UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) June 2, 2005

 


 

Radian Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-11356   23-2691170
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
1601 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

215-564-6600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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.

 

The disclosure provided in Item 2.03 below is hereby incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

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

 

On June 7, 2005, we completed the public offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of our 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated June 2, 2005 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Stearns & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters.

 

The Notes were registered by means of a Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-118220) (the “Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the SEC on March 21, 2005. A Prospectus Supplement dated June 2, 2005 relating to the Notes (the “Prospectus Supplement”) and supplementing the Prospectus dated March 21, 2005 (the “Prospectus”) was filed with the SEC on June 6, 2005.

 

The Notes were issued under a Senior Indenture, dated June 7, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), subject to the designation of the terms of the Notes in the form of an Officers’ Certificate dated as of June 7, 2005 (the “Officers’ Certificate”) executed pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of the Indenture.

 

The Notes were issued at a price of 99.822% of their principal amount. The Notes mature on June 15, 2015 and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2005. The Notes are our general unsecured senior obligations and rank equally with all of our other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. We may redeem the Notes at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of the principal amount of the Notes or the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed, calculated as provided in the Officers’ Certificate. We intend to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem all $219.3 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 2.25% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2022, and the balance for general corporate purposes.

 

Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Indenture, which includes payment defaults, defaults in the performance of covenants, defaults related to bankruptcy and insolvency, and failure to pay specified indebtedness, our obligations under the Notes may be accelerated, in which case the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest or premium, if any, on the Notes would be immediately due and payable.

 

The Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate, and an opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, counsel to the Company, are filed as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. The form of the Notes is included as Exhibit A-1 to Attachment A to the Officers’ Certificate.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

1 Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2005, by and among the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Stearns & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters

 

4.1 Senior Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2005, between the Company and the Trustee

 

4.2 Officers’ Certificate, dated as of June 7, 2005, including the terms of the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 as Attachment A, and including the form of the Notes as Exhibit A-1 to Attachment A

 

5 Opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP regarding the legality of the Notes

 

23 Consent of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)


SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

Dated: June 7, 2005   RADIAN GROUP INC.
    By:  

/s/ David L. Coleman


    Name:   David L. Coleman
    Title:   Vice President, Corporate &
        Securities Counsel

Exhibit 1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

 

$250,000,000

 

5.375% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

dated June 2, 2005

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Barclays Capital Inc.

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

McDonald Investments Inc.

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC


Underwriting Agreement

 

June 2, 2005

 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

As Representatives of the several

Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A

 

c/o BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

9 West 57 th Street, Floor 2M

New York, NY 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Introductory. Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “Underwriters”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A hereto of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”) and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. have agreed to act as representatives of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the “Representatives”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of June 7, 2005 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Certain terms of the Notes will be established pursuant to Board Resolutions (as defined in the Indenture) adopted by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture. Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”), pursuant to a Letter of Representations, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2 below), among the Company, the Trustee and the Depositary.

 

The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-118220, 333-118220-1, and 333-118220-2) for the registration of debt securities (including the Notes) and other securities of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the Securities Act. Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of this Agreement and each such post-effective amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as so amended, if applicable, including the exhibits and schedules thereto and


including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, prior to the execution of this Agreement, is collectively called the “Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,” and from and after the date and time of filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus and the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Notes, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes, including all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 prior to the execution of this Agreement, are collectively called the “Prospectus.” All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

 

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

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Underwriters as follows:

 

S ECTION 1. Representations and Warranties . The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information and no such requests for additional or supplemental information are pending. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

 

The final prospectus and the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Notes filed or to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to any copies filed by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act). Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (including the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K with the


Commission (the “Annual Report on Form 10-K”)), at the time it became effective, at the date hereof and at the Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”) and did not and at such times will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date and at the Closing Date, did not and will not contain an 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. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (“Form T-1”) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee and statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Representatives expressly for use therein. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required.

 

(b) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the respective times they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and, when read together with the other information included or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date (as defined herein), did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Notes, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than the Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

 

(d) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

 

(e) Authorization of the Indenture . The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Date, will have been executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.


(f) Authorization of the Notes. The Notes to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

(g) Description of the Notes and the Indenture . The Notes and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(h) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus: (i)(A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, and there has been no material adverse change in case reserves or losses or loss adjustment expenses of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, and (B) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or material interference with its business from any action, notice, order or decree from any insurance company regulatory authority (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) other than the Company’s regular quarterly dividend on its common stock declared on May 10, 2005, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

 

(i) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to certain of the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, were, at the time each such opinion was issued, independent public or certified public accountants within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

(j) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in


conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The financial data set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Summary Consolidated Financial Data” fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited financial statements contained in the Prospectus.

 

(k) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under each of this Agreement, the Notes and the Indenture. Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim. All of the subsidiaries of the Company are listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

 

(l) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. At March 31, 2005, on a consolidated basis, after giving pro forma effect to the issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant hereto and application of the proceeds as described in the Prospectus, the Company would have an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” (other than for subsequent issuances of capital stock, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Prospectus or upon exercise of outstanding options described in the Prospectus). All of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non assessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws.

 

(m) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or is in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound (including, without limitation, the Company’s credit agreement, dated as of December 16, 2004, among the Company, the lenders party thereto and Keybank National Association, as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement”), 2.25% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2022, 7.75% debentures due 2011 and 5.625% Notes due 2013), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), except for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture, and the issuance and delivery of the Notes,


and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Prospectus (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or 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, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, except for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, liens, charges, encumbrances or failure to obtain consent, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree (including, without limitation, of any insurance regulatory agency or body) applicable to the Company or any subsidiary, except to the extent that such violations, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory agency or body), is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of the Notes, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Prospectus, except (i) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and (ii) such where the failure to obtain would not result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(n) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened (including, without limitation, those by any insurance regulatory agency or body) (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, where in any such case there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiary and any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

 

(o) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries own or possess sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(p) All Necessary Permits, etc. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and each subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate state, federal or


foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory agencies or bodies) necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization (including, without limitation, any certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization from any insurance regulatory agencies or bodies) which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(q) Title to Properties. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the material properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(j) above, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except (i) as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus and (ii) such as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company.

 

(r) Tax Law Compliance. Except to the extent that any such failures would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1 (j) above in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

 

(s) Company Not an “Investment Company.” The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Notes will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and will conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

(t) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.

 

(u) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary in their capacities as such, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law.

 

(v) Company’s Accounting System. The Company maintains a system of accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in


accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(w) ERISA Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA, except where such failure would not result in a Material Adverse Change. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “material amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

 

(x) Reinsurance Treaties and Arrangements . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents, all reinsurance treaties and arrangements to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of, any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained therein, except to the extent that any such violation or default would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Change; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any of the parties to such treaties, contracts or agreements that such other party intends not to perform in any material respect such treaty, contract or agreement.

 

(y) Controls and Procedures. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared and (ii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the most recent evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures described above,


the Company is not aware of (a) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which would adversely affect, in any material respect, the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that would reasonably be expected to significantly affect internal controls.

 

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

 

The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof, counsel for the Company and counsel for the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.

 

S ECTION 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes.

 

(a) The Notes. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, severally and not jointly, all of the Notes upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 99.172% of the principal amount thereof payable on the Closing Date.

 

(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Notes in global form to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 7, 2005, or such other time and date thereafter but prior to June 9, 2005 as the Underwriters shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”).

 

(c) Public Offering of the Notes. The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Notes as soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

 

(d) Payment for the Notes. Payment for the Notes shall be made at the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company.

 

It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. The Representatives may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the Closing Date for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.


(e) Delivery of the Notes. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters certificates for the Notes at the Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Notes shall be in such denominations and registered in such names and denominations as the Representatives shall have requested at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Representatives may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

 

(f) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters. Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the second business day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives shall request.

 

S ECTION 3. Additional Covenants. The Company further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a) Representatives’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During such period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement (including any registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act) or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.

 

(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representatives in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement and, until the date of completion of the distribution of the offering of the Notes, any document filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 434, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) are received in a timely manner by the Commission.


(c) Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus 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 if in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company agrees to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(a) hereof), file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus 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, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.

 

The Company hereby expressly acknowledges that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.

 

(d) Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus. The Company agrees to furnish the Representatives, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

(e) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Notes for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Notes. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Notes for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

(f) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.

 

(g) Depositary. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.


(h) Earning Statement. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earning statement (which need not be audited) that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

 

(i) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.

 

(j) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period of 30 days following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of BAS (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of BAS), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).

 

BAS, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

 

S ECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Notes (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Underwriters, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Notes for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws, (vi) any filing fees incident to and any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) review and approval of the Underwriters’ participation in the offering and distribution of the Notes, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Notes, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Notes with the ratings agencies, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Notes by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, (x) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement, and (xi) all other fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Agreement. Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.


S ECTION 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from NASD. For the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; and

 

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

 

(c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i) there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change; and

 

(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ financial strength or claims paying ability by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.

 

(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A.


(e) Opinion of General Counsel of the Company . On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of Howard S. Yaruss, Executive Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Corporate Responsibility Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B.

 

(f) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Representatives.

 

(g) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Chief Accounting Officer or Treasurer of the Company on behalf of the Company, and without personal liability to such officer, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect set forth in subsections (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect that:

 

(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;

 

(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and

 

(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(i) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

 

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.


S ECTION 6. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5 or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Notes on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Notes, including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

 

S ECTION 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not become effective until the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto.

 

S ECTION 8. Indemnification .

 

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Underwriter and each such officer, employee and controlling person for any and all expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by BAS) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, further, that as to any preliminary prospectus related to the Prospectus, the foregoing indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any director, officer, employee, agent or person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of Notes to any person by such Underwriter if such Underwriter failed to send or give, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the


Prospectus to that person and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the preliminary prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus and the delivery thereof would have constituted a complete defense to the claim of that person, unless such failure resulted from non-compliance by the Company with Section 3(a) or (b). For purposes of the second proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the term Prospectus shall not be deemed to include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and no Underwriter shall be obligated to send or give any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to any person. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

 

(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the third and seventh paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus; and the Underwriters confirm that such statements are correct. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

 

(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such


indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), approved by the indemnifying party (not to be unreasonably withheld) (BAS in the case of Section 8(b) and Section 9), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

 

(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 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 nonappealable judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it 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 such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.


S ECTION 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Notes as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8(c) with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8(c) for purposes of indemnification.

 

The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public. 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 9 are several, and not joint,


in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer and employee of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company with the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

S ECTION 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Notes to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Notes set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Notes set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes and the aggregate number of Notes with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Notes to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

 

As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

S ECTION 11. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the NASD; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any federal, New York or Delaware authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any change or development involving a prospective change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic


conditions, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to any Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representatives and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (b) any Underwriter to the Company, or (c) of any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

S ECTION 12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

 

S ECTION 13. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to the Representatives:

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57th Street

NY1-301-2M-01

New York, New York 10019

Facsimile: (212) 847-5184

Attention: Transaction Management

 

and

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: (212) 848-7179

Attention: Michael J. Schiavone

 

If to the Company:

 

Radian Group Inc.

1601 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2337

Facsimile: (215) 963-9658

Attention: Treasurer


with a copy to:

 

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

1 Logan Square, 18 th & Cherry St.

Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996

Facsimile: (215) 988-2548

Attention: F. Douglas Raymond

 

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

 

S ECTION 14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Notes as such from any of the Underwriters merely by reason of such purchase.

 

S ECTION 15. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

S ECTION 16. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

 

S ECTION 17. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.


If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,

RADIAN GROUP INC.

By:

 

/s/ Terry Latimer


Name:

 

Terry Latimer

Title:

 

Vice President and Treasurer


The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.

 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

    Acting as a Representative of the several

    Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A

By:

 

/s/ Peter J. Carbone


Name:

 

Peter J. Carbone

Title:

 

Vice President

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

    Acting as a Representative of the several

    Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A

By:

 

/s/ T. Kelly Millet


Name:

 

T. Kelly Millet

Title:

 

Senior Managing Director


SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriters


  

Aggregate

Principal

Amount of

Notes to be

Purchased


Banc of America Securities LLC

   $ 100,000,000

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

     100,000,000

Barclays Capital Inc.

     7,142,500

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

     7,142,500

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     7,142,500

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

     7,142,500

McDonald Investments Inc.

     7,142,500

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.

     7,142,500

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     7,142,500
    

Total

   $ 250,000,000
    


EXHIBIT A

 

Opinion of counsel for the Company to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

We have acted as counsel to Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement dated June 2, 2005, among Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters”) and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the closing being held on the date hereof pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company proposes to sell, and the Underwriters propose to purchase, severally and not jointly, subject to the conditions contained therein, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, and all terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Underwriting Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

In that capacity, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, and the form of the Notes (together, the “Transaction Documents”) and of the Prospectus and of such corporate records and other agreements, documents, and instruments, and of such certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives and have considered such matters of law as we have deemed appropriate as the basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

 

In all cases, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of documents submitted to us as copies, and the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records and other documents made available to us by the Company. We have further assumed that the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by, and are the legal, valid, and binding obligations of, all parties thereto other than the Company.

 

As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the parties in the Transaction Documents and of the certificates and other comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company, upon statements made to us in discussions with the Company’s management and upon certificates of public officials. Statements made herein “to the best of our knowledge” or with respect to matters “known to us” are based solely on information actually known to those attorneys currently practicing with this firm and engaged in the representation of the Company.

 

Except as otherwise expressly indicated, we have not undertaken any independent investigation of factual matters or any investigation of the records of any third party or other governmental agency other than our review of filings made by the Company with the State of Delaware.

 

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Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, limitations, and assumptions stated herein, in our opinion:

 

1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

2. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company.

 

3. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

4. The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

5. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. To the best of our knowledge, (a) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and (b) no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. Any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424(b).

 

6. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein or in exhibits to or excluded from the Registration Statement and other than the Form T-1, as to which we express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act.

 

7. The Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.

 

8. The statements (A) in the base prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities,” (B) in the prospectus supplement under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” and (C) in Item 15 of the Registration Statement, in each case insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

 

9. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (including, without

 

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limitation, any insurance regulatory agency or body), is required for the Company’s execution, delivery, and performance of the Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of the Notes or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and by the Prospectus, except (i) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, (ii) applicable state securities or blue sky laws (as to which we express no opinion), and (iii) such where the failure to obtain would not result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.

 

10. The execution and delivery of each of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, and the Notes by the Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the indemnification sections of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which we express no opinion) (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (b) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; (c) will not constitute a breach of, or 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 (i) the Company’s Credit Agreement, (ii) the indenture dated as of February 14, 2003 between the Company and Wachovia Bank, which governs the Company’s 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013, (iii) the indenture dated as of January 11, 2002, between the Company and the Bank of New York, which governs the Company’s 2.25% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2022, or (iv) the indenture, dated as of May 29, 2002, between the Company and First Union National Bank, which governs the Company’s 7.75% Debentures due 2011, or (v) to the best of our knowledge, any other material Existing Instrument; or (d) to the best of our knowledge, will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation, or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

11. The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Notes will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of Investment Company Act.

 

Furthermore, we advise you that we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and representatives of the Underwriters, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although we have not undertaken to verify and do not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as specified above), no facts have come to our attention that lead us to believe that (i) any part of the Registration Statement or any amendments thereto, when such part became effective and as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) the Prospectus, as of its date and the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than, in the case of (i) and (ii) above, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information derived therefrom, contained or incorporated by reference therein and other than Exhibits thereto, and except for the Form T-1, as to which we express no belief).

 

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The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:

 

A. We express no opinion as to the effect on any Transaction Document of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, good faith and fair dealing.

 

B. We express no opinion as to (i) any provisions imposing penalties or prepayment premiums to the extent the same are deemed to be unenforceable penalties; (ii) any remedial provisions that are not effected in a commercially reasonable manner, not taken in good faith or do not constitute fair dealing; (iii) any provision of any Transaction Document which is intended to permit modification thereof only by means of any agreement in writing by the parties thereto; (iv) provisions which purport to establish evidentiary standards; (v) provisions relating to the non-waiver of any of any party’s rights; (vi) provisions which would provide for interest in excess of the “legal rate” permitted under applicable law; or (vii) indemnification and contribution provisions, to the extent their enforceability may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy.

 

C. Regarding any choice of law provision, our opinion is limited to the following: based on reported case law in Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania court in a properly presented case should hold that the provisions of the Transaction Documents providing that they will be governed by the laws of the State of New York are effective, subject to: (a) there being no fundamental policy of the statutory or reported case law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which is contrary to New York law on the matter at issue, and (b) no law of the United States preempting New York law on the matter at issue.

 

D. We express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and the federal law of the United States of America, in each case, applicable to business corporations, and we express no opinion on the “blue sky” or securities law of any jurisdiction (other than the federal securities laws of the United States of America). In that connection, we note that the Transaction Documents provide that they are governed by the laws of the State of New York. We are not familiar with those laws and express no opinion about them. With your permission, we have assumed, solely for purposes of this opinion, that the laws of the State of New York are the same as the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

The opinions expressed above are solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any other person, or by you in connection with any transaction other than the transaction for which this opinion is furnished, without our written consent. We further advise you that the opinions given herein are given as of the date hereof and are limited by facts, circumstances and laws in effect on such date, and that by rendering these opinions we undertake no obligation to advise you with respect to any changes therein.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Opinion of the General Counsel of the Company to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

I am Executive Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Chief Responsibility Officer of Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I have been requested to furnish to you my opinion in connection with the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement dated June 2, 2005 among Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (together, the “Underwriters”) and the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the closing being held on the date hereof pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company proposes to sell, and the Underwriters propose to purchase, subject to the conditions contained therein, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, and all terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Underwriting Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

 

I am rendering this opinion to the Underwriters in my capacity as general counsel of the Company. In that capacity, I or attorneys under my supervision have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the forms of the Notes (together, the “Transaction Documents”) and of the final prospectus relating to the offering of the Notes dated June 2, 2005 (including any documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Final Prospectus”) and of such corporate records and other agreements, documents and instruments, and of such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives and have considered such matters of law as I have deemed appropriate as the basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. In all cases, I have assumed the genuineness of signatures (except the signatures of officers of the Company), the authenticity of documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of documents submitted to me as copies and the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records and other documents made available to me by the Company. I have further assumed that the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and are the legal, valid and binding obligations of, all parties thereto other than the Company.

 

As to questions of fact material to this opinion, with your permission and without any independent verification, I have relied upon, and assumed the accuracy of, the representations and warranties made by the parties in the Transaction Documents and of the certificates and other comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company, upon statements made to me or attorneys under my supervision in discussions with the Company’s management and upon certificates of public officials, unless I have actual knowledge to the contrary.

 

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Statements made herein “to the best of my knowledge” or with respect to matters “known to me” are based solely on information actually known to me or to the attorneys under my supervision.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, limitations and assumptions stated herein, in my opinion:

 

1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and, to my best knowledge, is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

2. The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes.

 

3. Each Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and, to my best knowledge, is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

4. The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory agencies or bodies) necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and to my best knowledge, no state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory agencies or bodies) are considering the revocation or modification of, any such certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization (including, without limitation, any certificate, authorization, permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization from any insurance regulatory agencies or bodies) which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

5. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or, to my best knowledge, any pending or threatened claim.

 

6. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. All

 

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of the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, to my best knowledge, have been issued in compliance with the registration and qualification requirements of federal and state securities laws.

 

7. No stockholder of the Company or any other person has any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company arising (a) by operation of the charter or by-laws of the Company or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (b) to my best knowledge, otherwise.

 

8. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules therein, as to which I express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

9. The statements set forth in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under the captions “Business—Regulation” and “Legal Proceedings”, in each case insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by me and fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

 

10. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory authority or agency), is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of the Notes, or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and by the Prospectus, except (i) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and (ii) such where the failure to obtain would not result in a Material Adverse Change or have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.

 

11. The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes and the Indenture by the Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the indemnification section of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which I express no opinion) (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (b) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (c) will not constitute a breach of, or 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 the Company’s Credit Agreement, 2.25% Senior Convertible Debentures due 2022 or 7.75% debentures due 2011, or to my best knowledge, any other material Existing Instrument; or (d) to my best knowledge, will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree (including, without limitation, of any insurance regulatory authority or agency) applicable to the Company or any subsidiary.

 

12. To my best knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator

 

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involving the Company except for actions, suits or proceedings which are either disclosed in the Prospectus or, if not so disclosed, would not, individually or in the aggregate with all such other actions, suits and proceedings, result in a Material Adverse Change on the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.

 

13. To my best knowledge, neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws or any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or is in Default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material Existing Instrument, except in each such case for such violations or Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

14. Any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

I further advise you that I or attorneys under my supervision have examined various documents and records and participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public or certified public accountants for the Company and with representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any supplements or amendments thereto, and related matters were discussed and, although I am not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as specified above), and any supplements or amendments thereto, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to my attention that lead me to believe that (i) (except for the financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial data included therein or derived or omitted therefrom, and except for the Form T-1, as to which I need express no belief) either the Registration Statement or any amendments thereto, at the time the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (including the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Commission), when such part became effective and as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) (except for the financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial data included therein or derived or omitted therefrom, and except for the Form T-1, as to which I express no belief) the Prospectus, as of its date and at the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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.

 

The opinions set forth above are subject to the further qualification and limitation that I express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdiction other than the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States of America, and I express no opinion on the “blue sky” or securities law of any jurisdiction.

 

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The opinions expressed above are solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any other person, or by you in connection with any transaction other than the transaction for which this opinion is furnished, without my written consent. I further advise you that the opinions given herein are given as of the date hereof and are limited by facts, circumstances and laws in effect on such date, and that by rendering these opinions, I undertake no obligation to advise you with respect to any changes therein.

 

I advise you that I am a beneficial owner of shares of the common stock of the Company and a director of each of the Significant Subsidiaries.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

 


 

SENIOR

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of June 7, 2005

 

Providing for Issuance of Senior Debt Securities in Series

 


 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   1
       Section 1.01.      DEFINITIONS    1
       Section 1.02.      OTHER DEFINITIONS    5
       Section 1.03.      INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT    5
       Section 1.04.      RULES OF CONSTRUCTION    6
       Section 1.05.      ACTS OF HOLDERS    6

ARTICLE 2. THE SECURITIES

   7
       Section 2.01.      FORM AND DATING    7
       Section 2.02.      AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES    8
       Section 2.03.      PAYMENT OF INTEREST    12
       Section 2.04.      DENOMINATIONS.    13
       Section 2.05.      EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION    13
       Section 2.06.      REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT; APPOINTMENT OF DEPOSITARY    14
       Section 2.07.      PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST    14
       Section 2.08.      HOLDER LISTS    15
       Section 2.09.      TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE    15
       Section 2.10.      REPLACEMENT SECURITIES    18
       Section 2.11.      OUTSTANDING SECURITIES    18
       Section 2.12.      TEMPORARY SECURITIES    19
       Section 2.13.      CANCELLATION    19
       Section 2.14.      DEFAULTED INTEREST    20

ARTICLE 3. REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

   20
       Section 3.01.      APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    20
       Section 3.02.      SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED    20
       Section 3.03.      NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    21
       Section 3.04.      EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION    22
       Section 3.05.      DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE    22
       Section 3.06.      SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART    22
       Section 3.07.      MANDATORY REDEMPTION; SINKING FUND    22

ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS

   23
       Section 4.01.      PAYMENT OF SECURITIES    23

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

       Section 4.02.      MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY    23
       Section 4.03.      REPORTS    23
       Section 4.04.      COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE    24
       Section 4.05.      EXISTENCE.    24
       Section 4.06.      MODIFICATION OF COVENANTS    24

ARTICLE 5. SUCCESSORS

   24
       Section 5.01.      MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS    24
       Section 5.02.      SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED    25

ARTICLE 6. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

   25
       Section 6.01.      EVENTS OF DEFAULT    25
       Section 6.02.      ACCELERATION    26
       Section 6.03.      OTHER REMEDIES    27
       Section 6.04.      WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS; RESCISSION OF ACCELERATION    27
       Section 6.05.      CONTROL BY MAJORITY    27
       Section 6.06.      LIMITATION ON SUITS    28
       Section 6.07.      RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND TO CONVERT    28
       Section 6.08.      COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE    29
       Section 6.09.      TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM    29
       Section 6.10.      PRIORITIES    29
       Section 6.11.      UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS    30

ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEE

   30
       Section 7.01.      DUTIES OF TRUSTEE    30
       Section 7.02.      RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE    31
       Section 7.03.      INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE    32
       Section 7.04.      TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER    32
       Section 7.05.      NOTICE OF DEFAULTS    32
       Section 7.06.      REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE SECURITIES    32
       Section 7.07.      COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY    33
       Section 7.08.      REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE    33
       Section 7.09.      SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.    35

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

       Section 7.10.      ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION    35
       Section 7.11.      PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY    35

ARTICLE 8. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   35
       Section 8.01.      SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE    35
       Section 8.02.      APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY; EXCESS AMOUNTS    36

ARTICLE 9. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   37
       Section 9.01.      OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE    37
       Section 9.02.      LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE    37
       Section 9.03.      COVENANT DEFEASANCE    38
       Section 9.04.      CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE    38
       Section 9.05.      DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    39
       Section 9.06.      REPAYMENT TO COMPANY    40
       Section 9.07.      REINSTATEMENT    40

ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

   41
       Section 10.01.      WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES    41
       Section 10.02.      WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES    42
       Section 10.03.      COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT    44
       Section 10.04.      REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS    44
       Section 10.05.      NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES    44
       Section 10.06.      TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.    44

ARTICLE 11. MEETINGS OF HOLDERS

   45
       Section 11.01.      PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETING MAY BE CALLED    45
       Section 11.02.      CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS    45
       Section 11.03.      PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS    45
       Section 11.04.      QUORUM; ACTION    46
       Section 11.05.      DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS    46
       Section 11.06.      COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS    47
       Section 11.07.      ARTICLE SUBJECT TO OTHER PROVISIONS    48

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

ARTICLE 12. CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

   48
       Section 12.01.      APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE    48
       Section 12.02.      EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE    48
       Section 12.03.      NO FRACTIONAL SHARES    49
       Section 12.04.      ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE    50
       Section 12.05.      NOTICE OF CERTAIN CORPORATE ACTIONS    50
       Section 12.06.      RESERVATION OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK    51
       Section 12.07.      PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES UPON CONVERSION    51
       Section 12.08.      NONASSESSABILITY    51
       Section 12.09.      EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER ON CONVERSION PRIVILEGE    51
       Section 12.10.      DUTIES OF TRUSTEE REGARDING CONVERSION    52
       Section 12.11.      REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS UPON CONVERSION    53

ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS

   53
       Section 13.01.      TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS    53
       Section 13.02.      NOTICES    53
       Section 13.03.      COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF SECURITIES    54
       Section 13.04.      CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT    54
       Section 13.05.      STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION    55
       Section 13.06.      RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS    55
       Section 13.07.      NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS    55
       Section 13.08.      STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS    55
       Section 13.09.      GOVERNING LAW    56
       Section 13.10.      NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS    55
       Section 13.11.      SUCCESSORS    56
       Section 13.12.      SEVERABILITY    56
       Section 13.13.      COUNTERPART ORIGINALS    56
       Section 13.14.      TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC    56

 

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Reconciliation and Tie Between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture dated as of June 7, 2005, between Radian Group Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee

 

TIA Section


 

Indenture Section    


310(a)(1)

  7.10

310(a)(2)

  7.10

310(a)(3)

  N/A

310(a)(4)

  N/A

310(a)(5)

  7.10

310(b)

  7.03, 7.08, 7.10

310(c)

  N/A

311(a)

  7.11

311(b)

  7.11

311(c)

  N/A

312(a)

  2.08

312(b)

  13.03

312(c)

  13.03

313(a)

  7.06

313(b)

  7.06

313(c)

  7.06, 13.02

313(d)

  7.06

314(a)

  4.03

314(b)

  N/A

314(c)

  4.04, 13.05

314(d)

  N/A

314(e)

  13.05

314(f)

  N/A

315(a)

  7.01

315(b)

  7.05

315(c)

  7.01

315(d)

  7.01

315(e)

  6.11

316(a)(1)

  6.04, 6.05

316(a)(2)

  N/A

316(a) last sentence

  2.11

316(b)

  6.07

317(a)

  6.09

317(b)

  2.07

318(a)

  13.01

* Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture


INDENTURE dated as of June 7, 2005 between Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its secured or unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (“ Securities ”) to be issued in one or more series as herein provided.

 

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

 

For and 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 the Securities:

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.

 

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

 

“Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

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

 

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

 

“Board Resolution” means a resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

 

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.


“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (or any successor securities clearing agency).

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Common Stock” means the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

“Company” means Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any and all successors thereto.

 

“Conversion Notice” means a notice, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, given by a Holder irrevocably exercising its option to convert some or all of its Securities.

 

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

 

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to any series of Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.06 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Global Securities of that series, and any and all successors thereto registered and in good standing as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system (or any successor securities clearing agency).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

“Global Securities” means, individually and collectively, the Securities issued in global form issued in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.09 hereof.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person: (i) the principal of, and any premium, if any, and interest on, indebtedness of any such Person for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which that such Person is responsible or liable; (ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (iii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding

 

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trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and deferred purchase price due and payable within 90 days); (iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business; (v) all Hedging Obligations of such Person; (vi) all obligations of the type referred to above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for which (and to the extent that) such Person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; (vii) all obligations of the type referred to above of other Persons to the extent secured by any Lien on any property or asset of that Person; and (viii) any amendments, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of any indebtedness or obligation described above.

 

“Indenture” means this Subordinated Indenture, as amended, restated, waived or supplemented from time to time and includes and incorporates by reference the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

 

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means each of December 15 and June 15, unless otherwise provided in Section 2.02.

 

“Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under this Indenture or the applicable Securities.

 

“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Vice Chairman of the Board, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President of such Person.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the president, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or any vice president of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 14.05 hereof.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 14.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.

 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on the Securities means every December 1 and June 1, unless otherwise provided in Section 2.02 (whether or not a Business Day), as applicable, next preceding the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

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Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the applicable trust services department 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, in each case, who is the officer responsible for the administration of this Indenture, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

 

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

 

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any payment of interest or principal on any series of Securities, the date on which such payment of interest or principal is scheduled to be paid thereon by its terms as in effect from time to time, and does not include any contingent obligation to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date scheduled for the payment thereof, provided, however, that, if any such date is not a Business Day, the payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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

 

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb as amended) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA; provided, however, that if the TIA is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.

 

“Trustee” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) 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, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and also includes a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided

 

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that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

Section 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS

 

Term


  

Defined in

Section


“Act”

   1.05

“Authentication Order”

   2.05

“Conversion Agent”

   2.06

“Conversion Date”

   12.02

“Covenant Defeasance”

   9.03

“custodian”

   6.01

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Legal Defeasance”

   9.02

“Notice of Default”

   6.01

“Outstanding”

   2.11

“Paying Agent”

   2.06

“Registrar”

   2.06

 

Section 1.03. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

indenture security holder ” means a Holder of a Security;

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

indenture trustee ” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee;

 

obligor ” on the Securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

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Section 1.04. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

 

For the purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

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

 

(6) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement and successor sections thereof or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

Section 1.05. ACTS OF HOLDERS.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders, in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, or a combination of such instruments or record and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent or proxy shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section and Section 11.05. The record of any meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 11.05.

 

Without limiting the generality of this Section, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

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The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Register.

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01. FORM AND DATING.

 

(a) General. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form as shall be established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any applicable securities exchange, organizational document, governing instrument or law or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued as permitted by Section 2.12, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities of any series are established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, together with an appropriate record of any such action taken pursuant thereto, including a copy of the approved form of Securities, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order contemplated by Section 2.05 or 2.12, as applicable, for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

as Trustee

By:

 

 


    Authorized Signatory

 

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If the Trustee has designated an authenticating agent pursuant to Section 2.05 and the authenticating agent is authenticating any Security, then the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

As Trustee

 


As Authenticating Agent

 


Authorized Officer

 

(b) Global Securities. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or a specified amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges and conversions. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby, will be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or upon the written order of the Company signed by an Officer to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.12. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.05, Section 2.12, if applicable, and Section 2.09, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable written order of the Company signed by an Officer. Any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing.

 

The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 2.05 shall apply to any Security in global form if such Security was authenticated and delivered as contemplated herein, but never issued and sold by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.01, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

Section 2.02. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES

 

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

 

(b) The following matters will be established with respect to each series of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or (iii) in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

 

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

 

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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (which limit will not pertain to Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.10, 2.12, 3.06 or 10.05 or any Securities that, pursuant to Section 2.05, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

 

(3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method or methods of determination thereof;

 

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series will bear interest, if any, or the method or methods of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest will accrue or the method or methods by which such date or dates will be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable, the right, if any, of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, the record date, if any, for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

 

(5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series will be payable pursuant to Section 2.06, any Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer pursuant to Section 2.06, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange pursuant to Section 2.06 and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and notices to Holders pursuant to Section 11.02 will be published;

 

(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than as provided in Section 3.03, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;

 

(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series will be issuable;

 

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(9) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series will be payable, or in which the Securities of the series will be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(10) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;

 

(11) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts will be determined and any special voting or defeasance provisions in connection therewith;

 

(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities of the series which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 or the method by which such portion will be determined;

 

(13) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series will be payable;

 

(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

 

(15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company set forth in Article 4 pertaining to the Securities of the series;

 

(16) under what circumstances, if any, and with what procedures and documentation the Company will pay additional amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person (including any definition of such term) in respect of taxes, assessments or similar charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company has the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option);

 

(17) the forms of the Securities of the series;

 

(18) the applicability, if any, of Sections 9.02 and 9.03 to the Securities of the series or such other means of defeasance or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities of such series;

 

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(19) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar, Conversion Agent (if any) and any Paying Agent pursuant to Section 2.06;

 

(20) if the Securities of the series will be issued in whole or in part in global form, (A) the Depositary for such Global Securities, (B) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series, to be registered in the names of or to be held by such beneficial owners or their nominees and to be of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (C) if other than as provided in Section 2.09, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur;

 

(21) the designation of the Depositary with respect to the Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.06;

 

(22) any restrictions on the registration, transfer or exchange of the Securities of the series;

 

(23) if the Securities of the series may be issued or delivered (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series or otherwise), or any installment of principal or interest is payable, only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions in addition to those specified in this Indenture, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

 

(24) if the Securities of the series will be convertible into or for other securities or property of the Company, and any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the terms and conditions of any right to convert or exchange Securities of the series into or for other securities or property of the Company set forth in Article 12;

 

(25) whether the Securities of the series are secured or unsecured, and if secured, the security and related terms in connection therewith (which will be provided for in a separate security agreement and/or other appropriate documentation); and

 

(26) any other terms of the series (which terms will not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture) including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.

 

(c) All Securities of any one series will be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the related Officers’ Certificate or (iii) in an indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

 

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Section 2.03. PAYMENT OF INTEREST

 

Except as otherwise specified in any Security issued hereunder, or in any supplemental indenture, interest shall be due and payable on a Security as follows:

 

(a) A Holder as of the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive and shall receive (except as otherwise indicated in this Section 2.03), accrued and unpaid interest on such Security from the date specified in such Security to the Interest Payment Date next succeeding such Regular Record Date, other than any Security whose Stated Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

(b) In the event that a Security of any series becomes subject to redemption pursuant to Article 3 and the redemption date occurs after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, the person whose Security becomes subject to redemption (and only such Person rather than the Holder as of such Regular Record Date) shall be entitled to receive and shall receive accrued and unpaid interest from the preceding Interest Payment Date (or such earlier date on which interest was last paid) to, but excluding, the redemption date of such Security, even if such Person is not the Holder of such Security on the Regular Record Date. In the event that a Security of any series becomes subject to redemption pursuant to Article 3 and the redemption date occurs on an Interest Payment Date, the Holder as of the Regular Record Date corresponding to such Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive and shall receive accrued and unpaid interest from the preceding Interest Payment Date (or such earlier date on which interest was last paid or as otherwise provided in the Security) to, but excluding, the redemption date of such Security, even if such Person is not the Holder of such Security.

 

(c) In the event that Securities of any series are convertible and if, in such case, a Security is converted pursuant to Article 12, the Holder who converts such Security on any date other than an Interest Payment Date (except in the case of a Security whose Stated Maturity is after the immediately preceding Record Date but prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall not be entitled to receive unpaid interest on such Security from the preceding Interest Payment Date until the Conversion Date, such amounts being deemed to have been paid by receipt of shares of Common Stock in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited. As a result, if a Security is converted between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment Date (but not including on the Interest Payment Date), the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date will receive accrued and unpaid interest on such Security for such period on such Interest Payment Date but the Holder which converts the Security will be required to remit to the Company an amount equal to that interest at the time such Holder surrenders the Security for conversion, pursuant to Article 12; provided, however, that such Holder will not be required to remit such interest if (1) the Company has specified a redemption date that occurs during the period from the close of business on a Regular Record Date to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date to which such record date relates or (2) any overdue interest exists on the Conversion Date with respect to the Securities converted, but only to the extent of overdue interest.

 

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Section 2.04. DENOMINATIONS.

 

Unless otherwise specified in any Security issued hereunder or in any supplemental indenture, Securities of a series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Securities denominated in a foreign currency shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Section 2.05. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.

 

An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time a Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee (or its authenticating agent as provided below). The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), together with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, authenticate Securities for original issue in the aggregate principal amount stated in the Authentication Order. The Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel shall each state that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the issuance of such Securities have been complied with.

 

If all of the Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at the same time, then the documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.05 must be delivered only once, prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security of such series; provided, however, that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate additional Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that, as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be true and correct as if made on such date and that all the conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of such series relating to the authentication and delivery of additional Securities of such series have been complied with.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.13 together with a written statement stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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Section 2.06. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT; APPOINTMENT OF DEPOSITARY.

 

The Company shall, in accordance with Section 4.02, maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”), (if Securities of any series are convertible) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (“ Conversion Agent ”), and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more Conversion Agents. The term “ Registrar ” includes any co-registrar, the term “ Paying Agent ” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent or, if the Securities of any series are convertible, a Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar.

 

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Securities.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Securities and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.

 

Section 2.07. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or other payment in respect of the Securities or otherwise held by it as Paying Agent, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment when due. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

 

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Section 2.08. HOLDER LISTS.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall, or shall cause the Registrar to, furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).

 

Section 2.09. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.

 

(a) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any certificated Security of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new certificated Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a same aggregate principal amount and like tenor and containing identical terms and provisions.

 

(b) At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations, of a same aggregate principal amount and like tenor and containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

(d) If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be registered and in good standing as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company prior to the resignation of the Depositary and, in any event, within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s designation of the Depositary pursuant to Section 2.02(b)(21) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized

 

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denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form.

 

(e) The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that all (but not less than all) Securities of a series issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver in accordance with Section 2.02(g), Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form.

 

(f) If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,

 

  (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certificated Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and

 

  (ii) to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

 

(g) Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. Securities in certificated form issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or Indirect Participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 

(h) Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(i) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or upon any exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as were the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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(j) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(k) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or for any exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.13 or 3.06 not involving any transfer.

 

(l) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

(m) The provisions of this Section 2.09 may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.

 

(n) The following legend shall appear on the face of all Global Securities unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provision of this Indenture:

 

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, (I) IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR SUCCESSOR NOMINEE, AND (II) MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR CANCELLED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.”

 

(o) At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.14 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be

 

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made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(p) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.

 

Section 2.10. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Security , provided that if required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.

 

Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.11. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.

 

For purposes of this Indenture and the Securities, except as otherwise specified in any Security of any series or supplemental indenture, any Security authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, shall, as of any date of determination, be deemed to be “Outstanding” except:

 

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or reductions in the interest in any Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provision hereof;

 

(2) Securities for the payment or redemption of which money or U.S. Government Obligations 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

 

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Company (if the Company acts as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

(3) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 4.01; and

 

(4) Securities that have been replaced pursuant to Section 2.10, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York) in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given or concurred with any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.12. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.

 

Until certificates representing Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of certificated Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.

 

Holders of temporary Securities will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.13. CANCELLATION.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Securities shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.14. DEFAULTED INTEREST.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided, however, that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.03 or 13.02, in the case of any Security (or any part thereof) which is converted, interest payable on an Interest Payment Date after the date of conversion of such Security (or such part thereof) shall not be payable. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. The provisions of this Section 2.14 may be modified in the Securities of any series issued hereunder or by supplemental indenture.

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article are applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of such series or in any supplemental indenture.

 

Section 3.02. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.

 

If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities of such series to be redeemed among the Holders of the Securities of such series in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of such series are listed or, if the Securities of such series are not so listed, to be redeemed among the Holders of Securities of such series on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that no Securities of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Securities of such series to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein or in the Securities of such series or in a supplemental indenture or otherwise agreed by the Company and the Trustee, by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of the series not previously called for redemption.

 

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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Securities and portions of Securities selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Securities of a series of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Securities of such series held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. A new Security of the same series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security. Securities called for redemption shall become due on the redemption date. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions of them called for redemption. Except as provided in this Section 3.02, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption shall also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.

 

Section 3.03. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

 

At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its registered address.

 

The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed, including the series thereof, and shall state:

 

(1) the redemption date;

 

(2) the redemption price, if known, or if not known, the method of calculation thereof and that the Company shall publicly announce the redemption price as soon as reasonably practical after it is calculated;

 

(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(5) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(6) as to any Security being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original;

 

(7) the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this Indenture, any supplemental indenture or any Securities pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

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(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however , that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ 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.

 

Section 3.04. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Securities called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.

 

Section 3.05. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.

 

No later than 12:00 p.m. (noon), Eastern Time, on any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust for the Persons entitled to such sums) money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Securities to be redeemed.

 

Section 3.06. SECURITIES REDEEMED OR PURCHASED IN PART.

 

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Security of the same series equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

Section 3.07. MANDATORY REDEMPTION; SINKING FUND.

 

The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Securities, unless otherwise specified in the terms of a particular series of Securities or in a supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES.

 

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 12:00 p.m. (noon), Eastern Time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. If the Company is the Paying Agent, principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if it has segregated and held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest so becoming due until such sums are paid to such Persons.

 

Section 4.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

 

In satisfaction of Section 2.06, the Company shall maintain a Registrar or co-Registrar which shall be an office or agency (and which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall maintain a Paying Agent (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or the Registrar or a co-Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for payment. If but only if Securities of any series are convertible, the Company shall maintain a Conversion Agent (which may be an office of the Trustee or the Registrar or a co-Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities may be surrendered for conversion. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Trustee’s principal agency, which currently is located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, MAC N2702-011, Columbia, MD 21045-1951.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

Section 4.03. REPORTS.

 

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the TIA; provided, however, that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so requested to be filed with the Commission.

 

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Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is 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 hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

Section 4.04. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.

 

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

Section 4.05. EXISTENCE.

 

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and rights (charter and statutory) as a corporation; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right as a corporation, if the Board of Directors shall determine, that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 4.06. MODIFICATION OF COVENANTS.

 

The covenants in this Article 4 may be modified as to the Securities of any series in the manner set forth in such Securities or by Supplemental Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS.

 

The Company may consolidate or merge with or into, convert itself into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (including any such disposition that might be deemed to occur as a result of the conversion of the Company into another form of organization) all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another Person (other than an individual, a government or an agency or political subdivision of a government), but only if (a) either (i) the Company is the surviving entity or (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or conversion (if other than the

 

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Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is either (A) a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (B) if not organized in any such jurisdiction, then (1) such Person agrees to be subject to the service of process laws of the State of New York, and (2) under the laws of such Person’s jurisdiction of organization, payments on the Securities would not be subject to withholding tax; (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, merger or conversion (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (c) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists. If the Company requests the Trustee to enter into any supplemental indenture, or to take any other action, as a result of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the Company will also furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 5.01 have been complied with.

 

Section 5.02. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.

 

Upon any consolidation, merger or conversion, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or converted or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for the Company (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, conversion, sale, conveyance or other disposition (except for a lease), the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein and the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities if all or substantially all of the Company’s assets are leased to the successor Person.

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in the Securities of any series or a supplemental indenture, an “Event of Default,” with respect to Securities of any series shall have occurred if:

 

(a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on, or with respect to, any Security of that series and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

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(b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on, or sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to, any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;

 

(c) the Company fails to observe or perform any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this Indenture, with respect to any Security of that series for 60 days after notice to comply;

 

(d) 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,

 

  (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

  (v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; and

 

(e) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree 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 the property of the Company; or

 

  (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days.

 

The term “ custodian ” as used in this Article 6 means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

A Default under clause (c) with respect to the Securities of any series is not an Event of Default unless and until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of such series notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “ Notice of Default .”

 

Section 6.02. ACCELERATION.

 

If any Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of such

 

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series may declare all the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. Upon any such declaration, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Securities of all such series shall become due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company, all Outstanding Securities of all series shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice, provided, however, that the payment of principal and interest on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article 11.

 

Section 6.03. OTHER REMEDIES.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, subject to Article 11, pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Security in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 6.04. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS; RESCISSION OF ACCELERATION.

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of a series may, by notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series, waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder (including in connection with an offer to purchase or exchange), except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, or any sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to, the Securities of such series, and except a continuing Default or Event of Default under any provision of this Indenture that, under Section 10.02, cannot be modified or waived without the consent of a greater number of Holders or of each Holder affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent to such subsequent Default or Event of Default. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of a series may also rescind an acceleration and its consequences with respect to all Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, but not including any other payment default.

 

Section 6.05. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of a series as to which an Event of Default or a Default has occurred may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it; provided, however, that

 

  (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any law or rule or with this Indenture;

 

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  (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and

 

  (iii) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not joining therein.

 

Section 6.06. LIMITATION ON SUITS.

 

A Holder of a Security of any series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of such series only if:

 

(a) the Holder of a Security of such series gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of such series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c) such Holder or Holders offer to indemnify and, if requested by the Trustee, provide indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense relating to such action;

 

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

 

(e) during such 30-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of such series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

A Holder of a Security of a series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Security of such series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Security of such series.

 

Section 6.07. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND TO CONVERT.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security of any series to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (including in connection with an offer to purchase), to convert such Security in accordance with Article 13, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

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Section 6.08. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of Securities, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on such Securities and interest on overdue principal and 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.

 

Section 6.09. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Securities of any series allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10. PRIORITIES.

 

Subject to Article 11, if the Trustee collects any money or other property pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money or other property in the following order:

 

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second: to Holders of Securities for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, interest and any other amounts, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, interest and other amounts, respectively; and

 

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Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Security pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any series.

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture or an indenture supplemental hereto, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.

 

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

  (i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture or an indenture supplemental hereto, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture or an indenture supplemental hereto and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or an indenture supplemental hereto against the Trustee; and

 

  (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

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(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

  (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;

 

  (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

  (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section.

 

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

 

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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Section 7.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (within the meaning of TIA § 310(b)) it must eliminate such conflicting interest within 90 days after Default, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee, or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties.

 

Section 7.04. TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities or any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Securities a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, or interest on, any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 7.06. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE SECURITIES.

 

On or before March 1 of each year, beginning with the March 1 following the date on which Securities are first issued under this Indenture, and for so long as Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Securities a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c). A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Securities shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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Section 7.07. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and Trustee have separately agreed. 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 promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim, and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, and the removal or resignation of the Trustee.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) or (e) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a) the Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

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(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of a series may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to that series of Securities.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of all series issued under this Indenture may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of a Security who has been a Holder of a Security for at least six months, ceases to be eligible in accordance with Section 7.10, such Holder of a Security may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders of the Securities. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

If a successor Trustee is appointed 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 any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which 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 any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as are 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 as co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.

 

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Section 7.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are Outstanding, if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship described in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 8.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company under this Indenture shall terminate with respect to the Securities of one or more series (except those obligations referred to in Section 8.01(b), (1) if (i) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (except Securities that have been replaced pursuant to Section 2.10 or paid and Securities whose payment in cash has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust as provided in Section 9.06) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (ii) the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder or under the applicable Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto in respect of such series of Securities not in violation of Article 11; or (2) if (i) either (A) in the case of a series of Securities redeemable prior to its stated maturity, the

 

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Company, pursuant to Article 3, has given notice to the Trustee and mailed a notice of redemption to each Holder of Securities of such series of the redemption of all of such Securities under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of such notice or (B) all Securities of such series have otherwise become due and payable hereunder or will become due and payable within one year; (ii) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, the Company has segregated and held), as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series for that purpose, either (A) an amount of cash in United States dollars, (B) non-callable U.S. Government Obligations which, through scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide, not later than one Business Day before the due date of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series, cash in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be not in violation of Article 11; and (iii) the Company shall have paid all other sums payable by it hereunder in respect of Securities of such series.

 

(b) Notwithstanding Section 8.01(a), the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 2.11, 4.01 and 4.02 shall survive with respect to the Securities of the applicable series until the sums held in trust pursuant to Section 8.01(a) are made available to the Holder’s of the Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity Date. Sections 7.07, 9.06 and 9.07 shall survive such discharge of the Company’s other obligations pursuant to the preceding sentence in respect of Securities of the applicable series.

 

(c) After such delivery or irrevocable deposit, and delivery to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent set forth in Section 8.1(a) above relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of the applicable series and the Company’s obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, except for those surviving obligations specified above.

 

Section 8.02. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY; EXCESS AMOUNTS.

 

(a) All money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent (or if the Company is the Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust by the Company) pursuant to Section 8.01 shall be held in trust and applied by such Person, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. All such money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee, Paying Agent (or if the Company is Paying Agent, so segregated and held in trust) in compliance with the provisions of Article 11, shall be held in trust for the Holders of Securities, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, as applicable, and shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of Article 11.

 

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(b) Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money (including any interest) or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article 8 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee is in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a satisfaction and discharge of the applicable series.

 

ARTICLE 9.

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 9.01. OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 9.02 or 9.03 hereof, with such modifications thereto as may be specified in the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing a particular series of Securities, be applied to all Outstanding Securities of one or more series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 9.

 

Section 9.02. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 9.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 9.02 relating to one or more series of Securities, the Company shall, upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series, except as set forth in Section 9.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under the Securities of the applicable series and under the provisions of this Indenture applicable to such series (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of the applicable series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 9.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, on such Securities when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s Obligations with respect to such Securities under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 9. The Securities of the applicable series shall cease to be Outstanding for all purposes except as set forth in the preceding sentence. Subject to compliance with this Article 9, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 9.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.03 hereof.

 

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Section 9.03. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 9.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 9.03 relating to one or more series of Securities, the Company shall, upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 5.01, and 14.08 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series, and under any other covenants specified in the supplemental indenture or other terms of the applicable series as covenants to which this Section 9.03 apply, on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and the Securities of the applicable series shall thereafter not be deemed Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (or the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

 

Section 9.04. CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 9.02 or 9.03 hereof to the Outstanding Securities of one or more series:

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10, who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 9 applicable to it) in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series, (i) an amount of cash in United States dollars, (ii) non-callable U.S. Government Obligations which, through scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide, not later than one Business Day before the due date of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series, cash in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due, and the Company must specify whether the Securities of the applicable series are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

 

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(b) in the case of an election under Section 9.02 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c) in the case of an election under Section 9.03 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit); and

 

(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

Section 9.05. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

 

Subject to Section 9.06 hereof, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 9.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof in respect of the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Any amounts so deposited with the Trustee in compliance with Article 11 shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the purposes set forth in the preceding sentence and shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of Article 11.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series.

 

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Anything in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 9.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the applicable series.

 

Section 9.06. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.

 

Any money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such money and U.S. Government Obligations, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

Section 9.07. REINSTATEMENT.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.02 or 9.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, or if any amounts previously applied are required to be returned to the Company or to any trustee in connection with any proceeding referred to in Section 6.01(d) or (e) then the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.02 or 9.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 9.02 or 9.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however , that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 10.

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 10.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

 

Notwithstanding Section 10.02 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any Holder of a Security:

 

(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article 5 hereof;

 

(b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions or to add guarantees or security for the protection or for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities stating that such covenants are expressly being included for the benefit of such series) as the Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or condition such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;

 

(c) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in coupon form (including Securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with the Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;

 

(d) to provide for the issuance of uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(e) to cure any ambiguity or error or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of such Securities;

 

(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08;

 

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(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series, 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; or

 

(h) to comply with the requirements of the SEC or to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this 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 amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

 

Section 10.02. WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

 

Except as provided below in this Section 10.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, or the Securities of any series may be amended or supplemented, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of all series affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture treating the Holders of all such Securities as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of all series affected by such waiver treating the Holders of all such Securities as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities of each such series as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

 

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It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

However, without the consent of each Holder of Securities affected an amendment or waiver may not:

 

(a) reduce the principal amount of the Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of the principal of, premium, if any, or mandatory sinking fund obligation, if any, with respect to any Securities of any series or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Securities of any series;

 

(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security of any series;

 

(d) impair the right to convert the Securities into Common Stock subject to the terms set forth in Article 13;

 

(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on the Securities of any series (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any one or more affected series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(f) make any Security of any series payable in currency other than that stated in the Securities of such series;

 

(g) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Securities of a series to receive payments of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on the Securities of a series;

 

(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security of a series; or

 

(i) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof or in the amendment and waiver provisions of Section 10.01 or this Section 10.02.

 

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Section 10.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.

 

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 10.04. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Security and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Securities, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Securities. However, any such Holder of a Security or subsequent Holder of a Security may revoke the consent as to its Securities if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

Section 10.05. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Securities thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Securities may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Securities that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue new Securities shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 10.06. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.

 

The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until its Board of Directors approves it. The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 10 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In signing such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

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ARTICLE 11.

 

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS

 

Section 11.01. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETING MAY BE CALLED.

 

A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article 11 to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

 

Section 11.02. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.

 

(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 11.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee may determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 13.02, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

 

(b) In case at any time the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 11.01 by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the Act or other action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section.

 

Section 11.03. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.

 

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person must be (a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. No vote may be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting will have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

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Section 11.04. QUORUM; ACTION.

 

The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any Act is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture (or any Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto establishing a series of Securities hereunder) expressly provides may be given by the Holders of more or less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any reconvened meeting, such reconvened meeting may be further adjourned as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any such adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 11.02(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.02 or 10.02 (or in any Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto establishing a series of Securities hereunder), any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.02 or 10.02 (or in any Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto establishing a series of Securities hereunder), any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture or any supplemental indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section or other Act duly taken shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting, if any.

 

Section 11.05. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of

 

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proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.05 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.05. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.05 or other proof.

 

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 11.02(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

 

Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 11.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

Section 11.06. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.

 

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 11.02 and, if applicable, Section 11.04. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 

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Section 11.07. ARTICLE SUBJECT TO OTHER PROVISIONS.

 

Each provision of this Article 11 (whether or not expressly so stated) is subject to any other provision of this Indenture (or any Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing a series of Securities hereunder) that provides that Securities of different series constitute a single class.

 

ARTICLE 12.

 

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 12.01. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are convertible into shares of Common Stock of the Company, and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of such Securities, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for the Securities of such series. This Article shall not be applicable to Securities of any series which are not convertible into shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

Section 12.02. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

 

(a) In order to exercise a conversion privilege, the Holder of a Security of a series with such a privilege must surrender such Security to the Company at the office or agency maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, accompanied by a duly executed Conversion Notice to the Company substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B stating that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a specified portion thereof. Such Conversion Notice shall also state, if different from the name and address of such Holder, the name or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be issued. Securities surrendered for conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the registered Holder or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(b) To the extent provided in Section 2.03(c), Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (except in the case of any Security whose Stated Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall be accompanied by payment by such Holder in immediately available funds to the Company of an amount equal to the interest to be received on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of the Securities being surrendered for conversion. However, to the extent provided in Section 2.03(b), Securities which have been called for redemption on a redemption date or which are repurchasable on a redemption date that occurs between the close of business on a Regular Record Date and the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, shall not require such concurrent payment to the Company upon surrender for conversion, and, if such

 

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Securities are converted during the time period set forth in the preceding sentence, the Holders of such converted Securities shall be entitled to receive (and retain) any accrued interest on the Principal amount of such surrendered Securities, if any.

 

(c) To convert a Security a Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent (i) a Conversion Notice, (ii) any payment required pursuant to Section 12.02(b) or pursuant to a Board Resolution and/or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of such series of Security, (iii) any payment in respect of transfer or similar taxes, if required by Section 12.07, and (iv) the Security duly endorsed in accordance with such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe. The date on which the Holder satisfies all of those requirements is the “ Conversion Date ” for such Security. As soon as practicable after the Conversion Date, the Company shall issue and shall deliver or cause to be issued and delivered, at the office or agency at which such Security is surrendered, to such Holder or on its written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Security (or specified portion thereof), in accordance with the provisions of such Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture, and cash as provided therein in respect of any fractional share of such Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion. Except as set forth above and subject to Section 2.14, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any interest accrued on the Securities (or any part thereof) surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock of the Company issued upon such conversion. The person in whose name the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion is registered shall be deemed to be a holder of record of such Common Stock on the Conversion Date; provided, however, that no surrender of a Security on any Conversion Date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon conversion as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but such surrender shall be effective to constitute the person or persons thereof for all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open; provided, further, that such conversion shall be at the conversion date in effect on the Conversion Date as if the stock transfer books of the Company had not been closed. Upon conversion of a Security, such person shall no longer be a Holder of such Security.

 

In the case of any Security which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of such Security.

 

Section 12.03. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES.

 

No fractional share of Common Stock of the Company shall be issued upon conversions of Securities of any series. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If, except for the provisions of this Section 12.03, any Holder of a Security or Securities would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock of the Company upon the conversion of such Security or Securities, or

 

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specified portions thereof, the Company shall pay to such Holder an amount in cash equal to the current market value of such fractional share computed, (i) if such Common Stock is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a national securities exchange, on the basis of the last reported sale price regular way on such exchange on the last trading day prior to the date of conversion upon which such a sale shall have been effected, or (ii) if such Common Stock is not at the time so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a national securities exchange, on the basis of the average of the bid and asked prices of such Common Stock in the over-the-counter market, on the last trading day prior to the date of conversion, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or similar organization if the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated is no longer reporting such information, or if not so available, the fair market price as determined by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this Section, “trading day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday other than any day on which the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal exchange or market on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted.

 

Section 12.04. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.

 

The conversion price of Securities of any series that is convertible into Common Stock of the Company shall be adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications, combinations or similar transactions in accordance with the terms of the supplemental indenture or Board Resolutions setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.

 

Whenever the conversion price is adjusted, the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion price in accordance with terms of the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture and shall prepare an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the adjusted conversion price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 4.02 and, if different, with the Trustee.

 

Section 12.05. NOTICE OF CERTAIN CORPORATE ACTIONS.

 

In case:

 

(1) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in cash out of its retained earnings, which would require an adjustment to the conversion price of the Securities; or

 

(2) the Company authorizes the granting to the holders of all or substantially all of its Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other rights; or

 

(3) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its Outstanding shares of Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger or share exchange to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required), or of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

 

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(4) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;

 

then the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last addresses as they appear in the Securities Register, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in Clause (1) or (2) above) prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be determined, or (ii) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. If at any time the Trustee shall not be the Conversion Agent, a copy of such notice shall also forthwith be filed by the Company with the Conversion Agent. Failure to give any such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the proceedings described in clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 12.05.

 

Section 12.06. RESERVATION OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.

 

The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Securities, the full number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding Securities of any series that has conversion rights.

 

Section 12.07. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES UPON CONVERSION.

 

Upon conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any withholding tax or any such tax that is due because the shares are issued in a name other than the Holder’s name.

 

Section 12.08. NONASSESSABILITY.

 

The Company covenants that all shares of its Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue in accordance with the terms hereof be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Section 12.09. EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER ON CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

 

In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into or with any other Person, or in case of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the company or the Person formed by such consolidation or the Person into which the Company shall have been merged or the Person which shall have acquired such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of

 

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each Security then Outstanding of any series that is convertible into Common Stock of the Company shall have the right, which right shall be the exclusive conversion right thereafter available to said Holder (until the expiration of the conversion right of such Security), to convert such Security into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger or sale by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which such Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale, subject to compliance with the other provisions of this Indenture, such Security and such supplemental indenture. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in such Security. The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers or sales. It is expressly agreed and understood that anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if, pursuant to such merger, consolidation or sale, holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company do not receive shares of common stock of the surviving corporation but receive other securities, cash or other property or any combination thereof, Holders of Securities shall not have the right to thereafter convert their Securities into common stock of the surviving corporation or the corporation which shall have acquired such assets, but rather, shall have the right upon such conversion to receive the other securities, cash or other property receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which the Securities held by such holder might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale, all as more fully provided in the first sentence of this Section 12.09. Anything in this Section 12.09 to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 12.09 shall not apply to a merger or consolidation of another corporation with or into the Company pursuant to which both of the following conditions are applicable: (i) the Company is the surviving corporation and (ii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are not changed or converted into any other securities or property (including cash) or changed in number or character or reclassified pursuant to the terms of such merger or consolidation.

 

As evidence of the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) into which Securities may properly be convertible after any such consolidation, merger or sale, or as to the appropriate adjustments of the conversion prices applicable with respect thereto, the Trustee shall be furnished with and may accept the certificate or opinion of an independent certified public accountant with respect thereto; and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely thereon, and shall not be responsible or accountable to any Holder of Securities for any provision in conformity therewith or approved by such independent certified accountant which may be contained in said supplemental indenture.

 

Section 12.10. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE REGARDING CONVERSION.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities of any series that is convertible into Common Stock of the Company to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the conversion price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, whether herein or in any supplemental indenture, any resolutions of the Board of Directors or written instrument executed by one or more officers of the Company provided to be employed in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any

 

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Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Securities and neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of its Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article Fourteen or in the applicable supplemental indenture, resolutions of the Board of Directors or written instrument executed by one or more duly authorized officers of the Company.

 

Section 12.11. REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS UPON CONVERSION.

 

Any funds which at any time have been deposited by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent for the purpose of paying the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any of the Securities (including, but not limited to, funds deposited pursuant to Article 8 hereof) and which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of such Securities as provided in this Article 12 shall after such conversion be repaid to the Company by the Trustee upon the Company’s written request.

 

ARTICLE 13.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.

 

This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.

 

Section 13.02. NOTICES.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company:

 

Radian Group Inc.

1601 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Facsimile No.: (215) 963-9658

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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If to the Trustee:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, NA,

9062 Old Annapolis Road

MAC N2702-011

Columbia, MD 21045-1951,

Public Finance

Facsimile No: (410) 715-3791

Attention: Frances Morgan Okougbo, Vice President

 

The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Notices and demands to or upon the Company by any Holders shall be made in accordance with Section 4.02.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, any applicable Security or any supplemental indenture, all notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged or confirmed, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail or by overnight courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Section 13.03. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else will have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

Section 13.04. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof; and

 

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(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof.

 

Section 13.05. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

 

(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

Section 13.06. RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 13.07. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS.

 

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

 

Section 13.08. STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.

 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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Section 13.09. GOVERNING LAW.

 

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE AND ENFORCE THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES.

 

Section 13.10. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 13.11. SUCCESSORS.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 13.12. SEVERABILITY.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 13.13. COUNTERPART ORIGINALS.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. This Indenture will be effective when each party shall have signed and delivered (including delivery by facsimile transmission), one or more counterparts to the other, but it shall not be necessary for both parties to sign the same counterpart.

 

Section 13.14. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.

 

The Table of Contents and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Indenture as of the date first written above.

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.
By:  

/s/ C. Robert Quint


   

C. Robert Quint, Executive Vice

President and Chief Financial Officer

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Frances Morgan Okougbo


Name:   Frances Morgan Okougbo
Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

(Face of Note)

 

     % [Series      ] Senior Note due [              ]

 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

CUSIP:    
No:   $                     

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

 

promises to pay to                      or registered assigns, the principal sum of                     

 

Dollars on                      .

 

Interest Payment Dates:                      .

 

Record Dates:                      .

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    

 

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This is one of the

 

Notes referred to in the

 

within-mentioned Indenture:

 

 

                                                                                           ,
as Trustee

By:

 

 


    Authorized Officer

 

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(Back of Note)

 

     % [Series      ] Senior Note due [              ]

 

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST . Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at      % per annum from the date specified below until maturity. The Company will pay interest [                      ] on                      and                      (each an “Interest Payment Date”) of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be                      . The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT . The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the                      or                      next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest and Section 2.03. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Except as provided below, interest will be paid (i) on any Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of such Securities, and (ii) on any Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000 by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of the Holders of these Notes (or if not so elected, by check mailed to such Holder(s)). Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR . Initially,                              , the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company may act in any such capacity.

 

4. INDENTURE . The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of                      (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and in [a Supplemental Indenture] [resolutions of [the [                      ] Committee of ] the Company’s Board of Directors] dated                      , and those terms

 

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made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. The Notes are general obligations of the Company. “Notes” means this Note and all other Notes of the series of which this Note is a part. The Notes are “Securities” within the meaning of the Indenture, and references in the Indenture to “Securities” (including terms such as “Global Securities”) include the Notes (and any “Global Notes” as used herein).

 

5. Optional Redemption.

 

[(a) The Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to                      . The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company on or after                      , at the redemption prices specified below (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof), in each case, together with accrued and unpaid interest, hereon to the date of redemption, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on                      of the years indicated below:

 

Year


 

Redemption

Price


 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to                      , the Company may, on any one or more occasions, use the net proceeds of one or more offerings of its capital stock to redeem up to      % of the aggregate principal amount of all notes that had been issued under the Indenture up to the time of redemption at a redemption price of      % the principal amount of the notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to the date of redemption; provided that, after any such redemption, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) must equal at least      % of the Notes that had been issued under the Indenture up to the time of redemption; and provided further, that any such redemption shall occur within 90 days of the date of closing of such offering of Capital Stock of the Company.]

 

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6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. [The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.] or [Describe mandatory redemption or sinking fund provisions.]

 

7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of Redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

8. [ CONVERSION. A Holder of a Security may convert it into Common Stock at any time before the close of business on                      . If a Security is called for redemption, the holder may convert it at any time before the close of business on the Business Day prior to the redemption date (unless the redemption date is an interest record date in which event it may be converted through the record date). The initial conversion price is $              per share, subject to adjustment in certain events. In certain circumstances the right to convert a Security into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into securities, cash or other assets of the Company or another Person.

 

To determine the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Security, divide the principal amount to be converted by the conversion price in effect on the Conversion Date. No payment or adjustment for interest will be made upon conversion. The Company will deliver a check for cash in lieu of any fractional share.

 

To convert a Security a Holder must comply with Section 13.02 of the Indenture, which requires the Holder to (1) complete and sign the Conversion Notice on the back of the Security, (2) surrender the Security to a Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, (4) pay any transfer or similar tax if required, and (5) provide funds, if applicable, required pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Indenture. A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000.]

 

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in all appropriate denominations. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, it need not transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS . The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

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11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, error, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, or to comply with the requirements of the SEC or to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA.

 

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES . Each of the following constitutes an Event of Default: (i) default by the Company in the payment of interest on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable and default continues for a period of 30 days; (ii) default by the Company in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise; (iii) failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture.

 

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

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14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS . No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company will 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 of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

15. AUTHENTICATION . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

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 the Trustee may 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.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Radian Group Inc.

1601 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Facsimile No.: (215) 963-9658

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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

 

and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 


(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange


 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note


 

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note


  

Principal

Amount of

this Global Note

following such

decrease (or

increase)


  

Signature of

authorized

officer of

Trustee or

Note Custodian


 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Conversion Notice

 

To Radian Group Inc.:

 

The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the opening of business on the related Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a redemption date within such period), this Notice is accompanied by payment, in funds acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal of this Security to be converted. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.

 

Principal Amount to be Converted

 

(in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all): $                     

 

Dated:

 

[Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or a member firm of a national stock exchange if shares of Common Stock are to be delivered, or Securities to be issued, other than to and in the name of the registered owner.]

 

Signature Guarantee.

 

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Fill in for registration of shares of Common Stock and Security if to be issued otherwise than to the registered holder:

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number

 

(Name)

 

(Address)

 

(social security number or other taxpayer identification number)

 

[The above conversion notice is to be modified, as appropriate, for conversion into other securities or property of the Company.]

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE OF

DESIGNATION OF TERMS OF SECURITIES

 

 

Each of the undersigned officers (each an “Officer” and collectively the “Officers”) of Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.05 of the Senior Indenture dated as of June 7, 2005 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, NA, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015(the “Notes”), that:

 

1. Pursuant to the authority granted to them by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 9, 2004, the Officers do hereby approve the issuance and sale by the Company of $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of securities, which are hereby approved and established as a series of securities (the “Notes”) under Section 2.02(b) of the Indenture, titled “5.375% Senior Notes due 2015” and having the specific terms set forth on Attachment A hereto, “Terms of the Securities.”

 

2. Each Officer has read all of the provisions of the Indenture relating to the conditions precedent to, or covenants applicable to, the issuance of securities under the Indenture, and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto, and the authentication by the Trustee of the Global Note therefore.

 

3. Each Officer has examined the Indenture and such other related documents as such Officer deemed necessary or appropriate to enable him to give this Officers’ Certificate.

 

4. In each Officer’s opinion, such Officer has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Officer to express an informed opinion as to whether all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes and the authentication by the Trustee of the Global Note therefore (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.

 

5. In each Officer’s opinion, all such conditions precedent to the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture have been complied with.

 

All capitalized terms in this Officers’ Certificate not otherwise defined in this Officers’ Certificate (including Attachment A hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have hereunto signed their names as of this 7 th day of June 2005.

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

By:

 

/s/ C. Robert Quint


   

C. Robert Quint, Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

By:

 

/s/ Terry Latimer


   

Terry Latimer, Vice President and Treasurer

 

I, Tami Bohm, the duly elected and incumbent Assistant Secretary of the Company, do hereby certify on behalf of the Company that: (i) C. Robert Quint is the duly elected, qualified and acting Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, (ii) Terry Latimer is the duly elected, qualified and acting Vice President and Treasurer of the Company, and (iii) the signatures of C. Robert Quint and Terry Latimer set forth above are their genuine signatures.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has hereunto signed her name as of this 7 th day of June 2005.

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

By:

 

/s/ Tami Bohm


   

Tami Bohm, Assistant Secretary


Attachment A

 

Terms of the Securities

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

 

(1) The title of the Securities   5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”)
(2) The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes that are authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.12, 3.06 or 10.05 of the Indenture or any Notes that, pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture)   $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture.
(3) The date on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Notes is payable (or the method for determining this date)   The date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable is June 15, 2015, unless such date is not a Business Day, in which case such payment will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such specified principal payment date. Payment in respect of any such delay will have the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable. No premium will be paid on the Notes at the time they become so payable.


(4) With respect to interest on the Notes:    

(a) The rate at which the Notes will bear interest (or the method for calculating such rate)

  The unpaid principal amount of the Notes shall bear interest at a rate of 5.375% per annum, until paid or duly provided for.

(b) The date from which interest shall accrue (or the method by which such date shall be determined)

  Interest on the Notes will accrue from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, in the case of the first interest payment hereunder, from and including the date of issuance. Payments of interest on the Notes will include interest accrued to, but excluding, the respective Interest Payment Dates.

(c) The Interest Payment Dates on which interest shall be payable

  Interest on the Notes will be payable semiannually in arrears on December 15 and June 15 of each year, beginning December 15, 2005.

(d) The right of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date

  If an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date. Payment in respect of any such delay will have the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.
(e) The record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated   The record date for interest payable on the Notes will be December 1 or June 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. Interest payments shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.


(5) The place where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Indenture and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served and notices to holders of the Notes pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Indenture will be published  

The Paying Agent initially shall be the Trustee. Payments in respect of the Notes shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent, which is located at 6th & Marquette, MAC-N9303-121, Minneapolis, MN 55479.

 

The place where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York. This office currently is located at 55 Water Street, New York, NY.

 

Any notices required to be given to Holders of the Notes will be given to the Depositary of the Notes, which initially shall be the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants, and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners of the Notes will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.

(6) The terms and conditions (including the periods, price or currency) upon which the Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company (and, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, the manner in which the Notes shall be selected for redemption if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed)  

The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time at a redemption price (the “Redemption Price”) equal to the greater of:

 

•      100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or


   

•      the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (defined below) plus 25 basis points, as calculated by an Independent Investment Banker.

 

In each case, the Redemption Price shall be payable together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on the redemption date.

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date:

 

•      the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

 

•      if such release (or any successor release) is not


   

published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the second business day preceding the redemption date.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, or “Remaining Life”.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means:

 

•      each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and three other nationally recognized investment banking firms that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers specified from time to time by the Company and their respective successors; provided that, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City


   

(a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and

   

•      any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

 

Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select which Notes are to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

 

If the Company has given notice of redemption, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the date of redemption, become due and payable at the Redemption Price together with any accrued interest thereon, and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. If any Note called for redemption shall not be paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the date of redemption at 5.375% per year.

 

If the redemption date of the Notes falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the earlier redemption date. Interest payments for the Notes will include accrued interest from and including the date of issue or from and including the last date in


    respect of which interest has been paid (or as otherwise provided in (4)(b) above), as the case may be, to, but excluding, the redemption date.
(7) The obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Notes:    

(a) Pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions

  Not Applicable.

(b) Upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a holder of the Notes (including the applicable terms and conditions upon which the Notes shall be redeemed or purchased)

  Not Applicable.

(8) The denominations in which the Notes shall be issuable

  The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
(9) The currency in which the principal, of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable or in which the Notes shall be denominated (including any applicable provisions) if other than U.S. dollars   Not Applicable.
(10) If principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder of the Notes, in a currency other than that in which the Notes are denominated or designated to be paid, the currency in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payment and the manner in which the exchange rate shall be determined   Not Applicable.
(11) If the manner in which payments of principal, premiums, if any, or interest on the Notes is to be made shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method, the index,   Not Applicable.


formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined (including any special voting or defeasance provisions)    
(12) If other than the principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of the Notes which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Indenture or the method by which such portion shall be determined   Not Applicable.
(13) The Person to whom any interest on the Notes shall be payable   Subject to Section 2.03(b) of the Indenture, interest will be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of business on the regular record date immediately preceding the date fixed for payments of interest on the Notes. Any interest that is not punctually paid or duly provided for will cease to be payable to Holders on the record date immediately preceding the date fixed for payments of interest on the Notes and will be paid to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate set forth in the Notes.
(14) Any provisions granting special rights to Holders of the Notes upon the occurrence of a specified event   None, other than as set forth in the Indenture.
(15) Any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 of the Indenture or Covenants of the Company set forth in Article 4 of the Indenture  

The following Events of Default shall be added to Section 6.01 of the Indenture:

 

(1)    a default on the payment of any scheduled principal of the Company’s Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of any of the Company’s Designated Subsidiaries (other than the Notes and non-recourse debt) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $50 million, when due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace period; or


   

(2)    a default in the performance of any other term or provision of any of the Company’s Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of any of the Company’s Designated Subsidiaries (other than the Notes and non-recourse debt) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $50 million;

 

where, in the case of either of the foregoing, such default results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 15 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, a written notice specifying such default or defaults.

 

The Notes will include the following additional covenants:

 

•      Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall create, assume, incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness secured by any lien on the present or future capital stock of any Designated Subsidiary unless the Notes, and at the Company’s election, any other Indebtedness of the Company that is not subordinate to the Notes and with respect to which the governing instruments require, or pursuant to which the Company is otherwise obligated, to provide such security, are secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness for at least the time period this Indebtedness is so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, without securing the Notes or such other Indebtedness, incur liens existing on such capital stock before the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Designated Subsidiary so long as (1) such lien was in existence prior to, and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with, such acquisition, (2) such lien


   

will not apply to capital stock of any other Designated Subsidiary and (3) such lien will secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition, and extensions, renewals and replacements of the foregoing liens that do not increase the outstanding principal amount secured by such liens and do not extend to capital stock of any other Designated Subsidiary.

 

•      Neither the Company nor any of the Designated Subsidiaries shall issue, sell, transfer or dispose of capital stock of a Designated Subsidiary, except to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that agrees to hold the transferred shares subject to the terms of this sentence, unless (1) the Company disposes of the entire capital stock of the Designated Subsidiary at the same time for cash or property which, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, is at least equal to the fair market value of the capital stock or (2) the Company sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any capital stock of a Designated Subsidiary for at least fair market value (in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors) and, after giving effect thereto, the Company and its Subsidiaries would own more than 80% of the issued and outstanding voting stock of such Designated Subsidiary.

 

“Designated Subsidiary” means any present or future consolidated Subsidiary, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of which constitutes at least 15% of the Company’s consolidated stockholders’ equity.

 

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)    the principal of, and any premium and interest on, indebtedness of the Person for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which that Person is responsible or liable;

 

(2)    all capitalized lease obligations of that Person;


   

(3)    all obligations of that Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and deferred purchase price due and payable within 90 days);

 

(4)    all obligations of that Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(5)    all obligations of that Person under interest swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designated to protect that Person against fluctuations in interest rates;

 

(6)    all obligations of the type referred to above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for which that Person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, except Indebtedness shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) financial guaranties made by an insurance company (including a financial guaranty company) as an incident to the conduct of its insurance business and in the ordinary course of such business;

 

(7)    all obligations of the type referred to above of other Persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of that Person; and

 

(8)    any amendments, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of any indebtedness or obligation described above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of the additional Events of Default set forth in clauses (1) and (2) under Events of Default above, (i)


    Indebtedness of a Person will not include any Conduit Indebtedness or any Insured Indebtedness of that Person or any guaranty of that type of Indebtedness by such Person in the ordinary course of its business, and (ii) in connection with the purchase by a Person of any business, the term Indebtedness will exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing so long as at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid when due. “Conduit Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, Indebtedness of a special purpose entity or Subsidiary of such Person that is consolidated on such Person’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP so long as (i) the proceeds of such debt are used by such special purpose entity or Subsidiary to make loans to, or to purchase assets from, another Person that is not an affiliate of such Person, in the ordinary course of business and (ii) such Indebtedness and/or any payment with respect to accounts receivable and other assets underlying such Indebtedness are guaranteed by the former Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business. “Insured Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, any Indebtedness of such Person or its Subsidiaries that is guaranteed by such Person or another Subsidiary of such Person that is an insurance company (including a financial guaranty company) so long as the proceeds of such Indebtedness are used to purchase securities, instruments, notes or other obligations issued or owed by a Person that is not an affiliate of such Person, in the ordinary course of business.

(16) With respect to Notes held by non-U.S. Persons:

   

(a) Circumstances under which the Company will pay additional amounts on the Notes in respect of taxes, assessments and similar charges withheld or deducted (including applicable procedures and documentation)

  Not Applicable.


(b) Whether the Company will have the option to redeem the Notes rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option)

  Not Applicable.
(17) The form of the Notes   The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto.
(18) The applicability to the Notes of Sections 9.02 (Legal Defeasance and Discharge) and 9.03 (Covenant Defeasance) of the Indenture or such other means of legal or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Notes   Sections 9.02 and 9.03 of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes.
(19) The identity of the Registrar, Conversion Agent (if any) and any Paying Agent, if other than the Trustee   The Trustee will serve as the initial Registrar and initial Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
(20) If the Notes will be issued, in whole or in part, in global form:    

(a) The Depositary for the Notes

  The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. On the date of closing of the sale of the Notes, each Global Security will be deposited with DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTC’s nominee.


(b) Whether beneficial owners of interests in the Notes in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Notes (to be registered in the names of or to be held by such beneficial owners or their nominees and to be of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination); and if other than as provided in Section 2.09 of the Indenture, the circumstances under which an exchange may occur

 

Except under the limited circumstances described below, the Notes represented by the Global Security or Global Securities will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Notes in certificated form and the owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes and will not be considered the registered holders of the Notes for any purpose, including receiving payments of principal or interest. The Global Securities may not be transferred except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a Successor Depositary or its nominee.

 

A Global Security shall be exchangeable for certificated Notes registered in the names of Persons other than the Depositary or its nominee only if: (1) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time, DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered in accordance with applicable law or regulation and, in either case, no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within 60 days; (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Securities shall be so exchangeable; or (3) if an Event of Default under the Indenture occurs.

 

The certificated Notes issued in exchange for Global Securities shall be in the same minimum denominations and be of the same aggregate principal amount and tenor as the portion of each Global Security to be exchanged.

(21) The designation of the Depositary   Each Global Security will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTC’s nominee.
(22) Any restrictions on the registration, transfer or exchange of the Notes   The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. DTC facilitates the settlement


    among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants’ accounts. Transfers of ownership interests in the Notes are to be accompanied by entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners of the Notes. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at its Internet Website at http://www.dtcc.com. The Company has placed no additional restrictions on the registration, transfer or exchange of the Notes other than as set forth in the Indenture.
(23) Any certificates or other documents that must be received or conditions that must be satisfied, other than those specified in the Indenture, before the Notes may be issued or delivered (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Note or otherwise) or any installment of principal or interest may be paid   None.
(24) The terms and conditions of any right to convert or exchange the Notes into or for other securities or property of the Company   The Notes shall not be convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities or property of the Company.
(25) Whether the Notes are secured or unsecured (if secured, the security and related terms)   The Notes shall be the direct, unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with each other and with all other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.
(26) Any other terms applicable to the Notes (which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture), including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of the Notes   None.


Exhibit A-1

 

(Face of Note)

 

5.375% Senior Note due 2015

 

THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, (I) IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR SUCCESSOR NOMINEE, AND (II) MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR CANCELLED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

CUSIP No: 750236AJ0   $250,000,000

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.

 

promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000) on June 15, 2015.

 

Interest Payment Dates: December 15 and June 15, commencing December 15, 2005. Record Dates: December 1 and June 1.

 

RADIAN GROUP INC.
By:  

 


   

C. Robert Quint, Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

 

This is one of the

Notes referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture:

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:  

 


    Authorized Officer


(Back of Note)

 

5.375% Senior Note due 2015

 

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. INTEREST . Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), “), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 5.375% per annum from the date specified below until maturity or its earlier redemption. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually on December 15 and June 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”) of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 15, 2005. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT . The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the December 1 or June 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest and Section 2.03 of the Indenture with respect to Notes called for redemption. The Notes shall be payable as to principal and interest at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose within or without Minneapolis, Minnesota, provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR . Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as initial Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company may act in any such capacity.

 

4. INDENTURE . The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 7, 2005 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and in an Officers’ Certificate of Designation of Terms of Securities signed by the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and


Treasurer of the Company, pursuant to the authority granted to such officers by the Company’s Board of Directors, as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate provided to the Trustee on June 7, 2005 in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Indenture, and those terms made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate and the TIA for a statement of such terms. The Notes are general obligations of the Company. “Notes” means this Note and all other Notes of the series of which this Note is a part. The Notes are “Securities” within the meaning of the Indenture, and references in the Indenture to “Securities” (including terms such as “Global Securities”) include the Notes (and any “Global Notes” as used herein).

 

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION . The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (defined below) plus 25 basis points, as calculated by an Independent Investment Banker. In each case, the redemption price is payable together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed on the redemption date.

 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date:

 

    the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or

 

    if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

 

The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the second business day preceding the redemption date.

 

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term


of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, or “Remaining Life”.

 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means:

 

    each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and three other nationally recognized investment banking firms that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers specified from time to time by the Company and their respective successors; provided that, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and

 

    any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

 

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of Redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select which Notes are to be redeemed on a pro rata basis by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

 

8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in all appropriate denominations. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may


require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, it need not transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS . The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, error, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holder, or to comply with the requirements of the SEC or to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA and as otherwise permitted in the Indenture.

 

11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES . Each of the following constitutes an Event of Default: (a) the Company defaults in the payment when due of interest on, or with respect to, any Note and such default continues for a period of 30 days; (b) the Company defaults in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on, or sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to, any Note when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise; (c) the Company fails to observe or perform any other covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this Indenture, with respect to any Note for 60 days after notice to comply; (d) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company; and (e) a default on (i) the payment of any scheduled principal of the Company’s Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of any of the Company’s Designated Subsidiaries (other than the Notes and non-recourse debt) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $50 million, when due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace period; or (ii) a default in the performance of any other term or provision of any of the Company’s Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of any of the Company’s Designated Subsidiaries (other than the Notes and non-recourse debt) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $50 million; where, in the case of either (i) or (ii), such default results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 15 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, a written notice specifying such default or defaults.


“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person: (a) the principal of, and any premium and interest on, indebtedness of the Person for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which that Person is responsible or liable; (b) all capitalized lease obligations of that Person; (c) all obligations of that Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and deferred purchase price due and payable within 90 days); (d) all obligations of that Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business; (e) all obligations of that Person under interest swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designated to protect that Person against fluctuations in interest rates; (f) all obligations of the type referred to above of other persons and all dividends of other persons for which that Person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, except Indebtedness shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) financial guaranties made by an insurance company (including a financial guaranty company) as an incident to the conduct of its insurance business and in the ordinary course of such business; (g) all obligations of the type referred to above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of that Person; and (h) any amendments, modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of any indebtedness or obligation described above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of clause (e) under Events of Default in paragraph 11 above, (i) Indebtedness of a Person will not include any Conduit Indebtedness or any Insured Indebtedness of that Person or any guaranty of that type of Indebtedness by such Person in the ordinary course of its business, and (ii) in connection with the purchase by a Person of any business, the term Indebtedness shall exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing so long as at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid when due. “Conduit Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, Indebtedness of a special purpose entity or Subsidiary of such Person that is consolidated on such Person’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP so long as (i) the proceeds of such debt are used by such special purpose entity or Subsidiary to make loans to, or to purchase assets from, another Person that is not an affiliate of such Person, in the ordinary course of business and (ii) such Indebtedness and/or any payment with respect to accounts receivable and other assets underlying such Indebtedness are guaranteed by the former Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business. “Insured Indebtedness” means, with respect to a Person, any Indebtedness of such Person or its Subsidiaries that is guaranteed by such Person or another Subsidiary of such Person that is an insurance company (including a financial guaranty company) so long as the proceeds of such Indebtedness are used to purchase securities, instruments, notes or other obligations issued or owed by a Person that is not an affiliate of such Person, in the ordinary course of business.


If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and other series of Securities affected (treating the Notes and such other series as a single class) may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture.

 

12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS . No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company will 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 of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

14. AUTHENTICATION . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

15. 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).

 

16. 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 the Trustee may 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.


The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Radian Group Inc.

1601 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Facsimile No.: (215) 963-9658

Attention: Chief Financial Officer


ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

 

and irrevocably appoint ____________________________________________________________________________________             

 

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:  

 


(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee.


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange


 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note


 

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note


  

Principal

Amount of

this Global Note
following such

decrease (or

increase)


  

Signature of

authorized

officer of

Trustee or

Note Custodian


Exhibit 5

 

June 7, 2005

 

Radian Group Inc.

1601 Market Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

 

RE: Radian Group Inc. – 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Radian Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of an aggregate of $250,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Securities”) pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2005, as supplemented by an Officers’ Certificate, dated as of June 7, 2005, executed pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of the Indenture fixing the terms of the Securities (such Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

In connection therewith, we have examined (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-118220), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company and the other related registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (b) the prospectus of the Company dated March 21, 2005, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated June 2, 2005, relating to the Securities, as filed with the Commission on June 6, 2005, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (the “Prospectus”), and (c) the Indenture. In addition, we have examined the originals (or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such other agreements, instruments, certificates, documents, and records and have reviewed such questions of law and made such inquiries as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the opinions rendered herein.

 

In such examination, we have assumed, without inquiry, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all such documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have also assumed that the books and records of the Company are maintained in accordance with proper corporate procedures. As to all facts material to our opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon the aforesaid agreements, instruments, certificates, documents, and records and upon statements and certificates of officers and representatives of the Company and public officials.


Radian Group Inc.

June 7, 2005

Page 2

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications, and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized and (assuming their due authentication by the Trustee), when they have been duly executed, issued, and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of creditors or by general principles of equity.

 

The opinions rendered herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States.

 

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on From 8-K dated June 7, 2005, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” contained in the Prospectus. In giving our consent, we do not thereby concede that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,                                      

 

/s/ DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP