UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2006
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (415) 506-6700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 29, 2006, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the Company) completed its previously announced offerings of $172,500,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013 (the Notes) and 10,350,000 shares (the Shares) of the Companys common stock, as described in the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2006.
The Notes are governed by the terms of an indenture (the Indenture) and a first supplemental indenture (the First Supplemental Indenture) between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company (the Trustee) entered into on March 29, 2006. Copies of the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2 and Exhibit 4.3, respectively.
The Notes bear interest at the rate of 2.50% per year on the principal amount of the Notes, payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on September 29 and March 29 of each year, beginning September 29, 2006. The Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company and are subordinate in right of payment to the Companys existing and future senior debt, equal in right of payment with the Companys existing and future senior subordinated debt, and senior in right of payment to the Companys existing and future subordinated debt. In addition, the Notes will effectively rank junior in right of payment to all of the debt and all other liabilities of the Companys subsidiaries.
The maturity date of the Notes is March 29, 2013. Holders may convert, at any time before maturity, any outstanding Notes into shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), at an initial conversion rate of 60.3318 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which represents a conversion price of approximately $16.58 per share, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. Except in certain circumstances, if the Company undergoes a fundamental change: (1) the Company will pay a make-whole premium on the Notes converted in connection with a fundamental change by increasing the conversion rate on such Notes, which amount, if any, will be based on the Common Stock price and the effective date of the fundamental change, and (2) each holder of the Notes will have the option to require the Company to repurchase all or any portion equal to $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000 of such holders Notes at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
Both the Notes and the Shares were sold pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-132566) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2006 pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Act.
The summary of the foregoing transactions is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the related agreements, which are included as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (Registrant) |
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Date: March 29, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ G. Eric Davis |
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G. Eric Davis, |
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Vice President, Corporate Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1 | Indenture, dated March 29, 2006, between BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and the Trustee. | |
Exhibit 4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 29, 2006, between BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and the Trustee. | |
Exhibit 4.3 | Form of 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013. | |
Exhibit 5.1 | Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. | |
Exhibit 23.1 | Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
Exhibit 4.1
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 29, 2006
Wilmington Trust Company,
a Delaware banking corporation, as
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
1 | |||||
Section 1.1. |
Definitions |
1 | ||||
Section 1.2. |
Other Definitions |
5 | ||||
Section 1.3. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
5 | ||||
Section 1.4. |
Rules of Construction |
6 | ||||
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES |
6 | |||||
Section 2.1. |
Issuable in Series |
6 | ||||
Section 2.2. |
Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities |
6 | ||||
Section 2.3. |
Execution and Authentication |
9 | ||||
Section 2.4. |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
9 | ||||
Section 2.5. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
10 | ||||
Section 2.6. |
Securityholder Lists |
10 | ||||
Section 2.7. |
Transfer and Exchange |
11 | ||||
Section 2.8. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
11 | ||||
Section 2.9. |
Outstanding Securities |
12 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Treasury Securities |
12 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Temporary Securities |
13 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
Cancellation |
13 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
Defaulted Interest |
13 | ||||
Section 2.14. |
Global Securities |
13 | ||||
Section 2.15. |
CUSIP Numbers |
14 | ||||
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION |
15 | |||||
Section 3.1. |
Notice to Trustee |
15 | ||||
Section 3.2. |
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed |
15 | ||||
Section 3.3. |
Notice of Redemption |
15 | ||||
Section 3.4. |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
16 | ||||
Section 3.5. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
16 | ||||
Section 3.6. |
Securities Redeemed in Part |
16 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS |
16 | |||||
Section 4.1. |
Payment of Principal and Interest |
16 | ||||
Section 4.2. |
SEC Reports |
16 | ||||
Section 4.3. |
Compliance Certificate |
17 | ||||
Section 4.4. |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
17 | ||||
Section 4.5. |
Corporate Existence |
17 | ||||
Section 4.6. |
Taxes |
17 | ||||
ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS |
18 |
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Section 5.1. |
When Company May Merge, Etc |
18 | ||||
Section 5.2. |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
18 | ||||
ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
18 | |||||
Section 6.1. |
Events of Default |
18 | ||||
Section 6.2. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
20 | ||||
Section 6.3. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
21 | ||||
Section 6.4. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
22 | ||||
Section 6.5. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
22 | ||||
Section 6.6. |
Application of Money Collected |
23 | ||||
Section 6.7. |
Limitation on Suits |
23 | ||||
Section 6.8. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest |
24 | ||||
Section 6.9. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
24 | ||||
Section 6.10. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
24 | ||||
Section 6.11. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
24 | ||||
Section 6.12. |
Control by Holders |
24 | ||||
Section 6.13. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
25 | ||||
Section 6.14. |
Undertaking for Costs |
25 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE |
25 | |||||
Section 7.1. |
Duties of Trustee |
25 | ||||
Section 7.2. |
Rights of Trustee |
27 | ||||
Section 7.3. |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
27 | ||||
Section 7.4. |
Trustees Disclaimer |
28 | ||||
Section 7.5. |
Notice of Defaults |
28 | ||||
Section 7.6. |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
28 | ||||
Section 7.7. |
Compensation and Indemnity |
28 | ||||
Section 7.8. |
Replacement of Trustee |
29 | ||||
Section 7.9. |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
30 | ||||
Section 7.10. |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
30 | ||||
Section 7.11. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
30 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE |
30 | |||||
Section 8.1. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
30 | ||||
Section 8.2. |
Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification |
31 | ||||
Section 8.3. |
Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series |
32 | ||||
Section 8.4. |
Covenant Defeasance |
34 | ||||
Section 8.5. |
Repayment to Company |
35 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. |
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
35 | ||||
Section 9.1. |
Without Consent of Holders |
35 | ||||
Section 9.2. |
With Consent of Holders |
36 |
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Section 9.3. | Limitations | 36 | ||||
Section 9.4. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
37 | ||||
Section 9.5. |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
37 | ||||
Section 9.6. |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities |
37 | ||||
Section 9.7. |
Trustee Protected |
37 | ||||
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS |
38 | |||||
Section 10.1. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
38 | ||||
Section 10.2. |
Notices |
38 | ||||
Section 10.3. |
Communication by Holders with Other Holders |
39 | ||||
Section 10.4. |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
39 | ||||
Section 10.5. |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
39 | ||||
Section 10.6. |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
39 | ||||
Section 10.7. |
Legal Holidays |
40 | ||||
Section 10.8. |
No Recourse Against Others |
40 | ||||
Section 10.9. |
Counterparts |
40 | ||||
Section 10.10. |
Governing Laws |
40 | ||||
Section 10.11. |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
40 | ||||
Section 10.12. |
Successors |
40 | ||||
Section 10.13. |
Severability |
40 | ||||
Section 10.14. |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc |
41 | ||||
Section 10.15. |
Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU |
41 | ||||
Section 10.16. |
Judgment Currency |
41 | ||||
ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS |
42 | |||||
Section 11.1. |
Applicability of Article |
42 | ||||
Section 11.2. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
42 | ||||
Section 11.3. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
43 |
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2006
§ 310(a)(1) |
7.10 | |||
(a)(2) |
7.10 | |||
(a)(3) |
Not Applicable | |||
(a)(4) |
Not Applicable | |||
(a)(5) |
7.10 | |||
(b) |
7.10 | |||
§ 311(a) |
7.11 | |||
(b) |
7.11 | |||
(c) |
Not Applicable | |||
§ 312(a) |
2.6 | |||
(b) |
10.3 | |||
(c) |
10.3 | |||
§ 313(a) |
7.6 | |||
(b)(1) |
7.6 | |||
(b)(2) |
7.6 | |||
(c)(1) |
7.6 | |||
(d) |
7.6 | |||
§ 314(a) |
4.2, 10.5 | |||
(b) |
Not Applicable | |||
(c)(1) |
10.4 | |||
(c)(2) |
10.4 | |||
(c)(3) |
Not Applicable | |||
(d) |
Not Applicable | |||
(e) |
10.5 | |||
(f) |
Not Applicable | |||
§ 315(a) |
7.1 | |||
(b) |
7.5 | |||
(c) |
7.1 | |||
(d) |
7.1 | |||
(e) |
6.14 | |||
§ 316(a) |
2.10 | |||
(a)(1)(A) |
6.12 | |||
(a)(1)(B) |
6.13 | |||
(b) |
6.8 | |||
§ 317(a)(1) |
6.3 | |||
(a)(2) |
6.4 | |||
(b) |
2.5 | |||
§ 318(a) |
10.1 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
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Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006, between BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware company (the Company), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation (Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions .
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any person, shall mean 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 or by agreement or otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-agent, co-registrar or Service Agent.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
Bearer means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.
Bearer Security means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or the City of Novato, California on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Company means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor.
Company Order means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Companys principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
Company Request means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
Debt of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time would be, an Event of Default.
Depository means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, Depository as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of such Series.
Discount Security means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Dollars means the currency of The United States of America.
ECU means the European Currency Unit as determined by the Commission of the European Union.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Foreign Currency means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.
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Foreign Government Obligations means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
Global Security or Global Securities means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
Holder or Securityholder means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
interest with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Companys principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.
Responsible Officer means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
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SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Series or Series of Securities means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.
Significant Subsidiary means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a group, would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
Stated Maturity when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary of any specified person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.
Trustee means the person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities which 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, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include 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.
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Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.2. Other Definitions .
TERM |
DEFINED IN
SECTION |
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Bankruptcy Law |
6.1 | |
Custodian |
6.1 | |
Event of Default |
6.1 | |
Journal |
10.15 | |
Judgment Currency |
10.16 | |
Legal Holiday |
10.7 | |
mandatory sinking fund payment |
11.1 | |
Market Exchange Rate |
10.15 | |
New York Banking Day |
10.16 | |
optional sinking fund payment |
11.1 | |
Paying Agent |
2.4 | |
Registrar |
2.4 | |
Required Currency |
10.16 | |
Service Agent |
2.4 | |
successor person |
5.1 |
Section 1.3. 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:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Securityholder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.
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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 are used herein as so defined.
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction .
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references to generally accepted accounting principles shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;
(d) or is not exclusive;
(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series .
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities .
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.22) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
2.2.1. the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
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2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;
2.2.5. the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
2.2.6. the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
2.2.9. the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;
2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;
2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);
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2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
2.2.14. the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;
2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;
2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;
2.2.17. the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;
2.2.18. any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.19. any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
2.2.20. any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and
2.2.21. any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein.
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers Certificate.
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Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication .
Two Officers 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 the 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 an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably 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 the Company or an Affiliate.
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent .
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency
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where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (Paying Agent), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (Registrar) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served (Service Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar; the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent; and the term Service Agent includes any additional service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under this Indenture including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Agent acting hereunder.
Section 2.5. 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 Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. 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 Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
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Section 2.6. Securityholder 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange .
Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrars request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities .
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
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Section 2.10. Treasury Securities .
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities .
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12. Cancellation .
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation in accordance with its customary procedure. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest .
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
Section 2.14. Global Securities .
2.14.1. Terms of Securities . A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or Securities.
2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange . Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the
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names of Holders other than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.
2.14.3. Legend . Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.
2.14.4. Acts of Holders . The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
2.14.5. Payments . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.
2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions . Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
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Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers .
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee .
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption .
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
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(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the Companys written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at the Companys expense and provided that the form and content of such notice shall be prepared by the Company.
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption .
Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price .
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part .
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
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ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest .
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.2. SEC Reports .
The Company shall deliver (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a).
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate .
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within five (5) business days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws .
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
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Section 4.5. Corporate Existence .
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Significant Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.6. Taxes .
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc .
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a successor person), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless:
(a) the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Companys obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted .
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture
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with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided , however , that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities.
ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1. Events of Default .
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or
(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(e) a default under any Debt of the Company (including a default with respect to Securities of any Series other than that Series) or any Subsidiary, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, if (A) such default results from the failure to pay any such Debt when it becomes due, (B) the principal amount of such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding, and (C) such Debt is not discharged or such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee, or written notice to the Company and the Trustee by the holder or holders of such Debt in the manner provided for in the applicable debt instrument; or
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(f) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries 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 unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or
(g) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18.
The term Bankruptcy Law means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(f) or (g)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(f) or (g) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,
(ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security,
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then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such 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 of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
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to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.
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 or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected .
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the Company.
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits .
No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
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(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest .
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies .
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 6.12. Control by Holders .
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults .
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs .
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant
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in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).
ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee .
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no other implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
(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 Officers Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however , in the case of any such Officers Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(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 proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.
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(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) 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.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee .
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of 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. 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.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depository.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
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(f) 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 of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.3. 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 an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4. Trustees Disclaimer .
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication.
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults .
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series or in payment of any repurchase obligation, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders .
As promptly as practicable after each May 15 beginning with May 15, 2007, and in any event prior to July 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of May 15, each year as and if required by TIA § 313(a) if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA § 313(b) and TIA § 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange.
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Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity .
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. 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. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities of that Series.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(f) or (g) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee .
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
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(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 may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series 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 Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series 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. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, 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 with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Companys obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc .
If the Trustee consolidates with, 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 .
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b).
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .
The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .
This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or
(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable;
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
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(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.
Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification .
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.
Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series .
Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.20, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect
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(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;
(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and
(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder;
provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;
(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect 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 execution 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 Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain
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or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
(h)
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;
(j) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and
(k) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.
Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance .
Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.20 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.20 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of Section 6.1 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified
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public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;
(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.
Section 8.5. Repayment to Company .
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders .
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Article V;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
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(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;
(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;
(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; or
(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders .
The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.3. Limitations .
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:
(a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;
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(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence), 10.15 or 10.16; or
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.
Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act .
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents .
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Securityholders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Securityholders after such record date.
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Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities .
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon written request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.
Section 9.7. Trustee Protected .
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights.
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls .
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.2. 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:
if to the Company:
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
105 Digital Drive
Novato, California 94949
Attention: G. Eric Davis
if to the Trustee:
Wilmington Trust Company
Rodney Square North
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001
Attention: Corporate Capital Markets
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The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders .
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 10.4. 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 stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 10.5. 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:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
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(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents .
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 10.7. Legal Holidays .
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a Legal Holiday is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others .
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 10.9. Counterparts .
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 10.10. Governing Laws .
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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Section 10.12. Successors .
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 10.13. Severability .
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc .
The Table of Contents, Cross Reference Table, 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU .
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars (including ECUs), then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided , however , in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the Commission of the European Union (or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (such publication or any successor publication, the Journal). If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of the most recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or, in the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.
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Section 10.16. Judgment Currency .
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the Required Currency) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the Judgment Currency), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, New York Banking Day means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article .
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.
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Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Jean-Jacques Bienaimé |
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Name: | Jean-Jacques Bienaimé | |
Its: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Wilmington Trust Company | ||
By: |
/s/ Michael G. Oller, Jr. |
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Name: | Michael G. Oller, Jr. | |
Its: | Senior Financial Services Officer |
[Indenture]
Exhibit 4.2
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of March 29, 2006
Between
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
And
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. Definitions and Incorporation by Reference | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions | 7 | ||||
Article 2. The Series of Securities | 8 | |||||
Section 2.01 | Designation, Form and Dating | 8 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Final Maturity Date; Interest | 9 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Limit on Amount of Series | 9 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Trustee | 9 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Conversion Agent to Hold Shares in Trust | 10 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Global Securities | 10 | ||||
Article 3. Repurchase of Securities | 12 | |||||
Section 3.01 | No Optional Redemption | 12 | ||||
Section 3.02 | [Reserved] | 12 | ||||
Section 3.03 | [Reserved] | 12 | ||||
Section 3.04 | [Reserved] | 12 | ||||
Section 3.05 | [Reserved] | 12 | ||||
Section 3.06 | [Reserved] | 13 | ||||
Section 3.07 | [Reserved] | 13 | ||||
Section 3.08 | Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change | 13 | ||||
Section 3.09 | Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice | 15 | ||||
Section 3.10 | Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price | 15 | ||||
Section 3.11 | Repayment to the Company | 16 | ||||
Section 3.12 | [Reserved] | 16 | ||||
Section 3.13 | Securities Purchased in Part | 16 | ||||
Section 3.14 | Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities | 16 | ||||
Section 3.15 | Purchase of Securities in Open Market | 16 | ||||
Article 4. Conversion | 17 | |||||
Section 4.01 | Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate | 17 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Conversion Procedure | 19 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Fractional Shares | 20 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Taxes on Conversion | 20 | ||||
Section 4.05 | [Reserved] | 21 | ||||
Section 4.06 | Company to Provide Common Stock | 21 | ||||
Section 4.07 | Adjustment of Conversion Rate | 21 | ||||
Section 4.08 | No Adjustment | 29 | ||||
Section 4.09 | Notice of Adjustment | 30 | ||||
Section 4.10 | Notice of Certain Transactions | 30 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale on Conversion Privilege | 30 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Trustees Disclaimer | 32 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Voluntary Increase | 32 | ||||
Article 5. Subordination | 33 | |||||
Section 5.01 | Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt | 33 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Subrogation | 34 |
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Section 5.03 | Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional | 34 | ||||
Section 5.04 | Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt | 34 | ||||
Section 5.05 | Payments on Securities Permitted | 35 | ||||
Section 5.06 | Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee | 35 | ||||
Section 5.07 | Knowledge of Trustee | 35 | ||||
Section 5.08 | Trustees Relation to Senior Debt | 35 | ||||
Section 5.09 | Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired | 36 | ||||
Section 5.10 | Modification of Terms of Senior Debt | 36 | ||||
Section 5.11 | Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment | 36 | ||||
Section 5.12 | No Layering of Debt | 37 | ||||
Section 5.13 | Relation to Other Indebtedness | 37 | ||||
Article 6. Covenants | 37 | |||||
Section 6.01 | Payment of Securities | 37 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Corporate Existence | 37 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Maintenance of Properties | 37 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 37 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Reports | 37 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Compliance Certificate | 37 | ||||
Article 7. Consolidation; Merger; Conveyance; Transfer or Lease | 39 | |||||
Section 7.01 | Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms | 39 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Successor Substituted | 40 | ||||
Article 8. Default and Remedies | 40 | |||||
Section 8.01 | Events of Default | 40 | ||||
Section 8.02 | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 42 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Other Remedies | 43 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 43 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Control by Majority | 43 | ||||
Section 8.06 | Limitation on Suit | 44 | ||||
Section 8.07 | Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert | 44 | ||||
Section 8.08 | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee | 45 | ||||
Section 8.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 45 | ||||
Section 8.10 | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 46 | ||||
Section 8.11 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 46 | ||||
Section 8.12 | Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 46 | ||||
Section 8.13 | Application of Money Collected | 46 | ||||
Section 8.14 | Undertaking for Costs | 47 | ||||
Section 8.15 | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 47 | ||||
Article 9. Amendments; Supplements and Waivers | 47 | |||||
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders | 47 | ||||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders | 48 | ||||
Article 10. Satisfaction and Discharge | 50 | |||||
Section 10.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 50 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Deposited Monies To Be Held in Trust | 51 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Return of Unclaimed Monies | 51 | ||||
Article 11. Meeting of Holders of Securities | 51 | |||||
Section 11.01 | Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called | 51 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Call Notice and Place of Meetings | 51 | ||||
Section 11.03 | Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings | 52 | ||||
Section 11.04 | Quorum; Action | 52 | ||||
Section 11.05 | Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings | 52 | ||||
Section 11.06 | Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings | 53 |
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Article 12. Miscellaneous | 54 | |||||
Section 12.01 | Governing Law. | 54 | ||||
Section 12.02 | No Security Interest Created. | 54 | ||||
Section 12.03 | Successors. | 54 | ||||
Section 12.04 | Counterparts. | 54 | ||||
Section 12.05 | Severability. | 54 | ||||
Section 12.06 | Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. | 54 | ||||
Exhibit A Form of Note |
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THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this First Supplemental Indenture ), dated as of March 29, 2006, is between BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Company ), and Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as Trustee (the Trustee ).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have duly executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 29, 2006 (the Base Indenture and together with this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture ), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities to be issued in one or more series by the Company;
WHEREAS, the issuance and sale of up to $172,500,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Companys Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013 has been authorized by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company;
WHEREAS, Section 9.1(e) of the Base Indenture expressly permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purposes of establishing the forms and terms of any Securities to be issued under the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of any Securities then outstanding;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to supplement the provisions of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Securities under the terms of the Base Indenture as supplemented hereby; and
WHEREAS, for the purposes hereinabove recited, and pursuant to due corporate action, the Company has duly determined to execute and deliver to the Trustee this First Supplemental Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree as follows:
Article 1.
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01 Definitions .
All terms contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall, except as specifically provided for herein or except as the context may otherwise require, have the meanings given to such terms in the Base Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any conversion, transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, to the extent applicable to such transfer or exchange.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company.
Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
Cash or cash means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Certificated Security means a Security that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A but that does not include the information called for by footnote 1 thereof or the attached schedule of exchanges.
Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following events from and after the Issue Date:
(i) any person or group (as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision to the foregoing), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its employee benefit plans, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of 50% or more of the total voting power of all classes of the Companys Voting Stock;
(ii) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or any person consolidates or merges with or into the Company, or the Company conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to any person, other than (x) any transaction that (A) does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the Companys Capital Stock, and (B) pursuant to which holders of the Companys Capital Stock immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Voting Stock of the continuing or surviving entity of such transaction; or (y) any merger solely for the purpose of changing the Companys jurisdiction of formation and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of common stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity;
(iii) during any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of that two-year period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors, or whose nomination for election by stockholders of the Company, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason (other than death) to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or
(iv) the Companys stockholders approve a plan of liquidation or dissolution.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, a Change in Control will be deemed not to have occurred if, in the case of a merger or consolidation, at least 95% of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters appraisal rights) in a transaction or transactions otherwise constituting a Change in Control consists of shares of common stock traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with the transaction or transactions, and as a result of the transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible solely into such common stock.
Closing Price means on any Trading Day, the reported last sale price per share of the Companys Common Stock (or if no last sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices per share) on such date reported by the Nasdaq National Market or, if the Companys Common Stock (or the applicable security) is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, as reported by the principal national securities exchange on which the Companys Common Stock (or such other security) is listed, or if no such prices are available, the Closing Price per share shall be the fair value of a share of Common Stock (or such other security) as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors (which determination shall be conclusive and shall be evidenced by an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee).
Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, as it exists on the date of this First Supplemental Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, or, in the event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving corporation the common stock, common equity interests, ordinary shares or depositary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation, and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on conversion of Securities shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
Company means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Company.
Conversion Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to convert Securities in accordance with Article 4 hereof.
Conversion Price per share of Common Stock as of any day means the result obtained by dividing (i) $1,000 by (ii) the then applicable Conversion Rate.
Conversion Rate means the rate at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon conversion, which rate shall be initially 60.3318 shares of Common Stock for each$1,000 principal amount of Securities, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
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Default means, when used with respect to the Securities, any event that is or, after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
Depository means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective assigns.
Final Maturity Date means March 29, 2013.
Fundamental Change means the occurrence of either a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.
Fundamental Change Effective Date means the date on which any Fundamental Change becomes effective.
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security, means 100% of the principal amount of the Security to be repurchased plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including those set forth in (1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (2) the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and (3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
Global Security means a Security in global form that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A and that includes the information called for in footnote 1 thereof and the schedule of exchanges and which is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
Holder or Holder of a Security means the person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrars books.
Indebtedness, when used with respect to any Person, and without duplication means:
(i) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person for borrowed money (including obligations of such person in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, currency exchange agreements, Interest Rate Protection Agreements, and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by bonds, notes or other instruments for the payment of money, or incurred in connection with the acquisition of any property, services or assets (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or to only a portion thereof), other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;
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(ii) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers acceptances, surety bonds, performance bonds or other guaranty of contractual performance;
(iii) all obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of (a) leases of such Person required, in conformity with GAAP, to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such Person and (b) any lease or related documents, including a purchase agreement, in connection with the lease of real property which provides that such Person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the landlord and the obligations of such Person under such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase the leased property;
(iv) all obligations of such Person (contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement;
(v) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such Person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such Person to purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the kind described in clauses (i) through (iv);
(vi) any indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person; and
(vii) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings, replacements, restatements and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (i) through (vi).
Indenture means, collectively, the Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, including the provisions of the TIA that are automatically deemed to be a part of this Indenture by operation of the TIA.
Interest Payment Date means March 29 and September 29 of each year, commencing September 29, 2006.
Interest Rate Protection Agreements means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, as in effect from time to time.
Issue Date of any Security means the date on which the Security was originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
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Maturity means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Final Maturity Date or by acceleration, conversion, exercise of a repurchase right or otherwise.
Person or person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any other entity.
Regular Record Date means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the March 29 or September 29, as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Rights means any common stock or preferred stock purchase right or warrant, as the case may be, that all or substantially all shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive under a Rights Plan.
Rights Plan means the Companys preferred shares rights plan in connection with the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2003, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, and any preferred shares rights plan or any similar plan adopted by the Company after the date hereof.
Securities means the up to $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013, or any of them (each a Security), as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this First Supplemental Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
Securities Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor thereto.
Senior Debt means the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including interest, to the extent allowable, accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy law, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) and rent payable on or termination payments with respect to or in connection with, and all fees, costs, expenses and other amounts accrued or due on or in connection with, Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by the Company (including all deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, the foregoing), except for:
(i) Indebtedness that by its terms expressly provides that it shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities or expressly provides that such Indebtedness is equal with or junior to the Securities; and
(ii) Indebtedness between or among the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
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Stock Price means the price paid per share of the Companys Common Stock in connection with a Fundamental Change as determined pursuant to Section 4.01(i).
Subsidiary means a corporation or other entity more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.
Termination of Trading means the occurrence of the Companys Common Stock (or other common stock for which the Securities are then convertible) not being listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for listing on the Nasdaq National Market or any similar United States system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices or approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States and no American Depositary Shares or similar instruments for the Companys Common Stock are so listed or approved for listing in the United States.
Trading Day means any day on which the Nasdaq National Market or, if the Companys Common Stock is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the principal national securities exchange on which the Companys Common Stock is listed, is open for trading or, if the Companys Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which trades may be made on such market or, if the applicable Security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any Business Day. A Trading Day only includes those days that have a scheduled closing time of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) or the then standard closing time for regular trading on the relevant exchange or trading system.
Trustee means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this First Supplemental Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter means the successor.
Trust Officer means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Underwriter means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
Voting Stock of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency within the control of such person to satisfy) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions .
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Agent Members |
2.06(g) | |
Bankruptcy Law |
8.01 | |
Base Indenture |
Recitals | |
Conversion Agent |
2.04 | |
Conversion Date |
4.02(a) | |
Current Market Price |
4.07(a)(9) | |
Drop Agents Office |
2.04 | |
Event of Default |
8.01 | |
Expiration Time |
4.07(a)(7) | |
First Supplemental Indenture |
Preamble | |
Fundamental Change Company Notice |
3.08(b) | |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date |
3.08(a) | |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
3.08(c) | |
Indenture |
Recitals | |
Make Whole Premium |
4.01(e) | |
Measurement Period |
4.07(a)(4) | |
Purchase Agreement |
2.01 | |
Purchased Shares |
4.07(a)(7)(i) | |
record date |
4.07(a)(9)(C) | |
Receiver |
8.01(a) | |
Spinoff |
4.07(a)(4) | |
Trigger Event |
4.07(a)(4) | |
Trustee |
Preamble |
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Article 2.
The Series of Securities
Section 2.01 Designation, Form and Dating .
There is hereby authorized a series of senior subordinated unsecured notes designated as 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013. The Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated March 23, 2006 (the Purchase Agreement ) between the Company and the Underwriter.
The Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Securities attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any of the Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the Officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture, or as may be required by the Trustee, the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Securities are subject.
Subject to Section 2.06 hereof, so long as the Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by the Base Indenture, all of the Securities will be represented by one or more Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Security shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.
Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions, purchases or conversions of such Securities.
Section 2.02 Final Maturity Date; Interest .
The Final Maturity Date of the Securities shall be March 29, 2013.
The rate or rates at which the Securities shall bear interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, in each case, shall be as set forth in the form of Security set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
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Section 2.03 Limit on Amount of Series .
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture is limited to $150,000,000 (or $172,500,000 if the Underwriter exercises in full its over-allotment option as set forth in the Purchase Agreement).
Section 2.04 Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Trustee .
In addition to Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (the Conversion Agent ). The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Conversion Agent. The Company further designates the office of the Trustees drop agent in New York City (Wilmington Trust Company, c/o Computershare Trust Company of New York, Wall Street Plaza, 88 Pine Street, 19 th Floor, New York, New York 10005 (the Drop Agents Office ) as its office in the City of New York where Securities may be:
(1) | presented or surrendered for payment; |
(2) | surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange; |
(3) | surrendered for conversion; |
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.
The Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of any such office or appoint any additional offices for any or all of such purposes; provided , however , that until all of the Securities have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities have been made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02 hereof, the Company will maintain in The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities may be surrendered for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders, of the appointment or termination of any such agents and 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 in The City of New York, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, presentations and surrenders may be made at, and notices and demands may be served on, the Drop Agents Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more Conversion Agents and from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of such Conversion Agent.
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee under the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Conversion Agent or other Agent acting hereunder.
Section 2.05 Conversion Agent to Hold Shares in Trust .
The Company shall require each Conversion Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Conversion Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all shares of Common Stock held by the Conversion Agent for the delivery of Common Stock when due upon conversion, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such delivery. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Conversion Agent to deliver all shares of Common Stock held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Conversion Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon such acknowledgement by the Trustee of its receipt of any such payment, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Conversion Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all shares held by it as Conversion Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Conversion Agent for the Securities.
Section 2.06 Global Securities .
(a) Each Global Security authenticated under this First Supplemental Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefore, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 2.14 of the Base Indenture and this Section 2.06. A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that this clause (b) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this First Supplemental Indenture unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities, a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a
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Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any Person designated by the Depositary in the event that (i) the Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Security or the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (ii) the Company by written notice to the Trustee elects to issue the Securities in definitive registered form in exchange for all or any part of the Securities represented by the Global Security or (iii) there is or continues to be an Event of Default and the Registrar receives notice from the Depositary for the issuance of definitively registered Securities in exchange for the Global Security. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (a) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.
(d) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have a principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, and shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee or the Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(e) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(g) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members (as defined below) and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Securities.
(f) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.06(c) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.
(g) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the Agent Members ) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
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(h) At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been repurchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, such Global Security shall, upon receipt thereof, be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, subject to Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Security is repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.
Article 3.
Repurchase of Securities
Notwithstanding Article III of the Base Indenture, the following Article 3 shall apply for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities.
Section 3.01 No Optional Redemption .
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities will not be redeemable at the Companys option.
Section 3.02 [Reserved] .
Section 3.03 [Reserved] .
Section 3.04 [Reserved] .
Section 3.05 [Reserved] .
Section 3.06 [Reserved] .
Section 3.07 [Reserved] .
Section 3.08 Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change .
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Final Maturity Date, each Holder of a Security shall have the right, at the option of the Holder, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of the Securities of such Holder equal to $1,000 principal amount (or an integral multiple thereof) at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, on the date specified by the Company that is 45 days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice pursuant to subsection 3.08(b) (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ).
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(b) As promptly as practicable following the date on which the Company publicly announces a Fundamental Change, but in no event less than 20 days prior to the anticipated effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall mail a written notice of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right to the Trustee, Paying Agent and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) (the Fundamental Change Company Notice ). The Fundamental Change Company Notice shall include the form of a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(1) the events causing such Fundamental Change;
(2) the date (or expected date) of such Fundamental Change;
(3) the last date by which the Fundamental Repurchase Notice must be delivered to elect the repurchase option pursuant to this Section 3.08;
(4) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(5) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(6) the Holders right to require the Company to purchase the Securities;
(7) the name and address of each Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;
(8) the then effective Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate resulting from such Fundamental Change;
(9) whether a Make Whole premium shall be payable by the Company upon conversion;
(10) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under Article 4;
(11) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.08;
(12) that, unless the Company fails to pay such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Securities covered by any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(13) the CUSIP number of the Securities.
At the Companys written request, the Trustee shall give such Fundamental Change Company Notice in the Companys name and at the Companys expense; provided that, in all cases, the Company makes such request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date by which such Fundamental Change Company Notice must be given to the Holders in accordance with this Section 3.08; provided, further, that the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company. In connection with the delivery of the Fundamental Change Company Notice to the Holders, the Company shall disseminate a press release through Dow Jones & Company, Inc., or Bloomberg
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Business News or publish a notice containing substantially the same information that is required in the Fundamental Change Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or publish information on a website of the Company or through such other public medium the Company may use at that time. If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures relating to the purchase of Global Securities.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices or defect therein shall limit any Holders right to exercise its right to cause the Company to repurchase such Holders Securities pursuant to this Section 3.08.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 3.08(a) upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A under the heading Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositarys Applicable Procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ) to the Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the 30 th day following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, subject to extension to comply with applicable law.
(1) The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall state: (A) the certificate number (if such Security is held other than in global form) of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased (or, if the Security is held in global form, any other items required to comply with the Applicable Procedures), (B) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased and (C) that such Security shall be repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities and in this First Supplemental Indenture.
(2) The delivery of a Security for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been timely delivered to any Paying Agent on or after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.
(3) The Company shall only be obliged to purchase, pursuant to this Section 3.08, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 (provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security).
(4) A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
(5) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be delivered and such Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.
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(6) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall be irrevocable, except that the right of the Holder to convert the Securities that are the subject of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall continue until the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(d) The Company shall deposit cash at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.10, sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.08.
Section 3.09 Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice .
Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of a properly completed Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice from a Holder, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall thereafter be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Security, subject to the occurrence of the Fundamental Change Effective Date. Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly, but no later than two Business Days, following the later of (1) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided that the conditions in Section 3.08 have been satisfied) and (2) the time of delivery of such Security to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.08(c).
Section 3.10 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price .
(a) On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day following the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on or after such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(b) If a Paying Agent holds on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture then, immediately following the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, whether or not the Security is delivered to the Paying Agent, each such Security will cease to be outstanding, interest shall cease to accrue, and the rights of the Holder in respect of the Security shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery of the Security as aforesaid).
(c) If a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then interest on the Securities payable on such Interest Payment Date will be payable to the Holders in whose names the Securities are registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
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Section 3.11 Repayment to the Company .
To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.10 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Paying Agent shall return any such excess cash to the Company.
Section 3.12 [Reserved] .
Section 3.13 Securities Purchased in Part .
Any Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder (which must be equal to $1,000 principal amount or any integral thereof), in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.
Section 3.14 Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities .
In connection with any offer to purchase of Securities under Section 3.08, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to either such Rule), and any other tender offer rules, if applicable, under the Exchange Act, (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor or similar schedule, form or report) if required under the Exchange Act, and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer to purchase or purchase of Securities, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.08 through 3.11 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein. To the extent that compliance with any such laws, rules and regulations would result in a conflict with any of the terms hereof, this Indenture is hereby modified to the extent required for the Company to comply with such laws, rules and regulations.
Section 3.15 Purchase of Securities in Open Market .
The Company shall surrender any Security repurchased by the Company pursuant to this Article 3 to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Securities surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold by the Company and will be canceled promptly in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. The Company may purchase Securities in the open market, by tender at any price or pursuant to private agreements.
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Article 4.
Conversion
Section 4.01 Conversion Privilege and Conversion Rate .
(a) The conversion rights pursuant to this Article 4 shall commence on the Issue Date of the Securities and expire at the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date, subject, in the case of conversion of any Global Security, to any Applicable Procedures. If a Security is submitted or presented for purchase pursuant to Article 3, such conversion right shall terminate at the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Security (unless the Company shall fail to make the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price payment when due in accordance with Article 3, in which case the conversion right shall terminate at the close of business on the date such failure is cured and such Security is purchased).
(b) Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of a Security.
(c) A Holder of Securities is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Stock until such Holder has converted its Securities into Common Stock, and only to the extent such Securities are deemed to have been converted into Common Stock pursuant to this Article 4.
(d) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in Section 4.01(e) and Section 4.07.
(e) If there shall have occurred a transaction described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) of the definition of a Change in Control, the Company shall pay a Make Whole Premium to the Holders of the Securities who convert their Securities during the period beginning 20 days before the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by increasing the Conversion Rate for such Securities. The number of additional shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities constituting the Make Whole Premium shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Fundamental Change and the Stock Price; provided that if the Stock Price or Fundamental Change Effective Date are not set forth on the table: (i) if the actual Stock Price on the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Stock Prices on the table or the actual Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates on the table, the Make Whole Premium will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Make Whole Premiums set forth for the two Stock Prices and the two Fundamental Change Effective Dates on the table based on a 365-day year, as applicable, (ii) if the Stock Price on the Fundamental Change Effective Date exceeds $100.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole Premium will be paid, and (iii) if the Stock Price on the Fundamental Change Effective Date is less than $13.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole Premium will be paid. If Holders of the Companys Common Stock receive only cash in the transaction, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of
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the Companys Common Stock in connection with the Fundamental Change. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be equal to the average Closing Price of the Companys Common Stock over the 15 Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding, and excluding, the applicable Fundamental Change Effective Date.
Make Whole Premium Upon a Fundamental Change (Number of Additional Shares)
Effective Date |
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Stock Price on Effective Date |
3/29/2006 | 3/29/2007 | 3/29/2008 | 3/29/2009 | 3/29/2010 | 3/29/2011 | 3/29/2012 | 3/29/2013 | ||||||||
$13.00 |
16.5913 | 16.5913 | 16.5913 | 16.5913 | 16.5913 | 16.5913 | 16.5913 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
15.00 |
12.6663 | 12.9378 | 13.1829 | 13.3647 | 13.3613 | 12.9979 | 11.7576 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
17.50 |
9.2976 | 9.3644 | 9.3828 | 9.3121 | 9.0334 | 8.3743 | 6.8025 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
20.00 |
6.9641 | 6.9180 | 6.8082 | 6.6020 | 6.1983 | 5.4322 | 3.8758 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
22.50 |
5.3608 | 5.1665 | 4.9946 | 4.7229 | 4.2680 | 3.5059 | 2.1229 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
25.00 |
4.8289 | 4.3311 | 3.7837 | 3.3693 | 2.9181 | 2.2103 | 1.0502 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
27.50 |
4.3856 | 3.9347 | 3.4421 | 2.8881 | 2.2799 | 1.5994 | 0.8419 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
30.00 |
4.0272 | 3.6079 | 3.1567 | 2.6464 | 2.0829 | 1.4645 | 0.7716 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
35.00 |
3.4457 | 3.0987 | 2.7100 | 2.2684 | 1.7843 | 1.2508 | 0.6581 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
40.00 |
3.0253 | 2.7037 | 2.3724 | 1.9884 | 1.5626 | 1.0952 | 0.5748 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
45.00 |
2.6976 | 2.4108 | 2.1138 | 1.7707 | 1.3932 | 0.9751 | 0.5093 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
50.00 |
2.4278 | 2.1705 | 1.8893 | 1.5955 | 1.2573 | 0.8796 | 0.4620 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
55.00 |
2.2023 | 1.9778 | 1.7196 | 1.4547 | 1.1416 | 0.7975 | 0.4225 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
60.00 |
2.0281 | 1.8157 | 1.5732 | 1.3353 | 1.0485 | 0.7362 | 0.3879 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
70.00 |
1.7303 | 1.5553 | 1.3565 | 1.1486 | 0.8969 | 0.6317 | 0.3330 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
80.00 |
1.5176 | 1.3630 | 1.1852 | 1.0087 | 0.7874 | 0.5537 | 0.2902 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
90.00 |
1.3574 | 1.2119 | 1.0617 | 0.8946 | 0.6991 | 0.4902 | 0.2581 | 0.0000 | ||||||||
100.00 |
1.2186 | 1.0957 | 0.9566 | 0.8038 | 0.6285 | 0.4413 | 0.2323 | 0.0000 |
The Stock Prices set forth in the first column of the table above will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted other than an adjustment pursuant to the Make Whole Premium described above. The adjusted Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of additional shares set forth in the table above will be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 4.07 hereof, other than as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate by adding the Make Whole Premium as described above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, in no event will the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Security exceed 76.9231 per $1,000 principal amount, subject to proportional adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in clauses (1) through (4) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
(f) By delivering the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion to the Trustee plus a cash payment for a fractional share, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Securities so converted and its obligation to pay accrued and unpaid interest attributable to the period from the most recent Interest Payment Date through the Conversion Date (which amount will be deemed cancelled, extinguished and forfeited).
(g) Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Securities shall not become subject to conversion by reason of a merger, consolidation, or other transaction effected with one of the Companys direct or indirect Subsidiaries for the purpose of changing the Companys state of incorporation to any other state within the United States or the District of Columbia.
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Section 4.02 Conversion Procedure .
(a) To convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Security and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent, which shall become irrevocable upon receipt by the Conversion Agent (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or the Conversion Agent, (4) pay an amount equal to the interest as required by Section 4.02(c) and (5) pay all transfer or similar taxes, if required pursuant to Section 4.04. The date on which the Holder satisfies all of those requirements is the Conversion Date . Upon the conversion of a Security, the Company will deliver the shares of Common Stock, without service charge, as promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date, but in no event later than five Business Days after the Conversion Date. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, conversion notices may be delivered and such Securities may be surrendered for conversion in accordance with clauses (3), (4) and (5) of this Section 4.02(a) and the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.
(b) The person in whose name the shares of Common Stock are issuable upon conversion 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 entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock as the record holder or holders 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 Rate 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. Except as set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture, no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends or distributions declared or made on shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security prior to the issuance of such shares.
(c) Holders of Securities surrendered for conversion (in whole or in part) 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 will receive the semi-annual interest payable on the principal amount of such Securities being surrendered for conversion on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Upon surrender of any such Securities for conversion, such Securities shall also be accompanied by payment in funds to the Conversion Agent acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such corresponding Interest Payment Date (but excluding any overdue interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted that exists at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Holder which surrenders for conversion any Security (a) with respect to which the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (b) after the last Regular Record Date prior to the Final Maturity Date, in either case, need not pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.02(c), no payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on a converted Security.
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(d) Subject to Section 4.02(c), nothing in this Section shall affect the right of a Holder in whose name any Security is registered at the close of business on a Regular Record Date to receive the interest payable on such Security on the related Interest Payment Date in accordance with the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities. If a Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion (and the amount of any cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.03) shall be based on the aggregate principal amount of all Securities so converted.
(e) 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 the Holder thereof, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Security. A Security may be converted in part, but only if the principal amount of such part is an integral multiple of $1,000 and the principal amount of such Security to remain outstanding after such conversion is equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 4.03 Fractional Shares .
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Security or Securities. 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 issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issued upon conversion of any Security or Securities (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Stock as of the Trading Day preceding the date of conversion.
Section 4.04 Taxes on Conversion .
Except as provided in the next sentence, the Company will pay any and all taxes (other than taxes on income) and duties that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Securities pursuant hereto. A Holder delivering a Security for conversion shall be liable for and will be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax or duty has been paid.
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Section 4.05 [Reserved] .
Section 4.06 Company to Provide Common Stock .
(a) The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of all outstanding Securities into shares of Common Stock.
(b) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be newly issued shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive or similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim as the result of any action by the Company.
(c) The Company will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities.
(d) The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Securities will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that despite the Companys best efforts it is unable to deliver shares that have been so registered, upon conversion of the Securities, the Company may deliver shares of Common Stock that have not been registered.
Section 4.07 Adjustment of Conversion Rate .
(a) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:
(1) If the Company shall pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction of which the numerator of shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date plus the total number of shares of Common Stock constituting such dividend or other distribution and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such dividend or distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after such record date. For the purpose of this clause (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company. The Company will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this clause is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(2) If the Company shall subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number
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of shares, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective shall be, in the case of a subdivision of Common Stock, proportionately increased and, in the case of a combination of Common Stock, proportionately reduced. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such subdivision or combination of the Common Stock occurs and shall become effective immediately after the date upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(3) If the Company shall issue any rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants referred to in Section 4.07(a)(4)) to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) at a price per share (or having a Conversion Price per share) less than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with clause (9) of this Section 4.07(a)) on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior thereto shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the date immediately after such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so offered are convertible) and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such record date plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities so offered for subscription or purchase, which shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such convertible securities by the conversion price per share of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities) would purchase at the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after such record date. To the extent that shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) are not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants, upon the expiration or termination of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not been fixed. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the shareholders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock and in determining the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
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(4) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of the Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which Section 4.07(a)(1) applies) or evidences of its indebtedness, cash or other assets, including securities, but excluding (x) any rights or warrants referred to in Section 4.07(a)(3), (y) any stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) distributed in connection with a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease to which Section 4.11 hereof applies and (z) dividends and distributions paid exclusively in cash (the securities described in foregoing clauses (x), (y) and (z) hereinafter in this Section 4.07(a)(4) called the securities), then, in each such case, subject to the third succeeding paragraph of this Section 4.07(a)(4), the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall be equal to the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date (as defined in Section 4.07(a)(9)(C)) with respect to such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (determined as provided in Section 4.07(a)(9)) on such date, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price on such date less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors (except as described below), whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution) on such date of the portion of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, cash or other assets, including securities, so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the record date).
Such increase shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the record date, or in the case of a Spin-off, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the last Trading Day of the Measurement Period. However, in the event that the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the securities so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Current Market Price on the record date, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion of a Security (or any portion thereof) the amount of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, cash or other assets, including securities, such Holder would have received had such Holder converted such Security (or portion thereof) immediately prior to such record date. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this Section 4.07(a)(4) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period (the Reference Period) used in computing the Current Market Price pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(9) to the extent possible, unless the Board of Directors in a Board Resolution determines in good faith that determining the fair market value during the Reference Period would not be in the best interest of the Holder.
In the event the Company distributes shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted, if at all, so that the same
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shall be equal to the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date (as defined in Section 4.07(a)(9)) with respect to such distribution by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (determined as described below) on such date plus the fair market value on such date of the portion of the shares of capital stock of such Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the record date), and (ii) the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price on such date (determined as described below).
In respect of a dividend or other distribution of shares of capital stock of a class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company which has a Subsidiary Closing Price (a Spin-off ), the fair market value of the securities to be distributed shall equal the average of the daily Subsidiary Closing Price of such securities for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day of such securities after the effectiveness of the Spin-off (the Measurement Period ) and the Current Market Price shall be calculated over the same Measurement Period; provided , however , that in the event that an underwritten initial public offering of the securities in the Spin-off occurs simultaneously with the Spin-off, fair market value of the securities distributed in the Spin-off shall be the initial public offering price of such securities and the market price per share of the Common Stock shall mean the Closing Price for the Common Stock on the same Trading Day.
Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Companys capital stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events ( Trigger Event ):
(i) | are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, |
(ii) | are not exercisable, and |
(iii) | are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock |
shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 4.07(a)(4) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.07(a)(4) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event. If such right or warrant is subject to subsequent events, upon the occurrence of which such right or warrant shall become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or entitle the holder to purchase a different number or amount of the foregoing or to purchase any of the foregoing at a different purchase price, then the occurrence of each such event shall be deemed to be the date of issuance and record date with respect to a new right or warrant (and a termination or expiration of the existing right or warrant without exercise by the holder thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto, that resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.07(a)(4):
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(A) in the case of any such rights or warrants which shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with respect to such rights or warrant (assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and
(B) in the case of such rights or warrants all of which shall have expired or been terminated without exercise, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had never been issued.
For purposes of this Section 4.07(a)(4) and Sections 4.07(a)(1), 4.07(a)(2) and 4.07(a)(3), any dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.07(a)(4) is applicable that also includes shares of Common Stock, a subdivision or combination of Common Stock to which Section 4.07(a)(2) applies, or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock to which Section 4.07(a)(3) applies (or any combination thereof), shall be deemed instead to be:
(A) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness, assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants other than such shares of Common Stock, such subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants to which Sections 4.07(a)(1), 4.07(a)2 and 4.07(a)(3) apply, respectively (and any Conversion Rate increase required by this Section 4.07(a)(4) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made), immediately followed by
(B) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock, such subdivision or combination or such rights or warrants (and any further Conversion Rate increase required by Sections 4.07(a)(1), 4.07(a)(2) and 4.07(a)(3) with respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made), except:
(i) the record date of such dividend or distribution shall be substituted as (x) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution, record date fixed for such determination and record date within the meaning of Section 4.07(a)(1), (y) the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective and the day upon which such combination becomes effective within the meaning of Section 4.07(a)(2), and (z) the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, such record date, the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants and such date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants within the meaning of Section 4.07(a)(3), and
(ii) any shares of Common Stock included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed outstanding at the close of business on the record date fixed for such determination within the meaning of Section 4.07(a)(1) and any reduction or increase in the number of shares of Common Stock resulting from such subdivision or combination shall be disregarded in connection with such dividend or distribution.
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(5) To the extent the Company has a Rights Plan in effect upon conversion of the Securities pursuant to this Article 4: (i) if such Rights have not separated from the Common Stock prior to the conversion of the Securities, each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities pursuant to this Article 4 shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of Rights, if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any Rights Plan; or (ii) if such Rights have separated from the Common Stock prior to the conversion of the Securities, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted as though the Rights were being distributed to all holders of Common Stock on the date of such separation. If such an adjustment is made and the Rights are later redeemed, invalidated or terminated, then a corresponding reversing adjustment will be made to the Conversion Rate on an equitable basis.
(6) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash that is distributed upon a reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease to which Section 4.11 hereof applies or as part of a distribution referred to in Section 4.07(a)(4) hereof), then and in each such case, immediately after the close of business on such date, the Conversion Rate shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on such record date by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on the record date, and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on such date less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the sum of the aggregate amount of cash so distributed and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date.
In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(7) In case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire, then, and in each such case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the last time (the Expiration Time ) tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined as set forth in Section
4.07(a)(9)) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed
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so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the Purchased Shares ) and (y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) on the Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, and
(ii) the denominator shall be (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time.
Such increase (if any) shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time. In the event that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made. If the application of this Section 4.07(a)(7) to any tender or exchange offer would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender or exchange offer under this Section 4.07(a)(7).
(8) [Reserved].
(9) For purposes of this Section 4.07(a), the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(A) Current Market Price shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the date in question; provided , however , that if:
(i) the ex date (as hereinafter defined) for any event (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) occurs during such ten consecutive Trading Days, the Closing Price for each Trading Day prior to the ex date for such other event shall be adjusted by dividing such Closing Price by the same fraction by which the Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other event;
(ii) the ex date for any event (other than the issuance or distribution requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) occurs on or after the ex date for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation and prior to the day in question, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the ex date for such other event shall be adjusted by dividing such Closing Price by the reciprocal of the fraction by which the Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other event; and
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(iii) the ex date for the issuance or distribution requiring such computation is prior to the day in question, after taking into account any adjustment required pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this proviso, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on or after such ex date shall be adjusted by adding thereto the amount of any cash and the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in a manner consistent with any determination of such value for purposes of Section 4.07(a)(4) or (7), whose determination shall be conclusive and set forth in a Board Resolution) of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock or assets being distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock as of the close of business on the day before such ex date.
For purposes of any computation under Section 4.07(a)(7), the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for such day and the next two succeeding Trading Days; provided , however , that if the ex date for any event (other than the tender offer requiring such computation) that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) or (7) occurs on or after the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange offer requiring such computation and prior to the day in question, the Closing Price for each Trading Day on and after the ex date for such other event shall be adjusted by dividing such Closing Price by the reciprocal of the fraction by which the Conversion Rate is so required to be adjusted as a result of such other event. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ex date, when used:
(x) with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the Closing Price was obtained without the right to receive such issuance or distribution;
(y) with respect to any subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such market after the time at which such subdivision or combination becomes effective, and
(z) with respect to any tender or exchange offer, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time of such offer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion Rate are called for pursuant to this Section 4.07(a), such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market Price as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Section 4.07(a) and to avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
(B) fair market value shall mean the amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arms length transaction.
(C) For purposes of this Section 4.07, record date shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the
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Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash, security or other property (whether or not such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
(b) In any case in which this Section 4.07 shall require that an adjustment be made following a record date or Expiration Time, as the case may be, established for the purposes specified in this Section 4.07, the Company may elect to defer (but only until five Business Days following the filing by the Company with the Trustee of the certificate described in Section 4.09) issuing to the Holder of any Security converted after such record date or Expiration Time the shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion over and above the shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company (or other cash, property or securities, as applicable) issuable upon such conversion only on the basis of the Conversion Rate prior to adjustment; and, in lieu of any cash, property or securities the issuance of which is so deferred, the Company shall issue or cause its transfer agents to issue due bills or other appropriate evidence prepared by the Company of the right to receive such cash, property or securities. If any distribution in respect of which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required to be made as of the record date or Expiration Time therefore is not thereafter made or paid by the Company for any reason, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or such record date or Expiration Time had not occurred.
(c) If one or more event occurs requiring an adjustment be made to the Conversion Rate for a particular period, adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be determined by the Companys Board of Directors to reflect the combined impact of such Conversion Rate adjustment events, as set out in this Section 4.07, during such period.
Section 4.08 No Adjustment .
(a) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required if Holders may participate in the transactions set forth in Section 4.07 above (to the same extent as if the Securities had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such transactions) without converting the Securities held by such Holders.
(b) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate as last adjusted; provided, however, that any adjustments which would be required to be made but for this Section 4.08(b) shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth of a share, as the case may be, with one half cent and 0.00005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward.
(c) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required for issuances of Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest or for a change in the par value or a change to no par value of the Common Stock.
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(d) To the extent that the Securities become convertible into the right to receive cash, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to the cash.
(e) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required with respect to accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities.
Section 4.09 Notice of Adjustment .
Whenever the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege is required to be adjusted pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall promptly mail to Holders a notice of the adjustment and file with the Trustee an Officers Certificate briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment, the adjusted Conversion Rate and the manner of computing it. Failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment. Unless and until the Trustee shall receive an Officers Certificate setting forth an adjustment of the Conversion Rate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge remains in effect.
Section 4.10 Notice of Certain Transactions .
In the event that there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Company shall mail to Holders and file with the Trustee a notice stating the proposed effective date. The Company shall mail such notice at least 20 days before such proposed effective date. Failure to mail such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of any transaction referred to in this Section 4.10.
Section 4.11 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale on Conversion Privilege .
If any of the following events occur:
(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination),
(ii) any merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or combination of the Company with another corporation as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock or
(iii) any sale, conveyance or lease of the properties and assets of the Company as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other corporation as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock,
the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the TIA as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture is then required
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to so comply) providing that each Security shall be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property or assets (including cash) which such Holder would have been entitled to receive upon such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease. In the event holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease, Holders shall have a reasonable opportunity to determine the form of consideration into which all of the Securities, treated as a single class, shall be convertible from and after the effective date of such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease. Such determination shall be based on the weighted average of elections made by Holders who participate in such determination, shall be subject to any limitations to which all of the holders of Common Stock are subject, including, but not limited to, pro-rata reductions applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease and shall be conducted in such a manner as to be completed by the date which is the earliest of (a) the deadline for elections to be made by holders of Common Stock, and (b) two trading days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction. The Company shall provide notice to all Holders of their opportunity to determine the form of consideration to be received by the Holders in such transaction, as well as notice of such determination made by the Holders and the weighted average of elections made by participating Holders by issuing a press release in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City and providing a copy of such notice to the Trustee. In the event the effective date of such transaction is delayed beyond the initially anticipated effective date of such transaction, the Company may elect to give the Holders the opportunity to make subsequent similar determinations in regard to such delayed effective date.
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article 4. If, in the case of any such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale, conveyance or lease, the stock or other securities and assets receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such recapitalization, reclassification, change, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the extent practicable the provisions providing for the repurchase rights set forth in Article 3 hereof.
In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section 4.11, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) that a holder of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive after any such transaction, and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the register of the Securities, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales and conveyances.
If this Section 4.11 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 4.07(a) hereof shall not apply.
Section 4.12 Trustees Disclaimer .
(a) The Trustee shall have no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 4 should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive evidence of that fact or the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected
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in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, including the Officers Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.09. Unless and until the Trustee receives such Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.09, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such adjustment has been made and the last Conversion Rate of which the Trustee has knowledge remains in effect. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the Companys failure to comply with any provisions of this Article 4.
(b) The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 4.11, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, the Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.11 and Section 7.01, respectively.
Section 4.13 Voluntary Increase .
The Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate, to the extent permitted by law, by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days, the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company or to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of stock, or rights to acquire stock, or similar event, and the Company provides 15 days prior written notice of any increase in the Conversion Rate to the Trustee and the Holders; provided, however , that in no event may the Company increase the Conversion Rate such that it causes the Conversion Price to be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock.
Article 5.
Subordination
Section 5.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt .
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities, by such Holders acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the Indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated and junior, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Section 5.01, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt; provided, however, that the Securities, the Indebtedness represented thereby and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in all respects shall rank equally with, or prior to, all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated to any Senior Debt.
(a) In the event of any payment or distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise, the holders of all Senior Debt shall first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due thereon in respect of all such Senior Debt and all other amounts due or provision shall be made for such amount in cash, or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the Holders of any of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities.
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(b) In the event of any acceleration of Maturity of the Securities because of an Event of Default, unless the full amount due in respect of all Senior Debt is paid in cash or other form of payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire any of the Securities (including any conversion or cash repurchase pursuant to the exercise of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right or otherwise), and the Company shall give prompt written notice of such acceleration to such holders of Senior Debt.
(c) In the event of and during the continuance of any default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligations in respect of, any Senior Debt, unless all such payments due in respect of such Senior Debt have been paid in full in cash or other payments satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire any of the Securities (including any conversion or cash repurchase pursuant to the exercise of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right). The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any default under any Senior Debt or under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Debt may have been issued.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) and 5.01(c), any payment on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities shall be made by or on behalf of the Company and received by the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment shall be segregated and held in trust):
(1) after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), then, unless all Senior Debt is paid in full in cash, or provision shall be made therefor, or
(2) after the happening of an event of default of the type specified in Section 5.01(c) above, then, unless the amount of such Senior Debt then due shall have been paid in full, or provision made therefor or such event of default shall have been cured or waived,
such payment (subject, in each case, to the provisions of Section 5.07 hereof) shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be immediately paid over to, the holders of Senior Debt or their representative or representatives or the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of the Senior Debt may have been issued, as their interests may appear.
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Section 5.02 Subrogation .
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt to which the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is in the circumstances subordinated as provided in Section 5.01 hereof, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to such Senior Debt until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in full, and, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, no such payment or distribution made to the holders of Senior Debt by virtue of this Article which otherwise would have been made to the holders of the Securities shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of such Senior Debt; provided, however, that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of Senior Debt, on the other hand.
Section 5.03 Obligation of the Company is Absolute and Unconditional .
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in the Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt, nor shall anything contained herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Section 5.04 Maturity of or Default on Senior Debt .
Upon the maturity of any Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligations in respect of all such matured Senior Debt shall first be paid in full, or such payment shall have been duly provided for, before any payment on account of principal, or premium, if any, or interest is made upon the Securities.
Section 5.05 Payments on Securities Permitted .
Except as expressly provided in this Article, nothing contained in this Article shall affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, payments of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof, or shall prevent the Trustee or any Paying Agent from applying any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities.
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Section 5.06 Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee .
Each Holder of Securities, by such Holders acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holders behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee such Holders attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding affecting the affairs of the Company is pending or upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to the right of such Persons under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Persons pending judicial determination as to the right of such Persons to receive such payment.
Section 5.07 Knowledge of Trustee .
Notwithstanding the provision of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Debt, of any default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, rent or other payment obligation in respect of any Senior Debt, or of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the Trustee, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee having responsibility for the administration of the trust established by the Indenture shall have received written notice thereof from the Company and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such default or facts exist; provided, however, that unless on the third Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose the Trustee shall have received the notice provided for in this Section 5.07, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date.
Section 5.08 Trustees Relation to Senior Debt .
The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt at the time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt and nothing in the Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing contained in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be read into the Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any duties (including without limitation, any fiduciary duty) to the holders of Senior Debt and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
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Section 5.09 Rights of Holders of Senior Debt Not Impaired .
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of the Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Section 5.10 Modification of Terms of Senior Debt .
Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Debt or the exercise by the holders of Senior Debt of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing Senior Debt, including without limitation the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee. No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior Debt is outstanding or of such Senior Debt, whether or not such compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action is in accordance with the provisions or any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article or of the Securities relating to the subordination thereof.
Section 5.11 Certain Conversions Not Deemed Payment .
For the purposes of this Article 5 only:
(1) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Article 4 hereof shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities, and
(2) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of fractional shares pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof), property or securities (other than junior securities) upon conversion of a Security shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest such Security. For the purposes of this Section 5.11, the term junior securities means:
(a) shares of any Company Common Stock, or
(b) other securities of the Company that are subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt that may be outstanding at the time of issuance or delivery of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. Nothing contained in this Article 5 or elsewhere in the Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors (other than holders of Senior Debt) and the Holders of Securities, the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the Holder of any Security to convert such Security in accordance with Article 4 hereof.
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Section 5.12 No Layering of Debt . The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt of the Company and senior in right of payment to the Securities.
Section 5.13 Relation to Other Indebtedness .
The Securities shall be Senior Indebtedness for purposes of the indenture governing the Companys 3.50% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008.
Article 6.
Covenants
In addition to the covenants set forth in Article IV of the Base Indenture, the following covenants shall apply with respect to the Securities authorized and designated under this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 6.01 Payment of Securities .
(a) The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. A payment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date money, deposited by or on behalf of the Company sufficient to make the payment. Subject to Section 4.02 and Section 3.11, accrued and unpaid interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. Principal, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and interest, in each case if payable, shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date (or, in the case of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, on the Business Day following the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all such amounts then due. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest in immediately available funds on overdue principal amount and interest at the annual rate borne by the Securities compounded semiannually, which interest shall accrue from the date such overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount, including interest thereon, has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable on demand.
(b) Payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which shall initially be at the Drop Agents Office, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that the Company may pay principal and interest in respect of any Certificated Security by check or wire transfer payable in such money; provided further, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the register of the Securities; provided further that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Securities are is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments thereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Section 6.02 Corporate Existence . Subject to Article 7 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 6.03 Maintenance of Properties . The Company will maintain and keep its properties and every part thereof in such repair, working order and condition, and make or cause to be made all such needful and proper repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, as in the judgment of the Company are necessary in the interests of the Company; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the Company from selling, abandoning or otherwise disposing of any of its properties or discontinuing a part of its business from time to time if, in the judgment of the Company, such sale, abandonment, disposition or discontinuance is advisable and does not materially adversely affect the interests or business of the Company.
Section 6.04 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . The Company will, and will cause any Significant Subsidiary to, promptly pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies lawfully imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any of its property, real or personal, or upon any part thereof, as well as all material claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if the amount, applicability or validity thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have set aside on its books reserves deemed by it adequate with respect thereto.
Section 6.05 Reports . The Company shall deliver (which delivery may be via electronic mail) to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the SEC. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the TIA.
Section 6.06 Compliance Certificate . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company, they would normally have knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions, or Default by the Company with respect to any covenants, under this Indenture, and further stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such failure or Default and, if so, specifying each such failure or Default and the nature thereof. Within five Business Days of an Officer of the Company coming to have actual knowledge of a Default, regardless of the date, the Company shall deliver an Officers Certificate to the Trustee specifying such Default and the nature and status thereof.
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Article 7.
Consolidation; Merger; Conveyance; Transfer or Lease
Article V of the Base Indenture is hereby amended solely as it applies to the Securities, to read as follows:
Section 7.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .
(a) The Company may not, without the consent of the Holders, consolidate with, merge into or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person unless:
(1) either (A) the Company shall be the resulting or surviving corporation or (B) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or the Person which acquires by transfer or lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall (i) be a corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the obligations of the Company under the Securities, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture and the performance or observance of every covenant and provision of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture and the Securities required on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and the conversion rights shall be provided for in accordance with Article 4, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company shall have been merged or by the Person which shall have acquired the Companys assets;
(2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of such transaction, the Securities became convertible into Common Stock or other securities issued by a third party, such third party shall fully and unconditionally guarantee all obligations of the Company or such successor under the Securities, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture; and
(4) if the Company will not be the resulting or surviving corporation, the Company shall have, at or prior to the effective date of such consolidation, merger or transfer, delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with this Article and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company (other than to the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company), which, if such assets were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
Section | 7.02 Successor Substituted . |
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in accordance with Section 7.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, and except for obligations the predecessor Person may have under a supplemental indenture, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities.
Article 8.
Default and Remedies
Section 8.01 Events of Default .
Notwithstanding Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture, the following Section 8.01 shall apply for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities.
An Event of Default shall occur when any of the following occurs (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article 5 hereof or be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the Company shall fail to pay when due the principal or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security, including any Make-Whole Premium, when the same becomes due and payable whether at the Final Maturity Date, upon repurchase, acceleration or otherwise whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or
(b) the Company shall fail to pay an installment of interest, if any, on any of the Securities, which failure continues for 30 days after the date when due whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or
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(c) the Company shall fail to deliver when due all shares of Common Stock, together with cash instead of fractional shares deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, which failure continues for 10 days; or
(d) the Company fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Securities, this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture and the failure continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have 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 then-outstanding Securities; or
(e) (i) the Company fails to make any payment by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, after the maturity of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness without such Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities; or
(f) the Company fails to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 3.08; or
(g) a court having jurisdiction enters (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or appoints a Receiver of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or orders the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(h) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;
(3) consents to the appointment of a Receiver of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(5) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief;
(6) consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a Receiver;
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The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Receiver means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 8.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .
Notwithstanding Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture, this Section 8.02 shall apply for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities.
If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Securities (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) hereof) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare due and payable 100% of the principal amount of all outstanding Securities plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment. Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of payment shall be immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) hereof occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities by written notice to the Trustee may rescind and annul an acceleration and its consequences if:
(1) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of or interest on the Securities which has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been remedied, cured or waived, and
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided , however , that in the event such declaration of acceleration has been made based on the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(e) hereof and such Event of Default has been remedied, cured or waived in accordance with Section 8.01(e) hereof, then, without any further action by the Holders, such declaration of acceleration shall be rescinded automatically and the consequences of such declaration shall be annulled. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 8.03 Other Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to outstanding Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities.
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Section 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults .
The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities or (b) by the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the then-outstanding Securities at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities represented at such meeting, may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities, waive an existing Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security ( provided , however , that subject to Section 8.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(2) in respect of the right to convert any Security in accordance with Article 4 or
(3) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which, under Section 9.02 hereof, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; provided , however , that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 8.05 Control by Majority . The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Securities then outstanding at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities represented at such meeting, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that:
(a) conflicts with any law or with this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture,
(b) the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Holders not joining therein, or
(c) in the Trustees reasonable judgment may expose the Trustee to personal liability.
The Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 8.06 Limitation on Suit . No Holder of any Security shall have any right to pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities (including instituting any
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proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee) unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of an Event of Default that is continuing;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against any costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in complying with such request;
(d) the Trustee has failed to comply with the request for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period, no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (or such amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture).
Section 8.07 Unconditional Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert .
In addition to the other rights and remedies set forth in this Article 8 and in Article VI of the Base Indenture, the following shall apply with respect to the Securities authorized and designated under this First Supplemental Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal amount, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, interest or Make-Whole Premium, if any, in respect of the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities and this First Supplemental Indenture, and to convert such Security in accordance with Article 4, and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective due dates or for the right to convert in accordance with Article 4, and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 8.08 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee . The Company covenants that if:
(a) a Default or Event of Default occurs in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such Default or Event of Default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b) a Default or Event of Default occurs in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable (as expressed therein or as a result of any acceleration effected pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof) on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest and, to the extent that
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payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and on any overdue interest, in each case at the Interest Rate, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 8.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the property of the Company or its creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such 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 any other amounts due to the Trustee hereunder) and of the Holders of Securities allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of Securities, 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 7.7 of the Base Indenture.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept, or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security in any such proceeding.
Section 8.10 Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
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proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 8.11 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, no right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 8.12 Delay or Omission Not Waiver . No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities, as the case may be.
Section 8.13 Application of Money Collected . Subject to Article 5, any money and property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money and property on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and coupons in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.14 Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Supplemental Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by such Holders acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
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of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of exercise of a repurchase right in connection with a Fundamental Change, on or after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) or for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with Article 4.
Section 8.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Article 9.
Amendments; Supplements and Waivers
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders .
In addition to the provisions of Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may also amend or supplement this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder of a Security for any of the following purposes:
(a) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of Securities;
(b) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(c) make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 4.11 hereof;
(d) provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease pursuant to Article 7 hereof;
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(e) increase the Conversion Rate; provided , however , that such increase in the Conversion Rate shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities (after taking into account tax and other consequences of such increase) in any material respect;
(f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(g) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or which is otherwise defective; provided , however , that such action pursuant to this clause (g) does not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any material respect; or
(h) add or modify any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the Company and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, provided , however , that such action pursuant to this clause (h) does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities in any material respect.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders .
Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture, this Section 9.02 shall apply for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented, and noncompliance by the Company in any particular instance with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities may be waived, in each case (i) with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities or (ii) by the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Securities then outstanding at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities represented at such meeting.
Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of Securities affected, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Security;
(b) reduce the principal amount of or premium, if any, on any Security;
(c) reduce the Interest Rate or interest on any Security;
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(d) change the currency of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security;
(e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to, or the conversion of, any Security;
(f) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in The City of New York pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof;
(g) except as permitted by Section 4.11 hereof, adversely affect the right to convert any Security as provided in Article 4 hereof;
(h) adversely affect the right of Holders to require the Company to repurchase the Securities in the event of a Fundamental Change;
(i) modify the subordination provisions of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of Securities;
(j) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 8.04 or Section 8.11, except to increase any percentage contained herein or therein or to provide that certain other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby; or
(k) reduce the requirements of Section 11.04 hereof for quorum or voting, or reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities the consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver provided for in this Supplemental Indenture.
It shall not be necessary for any act of Holders of Securities under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such act shall approve the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Article 10.
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .
When:
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities previously authenticated (other than any Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not previously canceled, or
(b) (1) All the securities not previously canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year, and
(2) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, cash in U.S. dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on all of the Securities (other than any securities which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) not previously canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, on the dates such payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest are due to such date of maturity or repurchase, as the case may be,
and if, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Supplemental Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to: (i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and conversion of Securities, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee, and (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company,
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shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture; provided , however , that the Company shall promptly reimburse the Trustee for all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture and for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Supplemental Indenture or the Securities.
Section 10.02 Deposited Monies To Be Held in Trust . Subject to Section 10.03 hereof, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5 hereof, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities for the payment or repurchase of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal, premium, if any, and interest. All monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently converted shall be returned to the Company upon request of the Company.
Section 10.03 Return of Unclaimed Monies . The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or premium, if any, or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and Paying Agent shall have the right to withhold payment of such money to the Company until the Trustee or Paying Agent at the expense of the Company publishes in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City, or mails to each Holder, a notice stating that such money shall be repaid to the Company if unclaimed after a date no less than 30 days from the publication of such press release or mailing of such notice. After payment to the Company, all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease, and Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
Article 11.
Meeting of Holders of Securities
Section 11.01 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . A meeting of Holders of Securities may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article 11, the Trustee may, during the pendency of a Default or an Event of Default, call a meeting of Holders of Securities in accordance with its standard practices.
Section | 11.02 Call Notice and Place of Meetings . |
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities for any purpose specified in Section 11.01 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting, in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the percentage of the principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities which shall constitute a quorum at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in the Indenture hereof, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
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(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities for any purpose specified in Section 11.01 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 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 in the amount specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (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, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Securities or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Securities by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders 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.
Section 11.04 Quorum; Action . The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 11.02(a) hereof, except that such notice need be given only once and not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as limited by the third paragraph of Section 9.02 hereof) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided by the Persons entitled to vote not less than a majority in principal amount of Securities then outstanding represented and voting at such meeting.
Any resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section 11.05 Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings .
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders
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of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of 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.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman (which may be the Trustee) 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) hereof, in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities 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 a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided , however , that no vote shall 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 shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities 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 shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Securities 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 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 hereof and, if applicable, Section 11.04 hereof. 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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Article 12.
Miscellaneous
Section 12.01 Governing Law .
This First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 12.02 No Security Interest Created .
Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, now in effect or hereafter enacted and made effective, in any jurisdiction.
Section 12.03 Successors .
All agreements of the Company in this First Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 12.04 Counterparts .
This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 12.05 Severability .
In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.06 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc .
The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.07 Calculations in Respect of Securities
Except as explicitly stated herein, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations required pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, calculations with respect to determinations of the Conversion Price and Conversion Rate. The Company shall make all such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Companys calculations shall be binding on the Holders. The Company shall provide a written schedule of such calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the Companys calculations without responsibility for independent verification thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of such calculations to any Holder upon such Holders written request.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of the date and year first above written.
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. | ||
/s/ Jean-Jacques Bienaimé |
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Name: | Jean-Jacques Bienaimé | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY | ||
/s/ Michael G. Oller, Jr. |
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Name: | Michael G. Oller, Jr. | |
Title: | Senior Financial Services Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED 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 A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 1
1 | This paragraph should be included only if the Security is a Global Security. |
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013
No. A1 CUSIP: 09061G AC 5
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal amount of One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($172,500,000.00) on March 29, 2013.
Interest Payment Dates: |
March 29 and September 29, commencing September 29, 2006 |
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Record Dates: | March 14 and September 14 |
This Security shall bear interest as specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.
Dated: March 29, 2006
SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of March 29, 2006.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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By: |
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Trustees Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. | ||||
Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee | ||||
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013
1. INTEREST
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 2.50% per annum. The Company shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on March 29 and September 29 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date ), commencing on September 29, 2006. 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 March 29, 2006; provided, however, that if there is not an 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, such interest payment date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
If the Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase this Security pursuant to Section 5 of this Security, on a date that is after the Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest accrued and unpaid hereon to, but not including, the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, will be paid to the Holder in whose name the Securities are registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
A Holder of any Security at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Security on the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Security which is converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall be entitled to receive interest on the principal amount of such Security, notwithstanding the conversion of such Security prior to such Interest Payment Date. However, any such Holder which surrenders any such Security for conversion during the period between the close of business on such Regular Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be required to pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted (but excluding any overdue interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted that exists at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion), which is payable by the Company to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date, at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Holder which surrenders for conversion any Security (a) with respect to which the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (b) after the last Regular Record Date prior to the Final Maturity Date, in either case, shall be entitled to receive (and retain) such interest and need not pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion.
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2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted interest) to the person who is the Holder of this Security at the close of business on March 14 or September 14, as the case may be, (each, a Regular Record Date ) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this Security to a Paying Agent to collect payment of principal. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company may pay principal and interest in respect of any Certificated Security by check or wire transfer payable in such money; provided, however, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the Payment Date. The Company may mail an interest check to the Holders registered address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this Security is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments hereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.
3. PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AND CONVERSION AGENT
Initially, Wilmington Trust Company (the Trustee , which term shall include any successor trustee under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2013 (the Securities ), issued under an Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006 (the Base Indenture ), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated March 29, 2006 (the First Supplemental Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture ), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those required by or made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Security is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Security is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them.
The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $172,500,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity. The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of other debt of the Company or its existing or future Subsidiaries, secured or unsecured.
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5. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDER UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
If a Fundamental Change occurs, at the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase for cash, subject to certain exceptions described in the Indenture all or any part specified by the Holder (so long as the principal amount of such part is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of the Securities held by such Holder on a date specified by the Company that is no later than 30 days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof together with unpaid interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. A Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be given by the Company to the Holders as provided in the Supplemental Indenture. To exercise such repurchase right, a Holder must deliver to the Trustee a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as provided in the Supplemental Indenture.
6. CONVERSION
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, a Holder may surrender for conversion any Security that is $1,000 principal amount or integral multiples thereof.
Subject to certain conditions provided for in the Supplemental Indenture, in certain circumstances, a Holder may receive an amount in Common Stock equal to the Make Whole Premium, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Security.
The Conversion Rate shall be initially equal to 60.3318 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted under certain circumstances as provided in the Indenture.
No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of a Security. Instead, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
7. SUBORDINATION
The Indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all amounts then due on all Senior Debt of the Company; provided, however , that the Securities, the Indebtedness represented thereby and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in all respects shall rank equally with, or prior to, all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated to any Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to such provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holders behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee such Holders attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.
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9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and any Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request, subject to applicable unclaimed property law and the provisions of the Indenture. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
11. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO MATURITY.
Subject to certain conditions contained in the Indenture, the Company may discharge its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if (1) all of the Securities then outstanding shall become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity within one year, and (2) the Company shall have deposited with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all of the outstanding Securities on the date of Maturity.
12. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (or such lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security or such other Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the Indenture.
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13. SUCCESSOR ENTITY
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be released from those obligations.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, an Event of Default shall occur if:
(a) the Company shall fail to pay when due the principal or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security, including any Make-Whole Premium, when the same becomes due and payable whether at the Final Maturity Date, upon repurchase, acceleration or otherwise whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 of the Supplemental Indenture; or
(b) the Company shall fail to pay an installment of interest, if any, on any of the Securities, which failure continues for 30 days after the date when due whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or
(c) the Company shall fail to deliver when due all shares of Common Stock, together with cash instead of fractional shares deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, which failure continues for 10 days; or
(d) the Company fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Securities, this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture and the failure continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have 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 then-outstanding Securities; or
(e) (i) the Company fails to make any payment by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, after the maturity of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness without such Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities; or
(f) the Company fails to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 3.08 of the Supplemental Indenture; or
(g) a court having jurisdiction enters (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company
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under any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or appoints a Receiver of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or orders the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(h) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;
(3) consents to the appointment of a Receiver of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(5) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(6) consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a Receiver.
The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Receiver means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Wilmington Trust Company, the initial Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, as if it were not the Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture nor for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of this Security by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.
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17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the 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 UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Security but not specifically defined herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.
19. 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 this Security. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Security and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
20. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 105 Digital Drive, Novato, California 94949, Attention: Corporate Counsel, Facsimile No.: (415) 382-7889, Telephone No.: (415) 506-6307.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint
Agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
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CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Security, check the box:
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To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000): $ .
If you want the cash paid to another person or the stock certificate made out in another persons name, fill in the form below:
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE
To: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the Company ) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to purchase the entire principal amount of this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to the registered Holder hereof.
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified guarantor institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Signature Guaranty
Principal amount to be repurchased (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):
NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as written upon the face of this Security in every particular, without any alteration or change whatsoever.
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES
The following exchanges, purchase, repurchases, purchases or conversions of a part of this Global Security have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of
Decrease in Principal Amount of this Security |
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Signature of
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Exhibit 4.3
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED 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 A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013
No. A1 CUSIP: 09061G AC 5
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal amount of One Hundred Seventy-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($172,500,000.00) on March 29, 2013.
Interest Payment Dates: | March 29 and September 29, commencing September 29, 2006 | |
Record Dates: | March 14 and September 14 |
This Security shall bear interest as specified on the other side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other side of this Security.
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.
Dated: March 29, 2006
SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of March 29, 2006.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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[REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013
1. INTEREST
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 2.50% per annum. The Company shall pay interest semiannually in arrears on March 29 and September 29 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date ), commencing on September 29, 2006. 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 March 29, 2006; provided, however, that if there is not an 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, such interest payment date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
If the Holder elects to require the Company to repurchase this Security pursuant to Section 5 of this Security, on a date that is after the Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest accrued and unpaid hereon to, but not including, the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, will be paid to the Holder in whose name the Securities are registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
A Holder of any Security at the close of business on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on such Security on the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Security which is converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date) shall be entitled to receive interest on the principal amount of such Security, notwithstanding the conversion of such Security prior to such Interest Payment Date. However, any such Holder which surrenders any such Security for conversion during the period between the close of business on such Regular Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date shall be required to pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted (but excluding any overdue interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted that exists at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion), which is payable by the Company to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date, at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Holder which surrenders for conversion any Security (a) with respect to which the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (b) after the last Regular Record Date prior to the Final Maturity Date, in either case, shall be entitled to receive (and retain) such interest and need not pay the Company an amount equal to the interest on the principal amount of such Security so converted at the time such Holder surrenders such Security for conversion.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted interest) to the person who is the Holder of this Security at the close of business on March 14 or September 14, as the case may be, (each, a Regular Record Date ) immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this Security to a Paying Agent to collect payment of principal. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company may pay principal and interest in respect of any Certificated Security by check or wire transfer payable in such money; provided, however, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the Payment Date. The Company may mail an interest check to the Holders registered address. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this Security is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments hereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.
3. PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR AND CONVERSION AGENT
Initially, Wilmington Trust Company (the Trustee , which term shall include any successor trustee under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2013 (the Securities ), issued under an Indenture dated as of March 29, 2006 (the Base Indenture ), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated March 29, 2006 (the First Supplemental Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture ), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those required by or made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Security is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Security is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them.
The Securities are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $172,500,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity. The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of other debt of the Company or its existing or future Subsidiaries, secured or unsecured.
5. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDER UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
If a Fundamental Change occurs, at the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall become obligated to purchase for cash, subject to certain exceptions described in the Indenture all or any part specified by the Holder (so long as the principal amount of such part is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of the Securities held by such Holder on a date specified by the Company that is no later than 30 days after the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof together with unpaid interest, if any, accrued to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. A Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be given by the Company to the Holders as provided in the Supplemental Indenture. To exercise such repurchase right, a Holder must deliver to the Trustee a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice as provided in the Supplemental Indenture.
6. CONVERSION
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, a Holder may surrender for conversion any Security that is $1,000 principal amount or integral multiples thereof.
Subject to certain conditions provided for in the Supplemental Indenture, in certain circumstances, a Holder may receive an amount in Common Stock equal to the Make Whole Premium, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Security.
The Conversion Rate shall be initially equal to 60.3318 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted under certain circumstances as provided in the Indenture.
No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of a Security. Instead, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
7. SUBORDINATION
The Indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all amounts then due on all Senior Debt of the Company; provided, however , that the Securities, the Indebtedness represented thereby and the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in all respects shall rank equally with, or prior to, all existing and future Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinated to any Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to such provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holders behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee such Holders attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
The Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10. UNCLAIMED MONEY
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and any Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request, subject to applicable unclaimed property law and the provisions of the Indenture. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
11. DISCHARGE PRIOR TO MATURITY.
Subject to certain conditions contained in the Indenture, the Company may discharge its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if (1) all of the Securities then outstanding shall become due and payable at their scheduled Maturity within one year, and (2) the Company shall have deposited with the Trustee money and/or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all of the outstanding Securities on the date of Maturity.
12. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (or such lesser amount as shall have acted at a meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security or such other Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the Indenture.
13. SUCCESSOR ENTITY
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be released from those obligations.
14. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Under the Indenture, an Event of Default shall occur if:
(a) the Company shall fail to pay when due the principal or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Security, including any Make-Whole Premium, when the same becomes due and payable whether at the Final Maturity Date, upon repurchase, acceleration or otherwise whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 of the Supplemental Indenture; or
(b) the Company shall fail to pay an installment of interest, if any, on any of the Securities, which failure continues for 30 days after the date when due whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 5 hereof; or
(c) the Company shall fail to deliver when due all shares of Common Stock, together with cash instead of fractional shares, deliverable upon conversion of the Securities, which failure continues for 10 days; or
(d) the Company fails to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Securities, this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture and the failure continues for a period of 60 days after written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the same, shall have 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 then-outstanding Securities; or
(e) (i) the Company fails to make any payment by the end of the applicable grace period, if any, after the maturity of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 or (ii) there is an acceleration of any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $10,000,000 because of a default with respect to such Indebtedness without such Indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Securities; or
(f) the Company fails to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 3.08 of the Supplemental Indenture; or
(g) a court having jurisdiction enters (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or (ii) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or appoints a Receiver of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or orders the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(h) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences as a debtor a voluntary case or proceeding;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the commencement of any case against it;
(3) consents to the appointment of a Receiver of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(5) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(6) consents to the filing of such a petition or the appointment of or taking possession by a Receiver.
The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Receiver means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
15. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
Wilmington Trust Company, the initial Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, as if it were not the Trustee.
16. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture nor for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of this Security by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.
17. AUTHENTICATION
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
18. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the 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 UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Security but not specifically defined herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.
19. 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 this Security. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on this Security and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
20. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Security and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 105 Digital Drive, Novato, California 94949, Attention: Corporate Counsel, Facsimile No.: (415) 382-7889, Telephone No.: (415) 506-6307.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint
Agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
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CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Security, check the box:
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To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000): $ .
If you want the cash paid to another person or the stock certificate made out in another persons name, fill in the form below:
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
Date: | ______________ | Your Signature: |
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE
To: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the Company ) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to purchase the entire principal amount of this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to the registered Holder hereof.
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified guarantor institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Signature Guaranty
Principal amount to be repurchased (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):
NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as written upon the face of this Security in every particular, without any alteration or change whatsoever.
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES
The following exchanges, purchase, repurchases, purchases or conversions of a part of this Global Security have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of
Decrease in Principal Amount of this Security |
Amount of
Increase in Principal Amount of this Security |
Principal
Amount of this Global Security following Each Increase or Decrease |
Signature of
Authorized Officer of Trustee |
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Exhibit 5.1
March 29, 2006
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
105 Digital Drive
Novato, CA 94949
Re: | Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Filing No. 333-132566) of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), in connection with the Companys automatic shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-132566), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) on March 20, 2006 (the Registration Statement ) and which became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act ). The Registration Statement provides for the offering, issuance and sale, from time to time, of the securities described in the Registration Statement.
This opinion updates and supplements our opinion dated March 20, 2006, filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing on a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated March 29, 2006 (the March 29 Form 8-K ) and incorporation by reference as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Statement, the Company is offering an aggregate of 10,350,000 shares (the Shares ) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock ), including 1,350,000 shares that are subject to an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. The Shares are to be sold to the underwriters pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement (the Equity Purchase Agreement ), dated March 23, 2006, by and among the Company and the several underwriters named on Schedule A thereto, for sale to the public.
Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Statement, the Company is also offering an aggregate principal amount of $172,500,000 of 2.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2013 (the Notes ), including $22.5 million of Notes that are subject to an over-allotment option granted to the underwriter. Said Notes are to be sold to the underwriter
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pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement (the Debt Purchase Agreement ), dated March 23, 2006, by and between the Company and the underwriter named therein, for sale to the public. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the Base Indenture ), dated March 29, 2006, between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company (the Trustee ), the form of which was filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and, as executed on March 29, 2006, filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to the March 29, 2006 Form 8-K. The Base Indenture is supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture (the Supplemental Indenture ) filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.2 to the March 29, 2006 Form 8-K. The Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the Indenture .
As your counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken by you in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares and the Notes. We have examined such documents and considered such questions of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. We have also assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the genuineness of all signatures.
In particular, we have examined copies of the following: (i) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, (ii) the Bylaws of the Company, as amended, (iii) the Indenture, (iv) the form of Note filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.3 to the March 29, 2006 Form 8-K, (v) the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective (the Base Prospectus ), (vi) the preliminary prospectus supplements, each dated March 20, 2006, relating to the offering of the Shares and the Notes, in the forms filed with the Commission under Rule 430B and 424(b) promulgated under the Act (the Preliminary Prospectuses ), and (vii) the final prospectus supplements, each dated March 23, 2006, relating to the offering of the Shares and the Notes, in the forms filed with the Commission under Rule 430B and Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Act (the Final Prospectuses ). The Final Prospectus relating to the offering of the Shares, together with the Base Prospectus, are collectively referred to as the Equity Prospectus . The Final Prospectus relating to the offer of Notes, together with the Base Prospectus, are collectively referred to as the Debt Prospectus .
We have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons and that, with respect to all parties to agreements or instruments relevant hereto other than the Company, such parties had the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform such agreements or instruments, that such agreements or instruments have been duly authorized by all requisite action, executed and delivered by such parties, and that such agreements or instruments are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such parties.
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As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied (without independent investigation) upon the representations of each party made in the Indenture and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith, certificates of officers of the Company and certificates and records of public officials.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the limitations, qualifications, and exceptions contained herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. When issued and sold in the manner described in the Registration Statement and the Equity Prospectus and as provided in the Equity Purchase Agreement (including the receipt by the Company of the purchase price therefor), the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
2. When (a) the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (b) the Notes have been duly authenticated by the Trustee and duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Debt Purchase Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Debt Prospectus, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company.
3. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been duly authorized, and when issued upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions set forth herein are subject to the following additional qualifications, assumptions and exceptions: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; and (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
The opinions expressed herein as to the Indenture and the Notes do not include (i) any opinion with respect to the creation, validity, perfection or priority of any security interest or lien, or (ii) any opinion with respect to compliance with laws relating to permissible rates of interest.
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We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an Exhibit 5.1 to the March 29, 2006 Form 8-K, to the incorporation by reference of this opinion into the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the heading Legal Matters in the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectuses and the Final Prospectuses, which form a part thereof.
We advise you that we are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transactions only of the internal laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We call your attention to the fact that we are not licensed to practice in the State of Delaware. We express no opinion regarding the choice of law provisions of the Notes because the determination of which law applies is dependent on the specific facts and circumstances of each situation.
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the specific legal matters expressly set forth herein. This opinion is rendered to you as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person or entity hereafter with regard to any change after the date hereof in the circumstances or the law that may bear on the matters set forth herein even though the change may affect the legal analysis or a legal conclusion or other matters in this opinion letter.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP