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Redemption Date ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(a).

 

Redemption Notice ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b).

 

Redemption Price ” means, with respect of any Notes to be redeemed by the Company under Section 2.03:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed; plus

 

(2) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, such Redemption Date,

 

unless such Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder of record as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date and the Redemption Price shall be 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.

 

Reference Property ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.07(a).

 

Regular Record Date ” for the payment of interest on the Notes, means the February 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date on February 15 and the August 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date on August 15.

 

Relevant Stock Exchange ” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or other security for which the Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed.

 

Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not listed on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Securities ” has the meaning provided in the recitals.

 

Settlement Amount ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.02(a)(iv).

 

Settlement Method ” means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have been elected) by the Company.

 

Share Exchange Event ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.07(a).

 

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Significant Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X; provided that, in the case of a Subsidiary that meets the criteria of clause (3) of the definition thereof but not clause (1) or (2) thereof, such Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a significant subsidiary unless the Subsidiary’s income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests for the last completed fiscal year prior to the date of such determination exceeds $20.0 million.

 

Specified Dollar Amount ” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be received upon conversion as specified in the notice specifying the Company’s chosen Settlement Method or otherwise deemed specified.

 

Spin-Off ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

Stock Price ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.03(c).

 

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the preamble.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which:

 

(1) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which the Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; and

 

(2) a Last Reported Sale Price for Common Stock (or such other security) is available on the Relevant Stock Exchange,

 

provided that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not listed on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Trading Price ” of the Notes on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers the Company selects for such purpose; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such date shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such date and the Conversion Rate on such date.

 

Trading Price Condition ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b)(i).

 

Trigger Event ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

Trustee ” has the meaning provided in the preamble.

 

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unit of Reference Property ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.07(a).

 

Withholding Agent ” means the office or agency appointed by the Company to withhold the appropriate amount from any payment, to which withholding applies, made by the Company to a Holder in respect of the Notes. The Withholding Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.

 

Valuation Period ” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04(c).

 

VWAP Trading Day ” means a day on which:

 

(1) there is no Market Disruption Event; and

 

(2) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange.

 

provided that if the Common Stock is not listed on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange, “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

$ ” means United States dollars.

 

ARTICLE II


GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01 Designation and Principal Amount.

 

The Notes are hereby authorized as a single series of Securities and are designated as the 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture is initially limited to $258,750,000, subject to Section 2.07.

 

Section 2.02 Maturity.

 

The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on August 15, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

 

Section 2.03 Optional Redemption.

 

(a) Prior to August 20, 2016, the Company may not redeem the Notes. On or after August 20, 2016, the Company may redeem any or all of the Notes on any Business Day (a “ Redemption Date ”) in cash at the Redemption Price; provided that the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending within five Trading Days immediately prior to the date of the Redemption Notice exceeds 130% of the Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day.

 

(b) Section 3.02(a) of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 3.02(a) of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 2.03(b), respectively, of this Supplemental Indenture. The Company shall give notice of redemption not less than 45 nor more than 60 calendar days immediately preceding the Redemption Date to all Holders of Notes on the date of the redemption notice at their addresses shown in the Security Register (such notice, a “ Redemption Notice ”), with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent.

 

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The Redemption Notice shall identify the Notes and the aggregate principal amount thereof to be redeemed pursuant to the redemption and shall state:

 

(i) the Redemption Date;

 

(ii) the Redemption Price;

 

(iii) that Holders have a right to convert the Notes called for redemption upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 4.02(b);

 

(iv) the time at which the Holders’ right to convert the Notes called for redemption will expire, which will be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

 

(v) the Conversion Rate and the Settlement Method that shall apply during the redemption period;

 

(vi) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

(vii) the procedures a Holder must follow to convert its Notes;

 

(viii) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price therefor;

 

(ix) the CUSIP number or numbers, as the case may be, of the Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(x) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided , however , that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least two Business Days prior to the date that the notice is required to be given to the Holders (unless a shorter notice period shall be agreed to by the Trustee), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

The Company shall issue a press release (and make the press release available on its website) announcing the redemption.

 

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(c) Section 3.02(b) of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 3.02(b) of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 2.03(c), respectively, of this Supplemental Indenture. If the Company does not redeem all of the Notes, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000, from Notes then Outstanding and not already to be redeemed as a result of having previously been called for redemption, by lot, pro rata to the extent practicable or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, and in each case to the extent permitted by DTC. If the Trustee selects a portion of a Holder’s Notes for partial redemption and such Holder converts a portion of such Holder’s Note, the converted portion shall be deemed to be from the portion selected for redemption to the extent that the converted portion does not exceed the portion selected for redemption. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture, if any Notes are to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall issue new Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed principal portion thereof; provided , that neither the Security Registrar nor the Company shall be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the open of business 15 days before the mailing of a Redemption Notice and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which all Holders of Notes to be redeemed, as selected by the Trustee, shall have received notice of such redemption or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Notes so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Notes being redeemed in part.

 

(d) With respect to any Notes that are converted in connection with a Redemption Notice, the Company shall increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of Additional Shares, if any, in accordance with Section 4.03. In addition, the Company shall pay accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to, but not including, the Conversion Date as described under Section 4.01(c).

 

(e) No Notes may be redeemed if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date.

 

(f) If, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the applicable Redemption Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to make payment of the Redemption Price on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, then:

 

(i) such Notes will cease to be outstanding;

 

(ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent); and

 

(iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate (other than (x) the right to receive the Redemption Price and (y) if the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date to receive the related interest payment).

 

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The Paying Agent shall return to the Company, as soon as practicable and upon receipt of written instructions, any money not required for that purpose.

 

(g) If the Redemption Price of any Note shall not be fully and duly paid in accordance with this Section 2.03, the portion of the Redemption Price that is not so paid shall bear interest pursuant to Section 2.06, and such Note shall continue to be convertible pursuant to Article IV hereof, until such Redemption Price and accrued interest have been paid.

 

Section 2.04 Sinking Fund.

 

The Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall not be subject to Section 3.04, Section 3.05 and Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 2.05 Form and Payment.

 

The Notes shall be issued as global notes, in fully registered book-entry form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof (each, a “ Global Note ”).

 

The Company has entered into a letter of representations with DTC in the form provided by DTC and the Trustee and each Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, or other agent is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such letter and Applicable Procedures.

 

The Global Notes representing the Notes shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered, at the request of the Depositary, in the name of Cede & Co. No global note may be transferred except as a whole by a nominee of the Depositary to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.

 

Principal of and/or interest on the Global Notes shall be made in immediately available funds to the Depositary, or its nominee.

 

The Company shall pay interest on any Certificated Notes to Holders (A) of an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of such Notes at their addresses as such addresses appear in the Security Register and (B) of an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,0000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to the Security Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Security Registrar to the contrary.

 

The Trustee shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Notes (the “ Paying Agent ”). All money paid by the Company to any Paying Agent that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to Holders shall be repaid to the Company. After such two-year period, Holders may look only to the Company for payment and not to the Trustee, any other Paying Agent or anyone else. The Company may also arrange for additional payment offices, and may cancel or change these offices, including any use of the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office. The Company may appoint additional Paying Agents and change any Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders.

 

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If the Maturity Date or any Fundamental Change Purchase Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment shall accrue in respect of the delay.

 

Section 2.06 Interest.

 

(a) Interest on the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 1.00% per annum from, and including, the Issue Date or from the most recent date on which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but not including, the Maturity Date. Interest on the Notes shall be payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on February 15, 2014. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

If any Interest Payment Date of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from the Interest Payment Date to the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(b) The Holder at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

(c) All references to “interest” shall include Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 7.02, if any.

 

Section 2.07 Additional Notes.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in Section 2.01, the Company may, without the consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes hereunder after the Issue Date with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as the Notes initially issued hereunder in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number. The Notes initially issued hereunder and such additional Notes shall rank equally and ratably and shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under this Indenture.

 

Section 2.08 Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a) In General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base Indenture, neither the Security Registrar nor the Company is required to transfer or exchange any Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for purchase in accordance with Article V hereof or conversion in accordance with Article IV hereof, and a written form of transfer substantially in the form of the “Assignment Form” set forth in Exhibit A hereto will be deemed to be a satisfactory instrument of transfer to the Company and the Security Registrar.

 

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

 

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

 

(c) Certificated Notes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.08(a) hereof, Certificated Notes may be transferred or exchanged in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture.

 

(d) Trustee. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

 

 

ARTICLE III


ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

 

Section 3.01 Purchase of Notes; Cancellation.

 

The Company may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to privately-negotiated agreements, including cash-settled swaps or other derivatives.

 

The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for payment, repurchase (excluding Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives), registration of exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company), to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All Notes delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any Notes cancelled.

 

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Section 3.02 Compliance Certificate.

 

In addition to the compliance certificate required by Section 13.12 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 3.03 Reports.

 

So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee any annual or quarterly reports (on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q or any successor forms) that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the Commission (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 or any successor rule under the Exchange Act). Documents filed by the Company with the Commission via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR (or such successor).

 

Reports by the Company delivered to the Trustee are considered for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents delivered to the Trustee or filed with the Commission via EDGAR to ensure compliance with the provision of the Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or duty whatsoever to ascertain or determine whether the above referenced filings with the Commission on EDGAR (or any successor system) have occurred.

 

ARTICLE IV


CONVERSION OF NOTES

 

Section 4.01 Conversion Privilege.

 

(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article IV, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (provided that the portion to be converted is $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Note:

 

(i) prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 15, 2018, subject to satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 4.01(b), under the circumstances and during the periods set forth in Section 4.01(b); and

 

(ii) on or after May 15, 2018 prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, at any time without regard to the conditions described in clause (b)  of this Section 4.01,

 

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in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), at an initial conversion rate of 28.5714 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.03 and Section 4.04, the “ Conversion Rate ”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 4.02, the “ Conversion Obligation ”).

 

(b) ( i) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 15, 2018, a Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Notes (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) for conversion during the five Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Measurement Period ”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures described below in this subsection (b)(i), for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each such Trading Day (the “ Trading Price Condition ”), subject to compliance with the procedures and conditions described below in this subsection (b)(i) concerning the Bid Solicitation Agent’s obligation to make a Trading Price determination.

 

(A) The Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes unless the Company has requested such determination, and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price) unless a Holder of at least $2,000,000 principal amount of Notes provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day, at which time the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall) determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes beginning on the Trading Day following the receipt of such evidence and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day.

 

(B) If the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing. If, at any time after the Trading Price Condition has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing.

 

(C) If the Company does not, when it is required to, instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, it does not) obtain bids, or if the Company gives such instruction to the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to make such determination, then, in either case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each Trading Day of such failure.

 

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(ii) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 15, 2018, if the Company elects to:

 

(A) distribute to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days from the issue date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share of the Common Stock that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution; or

 

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

 

then, in either case, the Company shall notify the Holders at least 40 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Notes (that is $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) for conversion at any time until the earlier of (x) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and (y) the Company’s public announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place.

 

A Holder may not exercise the conversion right set forth in this clause (ii) if such Holder will participate (as a result of holding the Notes and at the same time and on the same terms as holders of the Common Stock participate) in any of the transactions described above as if such Holder held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder divided by $1,000, without having to convert its Notes.

 

(iii) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 15, 2018, if:

 

(A) a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change occurs;

 

(B) a transaction or event that constitutes a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; or

 

(C) the Company is a party to any binding share exchange, consolidation, merger or other similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (other than one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries);

 

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a Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Notes (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) for conversion at any time from or after the date that is 40 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction (or, if later, the Business Day after the Company gives notice of such transaction) until 35 Trading Days after the actual effective date of such transaction (or, if such transaction also constitutes a Fundamental Change, until the close of business on the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date).

 

The Company shall notify Holders as promptly as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces such transaction and in no event later than the actual effective date.

 

If a Holder has submitted a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice upon a Fundamental Change with respect to a Note, such Holder may only convert such Note if such Holder first validly withdraws such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (or, in the case of a Global Note, has complied with the Applicable Procedures with respect to such a withdrawal) in accordance with Section 5.02 prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

 

(iv) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 15, 2018, a Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Notes (that is $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) for conversion during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2013 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day.

 

(c) If the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption under Section 2.03, Holders shall have the right to convert all or a portion of their notes called for redemption at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, after which time Holders shall no longer have the right to convert their Notes on account of the Company’s delivery of such Redemption Notice, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.

 

If a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with the Company’s Redemption Notice, the Company shall:

 

(1) increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes to the extent required, and in accordance with, Section 4.03; and

 

(2) pay to such Holder an amount equal to accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes that are surrendered for conversion to, but not including, the Conversion Date; provided that if such Conversion Date occurs after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company shall pay the interest due on that Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record on the relevant Regular Record Date and no additional payment shall be made pursuant to this clause (2).

 

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Section 4.02 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(a) Subject to this Section 4.02 and Section 4.03(b) and Section 4.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall, at its election, pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in full satisfaction of its Conversion Obligation, cash (“ Cash Settlement ”), shares of Common Stock (“ Physical Settlement ”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (“ Combination Settlement ”), as set forth in this Section 4.02.

 

(i) All conversions occurring on or after May 15, 2018 shall be settled using the same Settlement Method and the same relative proportion of cash and/or shares of Common Stock as all other conversions occurring on or after May 15, 2018. If the Company elects a Settlement Method for conversions occurring on or after May 15, 2018, the Company shall deliver notice to Holders through the Conversion Agent of such Settlement Method the Company has selected no later than May 15, 2018. If the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be equal to $1,000. If the Company has timely elected Combination Settlement in respect of any conversion, but fails to notify the Conversion Agent of the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the Specified Dollar Amount shall be deemed to be $1,000.

 

(ii) Prior to May 15, 2018, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method (including the same relative proportion of cash and/or shares of Common Stock) for all conversions occurring on the same Conversion Date. Except for any conversions that occur on or after May 15, 2018, the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates. Prior to May 15, 2018, if the Company elects a Settlement Method, the Company shall deliver notice to converting Holders through the Conversion Agent of such Settlement Method the Company has selected no later than the close of business on the second Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. If the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method in respect of a particular Conversion Date, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement with respect to that Conversion Date and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be equal to $1,000. If the Company has timely elected Combination Settlement in respect of any such conversion, but fails to notify the Conversion Agent of the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount shall be deemed to be $1,000.

 

(iii) The Company may at any time prior to May 15, 2018 elect to irrevocably elect to settle all Conversion Obligations through Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount.

 

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(iv) The cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock payable or deliverable by the Company in respect of any conversion of Notes (the “ Settlement Amount ”) shall be computed by the Company as follows:

 

(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion);

 

(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period; and

 

(C) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay and deliver, if applicable, to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion).

 

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

 

(v) The Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last VWAP Trading day of the relevant Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and, if applicable, the amount of cash payable in lieu of any fractional share, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and, if applicable, the amount of cash payable in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.

 

(b) ( ii) To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note (which conversion is irrevocable), the holder of such beneficial interest must:

 

(1) comply with the Applicable Procedures;

 

(2) if required, pay funds equal to all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax owed as set forth in Section 4.02(d) and Section 4.02(e); and

 

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(3) if required, pay funds equal to any interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 4.02(g); and

 

(ii) To convert a Certificated Note, the Holder must:

 

(1) complete, manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile thereof) (a “ Notice of Conversion ”) and such Note to the Conversion Agent;

 

(2) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;

 

(3) if required, pay funds equal to all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax owed as set forth in Section 4.02(d) and Section 4.02(e); and

 

(4) if required, pay funds equal to any interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 4.02(g).

 

The Trustee (and if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article IV on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

 

No Holder may surrender Notes for conversion if such Holder has also delivered a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to the Company in respect of such Notes and not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (or, in the case of a Global Note, has complied with the Applicable Procedures with respect to such a withdrawal) in accordance with Section 5.02.

 

(c) A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “ Conversion Date ”) that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in Section 4.02(b) above.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 4.03(b) and Section 4.07(a), the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on:

 

(i) the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects Physical Settlement; or

 

(ii) the third Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, if the Company elects Cash Settlement or if the Company elects or is deemed to elect Combination Settlement.

 

If any shares of Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary, as the case may be, for the full number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.

 

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(d) In case any Certificated Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, in $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.

 

(e) If a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than such Holder’s name, in which case such Holder shall pay that tax. The Company or its agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than such Holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(f) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the custodian of the Global Note at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

 

(g) Upon conversion of a Note, the converting Holder shall not receive any additional cash payment representing accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth in the paragraph below and in Section 4.01(c). Except as provided in Section 4.01(c), the Company’s payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the Settlement Amount upon conversion of any Note shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited (except in the circumstances provided in Section 4.01(c)). Upon a conversion of Notes, accrued and unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid first out of the cash, if any, paid upon such conversion.

 

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date for the payment of interest, but prior to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted (whether or not the Holder was the Holder of record on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided that no such payment need be made:

 

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(1) if the Notes are surrendered for conversion following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date;

 

(2) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date;

 

(3) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date in accordance with Section 2.03 that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or

 

(4) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.

 

As a result of the foregoing, the Company shall pay interest on the Maturity Date on all Notes converted after the Regular Record Date preceding the Maturity Date, and converting Holders shall not be required to pay the Company equivalent interest amounts.

 

(h) The Person in whose name any shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion is registered shall become the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on (i) the relevant Conversion Date if the Company elects Physical Settlement or (ii) the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period if the Company elects or is deemed to elect Combination Settlement. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion; provided that (a) the converting Holder shall have the right to receive the Settlement Amount due upon conversion and (b) in the case of a conversion between a Regular Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Holder of record as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall have the right to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, in accordance with Section 4.02(g).

 

(i) The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in an amount based on (i) the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date if the Company elects Physical Settlement or (ii) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period if the Company elects or is deemed to elect Combination Settlement. For each Note surrendered for conversion, if the Company has elected (or is deemed to elect) Combination Settlement, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period and, if applicable, any fractional share remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.

 

Section 4.03 Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice.

 

(a) If (A) the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date or (B) on or after August 20, 2016, the Company gives a Redemption Notice to the Holders and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice, as the case may be, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Shares ”), as described below.

 

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A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Notice of Conversion (or, in the case of a Global Note, the relevant notice of conversion in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (2) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).

 

A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Redemption Notice if the relevant Notice of Conversion (or, in the case of a Global Note, the relevant notice of conversion in accordance with the Applicable Procedures) is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, the date of the Redemption Notice until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

 

(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 4.02; provided, however, that if the consideration received by holders of Common Stock in exchange for Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change is comprised entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment as described in this Section 4.03) multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be determined and paid to converting Holders in cash on the third Business Day following the Conversion Date.

 

The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release (and make the press release available on the Company’s website) announcing such Effective Date no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

 

(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table in Section 4.03(e), based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective or the date of the Redemption Notice (each, an “ Effective Date ”) and the price (the “ Stock Price ”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or, in the case of a Redemption Notice, as described below. If the holders of Common Stock receive in exchange for the Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, and in the case of a conversion upon a Redemption Notice, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or the date of the Redemption Notice, as the case may be.

 

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(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Section 4.03(e) shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the table in Section 4.03(e) shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 4.04.

 

(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares to be added to the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Redemption Notice, as the case may be:

 

  Stock Price
Effective Date $28.16 $30.00 $32.50 $35.00 $37.50 $40.00 $45.00 $50.00 $60.00 $80.00 $100.00
August 14, 2013 6.9399 6.9399 6.0948 5.1343 4.3537 3.7131 2.7407 2.0553 1.1956 0.4302 0.1472
August 15, 2014 6.9399 6.9399 6.1920 5.1599 4.3275 3.6499 2.6342 1.9315 1.0740 0.3511 0.1047
August 15, 2015 6.9399 6.9399 6.0843 4.9859 4.1101 3.4061 2.3716 1.6766 0.8654 0.2395 0.0534
August 15, 2016 6.9399 6.9399 5.6373 4.4850 3.5845 2.8770 1.8745 1.2373 0.5539 0.1083 0.0089
August 15, 2017 6.9399 6.2192 4.6280 3.4379 2.5512 1.8924 1.0422 0.5762 0.1775 0.0088 0.0000
August 15, 2018 6.9399 4.7619 2.1978 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

 

The exact Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

 

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

 

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and

 

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $28.16 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate exceed 35.5113 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04.

 

(f) Nothing in this Section 4.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04.

 

Section 4.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate.

 

The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination) as a result of holding the Notes (without having to convert their Notes), and contemporaneously with the holders of Common Stock and on the same terms, in any of the transactions described in this Section 4.04, as if such Holders held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.

 

(a) If the Company exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the shares of Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x OS
    OS 0

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date;
OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date; and
OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

 

Any adjustment made under this Section 4.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 4.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

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(b) If the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days from the issue date for such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x (OS 0 + X)
        (OS 0 + Y)

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution of such rights, options or warrants.

 

Any increase made under this Section 4.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are distributed and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the distribution of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not occurred.

 

For purposes of this Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.01(b)(ii)(A), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its Indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities (any such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, the “ Distributed Property ”), to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

 

(i) dividends or distributions as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or Section 4.04(b);

 

(ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.04(d);

 

(iii) any dividends and distributions in connection with a recapitalization, reclassification, change, binding share exchange, consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition resulting in the change in the conversion consideration pursuant to Section 4.07;

 

(iv) except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.11, rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan adopted by the Company; and

 

(v) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 4.04(c) shall apply;

 

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

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x SP 0
        SP 0 – FMV

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP 0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

 

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FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 4.04(c) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a United States national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x (FMV 0 + MP 0 )
        MP 0

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
FMV 0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01(c) as if references therein to the Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and
MP 0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

 

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall be determined on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period, but shall be given effect at open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period, references in the portion of this Section 4.04(c) relating to Spin-Offs with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. If the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Observation Period in respect of such conversion, references in the portion of this Section 4.04(c) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last VWAP Trading Day of such Observation Period.

 

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For purposes of this Section 4.04(c) (and subject in all respects to Section 4.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including shares of Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“ Trigger Event ”):

 

(i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock;

 

(ii) are not exercisable; and

 

(iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the shares of Common Stock,

 

shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 4.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(c) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 4.04(c). If any such rights, options or warrants, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Issue Date, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of Indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(c) was made:

 

(1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of shares of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of shares of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase; and

 

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(2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated or deemed to have been terminated as provided in the immediately preceding sentence without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.

 

For purposes of Section 4.04(a), Section 4.04(b) and this Section 4.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.04(c) is applicable also includes one or both of:

 

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 4.04(a) is applicable (the “ Clause A Distribution ”); or

 

(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 4.04(b) is applicable (the “ Clause B Distribution ”),

 

then:

 

(1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.04(c) is applicable (the “ Clause C Distribution ”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 4.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made; and

 

(2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 4.04(a) and Section 4.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company, (I) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(b).

 

(d) If the Company pays any cash dividend or distribution that is not a regular quarterly cash dividend or distribution to holders of all or substantially all of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x SP 0
        (SP 0 - C)

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP 0 = the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C = the amount of cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock.

 

Any increase to the Conversion Rate made under this Section 4.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

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

 

CR 1 = CR 0 x AC + (SP 1 x OS 1 )
        (OS 0 x SP 1 )

 

where,

 

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to consummation of the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender offer or exchange offer;

 

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OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after consummation of the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer; and
SP 1 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.

  

The increase to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(e) shall be determined at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, but shall be given effect at the open of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references in this Section 4.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date of such tender or exchange offer and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. If the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date of such tender or exchange offer is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Observation Period in respect of any conversion of the Notes, references in this Section 4.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date to, and including, last VWAP Trading Day of such Observation Period. For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustment under this Section 4.04(e) shall be made if such adjustment would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate.

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.04 or any other provision of the Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 4.02(h) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 4.04, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

 

(g) [Reserved]

 

(h) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 4.04:

 

(i) the Company may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest; and

 

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(ii) the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock) or similar event.

 

Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Note at its last address appearing on the Security Register and shall post on its website a notice of the increase at least 15 calendar days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

 

(i) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

 

(j) All calculations and other determinations under this Article IV shall be made by the Company and all adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article IV to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate unless the adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% of such Conversion Rate. However, the Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of such Conversion Rate and take them into account when determining subsequent adjustments. In addition, the Company shall make any carried-forward adjustments not otherwise effected (i) upon any conversion of the Notes, (ii) on the effective date of any Fundamental Change or the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (iii) on the date of the Redemption Notice, (iv) on each VWAP Trading Day during any Observation Period and (v) on the Maturity Date of the Notes.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 35.5113 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in this Section 4.04.

 

(k) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder at its last address appearing on the Security Register and shall post such notice on its website. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

 

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(l) For purposes of this Section 4.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 4.05 Adjustments of Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including an Observation Period and, if applicable, the period for determining the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice), the Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date or Expiration Date, as the case may be, of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, Stock Price or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.

 

Section 4.06 [Reserved]

 

Section 4.07 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Shares of Common Stock.

 

(a) In the case of:

 

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

 

(ii) any binding share exchange, consolidation, merger or similar transaction; or

 

(iii) any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person;

 

in each case as a result of which the shares of Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, cash, securities or other property (any such event, a “ Share Exchange Event ” and any such cash, securities or other property, “ Reference Property ”, and the amount of reference property that a holder of one share of Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such transaction, a “ unit of Reference Property ”), then the Company, the successor or purchasing company, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee, without the consent of Holders, a supplemental indenture providing that, at and after the effective time of the Share Exchange Event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of notes into the amount of Reference Property that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Share Exchange Event would have been entitled to receive; provided however, at and after the effective time of the Share Exchange Event:

 

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(A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Notes in accordance with Section 4.02; and

 

(B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.02 shall instead be deliverable in the units of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Share Exchange Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property; provided, however, that if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Share Exchange Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Share Exchange Event (x) the consideration due shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 4.03), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Share Exchange Event and (y) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying such cash to the converting Holder on the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date.

 

Any supplemental indenture to be entered into pursuant to this Section 4.07(a) shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is possible to the adjustments provided for in this Article IV. If, in the case of any Share Exchange Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets of a company other than the Company, the successor or the purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Share Exchange Event, then such other company shall also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders, including the right of Holders to require the Company to purchase their Notes as set forth in Article V, as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. If the Notes become convertible into Reference Property, the Company shall (i) notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee), (ii) issue a press release containing the relevant information and (iii) make the press release available on the Company’s website.

 

For purposes of the foregoing, if the Share Exchange Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then (i) the amount and kind of Reference Property into which the Notes shall be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the amounts and kinds of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election, and (ii) a “unit of Reference Property” for purposes of this Section 4.07 shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

(b) The Company shall not become a party to any Share Exchange Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 4.07. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, as set forth in Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 prior to the effective date of such Share Exchange Event.

 

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(c) The above provisions of this Section 4.07 shall similarly apply to successive Share Exchange Events.

 

Section 4.08 Certain Covenants.

 

(a) The Company shall reserve, on or prior to the date of this Indenture, and from time to time as may be necessary, out of its authorized but unissued shares that are not reserved for other purposes, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder and that Physical Settlement is applicable, and including the maximum number of Additional Shares that could be included in the Conversion Rate for a conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice).

 

(b) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued and delivered upon conversion of Notes shall be duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable and free from preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Company and free from all taxes, liens, charges or adverse claims as the result of any action by the Company.

 

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

 

(d) The Company further covenants that if at any time the shares of Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company shall list and keep listed, so long as the shares of Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

 

Section 4.09 Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder or the Company to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article IV. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 4.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 4.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Article 7 of the Base Indenture, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall be responsible for determining whether any event contemplated by Section 4.01(b) has occurred that makes the Notes eligible for conversion or no longer eligible therefor until the Company has delivered to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) the notices referred to in Section 4.01(b) with respect to the commencement or termination of such conversion rights, on which notices the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) may conclusively rely, and the Company agrees to deliver such notices to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) promptly after the occurrence of any such event or at such other times as shall be provided for in Section 4.01(b). Each Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company) shall have the same protection under this Section 4.09 as the Trustee.

 

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The Trustee (including in its capacities as Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent) shall have no responsibility for any act or omission of the Company or the Bid Solicitation Agent, and shall have no responsibility to determine the Trading Price or whether the Notes are at any time convertible.

 

Section 4.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.

 

In case of any:

 

(a) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04 or Section 4.11;

 

(b) Share Exchange Event or any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture; or

 

(c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

then, in each case (unless notice of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of this Indenture, excluding for the avoidance of doubt Section 4.04(k)), the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee), to be mailed to each Holder at its address appearing on the Security Register and to post on its website, as promptly as possible and at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of shares of Common Stock of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Share Exchange Event, any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 6.01, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and, if applicable, the date as of which it is expected that holders of shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Share Exchange Event, or consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 6.01, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Share Exchange Event, consolidation or merger, or any transfer of assets in accordance with Section 6.01, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Each Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an affiliate of the Company) shall have the same protection under this Section 4.10 as the Trustee.

 

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Section 4.11 Shareholder Rights Plans.

 

If the Company has a shareholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, Holders that convert their Notes shall receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock received in connection with such conversion, the appropriate number of rights, if any, and any certificate representing the share of Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such shareholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. If, however, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights plan, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of shares of Common Stock Distributed Property, pursuant to Section 4.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

 

ARTICLE V


PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

 

Section 5.01 Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.

 

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, on the date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Date ”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 Business Days or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Price ”); provided that if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, then the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased pursuant to this Article V.

 

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(b) On or before the 20th Business Day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders and the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) a notice (the “ Fundamental Change Company Notice ”) of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the purchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

 

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

 

(ii) the effective date of the Fundamental Change;

 

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the purchase right pursuant to this Article V;

 

(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

 

(v) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

 

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

 

(vii) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;

 

(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if such Holder validly withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (or, in the case of a Global Note, complies with the Applicable Procedures with respect to such a withdrawal); and

 

(ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase their Notes.

 

Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall issue a press release containing the information in such Fundamental Change Company Notice and shall make such press release available on the Company’s website.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided , however , that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company. In such a case, the Company shall deliver such notice to the Trustee at least two Business Days prior to the date that the notice is required to be given to the Holders (unless a shorter notice period shall be agreed to by the Trustee), together with Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice.

 

Such notice shall be delivered to the Trustee, to the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to each Holder at its address shown in the Security Register (and to the beneficial owner as required by applicable law) or, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

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No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the purchase rights of the Holders or affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 5.01.

 

(c) Purchases of Notes under this Section 5.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, of:

 

(i) a duly completed notice in the form entitled “Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “ Fundamental Change Purchase Notice ”) if the Notes are Certificated Notes, or in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, if the Notes are Global Notes; and

 

(ii) the Notes, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price therefor.

 

(d) The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased shall state:

 

(i) in the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for purchase;

 

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

 

(iii) that the Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;

 

provided , however , that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Holder must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

 

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

 

Section 5.02 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice.

 

A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 5.02 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date specifying:

 

(i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, which portion must be $1,000 aggregate principal amount or an integral multiple thereof;

 

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(ii) if Certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and

 

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

 

provided , however , that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Holder must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

 

Section 5.03 Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

 

(a) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.03(b) of the Base Indenture) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable laws, an amount of money sufficient to purchase all of the Notes to be purchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Purchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) and subject to extension to comply with applicable laws, payment for Notes surrendered for purchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date) shall be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date with respect to such Note (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 5.01) and the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 5.01 by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Security Register; provided, however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

 

(b) If by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased on such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then:

 

(i) such Notes tendered for purchase and not withdrawn shall cease to be Outstanding;

 

(ii) interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Paying Agent); and

 

(iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes tendered for purchase and not withdrawn shall terminate on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (other than (x) the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and (y) if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date to receive the related interest payment).

 

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(c) Upon surrender of a Certificated Note that is to be purchased in part pursuant to Section 5.01, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, without payment of any service charge.

 

Section 5.04 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes.

 

In connection with any purchase offer pursuant to a Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall, if required:

 

(a) comply with the provisions of the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable;

 

(b) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and

 

(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to purchase the Notes.

 

Section 5.05 Third Party Offers to Purchase Notes.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein stated to the contrary, the Company is not required to make an offer to purchase the Notes upon a Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 5.01 if a third party makes such offer in the manner, at the times, and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to an offer by the Company upon a Fundamental Change and such third party purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn upon such offer.

 

ARTICLE VI


CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 6.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, enter into a binding share exchange with, or merge with or into, another Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Successor Person (other than one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries), unless:

 

(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “ Successor Person ”) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and expressly assume by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture; and

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.

 

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Section 6.02 Successor Person to Be Substituted. Upon any such transaction and the assumption by the Successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery and/or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Person (if not the Company) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of and be substituted for, the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, except in the case of a lease. Such Successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by any Officer of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, binding share exchange, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article VI, the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

In case of any such transaction, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

Section 6.03 Base Indenture.

 

Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Article VI of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VII


EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

Section 7.01 Events of Default.

 

Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes.

 

The following events shall be “Events of Default” with respect to the Notes:

 

(i) default in the payment of interest on the Notes when due, continuing for 30 days;

 

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

 

(iii) failure by the Company to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note when due;

 

(iv) failure by the Company to pay the Redemption Price of any Note when due;

 

(v) a failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such default shall continue for a period of five Business Days;

 

(vi) a failure by the Company to deliver a Fundamental Change Company Notice, notice pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii) or (iii) or notice pursuant to Section 4.03(b), in each case, when due;

 

(vii) failure by the Company in the performance of any other covenant in the Notes or in this Indenture that continues for a period of 60 days after receipt by the Company of notice of such failure from the Trustee or by the Company and the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes;

 

(viii) any Indebtedness for money borrowed by, or any other payment obligation of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary, in an outstanding principal amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $20.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) is not paid at final maturity (or when otherwise due) or is accelerated and such failure to pay shall not have been cured or such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice has been received by the Company from the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;

 

(ix) the Company fails or any of its Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary fails to pay one or more final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $20.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent) (excluding any amounts covered by insurance), if the judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed within 30 days after (x) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (y) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

 

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

 

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(xi) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days.

 

Section 7.02 Exception to Remedies.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture to the contrary, to the extent elected by the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure by the Company to comply with the reporting obligations set forth in Section 3.03 and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall for the first 270 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right of Holders to receive additional interest on the Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the 90-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing beginning on, and including, the date on which such an Event of Default first occurs and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the 180-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing beginning on, and including, the 91st day on which such Event of Default is continuing (the “ Additional Interest ”). If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes, and shall accrue on all outstanding Notes from, and including, the date on which the Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations set forth in Section 3.03 or the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act first occurs to, but not including, the 270th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes). On such 270th day (or earlier, if the Event of Default relating to the reporting obligations under Section 3.03 or the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act is cured or waived by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes prior to such 270th day), such Additional Interest shall cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to reporting obligations under Section 3.03 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act has not been cured or waived prior to such 270th day, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 7.03. The provisions of this Section 7.02 shall not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company does not elect to pay the Additional Interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 7.02, the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 7.03. In no event shall Additional Interest payable pursuant to such election accrue at a rate per year in excess of the applicable rate specified in this Section 7.02 pursuant to this Indenture, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to requirements to pay such Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 7.02.

 

In order to elect to pay the Additional Interest on the Notes as the sole remedy during the first 270 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations in Section 3.03 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with this Section 7.02, the Company shall notify in writing all Holders of Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such election on or before the close of business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs, stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice or pay Additional Interest, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

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Section 7.03 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Sections 7.01(x) and 7.01(xi) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of the Notes to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default described in Sections 7.01(x) or 7.01(xi) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal amount of the Notes and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will automatically become immediately due and payable.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided in Article 6 of the Base Indenture, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

 

(A) all overdue interest on all of the Notes; and

 

(B) the principal and/or satisfy the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted, if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date has been declared, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, and if a Redemption Date has been declared, the Redemption Price, as the case may be, of any Notes which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates applicable at such time to the Notes;

 

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates applicable at such time to the Notes; and

 

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

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(2) all Events of Default with respect to the Notes (other than the non-payment of the principal and/or satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted and, if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date has been declared, non-payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, and if a Redemption Date has been declared, non-payment of the Redemption Price, as the case may be, of the Notes) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.07.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 7.04 Collection and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

Section 6.02 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 6.02 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 7.04 of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Company covenants that if:

 

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Notes 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 and/or satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted and, if the Fundamental Change Purchase Date has been declared, of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, and if a Redemption Date has been declared, of the Redemption Price, as the case may be, of any Notes at the Maturity Date which have become otherwise due,

 

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal, satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted, Fundamental Change Purchase Price, Redemption Price and any interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and any overdue interest, at the rate or rates applicable at such time to the Notes, 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.

 

The Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.

 

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In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture.

 

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

 

Section 7.05 Application of Money Collected.

 

Section 6.03 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 6.03 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 7.05 of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VII 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 interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture;

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price (if applicable) of, the Redemption Price (if applicable) of, and/or satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted of and interest on the Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes; and

 

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THIRD: To the Company.

 

Section 7.06 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest and Settlement Amount.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holder of any Note shall have the right:

 

(i) to receive payment of the principal on the Maturity Date or upon acceleration, or the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Notes tendered for purchase on any Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Redemption Price for any Notes redeemed on any Redemption Date, and to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, if applicable;

 

(ii) to receive payment of accrued and unpaid interest and to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, if applicable; and

 

(iii) to receive payment or delivery of the Settlement Amount due upon conversion and to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment or delivery, as the case may be, and

 

each such right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 7.07 Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Section 6.06 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 6.06 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 7.07 of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding 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 Notes; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee has received indemnity or security satisfactory to it and (iii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder. The Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a default:

 

(a) in the payment of principal of, or interest on, any Note when due;

 

(b) in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Notes tendered for purchase on any Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

 

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(c) in the payment of the Redemption Price for any Notes redeemed on any Redemption Date;

 

(d) arising from the failure of the Company to pay or deliver the Settlement Amount due upon conversion in accordance with Article IV; or

 

(e) in respect of any covenant or provision under the Indenture that under Section 8.01 of this Supplemental Indenture or Article 9 of the Base Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.

 

Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.07, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 7.08 Notice of Default.

 

Section 7.14 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 7.14 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 7.08 of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the uncured Event of Default within 90 days after such Event of Default occurs. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of principal of, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price (if applicable) of, the Redemption Price (if applicable) of, and/or satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Holders of Notes.

 

Section 7.09 Limitation on Suits.

 

Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to, and have no force and effect with respect to, the Notes and any reference to Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture shall be superseded by and references thereto shall be deemed to refer to this Section 7.09 of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding under this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder unless:

 

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;

 

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(2) the Holders of at least than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding shall have made a written request and have offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as Trustee; and

 

(3) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer and has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request within 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer.

 

However, the limitations of this Section 7.09 shall not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder for the enforcement of payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price, as applicable) of or interest on any Note on or after the applicable due date or the right to convert the Note or receive the consideration due upon conversion in accordance with this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VIII


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

 

This Section 8.01 shall supersede Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, and any reference in the Base Indenture to Section 9.01 thereof shall be deemed to refer instead to this Section 8.01.

 

The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes without notice to, or the consent of, any Holder to:

 

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

 

(b) provide for the assumption by a Successor Person of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture pursuant to Section 6.02;

 

(c) add guarantees with respect to the Notes;

 

(d) secure the Notes;

 

(e) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

 

(f) upon the occurrence of a Share Exchange Event, provide that the Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to Section 4.02, and effect any other changes to the terms of the Indenture and the Notes required in connection therewith;

 

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(g) comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

(h) provide for a successor trustee;

 

(i) make any other changes to the Indenture that do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders (other than those of a Holder that has consented to such change); or

 

(j) conform the provisions of the Indenture to the “Description of Notes” section of the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2013, relating to the Notes or the related pricing term sheet, dated August 8, 2013.

 

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

 

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 8.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.02.

 

Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

 

This Section 8.02 shall supersede Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, and any reference in the Base Indenture to Section 9.02 thereof shall be deemed to refer instead to this Section 8.02.

 

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture) of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes), the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 8.01 the rights of the Holders. In addition, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may waive the Company’s compliance in any instance with any provision of the Indenture without notice to the other Holders; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture and no waiver shall, without the consent of the Holders of each Note then Outstanding and affected thereby:

 

(a) change the stated maturity of the principal of or any interest on the Notes;

 

(b) reduce the principal amount of or interest on the Notes;

 

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

 

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(d) reduce the Redemption Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligations to make such payments or the conditions precedent to the Company’s right to redeem, whether through amendment or waiver of the provisions of the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

 

(e) reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Notes;

 

(f) change the currency of payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) of or interest on the Notes or change any Note’s place of payment;

 

(g) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) of and interest on such Holder’s Notes, or consideration due upon conversion, on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, the Notes or the consideration due upon conversion;

 

(h) change the ranking of the Notes;

 

(i) adversely affect the right of Holders to convert Notes or otherwise modify the provisions with respect to conversion, or reduce the Conversion Rate (subject to such modifications as are required under this Indenture); or

 

(j) modify any provision of Section 6.05 of the Base Indenture or Section 7.06, Section 7.07 or this Section 8.02 hereof, except to increase the percentage required for modification, amendment or waiver or to provide for consent of each affected Holder.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

 

ARTICLE IX


SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 9.01 Applicability of Article 11 of the Base Indenture.

 

This Article IX shall supersede Article 11 of the Base Indenture, and any reference in the Base Indenture to Article 11 thereof shall be deemed to refer instead to this Article IX.

 

Section 9.02 Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

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This Indenture shall, upon request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate, cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, when:

 

(a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 of the Base Indenture) have been delivered to the Security Registrar for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, at any Fundamental Change Purchase Date or at any Redemption Date, and/or have been converted (and the related Settlement Amounts have been determined), cash or, solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation, cash, and if applicable, shares of Common Stock sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Notes and/or satisfy all outstanding conversions, as the case may be, and pay all other sums due and payable under the Indenture and the Notes by the Company; and

 

(b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 of the Base Indenture shall survive.

 

Section 9.03 Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust.

 

Subject to Section 9.05 hereof, all cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof will be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, will be applied by the Trustee, either directly or through the Paying Agent, to the payment of the obligation for which such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, have been deposited with the Trustee.

 

Section 9.04 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.  

 

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

 

Section 9.05 Repayment to the Company. 

 

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

 

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Section 9.06 Reinstatement. 

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 9.03 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, in accordance with Section 9.03; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of the principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders to receive such payment from any cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 

 

ARTICLE X


MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.01 Form of Notes.

 

The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificates of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which forms are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will govern and control.

  

Section 10.02 Ratification of Base Indenture.

 

The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified, confirmed and preserved.

 

Section 10.03 Application of Supplemental Indenture.

 

This Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

 

Section 10.04 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act, the imposed duties shall control.

 

Section 10.05 Conflict with Base Indenture.

 

To the extent not expressly amended or modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is inconsistent with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

 

Section 10.06 Withholding Offset.

 

The Company (through the Withholding Agent or otherwise) shall be entitled to reduce or otherwise set-off against any payments made or deemed made by the Company to Holders in respect of the Notes for any amounts the Company believes it is required to withhold by law. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company pays any withholding taxes on behalf of a Holder as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate of the Notes, the Company may, at its option, set-off such payments against payments to such Holder of cash and Common Stock in respect of the Notes. Any amounts withheld pursuant to this Section 10.06 shall be paid over by the Company (through the Withholding Agent or otherwise) to the appropriate taxing authority.

 

Section 10.07 Calculations in Respect of Notes.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for in respect of the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, Daily VWAPs, Daily Conversion Values, Daily Settlement Amounts, Stock Prices, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate. The Company shall make all calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on the Holders. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee), and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon such Holder’s request.

 

Section 10.08 Governing Law.

 

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 10.09 Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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Section 10.10 Counterparts.

 

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

 

The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original 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 10.11 Appointment of Conversion Agent, Etc..

 

The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Conversion Agent, Paying Agent and Registrar, and the Trustee hereby accepts such appoints.

 

Section 10.12 Trustee Disclaimer.

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any of its agents assumes responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor any agent makes representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this supplemental Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any gent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof or the offering document or any other documents used in connection with the sale or distribution of the Notes.

 

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

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
 
By: /s/ Kevin Carney  
Name: Kevin Carney  
Title: Executive VP and
Chief Financial Officer
 
   
   
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Trustee
 
By: /s/ Michael Tu  
Name: Michael Tu  
Title: Assistant Vice President  

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Global Note Representing the Notes

 

 
 

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE OR ARTICLE III OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO.

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE), TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

 
 

 

 

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.

 

No.

CUSIP NO. 94733A AA2
ISIN NO. US94733AAA25

 

1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ________________________ ($____________) or other amount shown on the books and records of the Depositary and the Trustee on August 15, 2018.

 

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15
Regular Record Dates: February 1 and August 1

 

This Security shall bear interest as specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security.

 

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

 

 

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

 

WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
 
By:  
Name:  
Title:  

 

 

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

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

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
By:  
Authorized Signatory  
 
     

  

Dated:

 

 

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(Reverse of Note)

 

1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018

 

1. Interest .

 

Web.com Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum set forth above.

 

The Company shall pay accrued interest semiannually on each February 15 and August 15, commencing on February 15, 2014 or if any such day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Indenture referred to below), on the next Business Day.

 

Whenever in this Note there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, or in respect of, this Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest as provided for in the Supplemental Indenture to the extent that, in such context, the Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect of this Note and express mention of the payment of Additional Interest (if applicable) in any provisions of this Note shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions of this Note where such express mention is not made.

 

2. Method of Payment .

 

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date in accordance with the Supplemental Indenture. The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on this Note, so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. The Company shall pay principal and interest and any Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“ U.S. Legal Tender ”). However, the Company may pay principal and interest and any Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price by check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or to a Holder at the Holder’s registered address.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar .

 

Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint or change the Paying Agent or Security Registrar without prior notice to any Holder.

 

4. Indenture .

 

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2013 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 14, 2013, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “ TIA ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of terms.

 

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This Note is a senior and unsecured obligation of the Company.

 

Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture.

 

Any conflict between this Note and the Indenture will be governed by the Indenture.

 

5. Conversion .

 

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, prior to the close of business on May 15, 2018 during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, and on or after May 15, 2018, at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to irrevocably convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

 

6. Notice of Redemption .

 

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. The Company shall give Redemption Notice not less than 45 nor more than 60 calendar days immediately preceding the Redemption Date to each Holder to be redeemed at its registered address. The Redemption Notice for the Notes shall state the amount to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on any Notes that are redeemed. If less than all of the Notes are redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select Notes by lot, pro rata to the extent practicable or by another method the Trustee routinely uses, and in each case to the extent permitted by DTC.

 

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof, subject to Section 2.03(c) of the Supplemental Indenture.

 

7. Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change .

 

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

 

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8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. A Holder may register, transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. If any Notes are to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall issue new Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed principal portion thereof; provided , that neither the Security Registrar nor the Company shall be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the open of business 15 days before the mailing of a Redemption Notice and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which all Holders of Notes to be redeemed, as selected by the Trustee, shall have received notice of such redemption or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Notes so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Notes being redeemed in part.

 

9. Persons Deemed Owners .

 

The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10. Unclaimed Money .

 

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years after the date of payment of principal and interest, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company without interest thereon upon written request by the Company. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money shall look only to the Company and not the Trustee for payment.

 

11. Amendment, Waiver .

 

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes and (ii) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, or to secure the Notes, or to add additional covenants of the Company or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company, or to make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

 

12. Defaults and Remedies .

 

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Notes unless it receives indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

 

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The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Event of Default (except an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest or in the payment of any purchase obligation, or the Company’s failure to convert Notes when obligated to convert them.) if it determines that withholding notice is not opposed to their interest.

 

13. Trustee Dealings with the Company .

 

Subject to the terms of the TIA and the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee.

 

14. No Recourse Against Others .

 

No director, officer, employee, member, incorporator or stockholder of the Company shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

15. Authentication .

 

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signature of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent (acting on its behalf)) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

16. Abbreviations .

 

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

 

17. CUSIP Numbers .

 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

18. Governing Law .

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 
 
 

 

(Print or type name, address and zip code and
social security or tax ID number of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoint ________________________________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Dated:                                                                                Signed:                                                                                                                     
  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:                                                                               

  

 

(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

 
 

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

To: Web.com Group, Inc.

 

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share of Common Stock, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any shares of Common Stock or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes or similar governmental charges in accordance with the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

 

In the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be converted are as set forth below: __________________________

 

If you want to elect to convert this Note purchased, check the box [ ]

 

If you want to elect to convert only part of this Note, state the amount you elect to have purchased (must be integral multiple of $1,000):

 

  $                                                                             
   
   
Dated:                                                                                Your Signature:                                                                             
  Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.
   
                                                                                                           
  Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
   
   
Signature Guarantee:                                                                             
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a
recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or
other signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 
 

 

FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE

 

To: Web.com Group, Inc.

 

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

 

In the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below: __________________________

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box [ ]

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased (must be integral multiple of $1,000):

 

  $                                                                             
   
   
Dated:                                                                                Your Signature:                                                                             
  Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.
   
                                                                                                           
  Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number
   
   
Signature Guarantee:                                                                             
(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a
recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program or
other signature guarantor program reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

  

Nancy H. Wojtas

T: +1 650 843 5819

wojtasnh@cooley.com

 
   

 

 

 

 

August 14, 2013

 

Web.com Group, Inc.

12808 Gran Bay Parkway West

Jacksonville, FL 32258

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the offering by Web.com Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), of an aggregate of up to $258,750,000 principal amount of the Company’s 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”) initially convertible into 7,392,850 shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), of the Company (the “ Conversion Shares ”) , pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-190479) (the “Registration Statement” ) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), the prospectus included within the Registration Statement (the “ Base Prospectus ”), and the prospectus supplement dated August 12, 2013 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Act (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) . (The Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement are collectively referred to as the “ Prospectus .”) The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated on or about the date of the issuance of the Notes thereunder , between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (as defined therein), the form of which is filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement (the “ Base Indenture ”) and a First Supplemental Indenture to be entered into between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, on the date of the issuance of the Notes (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) .

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement and Prospectus, the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the form of Note included in the Supplemental Indenture, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

 

Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States, the Delaware General Corporation Law and, as to the Notes constituting valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, solely with respect to the laws of the State of New York. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.

 

 

Five Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155 T: (650) 843-5000 F: (650) 849-7400 www.cooley.com

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

August 14, 2013

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In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents; the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents (except the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture). With respect to our opinion as to the Conversion Shares, we have assumed that, at the time of issuance of such Conversion Shares, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock will be authorized and available for issuance.

 

We have assumed that, with respect to the Notes, (i) prior to the execution of the Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture, each of the Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture will have been duly authorized by the Company and the Trustee by all necessary corporate action, (ii) the Indenture, in substantially the form filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement, will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, and (iii) the Supplemental Indenture will have the terms described in the Prospectus Supplement and be duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee in the form approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly constituted and empowered committee thereof).

 

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that (i) when duly executed and delivered by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and issued and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, the Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity and limitations on availability of equitable relief, including specific performance (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (ii) the Conversion Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Notes, will be validly issued and the Conversion Shares will be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report of the Company on Form 8-K.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Cooley LLP

 

 

By: /s/ Nancy H. Wojtas                   

Nancy H. Wojtas

 

Five Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155 T: (650) 843-5000 F: (650) 849-7400 www.cooley.com