UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

AUTOLIV, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   51-0378542

(State of Incorporation

or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

World Trade Center

Klarabergsviadukten 70,

Stockholm, Sweden

  SE-107 24
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Corporate Units   New York Stock Exchange

 

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.     x    If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.     ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:   333-158139
  (If applicable)

 

 

 


Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered .

The description of the Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc. to be registered hereunder is incorporated herein by reference to the description included under the captions “Description of the Equity Units,” “Description of the Purchase Contracts,” “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” and “Description of the Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement, dated as of March 24, 2009, included as part of Autoliv’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-158139), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2009 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 2. Exhibits .

 

(3.1)    Autoliv’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 1997.
(3.2)    Autoliv’s Restated By-Laws incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 1997.
(4.1)    Senior Indenture, dated March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.*
(4.2)    First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. *
(4.3)    Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated March 30, 2009, among Autoliv, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, as Stock Purchase Contract Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. *
(4.4)    Form of 8% Senior Note due 2014, of Autoliv, Inc. (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
(4.5)    Form of Corporate Unit (included in Exhibit 4.3 above).
(4.6)    Form of Treasury Unit (included in Exhibit 4.3 above).

 

 

* Filed herewith


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

/s/    Lars A. Sjobring

  Lars A. Sjöbring
  Vice President – Legal Affairs
  General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: March 30, 2009


AUTOLIV, INC.

FORM 8-A

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

(3.1)   Autoliv’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 1997.
(3.2)   Autoliv’s Restated By-Laws incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 1997.
(4.1)   Senior Indenture, dated March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.*
(4.2)   First Supplemental Indenture, dated March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. *
(4.3)   Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated March 30, 2009, among Autoliv, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, as Stock Purchase Contract Agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. *
(4.4)   Form of 8% Senior Note due 2014, of Autoliv, Inc. (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
(4.5)   Form of Corporate Unit (included in Exhibit 4.3 above).
(4.6)   Form of Treasury Unit (included in Exhibit 4.3 above).

 

 

* Filed herewith.

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

AUTOLIV, INC.

to

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 30, 2009

Senior Debt Securities


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page

PARTIES

   1

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

   1

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS

   1

SECTION 1.01.

  Definitions    1

ARTICLE 2. DEBT SECURITY FORMS

   8

SECTION 2.01 .

  Forms Generally    8

SECTION 2.02.

  Forms of Debt Securities    9

SECTION 2.03.

  Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication    9

SECTION 2.04.

  Debt Securities in Global Form    10
ARTICLE 3. THE DEBT SECURITIES    12

SECTION 3.01.

  Title and Terms    12

SECTION 3.02.

  Denominations    13

SECTION 3.03.

  Payment of Principal and Interest    13

SECTION 3.04.

  Execution of Debt Securities    14

SECTION 3.05.

  Temporary Debt Securities    15

SECTION 3.06.

  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities    16

SECTION 3.07.

  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities    18

SECTION 3.08.

  Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved    19

SECTION 3.09.

  Persons Deemed Owners    20

SECTION 3.10.

  Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc    20

SECTION 3.11.

  Currency and Manner of Payments    20

SECTION 3.12.

  CUSIP Numbers    22
ARTICLE 4. REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES; SINKING FUNDS    22

SECTION 4.01.

  Applicability of Article    22

SECTION 4.02.

  Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities    22

SECTION 4.03.

  Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption    23

SECTION 4.04.

  Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption    24

SECTION 4.05.

  Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds    24
ARTICLE 5. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY    26

SECTION 5.01.

  Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest    26

SECTION 5.02.

  Offices for Notices and Payments, etc    26

SECTION 5.03.

  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office    26

SECTION 5.04.

  Provisions as to Paying Agent    26

SECTION 5.05.

  Certificate to Trustee    27

SECTION 5.06.

  Waivers of Covenants    27

 

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ARTICLE 6. HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE    28

SECTION 6.01.

  Holders’ Lists    28

SECTION 6.02.

  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists    28

SECTION 6.03.

  Reports by the Company    28

SECTION 6.04.

  Reports by the Trustee    29
ARTICLE 7. REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT    29

SECTION 7.01.

  Events of Default    29

SECTION 7.02.

  Payment of Debt Securities Upon Default; Suit Therefor    31

SECTION 7.03.

  Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee    33

SECTION 7.04.

  Proceedings by Holders    34

SECTION 7.05.

  Proceedings by Trustee    34

SECTION 7.06.

  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing    34

SECTION 7.07.

  Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders    35

SECTION 7.08.

  Notice of Defaults    35

SECTION 7.09.

  Undertaking to Pay Costs    36

SECTION 7.10.

  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest    36
ARTICLE 8. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE    36

SECTION 8.01.

  Certain Duties and Responsibilities    36

SECTION 8.02.

  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc    38

SECTION 8.03.

  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.    39

SECTION 8.04.

  Trustee and Agents May Own Debt Securities    39

SECTION 8.05.

  Moneys to be Held in Trust    39

SECTION 8.06.

  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee    39

SECTION 8.07.

  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence    40

SECTION 8.08.

  Conflicting Interest of Trustee    40

SECTION 8.09.

  Eligibility of Trustee    40

SECTION 8.10.

  Resignation or Removal of Trustee    41

SECTION 8.11.

  Acceptance by Successor Trustee    42

SECTION 8.12.

  Succession by Merger, etc    43

SECTION 8.13.

  Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor    43

SECTION 8.14.

  Authenticating Agents    44

SECTION 8.15.

  Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company    46
ARTICLE 9. CONCERNING THE HOLDERS    46

SECTION 9.01.

  Action by Holders    46

SECTION 9.02.

  Proof of Execution by Holders    47

SECTION 9.03.

  Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners    47

SECTION 9.04.

  Company-Owned Debt Securities Disregarded    47

SECTION 9.05.

  Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound    48
ARTICLE 10. HOLDERS’ MEETINGS    48

SECTION 10.01.

  Purposes of Meetings    48

SECTION 10.02.

  Call of Meetings by Trustee    49

SECTION 10.03.

  Call of Meetings by Company or Holders    49

SECTION 10.04.

  Qualifications for Voting    49

SECTION 10.05.

  Regulations    49

SECTION 10.06.

  Voting    50

SECTION 10.07.

  No Delay of Rights by Meeting    51

 

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ARTICLE 11. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    51

SECTION 11.01.

  Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders    51

SECTION 11.02.

  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders    52

SECTION 11.03.

  Effect of Supplemental Indentures    53

SECTION 11.04.

  Notation on Debt Securities    53

SECTION 11.05.

  Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished Trustee    54
ARTICLE 12. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE AND CONVEYANCE    54

SECTION 12.01.

  Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.    54

SECTION 12.02.

  Successor Corporation to be Substituted    54

SECTION 12.03.

  Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee    55
ARTICLE 13. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE    55

SECTION 13.01.

  Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series    55

SECTION 13.02.

  Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series    57

SECTION 13.03.

  Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification    58

SECTION 13.04.

  Return of Unclaimed Moneys    58

SECTION 13.05.

  Reinstatement    59
ARTICLE 14. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.    59

SECTION 14.01.

  Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations    59
ARTICLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    60

SECTION 15.01.

  Provisions Binding on Successors of the Company    60

SECTION 15.02.

  Indenture for Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Debt Securities    60

SECTION 15.03.

  Addresses for Notices, etc    60

SECTION 15.04.

  New York Contract    60

SECTION 15.05.

  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent    60

SECTION 15.06.

  Legal Holidays    61

SECTION 15.07.

  Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to Control    61

SECTION 15.08.

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc    61

SECTION 15.09.

  Determination of Principal Amount    61

SECTION 15.10.

  Execution in Counterparts    62

SECTION 15.11.

  Waiver of Jury Trial    62

SECTION 15.12.

  Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction    62
SIGNATURES      67
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS      67

 

* This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

Between

Provisions of Sections 310 through 318(a) inclusive of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and the Indenture dated as of March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee.

 

Section of Act

 

Section of Indenture

310(a)(1) and (2)

  8.09

310(a)(3) and (4)

  *

310(b)

  8.08 and 8.10

310(c)

  *

311(a)

  8.13(a)

311(b)

  8.13(b)

311(c)

  *

312(a)

  6.01 and 6.02(a)

312(b)

  6.02(b)

312(c)

  6.02(c)

313(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7)

  6.04(a)(1 – 6)

313(a)(5)

  *

313(b)(1)

  *

313(b)(2)

  6.04(b)

313(c)

  6.04(c)

313(d)

  6.04(d)

314(a)(1)

  6.03(a)

314(a)(2)

  6.03(b)

314(a)(3)

  6.03(c)

314(b)

  *

314(c)(1)

  5.05

314(c)(2)

  15.05

314(c)(3)

  *

314(d)

  *

314(e)

  15.05

314(f)

  *

315(a), (c) and (d)

  8.01

315(b)

  7.08

315(e)

  7.09

316(a)(1)

  7.07

316(a)(2)

  *

316(a) last para.

  9.04

316(b)

  7.10

317(a)

  7.02

317(b)

  5.04

318(a)

  15.07

*

  Not Applicable

This cross reference sheet shall not, for any purpose, be considered part of the Indenture.

 

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THIS INDENTURE , dated as of March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY.

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issue from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors.

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase or acceptance of the Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities or of any series thereof as follows:

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 . Definitions . The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall have (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture. All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation. All references to such terms herein shall be both to the singular or the plural, as the context so requires. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The words “including,” “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

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Affiliate:

The term “Affiliate”, when used with respect to any specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Authenticating Agent:

The term “Authenticating Agent” means the agent of the Trustee, if any, which at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 8.14.

Board of Directors:

The term “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any authorized committee of such Board designated by the Board of Directors or the by/laws or the articles of incorporation of the Company to act for such Board for purposes of this Indenture.

Board Resolution:

The term “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by a Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day:

The term “Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Commission:

The term “Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company:

The term “Company” means Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, subject to Article Twelve, shall include its successors and assigns.

Company Request and Company Order:

The terms “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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Conversion Date:

The term “Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

Corporate Trust Office:

The term “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall principally be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 100 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 Attention: Corporate Trust Administration unit, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company).

Currency Determination Agent:

The term “Currency Determination Agent” means the financial institution, if any, from time to time selected by the Company and approved by the Trustee for purposes of Section 3.11.

Debt Security or Debt Securities:

The terms “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” means any unsecured notes, debentures or other indebtedness of any series, as the case may be, issued by the Company from time to time, and authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Debt Security Register:

The term “Debt Security Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

Depository:

The term “Depository” means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01, with respect to Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation.

Dollar:

The term “Dollar” means the coin or currency of the United States of America which as of the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency:

The term “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

 

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Event of Default:

The term “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

Foreign Currency:

The term “Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States of America.

Global Debt Security:

The term “Global Debt Security” means a Debt Security issued to evidence all or part of a series of Debt Securities.

Government Obligations:

The term “Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the currency in which the Debt Securities of a series are denominated or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated, the payment of which obligations is unconditionally guaranteed by such government, and which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government, are denominated in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

Holder:

The term “Holder” means any Person in whose name a Debt Security of any series is registered in the Debt Security Register applicable to Debt Securities of such series.

Indenture:

The term “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, as so amended or supplemented.

Indexed Debt Security:

The term “Indexed Debt Security” means a Debt Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

Interest:

The term “interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Debt Security which by its terms bears interest only after maturity, means interest payable after maturity.

 

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Interest Payment Date:

The term “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any series of Debt Securities, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Securities.

Market Exchange Rate:

The term “Market Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

Officers’ Certificate:

The term “Officers’ Certificate”, when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate signed by its Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President and by its Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers giving an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 5.05 shall be a principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer in each case of the Company. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 15.05 to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

Opinion of Counsel:

The term “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Sections 2.02, 3.04 and 15.05 to the extent required by the provisions of such Sections.

Original Issue Discount Debt Security:

The term “Original Issue Discount Date Security” means any Debt Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01.

Outstanding:

The term “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Debt Securities or Debt Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) such Debt Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) such Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount and in the specified currency has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities, provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

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(iii) such Debt Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other such Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, or such Debt Securities which have been paid, pursuant to this Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Debt Securities are held by Persons in whose hands any of such Debt Securities are a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, and

(iv) such Debt Securities the indebtedness in respect to which has been discharged in accordance with Section 13.02.

provided, however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, such Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor (except in the case in which the Company or such other obligor or Affiliate owns all Debt Securities Outstanding under the Indenture, or all Outstanding Debt Securities of each such series, as the case may be, without regard to this proviso) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only such Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Such Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other such obligor upon such Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, the decision of the Trustee upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all such Debt Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all such Debt Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Person:

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

Place of Payment:

The term “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 3.01.

Predecessor Debt Security:

The term “Predecessor Debt Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such

 

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particular Debt Security, and for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.

Public Notice:

The term “Public Notice” shall, without limitation, include any filing or report made in accordance with the requirements of the Commission or any press release or public announcement made by the Company.

Redemption Date:

The term “Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

Redemption Price:

The term “Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the price specified in such Debt Security at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

Regular Record Date:

The term “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified in such Debt Security as the “Regular Record Date” as contemplated by Section 3.01.

Responsible Officer:

The term “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Administration unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 7.07, Section 7.08 and Section 8.01(c)(2), shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

The term “Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Company, means the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer or Secretary, or any Vice President, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, in each case, of the Company.

Special Record Date:

The term “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest (as defined in Section 3.08) means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08.

 

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Stated Maturity:

The term “Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Debt Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt Security, or such installment of interest, is due and payable.

Subsidiary:

The term “Subsidiary” means any corporation of which the Company, or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries, or any one or more Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly own more than 51% of the Voting Stock.

Trustee:

The term “Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association and, subject to the provisions of Article Eight hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder.

Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

The term “Trust Indenture Act of 1939” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act of 1939” means to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

Valuation Date:

The term “Valuation Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

Voting Stock:

The term “Voting Stock” means outstanding shares of capital stock having under ordinary circumstances voting power for the election of directors whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency.

ARTICLE 2.

DEBT SECURITY FORMS.

SECTION 2.01 . Forms Generally . The Debt Securities of each series and the certificates of authentication thereon shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture (the provisions of which shall be appropriate to reflect the terms of each series of Debt Securities, including the currency or denomination, which may be Dollars or Foreign Currency), and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be

 

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determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by their signing of such Debt Securities. Any portion of the text of any Debt Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Debt Security.

The definitive Debt Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by their signing of such Debt Securities.

SECTION 2.02. Forms of Debt Securities . The Debt Securities of each series shall be in such form or forms (including global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.

Prior to the delivery of a Debt Security of any series in any such form to the Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series for authentication, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the following:

(1) The Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Debt Security has been approved;

(2) An Officers’ Certificate dated the date such Certificate is delivered to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities in such form have been complied with; and

(3) An Opinion of Counsel stating that Debt Securities in such form, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when (a) completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, (b) authenticated and delivered by such Trustee in accordance with this Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors, and (c) sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Debt Securities.

The definitive Debt Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

SECTION 2.03 . Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The following is the form of the Certificate of Authentication of the Trustee to be endorsed on the face of all Debt Securities substantially as follows:

This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

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U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

SECTION 2.04. Debt Securities in Global Form . (a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Debt Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 3.04 and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder, authenticate and deliver such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in a Company Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depository to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made to the nominee of the Depository or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, the nominee of the Depository, has an interest herein.”

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.04 or of Section 3.06, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Debt Security expressly permit such Global Debt Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificates representing Debt Securities, a Global Debt Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.06, only to a nominee of the Depository for such Global Debt Security, or to the Depository, or a successor Depository for such Global Debt Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depository.

(c)(1) If at any time the Depository for a Global Debt Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Debt Security or if at any time the Depository for the Global Debt Securities for such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to such Global Debt Security. If a successor Depository for such Global Debt Security is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of certificates representing Debt Securities

 

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of such series in exchange for such Global Debt Security, will authenticate and deliver, certificates representing Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Debt Security in exchange for such Global Debt Security.

(2) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of certificates representing Debt Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Debt Security, will authenticate and deliver certificates representing Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Debt Security or Global Debt Securities.

(3) If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Debt Security, the Depository for such Global Debt Security may surrender such Global Debt Security in exchange in whole or in part for certificates representing Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depository. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without a service charge, (1) to each Holder specified by the Security Registrar or the Depository a certificate or certificates representing Debt Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Holder’s beneficial interest as specified by the Security Registrar or the Depository in the Global Debt Security; and (2) to such Depository a new Global Debt Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Debt Security and the aggregate principal amount of certificates representing Debt Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

(4) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate and deliver certificates representing Debt Securities in definitive registered form in authorized denominations for Debt Securities of the same series or any integral multiple thereof. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Debt Security for certificates representing Debt Securities, such Global Debt Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, certificates representing Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Debt Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations for Debt Securities of that Series or any integral multiple thereof, as the Security Registrar or Depository shall instruct the Trustee or its agent. The Trustee or the Debt Security registrar shall deliver at its Corporate Trust Office such certificates representing Debt Securities to the Holders in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.

 

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ARTICLE 3.

THE DEBT SECURITIES.

SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms . The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.

The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. All Debt Securities of each series issued under this Indenture shall in all respects be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits hereof with respect to such series without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of the authentication and delivery or maturity of the Debt Securities of such series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate to the extent not established in a Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:

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

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of that series pursuant to this Article Three, the second paragraph of Section 4.03, or Section 11.04);

(3) the date or dates (or the manner of calculation thereof) on which the principal of the Debt Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the rate or rates (or the manner of calculation thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(5) the Place of Payment;

(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency units in which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Debt 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 in the currency at which, the currency or currency units in which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

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

(9) the application, if any, of Section 13.02;

 

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(10) if other than Dollars, the currencies in which payments of interest or principal of (and premium, if any, with respect to) the Debt Securities of the series are to be made;

(11) if the interest on or principal of (or premium, if any, with respect to) the Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a currency other than that in which such Debt Securities are payable, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in such Debt Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency in which such Debt Securities or any of them are to be so payable;

(12) whether the amount of payments of interest on or principal of (or premium, if any, with respect to) the Debt Securities of such series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;

(13) the extent to which any Debt Securities will be issuable in permanent global form, the manner in which any payments on a permanent global Debt Security will be made, and the appointment of any Depository relating thereto;

(14) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(15) if any of the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, this shall be so established as well as the time, manner and place for such Debt Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

(16) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

SECTION 3.02. Denominations . The Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated in Section 3.01. In the absence of any specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, which may be in Dollars or any Foreign Currency.

SECTION 3.03. Payment of Principal and Interest . The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose in the Place of Payment, as provided in Section 5.02; provided, however, that interest may be payable at the option of the Company, upon at least five Business Days written notice to the Trustee by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Debt Security Register on the record date for such interest payment.

 

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SECTION 3.04. Execution of Debt Securities . The Debt Securities shall be executed manually or by facsimile in the name and on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer and by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries and may have its corporate seal printed, engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise. Only such Debt Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, manually executed by the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Debt Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have executed any of the Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities so executed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt Securities nevertheless shall be valid and binding and may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who executed such Debt Securities had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Debt Securities may be executed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of such Debt Security or of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such an officer.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series, properly created in accordance with Section 3.01 and executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities upon Company Order. In the event that any other Person performs the Trustee’s duties as Authenticating Agent pursuant to a duly executed agreement, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the issuance of any Debt Securities hereunder, such notice to be delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.03 on the date such Debt Securities are delivered by the Company for authentication to such other Person.

Prior to any such authentication and delivery, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 15.05 and the Officers’ Certificate relating to the issuance of any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Sections 15.05 and 3.01, Opinions of Counsel stating that:

(1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee by the Company conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities;

(2) all laws and requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company of the supplemental indenture, if any, have been complied with in all material respects, the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, will not violate the terms of this

 

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Indenture, the supplemental indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Company has corporate power to execute and deliver any such supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary corporate action for those purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally);

(3) the form and terms of such Debt Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(4) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by the Company of such Debt Securities have been complied with in all material respects, the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities by the Trustee will not violate the terms of this Indenture, the Company has the corporate power to issue such Debt Securities and such Debt Securities, assuming due authentication and delivery by the Trustee, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms and are entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Debt Securities, if any, of such series.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities if the issue thereof will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture or otherwise or such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, all Debt Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.

No Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 3.05. Temporary Debt Securities . Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon receipt of the documents required by Sections 2.02, 3.01 and 3.04, together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, such temporary Debt Securities which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denominations, substantially of the tenor of such definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such temporary Debt Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary Debt Securities.

If temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation

 

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of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at any office or agency maintained by the Company for such purposes as provided in Section 5.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefore a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of such series having the same interest rate and Stated Maturity and bearing interest from the same date of any authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.

SECTION 3.06. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Debt Securities . Debt Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of such series that are of other authorized denominations. Debt Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at any office or agency to be maintained for such purpose by the Company, as provided in Section 5.02, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefore the Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations which the Holder of the Debt Securities making the exchange shall be entitled to receive. Each agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 5.02 as a person authorized to register and register transfer of Debt Securities is sometimes herein referred to as a “Debt Security registrar.”

The Company shall keep, at each such office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, as provided in Section 5.02, a register for each series of Debt Securities hereunder (the registers of all Debt Security registrars being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Debt Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and shall register the transfer of Debt Securities as in this Article Three provided. At all reasonable times, such Debt Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and any Debt Security registrar other than the Trustee. Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security at any such office or agency, the Company shall execute and register and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount. Registration or registration of transfer of any Debt Security by any Debt Security registrar in the registry books maintained by such Debt Security registrar, and delivery of such Debt Security, duly authenticated, shall be deemed to complete the registration or registration of transfer of such Debt Security.

No Person shall at any time be appointed as or act as a Debt Security registrar unless such Person is at such time empowered under applicable law to act as such and duly registered to act as such under and to the extent required by applicable law and regulations.

All Debt Securities presented to a Debt Security registrar for registration of transfer shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and such Debt Security registrar duly executed by the registered Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

The Company shall not be required to issue, exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Debt Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series so selected for redemption, or (b) any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Debt Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.

All Debt Securities issued in exchange for or upon registration of transfer of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.

None of the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Company will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Debt Security registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a global Debt Security or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any agent member, with respect to any ownership interest in the Debt Securities or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Debt Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holder and all payments to be made to the Holder under the Debt Securities and this Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holder (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of the global Debt Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the global Debt Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to its applicable procedures. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Debt Security registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Debt Security registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depository, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any global Debt Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such global Debt Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such global Debt Security) as the sole holder of such global Debt Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Debt Security registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depository with respect to such global Debt Security, for the records of any such Depository, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such global Debt Security, for any transactions between the Depository and any agent member or between or among the Depository, any such agent member and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such global Debt Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such global Debt Security.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Debt Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such global Debt Security or shall impair, as between such Depository and owners of beneficial interests in such global Debt Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Debt Security.

SECTION 3.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities . In case any temporary or definitive Debt Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security, bearing a number, letter or other distinguishing mark not contemporaneously Outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debt Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debt Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debt Security shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft, of such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.

In the absence of notice to the Trustee or the Company that such Debt Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Trustee shall authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and deliver the same upon any Company Request. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substituted Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and to the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every substituted Debt Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.07 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities and shall preclude (to the extent permitted by law) any and all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

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SECTION 3.08. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . Interest which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, on any Debt Security, shall unless otherwise provided in such Debt Security be paid to the Person in whose name the Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Unless otherwise stated in the form of Debt Security of a series, interest on the Debt Securities of any series shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months.

Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names any such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Debt Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefore to be mailed, first.class postage prepaid, to each Holder of such Debt Securities, at his address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefore having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

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

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

 

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SECTION 3.09. Persons Deemed Owners . The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08) interest on, such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever whether or not such Debt Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 3.10 . Cancellation of Debt Securities Paid, etc . All Debt Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer or delivered in satisfaction in whole or in part of any sinking fund obligation shall, if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture, be delivered to the Trustee and promptly cancelled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly cancelled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Company may at any time delivery to the Trustee for cancellation any debentures previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all debentures so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Debt Securities in accordance with its customary procedures unless otherwise directed by a Company Order.

SECTION 3.11. Currency and Manner of Payments . (a) With respect to Debt Securities denominated in Dollars or a Foreign Currency, the following payment provisions shall apply:

(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)(2) or in paragraph (c) of this Section 3.11, payment of principal of and premium, if any, on any Debt Securities will be made at the offices established pursuant to Section 5.02 by delivery of a check in the currency in which the Debt Security is denominated on the payment date against surrender of such Debt Security, and any interest on any Debt Security will be paid at such office by mailing a check in the currency in which the Debt Securities were issued to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such Person appearing on the Debt Security Register.

(2) Payment of the principal of and premiums, if any, and interest on such Debt Security may also, subject to applicable laws and regulations, be made at such other place or places as may be designated by the Company by any appropriate method.

(a) Not later than the fourth Business Day after the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, the Paying Agent will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the currency in which each series of the Debt Securities are denominated, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities to be made on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Debt Securities. The failure of the Paying Agent to deliver such notice shall not relieve the Company from its obligation to make all payments with respect to any Debt Security when due.

 

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(b) If the Foreign Currency in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated ceases to be used both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, then with respect to each date for the payment of Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which the Foreign Currency was so used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the currency of payment for use on each such Interest Payment Date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Holder of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency as determined by the Currency Determination Agent as of the Regular Record Date (the “Valuation Date”) in the manner provided in paragraph (d).

(c) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent as of each Valuation Date and shall be obtained by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date.

(d) The “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean, for any currency, the highest firm bid quotation for U.S. dollars received by the Currency Determination Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the applicable payment date (or, if no such rate is quoted on such date, the last date on which such rate was quoted), from three recognized foreign exchange dealers in the City of New York selected by the Currency Determination Agent and approved by the Company (one of which may be the Currency Determination) for the purchase by the quoting dealer, for settlement on such payment date, of the aggregate amount of such currency payable on such payment in respect of all Notes denominated in such currency.

All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities. In the event that the Foreign Currency ceases to be used both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 15.03 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date.

The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying on and acting upon the information so received by it from the Company or the Currency Determination Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently.

If the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Debt Securities is payable in a Foreign Currency and such Foreign Currency is not available for payment due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, then the Company shall be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders under this Indenture by making such payment in Dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate for such Foreign Currency on the latest date for which such rate was established on or before the date on which payment is due. Any payment made pursuant to this Section 3.11 in Dollars where the required payment is in a Foreign Currency shall not constitute a default under this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 3.12 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Debt Securities may use “CUSIP” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so the Trustee may use “CUSIP” or such similar numbers in notices of redemption and other notices to Holders 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 Debt Securities or contained in any notice of a redemption or other notice to Holders and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and any such redemption or other notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” or other similar numbers.

ARTICLE 4.

REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES; SINKING FUNDS.

SECTION 4.01. Applicability of Article . The Company may reserve the right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of the Debt Securities of any series, either by optional redemption, sinking fund (mandatory or optional) or otherwise, by provision therefor in the form of Debt Security for such series on such terms as are specified in such form or the Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 or the indenture supplemental hereto as provided in Section 3.01 with respect to Debt Securities of such series. Redemption of Debt Securities of any series shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and, to the extent that this Article does not conflict with such terms, in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 4.02. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities . In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part of a series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 4.01, the Company shall fix a date for redemption and the Company, or, at the Company’s request, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the Debt Securities Register. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Debt Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security.

Notice of redemption shall be given in the name of the Company and shall specify the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at which Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the place of payment (which shall be at the offices or agencies to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02), that payment of the redemption price will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which Debt Securities will be redeemed and the CUSIP or other similar number referred to in Section 3.12. In case less than all Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall also identify the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed as a

 

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whole or in part and shall state that the redemption is for the sinking fund, if such is the case. In case any Debt Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the Holder.

If less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee notice, at least 15 days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Trustee) in advance of the date on which notice of redemption is to be mailed, as to the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed. Debt Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such Series or any multiple thereof. Thereupon the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed, and shall as promptly as practicable notify the Company of the Debt Securities or portions thereof so selected. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

On or prior to the date fixed for redemption specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.02, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the paying agent an amount of money in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable sufficient to redeem on the date fixed for redemption all the Debt Securities so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

SECTION 4.03. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . If notice of redemption has been given as herein provided, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Debt Securities or portions thereof at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and such Debt Securities and portions of Debt Securities shall be deemed not to be Outstanding hereunder and shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture except to receive payment of the redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at the place of payment in said notice specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that any installments of interest becoming due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Debt Securities, or one or more previous Debt Securities evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Securities, registered as such on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.08.

 

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Upon presentation and surrender of any Debt Security redeemed in part only, with, if the Company or the Trustee so required, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series having the same interest rate and Stated Maturity and bearing interest from the same date, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so presented and surrendered.

SECTION 4.04. Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption . Debt Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, either (a) the Company or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company.

SECTION 4.05. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds . Unless the form or terms of any series of Debt Securities shall provide otherwise, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to such series of Debt Securities in cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities of such series theretofore acquired by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Debt Securities of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, then Debt Securities so delivered or credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

On or before the 45th day next preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company specifying (i) the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by deposit of cash in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable, by delivery of Debt Securities theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company (which Debt Securities shall accompany such certificate) and by credit for Debt Securities acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation redeemed by the Company and stating that the credit to be applied has not theretofore been so applied and (ii) whether the Company intends to exercise its right, if any, to make an optional sinking fund payment, and, if so, the amount thereof. Such certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In case of the failure of the Company on or before the 45th day next preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date to deliver such certificate (or to deliver the Debt Securities specified in this paragraph), the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash (in the currency described above) and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of Debt Securities as a mandatory sinking fund payment, without the option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 4.04 and without the right to make an optional sinking fund payment as provided herein.

 

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If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with respect to any series of Debt Securities made in cash (in the currency described above) shall exceed the minimum authorized denomination set forth in an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 or the equivalent in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request), unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of Debt Securities, said cash shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to Debt Securities of such series at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to Debt Securities of such series, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, with the effect provided in Section 4.03. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 4.02, for redemption on such sinking fund Redemption Date a sufficient principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to utilize said cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Debt Securities of such series for the sinking fund to be given in the manner provided in Section 4.02 (and with the effect provided in Section 4.03) for the redemption of Debt Securities in part at the option of the Company. Debt Securities of any series which are identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer’s Certificate at least 45 days prior to the sinking fund Redemption Date as being beneficially owned by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, the Company or an entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be excluded from Debt Securities of such series eligible for selection for redemption. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment with respect to Debt Securities of such series received by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.05. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to Debt Securities of any series held by the Trustee at the maturity of Debt Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series, shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at maturity.

The Trustee shall not convert any currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable for the purposes of such sinking fund application unless a Company Request is made, and any such conversion agreed to by the Trustee in response to such request shall be for the account and at the expense of the Company and shall not affect the Company’s obligation to pay the Holders in the currency to which such Holder is entitled.

On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash in the currency described above a sum equal to all accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption on Debt Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date pursuant to this Section 4.05.

 

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ARTICLE 5.

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid (in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Debt Securities at the place (subject to Section 3.03), at the respective times and in the manner provided in each series of Debt Securities and in this Indenture.

SECTION 5.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc . (a) So long as the Debt Securities of any series remain Outstanding, the Company will maintain at the Place of Payment, an office or agency where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided, and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities or of this Indenture may be served and shall give the Trustee written notice thereof and any changes in the location thereof. In case the Company shall at any time fail to maintain any such office or agency, or shall fail to give notice to the Trustee of any change in the location thereof, presentation and demand may be made and notice may be served in respect of the Debt Securities or of this Indenture at said office of the Trustee.

(b) In addition to the office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02(a), the Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment and presented for registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designations, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain such office and agency at the Place of Payment, for the purposes abovementioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of (i) any such designation or rescission thereof, and (ii) the location of any such office or agency outside the Place of Payment and of any change of location thereof.

SECTION 5.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office . The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 8.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

SECTION 5.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent . (a) (1) Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

(2) The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon any series of Debt Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Debt Securities of such series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.

 

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(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on Debt Securities of any series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal and premium, if any, or interest so becoming due and will notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on such series of Debt Securities) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities when the same shall become due and payable.

(c) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any or all series of Debt Securities then Outstanding, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company, or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section 5.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.

(d) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust provided in this Section 5.04 is subject to Section 13.04.

SECTION 5.05. Certificate to Trustee . So long as the Debt Securities of any series remain Outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year 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 default by the Company in the performance or fulfillment or observance of any covenants or agreements contained herein during the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof. The Officers’ Certificate need not comply with Section 15.05. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee promptly after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, written notice of such Event of Default or event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

SECTION 5.06. Waivers of Covenants . Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may fail or omit, in respect of any series of Debt Securities, and in any particular instance, to comply with a covenant, agreement or condition contained in Sections 5.02 and 5.04 (other than in 5.04(a)(1) and (2)) to 5.05, inclusive, if the Company shall have obtained and filed with the Trustee before or after the time for such compliance the consent in writing of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series affected by such waiver at the time Outstanding, either waiving such compliance in such instance or generally waiving compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived nor impair any right consequent thereon and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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ARTICLE 6.

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY

AND THE TRUSTEE.

SECTION 6.01. Holders’ Lists . The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished; provided, however, that no such list with respect to any particular series of Debt Securities need be furnished at any such time if the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as the Debt Security registrar for such series designated under Section 3.06 or otherwise.

SECTION 6.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists . (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Debt Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 or received by the Trustee in the capacity of the Debt Security registrar (if so acting) under Section 3.06. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities of any series or of all Debt Securities, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

(c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

SECTION 6.03 . Reports by the Company . The Company agrees to file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

 

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SECTION 6.04. Reports by the Trustee . (a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. The interval between transmissions of reports to be transmitted at intervals shall be twelve months or such shorter time required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 does not specify the date on which a report is due, the such report shall be due on July 15 of each year following the first issuance of Debt Securities.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which Debt Securities of any series are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when the Debt Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

ARTICLE 7.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS

ON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default . Event of Default, with respect to any series of Debt Securities, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the supplemental indenture under which such series of Debt Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series:

(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Debt Security of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on any Debt Security of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

(c) default in the payment or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation, if any, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Debt Securities of such series; or

(d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any covenant, warranty or agreement on the part of the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of such series in this Indenture (other than a covenant, warranty or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) continued for a period of 75 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, specifying such failure and requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; or

 

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(e) an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Debt Securities then Outstanding shall have occurred and be continuing or if default shall be made (and shall not have been cured or waived) in the payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for borrowed money of the Company beyond any period of grace with respect thereto if (i) the aggregate principal amount (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such indebtedness as due and payable upon acceleration) of any such obligation in respect of which principal or interest is and remains in default is in excess of $100,000,000 and (ii) the default in such payment is not being contested by the Company in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided, however, that subject to the provisions of Section 7.08 and Section 8.01 the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any such default unless written notice thereof shall have been received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Company, the holders or an agent of the holders of any such indebtedness, the trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of such series of Debt Securities at the time Outstanding, and such notice references such Debt Securities and this Indenture; or

(f) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of the Company under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable Federal or state law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of all or substantially all of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(g) the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking an arrangement or a reorganization under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar applicable Federal or state law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee or other similar official in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of all or substantially all of its property, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or

(h) any other Event of Default provided in the board resolution, officers’ certificate or the supplemental indenture under which such series of Debt Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series; then and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default with respect to any series of Debt Securities for which there are Debt Securities Outstanding occurs and is continuing and shall not have been remedied or waived to the extent permitted by the terms of this Indenture, unless the principal of all of the Debt Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the principal (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all the

 

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Debt Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities of such series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. This provision, however, is subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable all matured installments of interest upon all of the Debt Securities and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Debt Securities of such series which shall have become due otherwise than by such declaration (with interest on overdue installments of interest to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and on such principal and premium, if any, at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of such series or as otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for such series, to the date of such payment or deposit) and the expenses of the Trustee (subject to Section 8.06), and any and all Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of and accrued interest on Debt Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived in accordance with Section 7.07, then and in every such case the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

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

SECTION 7.02. Payment of Debt Securities Upon Default; Suit Therefor . The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Debt Security of any series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal, or premium, if any, on, any Debt Security of any series, as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Debt Security or upon redemption or by declaration or otherwise or (c) in case default shall be made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of any series when the same becomes due by the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on any such Debt Security for principal and premium, if any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of such series or as otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security of

 

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such series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred and advances made by the Trustee, except compensation or advances arising, or expenses or liabilities incurred, as a result of the Trustee’s gross negligence or bad faith, and any other amounts owing the Trustee under Section 8.06.

In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on such Debt Securities and collect, in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on such Debt Securities wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. If any Event of Default with respect to any series of Debt Securities occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt 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.

In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of any series under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt Securities of such series 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 pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.02, shall be entitled and empowered by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, (a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.06) and of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on such Debt Securities, its or their creditors, or its or their property, (b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of any Debt Securities of any series in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and (c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents,

 

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attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred and advances made by the Trustee except compensation or advances arising, or expenses or liabilities incurred, as a result of the Trustee’s gross negligence or bad faith, and any other amounts owing the Trustee under Section 8.06.

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 or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder (except, as aforesaid, for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions) in any such proceeding.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities of any series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities, or the production thereof on any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Debt Securities in respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of such Debt Securities parties to any such proceedings.

SECTION 7.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee . Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 and any other money or property distributed in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall have occurred shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the Debt Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and of all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except compensation or advances arising, or expenses or liabilities incurred, as a result of its gross negligence or bad faith, and any other amounts owing the Trustee under Section 8.06;

SECOND: In case the principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on such Debt Securities, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by such Debt Securities, such payments to be made ratable to the Persons entitled thereto;

THIRD: In case the principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon such Debt Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue

 

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principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by such Debt Securities; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon such Debt Securities, then, to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Debt Security of such series over any other such Debt Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest;

FOURTH: To the payment of any surplus then remaining to the Company, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

SECTION 7.04. Proceedings by Holders . No Holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof and unless also the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding (and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07), it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Debt Security of every series with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Debt Securities 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 Holder of such Debt Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities.

SECTION 7.05. Proceedings by Trustee . In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

SECTION 7.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . All powers and remedies given by this Article Seven to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no

 

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delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Seven or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

SECTION 7.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 Debt Securities by this Indenture; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 8.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee shall determine upon advice of counsel that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or would be materially and unjustly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not joining in such direction or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forebearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Debt Securities of all series not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 8.01) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forebearances are duly prejudicial to such Holders. The Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee not inconsistent with such direction. Subject to Section 7.01, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, or a default in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to such Debt Securities. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of such Debt Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 7.07, said default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Debt Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing.

This Section 7.07 shall be in lieu of Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and such Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and Section 316(a)(1)(B) are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

SECTION 7.08. Notice of Defaults . Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit first.class by mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt

 

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Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 7.01(d) with respect to Debt Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

SECTION 7.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and in its discretion may assess costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee, and any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to such effect is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

SECTION 7.10. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security shall have the rights, which are absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.08) interest on such Debt Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or in the case of redemption or repayment, on the date for redemption or repayment, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

ARTICLE 8.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.

SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

 

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(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

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

(1) this Subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) or (d) of this Section 8.01;

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

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any 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 Debt Securities of such series.

(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 8.01.

(f) Anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

(g) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.

 

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SECTION 8.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc . Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01,

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

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by Company Request or Company Order (unless otherwise evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

(c) 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 reliance thereon;

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

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

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note, or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of such Debt Securities then Outstanding; provided, however, that the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and provided, further, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding;

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

(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default, as the case may be, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, unless written notice of such default or Event of Default from the Company or any Holder is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references such Debt Securities and this Indenture;

 

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(i) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; and

(l) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

SECTION 8.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. The Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor the Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 8.04. Trustee and Agents May Own Debt Securities . The Trustee, any paying agent, or any agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities of any series with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such agent and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13, if operative, may otherwise deal with the Company and receive, collect, hold, and retain collections from the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.

SECTION 8.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust . Subject to the provisions of Section 13.04, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be under any liability for interest on, or to invest, any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Company to pay thereon.

SECTION 8.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee . The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation

 

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of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and all persons not regularly in its employ and any amounts paid by the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 8.14) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its gross negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, including the acceptance or administration of this trust, or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the current payment of all costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Debt Securities. In addition to, but without prejudice to its other rights under this indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(f) or Section 7.01(g), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture, the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 8.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence . Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Certificate, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

SECTION 8.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee . If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and this Indenture.

SECTION 8.09. Eligibility of Trustee . There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Debt Securities hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing

 

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business under the laws of the United States or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power’s, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority and having its principal office and place of business in St. Paul, Minnesota, if there be such a corporation having its principal office and place of business in said City and willing to act as Trustee hereunder. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.09, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.09, such Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.10.

SECTION 8.10 . Resignation or Removal of Trustee . (a) The Trustee may at any time resign with respect to any series of Debt Securities by giving written notice by first class mail of such resignation to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee with respect to such series shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder of such series of Debt Securities who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint such successor trustee.

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

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 8.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at least six months, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefore by the Company or by any such Holder of a note of such series, or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Debt Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to such series and appoint a

 

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successor trustee for such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed on instruction of the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer of the Company, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 7.09, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove such Trustee and appoint such successor trustee.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Company the evidence provided for in Section 9.01 of the action in that regard taken by the Holders, and nominate a successor Trustee which shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee unless within ten days after such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of this Section 8.10 provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to all or any series of Debt Securities and any appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

SECTION 8.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee . Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective with respect to all or any series as to which it is resigning as Trustee, and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder with respect to all or any such series, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein with respect to all or any such series; nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and powers of the Trustee with respect to all or any such series so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such Trustee with respect to all or any series as to which it is resigning as Trustee, to secure any amounts and shall be entitled to any indemnities then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06.

 

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No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 8.09.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to all or any series of Debt Securities as provided in this Section 8.11, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. If the Company fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

In case the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co.trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.

SECTION 8.12. Succession by Merger, etc . Subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.09, any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.

In case at the time any successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the name of such successor Trustee or, if such successor Trustee is a successor by merger, conversion or consolidation, the name of any predecessor hereunder; and in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

SECTION 8.13. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor . If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

 

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SECTION 8.14. Authenticating Agents . There may be an Authenticating Agent or Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee from time to time with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of any series of Debt Securities issued upon original issuance, exchange, transfer or redemption thereof as fully to all intents and purposes as though such Authenticating Agent (or Authenticating Agents) had been expressly authorized to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, and Debt Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as though authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities by any Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 8.14 shall be deemed to be the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities “by the Trustee”, and whenever this Indenture provides that “the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver” Debt Securities or that Debt Securities “shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee”, such authentication and delivery by any Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery by the Trustee. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, with a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 and authorized under such laws to act as an authenticating agent, duly registered to act as such, if and to the extent required by applicable law and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of its condition at least annually pursuant to law or the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.14 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.14, or to be duly registered if and to the extent required by applicable law and regulations, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section 8.14.

Whenever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by its Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by its Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

Any Person into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the authenticating agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor Person is otherwise eligible under this Section 8.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor Person.

In case at the time such successor to any such agency shall succeed to such agency any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to such Authenticating Agent may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Authenticating Agent and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to any Authenticating

 

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Agent may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Authenticating Agent; and in all cases such certificate shall have the full force which it has anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the predecessor Authenticating Agent shall have had such force; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Authenticating Agent or to authenticate Debt Securities in the name of any predecessor Authenticating Agent shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign as Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 8.14, the Trustee may, and shall, upon request of the Company, promptly use its best efforts to appoint a successor Authenticating Agent.

Upon the appointment, at any time after the original issuance of any of the Debt Securities, of any successor, additional or new Authenticating Agent, the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall at the expense of the Company mail notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Debt Security Register.

Any successor Authenticating Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as though originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein with respect to such series. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 8.14 and duly registered if and to the extent required under applicable law and regulations.

Any Authenticating Agent by the acceptance of its appointment with respect to any series of Debt Securities shall be deemed to have agreed with the Trustee that: it will perform and carry out the duties of an Authenticating Agent as herein set forth with respect to such series, including among other things the duties to authenticate and deliver Debt Securities when presented to it in connection with exchanges, registrations of transfer or redemptions thereof; it will keep and maintain, and furnish to the Trustee from time to time as requested by the Trustee appropriate records of all transactions carried out by it as Authenticating Agent and will furnish the Trustee such other information and reports as the Trustee may reasonably require; it is eligible for appointment as Authenticating Agent under this Section 8.14 and will notify the Trustee promptly if it shall cease to be so qualified; and it will indemnify the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee and will defend any claim asserted against the Trustee by reason of any acts or failures to act of the Authenticating Agent with respect to such series but it shall have no liability for any action taken by it at the specific written direction of the Trustee.

 

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The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation and expenses for its services, and the Trustee shall have no liability for such payments.

The provisions of Sections 8.02(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f), 8.03, 8.04, 8.06 (insofar as it pertains to indemnification), 9.01, 9.02 and 9.03 shall bind and inure to the benefit of each Authenticating Agent to the same extent that they bind and inure to the benefit of the Trustee.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 8.14, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein issued under the within mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,         U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As Trustee         As Trustee
-OR-         By:  

 

            As Authenticating Agent
By:  

 

        By:  

 

  Authorized Officer           As Authenticating Agent

SECTION 8.15. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company . Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

ARTICLE 9.

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS.

SECTION 9.01 . Action by Holders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage of such series have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by

 

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Holders of such series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of such series voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Ten, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders of such series. If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Debt Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Debt Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions in this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

SECTION 9.02. Proof of Execution by Holders . Subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 10.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Debt Securities shall be provided by the Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Debt Security registrar with respect to a series of Debt Securities.

The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 10.06.

SECTION 9.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners . The Company, the Trustee with respect to a series of Debt Securities, and any agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture may deem the Person in whose name such Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt Security Register to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone other than the Company, the Trustee or any such agent) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being or upon his order shall, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, be effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Debt Security.

SECTION 9.04. Company-Owned Debt Securities Disregarded . In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of any series have concurred in any direction or consent under this Indenture, Debt Securities of such series which are owned by the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor (except in the case in which the Company or such other obligor

 

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or affiliate owns all Debt Securities Outstanding under the Indenture, or all Outstanding Debt Securities of each such series, as the case may be, without regard to this proviso) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the propose of any such determinations; provided, however, that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction or consent only such Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding notwithstanding this Section 9.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the right of the pledgee to vote such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Debt Securities of a series, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any other obligor on such Debt Securities or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any other obligor on such Debt Securities; and, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificates as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all such Debt Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

SECTION 9.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound . At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 9.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Debt Security which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to or are bound by consents to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 9.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Debt Security and of any Debt Security issued on transfer thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Debt Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of all of the Debt Securities affected by such action.

ARTICLE 10.

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

SECTION 10.01 . Purposes of Meetings . A meeting of Holders of the Debt Securities of all or any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Ten for any of the following purposes:

(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee with respect to such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Seven;

 

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(2) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Eight;

(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or

(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of all or any series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

SECTION 10.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee . The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of all or any series to take any action specified in Section 10.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of Debt Securities of all or any series, setting forth the time and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed by the Trustee to Holders of Debt Securities of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting at their addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security Register. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

SECTION 10.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders . In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution by the Board of Directors, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then Outstanding of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of such Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 10.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 10.02.

SECTION 10.04 . Qualifications for Voting . To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities a person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Debt Securities of a series affected by the action proposed to be taken or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more such Debt Securities. The rights of Holders of Debt Securities to have their votes counted shall be subject to the provision in the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities 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 10.05 . Regulations . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the

 

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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 think fit. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulation, the holding of Debt Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 9.02 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in said Section 9.02 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any bank, broker or trust company.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Debt Securities as provided in Section 10.03, in which case the Company or the Holders of Debt Securities as provided in Section 10.03, in which case the Company or the Holders of Debt Securities calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote.

Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of a series entitled to vote at such meeting or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt 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 Debt Securities of such series or proxy therefor. Any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02 or 10.03 may be adjourned from time to time and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

At any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities, the presence of Persons holding or representing Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall be necessary to constitute a quorum; but, if less than quorum be present, the Persons holding or representing a majority of the Debt Securities represented at the meeting may adjourn such meeting with the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as though a quorum had been present.

SECTION 10.06. Voting . The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the holders of Debt Securities entitled to vote at such meeting or of their representatives by proxy, and the letter or letters, serial number or numbers or other distinguishing marks of the Debt Securities held or represented by him. 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 in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Debt 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 mailed as provided in Section 10.02. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

 

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Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

SECTION 10.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting . Nothing in this Article Ten contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of any or all series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Debt Securities under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities.

ARTICLE 11.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.

SECTION 11.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders . The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Articles Five and Twelve hereof;

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

(c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustee; or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Debt Securities;

(d) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by another corporation as a successor Trustee hereunder with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add

 

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to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to Section 8.11;

(e) to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such a manner as to permit the qualification of any indenture supplemental hereto under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as then in effect, except that nothing herein contained shall permit or authorize the inclusion in any indenture supplemental hereto of the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939;

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

(g) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided, however, that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Debt Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(h) to establish any additional form of Debt Security, as permitted by Section 2.02, and to provide for the issuance of any additional series of Debt Securities, as permitted by Section 3.01, and to set forth the terms thereof.

The Trustee is hereby required to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 11.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 11.02.

SECTION 11.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders . With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 9.01) of the Holders of greater than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (all such Holders voting as a single class), by act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto 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 Holders of the Debt Securities of each series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, extend the fixed maturity of any Debt Security, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the

 

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principal amount thereof or any premium thereon, or make the principal thereof or interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Debt Securities or (ii) without the consent of the Holders of all of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent (a) to any such supplemental indenture, (b) to rescind and annul a declaration that any Debt Securities are due and payable as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, (c) to waive any past default under the Indenture and its consequences and (d) to waive compliance with Sections 5.02 and 5.04 (other than 5.04(a)(1) and (2)) to 5.05, inclusive.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders of Debt Securities as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Debt Securities under this Section 11.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 11.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Debt Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

SECTION 11.04. Notation on Debt Securities . Debt Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.

 

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SECTION 11.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished Trustee . The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 7.02, shall receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 15.05, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article Eleven and is authorized and permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE 12.

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE AND CONVEYANCE.

SECTION 12.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms ., Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Company to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and agrees, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease shall be upon the condition that (a) immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease the Person (whether the Company or such other Person) formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger, or to which such sale, conveyance or lease shall have been made, shall not be in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company; (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger or to which such sale, conveyance or lease shall have been made, shall be a Person organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof; and (c) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, 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 or leased such property.

SECTION 12.02. Successor Corporation to be Substituted . In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to performed or observed by the Company, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and (except in the event of a conveyance by way of lease) the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of any further obligation under this Indenture and the Debt Securities. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Autoliv, Inc. or its successor hereunder any or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder

 

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which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities of each series so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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

SECTION 12.03 . Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee . The Trustee, subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall, prior to the proposed transaction contemplated by Section 12.01, receive an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel upon which it shall be entitled to rely as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article Twelve and that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to such transaction have been complied with.

ARTICLE 13.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.

SECTION 13.01. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series . The Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Debt Securities of a series, the provisions of this Indenture (except as to (x) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the money, in the currency required, and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.03 or the interest and principal received by the Trustee in respect of such Government Obligations, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Securities on the Stated Maturities thereof or upon the Redemption Dates for Debt Securities required to be redeemed pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous provisions relating to Debt Securities of that series or pursuant to any call for redemption relating to Debt Securities of that series, (y) the Company’s rights and obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under Sections 3.06, 3.07, 13.03 and 13.04, 5.02, 5.04, 6.01, 8.06, 8.10, 8.11 and, to the extent applicable to such series, Article Four, so long as the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series remain unpaid and, thereafter, only the Company’s rights and obligations under Sections 5.04, 8.06, 13.03 and 13.04, and (z) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series) as it relates to such Debt Securities shall no longer be in effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same if:

 

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(a)(1) all Debt Securities of such series therefore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.07 and (ii) Debt Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Sections 13.03 and 13.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid in the currency required all other sums payable under this Indenture in respect of the Debt Securities of such series; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and a written opinion of independent public accountants, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction of the entire indebtedness of all Debt Securities of any such series and the discharge of the Indenture as it relates to such Debt Securities have been complied with; or

(b)(1) all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense of the Company;

(2) the condition described in paragraph (1) of Section 13.02 has been satisfied; and

(3) the conditions described in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this Section 13.01 have been satisfied; or

(c)(1) the conditions referred to in paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this Section 13.01 have been satisfied;

(2) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit referred to in paragraph (1) of Section 13.02 or on the ninety first day after the date of such deposit; provided, however, that should that condition fail to be satisfied on or before such ninety first day, the Trustee shall promptly, upon satisfactory receipt of evidence of such failure, return such deposit to the Company;

(3) the Company has either (i) delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel to the effect that Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance contemplated by this paragraph (c) of this Section 13.01 and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred or (ii) the Company shall have received from, or there shall have been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling to the effect stated in (i) of this Section 13.01(c)(3); and

 

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(4) the Company has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance contemplated by this Section 13.01 will not result in the delisting of the Debt Securities of that series from any nationally recognized securities exchange on which they are listed.

SECTION 13.02. Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series . The provisions of this Indenture (except as to (x) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of any series to receive, from the money, in the currency required, and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (1) below or the interest and principal received by the Trustee in respect of such Government Obligations, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Securities on the Stated Maturities thereof or upon the Redemption Dates for Debt Securities required to be redeemed pursuant to any mandatory sinking or analogous provisions relating to Debt Securities of that series or pursuant to any call for redemption relating to Debt Securities of that series, (y) the Company’s rights and obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under Sections 3.06, 3.07, 13.03, 13.04, Article Seven (other than subsections (d) and (e) of Section 7.01), Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.04, 6.01, 8.06, 8.10, 8.11 and, to the extent application to such series, Article Four, so long as the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of such series remain unpaid and, thereafter, only the Company’s rights and obligations under Sections 5.04, 8.06, 13.03 and 13.04, and (z) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series) as it relates to Debt Securities of any series shall no longer be in effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company shall, upon Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same if:

(1) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose (A) the Dollars of Foreign Currency, as applicable, in an amount, or (B) Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide on or before the due date of any payment in respect of such series of Debt Securities in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, after payment of all Federal, state and local taxes in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, 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 (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or payments pursuant to any call for redemption applicable to Debt Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Debt Securities;

(2) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

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(4) 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 defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

SECTION 13.03. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification . (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13.04, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.01 or 13.02 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money and Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee as contemplated by Section 13.01 or 13.02.

(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.01 or 13.02 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations, other than any such tax, fee or other charge payable by or on behalf of Holders. The Company shall be entitled to prompt notice of an assessment or the commencement of any proceeding for which indemnification may be sought hereunder and, at its election, to contest such assessment or to participate in, assume the defense of, or settle such proceeding.

(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Section 13.01 or 13.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent 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 obligations or money were deposited or received.

(d) If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities, if any, of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.02 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.02; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of (and premium, if any) on any Debt Securities, if any, of such series because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such series of Debt Securities, if any, to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee.

SECTION 13.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys . Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on Debt Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of Debt Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such paying agent on demand; and the Holder of any of the Debt Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment thereof.

 

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SECTION 13.05. Reinstatement . If the Trustee is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 13.01 or 13.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Sections 13.01 or 13.02 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 13.01 or 13.02; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on the Debt Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Debt Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the Trustee.

ARTICLE 14.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

SECTION 14.01. Indenture and Debt Securities Solely Corporate Obligations . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, any supplemental indenture, or of any Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture, or in any of the Debt Securities or implied thereby; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or implied thereby, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of such Debt Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 15.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

SECTION 15.01. Provisions Binding on Successors of the Company . All of the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 15.02 . Indenture for Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Debt Securities . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto, any agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture and the Holders of the Debt Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being, subject to the provisions of Articles Twelve and Fourteen, for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, any agent of the Trustee or the Company under this Indenture and the Holders of the Debt Securities.

SECTION 15.03. Addresses for Notices, etc . Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Debt Securities on the Company may be given or served by being deposited, registered or certified mail postage prepaid, in a post office letter box in the United States addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to the Company, Treasury Department, World Trade Center, Klarabergsviadukten 70, Box 70381, SE - 107 24 Stockholm, Sweden, Telecopier No.: +46 (8) 587 20 633, Attention: Treasurer, or transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written electronic means to such telephone numbers or other electronic communications address as the Company shall from time to time designate by written notice. Any notice, direction, request or demand by any Holder of a Debt Security or the Company to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, addressed to the attention of its Corporate Trust Department. Any notice, report or other instrument required by any of the provisions of this Indenture to be given by the Trustee to the Holders of Debt Securities of any or all series shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given, for all purposes, when mailed by first class mail at the Holder’s address as it appears on the Debt Securities Register and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice, demand or other communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is given in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of any notice, demand or other communication to the Trustee, in which case the Trustee must actually receive such notice demand or other communication at its Corporate Trust Office as herein provided.

SECTION 15.04. New York Contract . This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall for all purposes be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 15.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . Upon any Company request to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any (including any covenant, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with

 

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and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 15.06. Legal Holidays . In any case where the date of maturity of interest on or principal of or premium, if any, on any series of Debt Securities or the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security or Debt Securities will be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are legally authorized or obligated to close in Delaware or any other location where a paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.02 is located, then payment of such interest on or principal of and premium, if any, on such Debt Securities need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding business day that is not a day in such location that is either a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are legally authorized or obligated to close, with the same force and effect as if made on such date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such prior date.

SECTION 15.07. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to Control . If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 through 317 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by the operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control, except as, and to the extent, expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 15.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc . The table of contents and the titles 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 15.09. Determination of Principal Amount . In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt 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

 

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date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.01, (ii) the principal amount of any Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be determined by converting the Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate as of the date of such determination and (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal face amount of such Indexed Debt Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

SECTION 15.10. Execution in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. U.S. Bank National Association hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

SECTION 15.11. Waiver of Jury Trial .

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A DEBT SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE DEBT SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

SECTION 15.12. Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction . Each of the parties hereto hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York State court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such courts lack jurisdiction over such party, and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture in any of the aforesaid courts, that any such court lacks jurisdiction over such party. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AUTOLIV, INC. has caused this Indenture to be executed by its Chief Financial Officer and its Treasurer, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION has caused this Indenture to be executed by one of its Officers, as of the day and year first written above.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

/s/    Jan Carlson

Name:   Jan Carlson
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
By:  

/s/    Marika Fredriksson

Name:   Marika Fredriksson
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
Title:   Vice President

Exhibit 4.2

AUTOLIV, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 30, 2009

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), between Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), amending and supplementing the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee, governing the issuance of debt securities (the “ Base Indenture ”). The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, shall be referred to herein as the “ Indenture .”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the issue from time to time of the Company’s unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to be able to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish any additional form of Securities and to provide for the issuance of any additional series of Securities, as permitted by Section 2.02 and Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company wishes to provide for the issuance of a new series of Securities to be known as its 8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “ Senior Notes ”), the form and terms of such Senior Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in this First Supplemental Indenture; and

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

 

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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 parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Relation to Base Indenture . This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture, and supplements and amends the Base Indenture solely with respect to the Senior Notes.

SECTION 1.02. Definition of Terms . For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture:

 

  (a) a term not defined herein that is defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this First Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (b) the definition of any term in this First Supplemental Indenture that is also defined in the Base Indenture shall supersede the definition of such term in the Base Indenture;

 

  (c) a term not defined herein or in the Base Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

  (d) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

 

  (e) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

  (f) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; and

 

  (g) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.02(g):

Accounting Event ” means the receipt by the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of a written report in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards (“SAS”) No. 97, “Amendment to SAS No. 50—Reports on the Application of Accounting Principles,” from the Company’s independent auditors, provided at the request of management, to the effect that, as a result of a change in accounting rules after the date of original issuance of the Senior Notes, the Company must either (a) account for the Purchase Contracts as derivatives under SFAS 133 (or otherwise mark-to-market or measure the fair value of all or any portion of the Purchase Contracts with changes appearing in the Company’s income statement) or (b) account for the Equity Units using the if-converted method under SFAS 128, and that such accounting treatment will cease to apply upon redemption of the Senior Notes.

Additional Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

 

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Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Applicable Principal Amount ” means the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of the Corporate Units.

Applicable Remarketing Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Bankruptcy Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(f).

Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Business Day ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

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) shares issued by that Person.

Cash Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Collateral Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Collateral Substitution ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Corporate Unit ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Coupon Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Custodial Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Custodian ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(f).

Depositary ” means a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is designated to act as depositary for the Global Senior Notes as contemplated by Section 2.04.

 

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Depositary Participant ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Early Remarketing Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Equity Unit ” means either a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit.

Failed Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Failed Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Failed Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Final Remarketing Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Fundamental Change Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Global Senior Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Increased Principal Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

Interest Payment ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the interest payment on the Senior Notes due on such Interest Payment Date.

Interest Payment Date ” means a Quarterly Interest Payment Date or a Semiannual Interest Payment Date, as applicable.

Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the period from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date on which interest was paid or duly provided for (or if none, the date hereof) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.

Major Subsidiary ” means any of the Company’s subsidiaries with assets or revenues that, as of the date of the Company’s most recent audited financial statements, equaled or exceeded 10% of the Company’s total consolidated assets or consolidated revenues, respectively.

 

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Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Pledged Senior Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

Purchase Contract ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Purchase Contract Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009, among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for Holders of the Purchase Contract, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, as amended from time to time.

Purchase Contract Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Put Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).

Put Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).

Quarterly Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(i).

Quotation Agent ” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company.

Redemption Amount ” means, for each Senior Note, in the event of a Special Event Redemption, an amount equal to the product of the principal amount of such Senior Note and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the denominator of which is the Applicable Principal Amount on the Special Event Redemption Date; provided that in no event shall the Redemption Amount for any Senior Note be less than the principal amount of such Senior Note.

Redemption Price ” means, for each Senior Note, in the event of a Special Event Redemption, the Redemption Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Senior Note to, but excluding, the applicable Special Event Redemption Date.

Reduced Principal Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

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Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date for the Senior Notes, the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date falls regardless of whether such day is a Business Day.

Released Senior Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

Relevant Jurisdiction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06.

Remarketed Senior Notes ” means, with respect to all Remarketings during any Applicable Remarketing Period, the aggregate Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Separate Senior Notes, if any, subject to Remarketing as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, respectively, in each case by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, in the case of an Early Remarketing, or promptly after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of a Final Remarketing, on the Business Day immediately prior to the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and shall include: (a) the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes of the Holders of Corporate Units who have not effected a Collateral Substitution, Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement prior to the second Business Day preceding such Applicable Remarketing Period, and, in the case of a Final Remarketing, Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent on or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or who have so notified the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make the required cash payment on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (b) the Separate Senior Notes of the Holders of Separate Senior Notes, if any, who have elected to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed in such Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Remarketing Agent(s) ” means the nationally recognized investment banking firm(s) to be appointed by the Company, or any successor thereto or replacement Remarketing Agent(s) appointed by the Company, pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Remarketing Agreement ” means the Remarketing Agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit P to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, to be entered into among the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent(s), as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.

Remarketing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Remarketing Price ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

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Remarketing Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Reset Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Reset Rate ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Semiannual Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(ii).

Separate Senior Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Special Event ” means either a Tax Event or an Accounting Event.

Special Event Redemption ” means a redemption effected in connection with, and as a result of, the occurrence of a Special Event pursuant to Section 3.01.

Special Event Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

Subjected Senior Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

Successful Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Successful Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Tax Event ” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax practice, to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change in or announced proposed change in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official administrative decision, pronouncement, judicial decision or action interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Senior Notes, there is more than an insubstantial increase in the risk that interest payable by the Company on the Senior Notes is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.

Termination Event ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Treasury Portfolio ” means (a) a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to April 30, 2012 in an aggregate amount at maturity equal to the Applicable Principal Amount on the Special Event Redemption Date (in the case of a Special Event Redemption) or the Reset Effective Date (in the case of an early Remarketing) as the case may be, and (b) with respect to each scheduled Interest Payment Date on the Senior Notes that occurs after the Special Event Redemption Date (in the case of a Special Event Redemption) or the Reset Effective Date (in the

 

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case of an Early Remarketing), as the case may be, to and including the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to such scheduled Interest Payment Date in an aggregate amount at maturity equal to the aggregate interest payment (assuming no reset of the interest rate and no Remarketing) that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount on each such scheduled Interest Payment Date. The amount and issue of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) constituting the Treasury Portfolio will be determined by the Remarketing Agent.

Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price ” means the lowest aggregate ask-side price quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City to the Quotation Agent between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Special Event Redemption Date (in the case of a Special Event Redemption) or the Reset Effective Date (in the case of an Early Remarketing), as the case may be, for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Special Event Redemption Date (in the case of a Special Event Redemption) or the Reset Effective Date (in the case of an Early Remarketing), as the case may be.

Treasury Unit ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The terms “ Company, ” “ Trustee, ” “ Indenture, ” “ Base Indenture, ” “ First Supplemental Indenture ,” “ Securities ” and “ Senior Notes ” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals and the paragraph preceding the recitals to this First Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated as 8% Senior Notes due 2014 limited in aggregate principal amount to $165,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for issue date and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date) as the Securities of this series. The Senior Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 2.02. Maturity . Unless a Special Event Redemption occurs prior to the Maturity Date (defined below), the date upon which the Senior Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is April 30, 2014 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

SECTION 2.03. Form, Payment and Appointment . Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Senior Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Senior Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of Corporate Units shall be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Principal of, and interest on, the Senior Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Senior Notes will be registrable, and such Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Payments with respect to any Global Senior Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depositary.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Senior Notes, but the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

The Paying Agent and the Debt Security registrar for the Senior Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

The Senior Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided, however, that upon the release by the Collateral Agent of Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (other than any release of Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes in connection with (i) the creation of Treasury Units by Collateral Substitution, (ii) a Successful Remarketing, (iii) Fundamental Change Early Settlement, (iv) Early Settlement with separate cash or (v) Cash Settlement, in accordance with Section 3.13, Section 5.02, Section 5.03(b), Section 5.05(b), Section 5.08 or Section 5.03(a) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, as the case may be), the Senior Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof, and the Company shall issue Senior Notes in any such denominations if requested by the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of any Holder or Beneficial Owner.

SECTION 2.04. Global Senior Notes . Senior Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are no longer a component of the Corporate Units and are released from the Collateral Account will be issued in permanent global form (a “ Global Senior Note ”), and if issued as one or more Global Senior Notes, the Depositary shall be The Depository Trust Company or such other depositary as any officer of the Company may from time to time designate. On the date on which the Senior Notes registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to Section 2.03 are issued, the Company shall also issue one or more Global Senior Notes, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, each having a zero principal balance. Upon the creation of Treasury Units, or the recreation of Corporate Units or in any other case where the Collateral Agent releases Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, an appropriate annotation shall be made on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Senior Note on the Global Senior Notes held by the Depositary. Senior Notes represented by the Global Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes in certificated form only (x) if the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Senior Notes or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,

 

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and the Company has not appointed a successor Depositary within 90 days of that notice or of its becoming aware of such cessation, (y) if an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes has occurred and is continuing or (z) upon recreation of Corporate Units; provided that the Senior Notes in certificated form so issued in exchange for the Global Senior Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000 above that amount and be of like aggregate principal amount and tenor as the portion of the Global Senior Note to be exchanged. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interest in a Global Senior Note will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Senior Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture. Unless and until such Global Senior Note is exchanged for Senior Notes in certificated form, Global Senior Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Senior Notes shall be made, only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary. Any Global Senior Note that is exchangeable pursuant to clause (x) of the fourth sentence of this Section 2.04 shall be exchangeable for Senior Notes in certificated form registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.

SECTION 2.05. Interest .

(a) The Senior Notes will bear interest initially at the rate of 8.0% per annum (the “ Coupon Rate ”) from and including March 30, 2009 to, but excluding, the Maturity Date, or in the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Reset Effective Date. In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Coupon Rate for all Senior Notes (regardless of whether such Senior Notes are Remarketed Senior Notes) will be reset by the Remarketing Agent(s) to the Reset Rate with effect from the Reset Effective Date, as set forth in Section 8.03 of this First Supplemental Indenture. If the Coupon Rate is so reset, the Senior Notes will bear interest at the Reset Rate from and including the Reset Effective Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or, if the Company redeems the Senior Notes pursuant to a Special Event Redemption, such Special Event Redemption Date. The Senior Notes shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue principal and interest at the Coupon Rate, unless a Successful Remarketing shall have occurred, in which case interest on such amounts shall accrue at the Reset Rate from and after the Reset Effective Date compounded semiannually thereafter, if the Reset Rate is a fixed rate, or quarterly thereafter, if the Reset Rate is a floating rate, in each case, in accordance with this Section 2.05(a).

(b) (i) Prior to and, if such date falls on a Quarterly Interest Payment Date (defined below), on the Remarketing Settlement Date or, in the event no Successful Remarketing occurs, prior to and on the Maturity Date, interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year (each, a “ Quarterly Interest Payment Date ”), commencing July 31, 2009, to the Person in whose name the relevant Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date.

(ii) After the Reset Effective Date, if any, and solely in the event that the Reset Rate is a fixed rate, interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable semiannually on April 30 and October 31 of each year (each such payment date, a “ Semiannual Interest Payment Date ”); provided, that, in the event the Reset Rate is a floating rate, interest on

 

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the Senior Notes shall continue to be paid on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date. In each case such interest payments shall be made to the Person in whose name the relevant Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date.

(c) The amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes for any full Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on such originally scheduled Interest Payment Date; provided, however, if such payment on the next Business Day would cause the Interest Payment Date to occur in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the applicable Interest Payment Date. If the Company elects to remarket the Senior Notes as floating rate notes (which election shall be in the Company’s sole discretion), the Company may change the provisions in this Section 2.05(c) effective on the Reset Effective Date to be consistent for notes that bear interest at a rate based on the applicable index, or base rate, plus a reset spread.

(d) References in the Indenture to interest payable on the Senior Notes include, as applicable, Additional Amounts payable as specified in Section 2.06 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 2.06. Additional Amounts . All payments made by the Company or any successor to the Company under, or with respect to, the Senior Notes, will be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or within any jurisdiction in which the Company or any successor are organized, resident for tax purposes, or have a “permanent establishment” (or analogous concept under local law) or through which payment is made (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (each, as applicable, a “ Relevant Jurisdiction ”), unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or by regulation or governmental policy having the force of law. In the event that any such withholding or deduction is so required, the Company shall pay to the Holder of each Senior Note such additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the Holder after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting any taxes on the Additional Amounts) shall equal the amounts which would have been received by such Holder had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be payable:

(a) for or on account of:

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  (1) the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or Beneficial Owner of such Senior Note and the Relevant Jurisdiction, other than merely holding such Senior Note or the receipt of payments thereunder, including, without limitation, such Holder or Beneficial Owner being or having been a national, domiciliary or resident of such Relevant Jurisdiction or treated as a resident thereof or being or having been physically present or engaged in a trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein;

 

  (2) the presentation of such Senior Note (in cases in which presentation is required) more than 30 days after the later of the date on which the payment of the principal of, and interest on, such Senior Note became due and payable pursuant to the terms thereof or was made or duly provided for; or

 

  (3) the failure of the Holder or Beneficial Owner to comply with a timely request from the Company (or any successor) or any paying agent or intermediary, addressed to the Holder or Beneficial Owner, as the case may be, to provide information concerning such Holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Relevant Jurisdiction, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request is required by law, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Jurisdiction to reduce or eliminate any withholding or deduction as to which Additional Amounts would have otherwise been payable to such Holder;

(ii) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, capital gains, excise, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(iii) any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charges that is payable otherwise than by withholding from payments under or with respect to the Senior Notes; or

(iv) any combination of taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges referred to in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii); or

(b) with respect to any payment of the principal of, or interest on, such Senior Note to a Holder, if the Holder is a fiduciary, partnership or Person other than the sole Beneficial Owner of any payment to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership or a Beneficial Owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, partner or Beneficial Owner been the Holder thereof.

SECTION 2.07. Defeasance and Discharge . The Senior Notes are not subject to defeasance. The Company may discharge certain obligations to the Holders of the Senior Notes in accordance with clause (b) of Section 13.01 of the Base Indenture, except that, solely with

 

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respect to the Senior Notes, paragraph (1) of Section 13.02 of the Base Indenture is deleted and is hereby replaced in its entirety with “the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, in trust, funds in U.S. dollars in an amount that is, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such Senior Notes with respect to principal and interest to the date of such deposit (if such Senior Notes have then become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date of the Notes (if such Senior Notes have not then become due and payable), as the case may be after payment of all Federal, State and local taxes in respect thereof payable by the Company.” Except as set forth in this Section 2.07, Sections 13.01 and 13.02 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

SECTION 2.08. No Sinking Fund or Repayment at Option of the Holder . The Senior Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and Section 4.05 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

SECTION 2.09. Increase and Decrease . In the event that any Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes are to be released from the Pledge following a Collateral Substitution, Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (a “ Released Senior Note ”), such release and delivery shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the Senior Note held by the Collateral Agent (the “ Pledged Senior Note ”) reflecting a reduction in the principal amount of such Pledged Senior Note equal in amount (the “ Reduced Principal Amount ”) to the principal amount of the Released Senior Note. The Collateral Agent shall confirm any such Reduced Principal Amount by telecopying or otherwise delivering a photocopy of such endorsement made on the Pledged Senior Note evidencing such Reduced Principal Amount to the Trustee at the telecopier number or address of the Purchase Contract Agent provided for notices to the Purchase Contract Agent in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement(or at such other telecopier or address as the Trustee shall provide to the Collateral Agent). Upon receipt of such confirmation, the Trustee shall instruct the Custodial Agent to increase the principal amount of a Global Senior Note held by the Custodial Agent in an amount equal to the Reduced Principal Amount by an endorsement made by the Custodial Agent on such Global Senior Note to reflect such increase. In the event that a Senior Note is transferred to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.14 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (a “ Subjected Senior Note ”) in connection with the recreation of Corporate Units, such transfer shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the Pledged Senior Note held by the Collateral Agent reflecting an increase in the principal amount of such Pledged Senior Note equal in amount (the “ Increased Principal Amount ”) to the principal amount of such Subjected Senior Note. The Collateral Agent shall confirm any such Increased Principal Amount by telecopying or otherwise delivering a photocopy of such endorsement made on the Pledged Senior Note evidencing such Increased Principal Amount to the Trustee at the telecopier number or address of the Purchase Contract Agent provided for notices to the Purchase Contract Agent in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (or at such other telecopier or address as the Trustee shall provide to the Collateral Agent). Upon receipt of such confirmation, the Trustee shall instruct the Custodial Agent to decrease the principal amount of the Global Senior Note held by the Custodial Agent in an amount equal to the Increased Principal Amount by an endorsement made by the Custodial Agent on such Global Senior Note to reflect such decrease.

 

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ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OF THE SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 3.01. Special Event Redemption . If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing prior to the earlier of the date of a Successful Remarketing and the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price, payable on the date of redemption (such date, the “ Special Event Redemption Date ”).

SECTION 3.02. Notice of Redemption . Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

In addition, the Company shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that a Special Event has occurred and whether or not the Company intends to redeem the Senior Notes on the Special Event Redemption Date. If the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes in connection with a Special Event Redemption, the Company shall appoint the Quotation Agent to assist the Company in determining the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price.

SECTION 3.03. Effect of Redemption . Notice of a Special Event Redemption having been given as provided for in Section 3.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Senior Notes shall become due and payable on the Special Event Redemption Date at the Redemption Price. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, once notice of the Special Event Redemption is given and funds are irrevocably deposited, in each case, in accordance with Sections 3.02 and 3.04 of this First Supplemental Indenture, on and after the Special Event Redemption Date, (a) interest shall cease to accrue on the Senior Notes immediately prior to the close of business on the Special Event Redemption Date and (b) the Senior Notes shall no longer be Outstanding and all rights of the Holders in respect of the Senior Notes shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Senior Notes but without interest on such Redemption Price). Following the notice of a Special Event Redemption, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange the Senior Notes to be redeemed. The redemption provisions of Section 4.03 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

SECTION 3.04. Redemption Procedures . On or prior to the Special Event Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the Special Event Redemption Date, the aggregate Redemption Price for Senior Notes being redeemed. In exchange for any Senior Notes surrendered for redemption on or after the relevant Special Event Redemption Date, the Trustee shall pay the Redemption Price from the funds deposited by the Company with the Trustee (a) to the Collateral Agent, in the case of Senior Notes that underlie the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes included in Corporate Units, which amount shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (b) to the Holders of the Separate Senior Notes, in the case of Separate Senior Notes. If any Special Event Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then the Redemption Amount will be payable on the next Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay);

 

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provided, however, if payment on the next Business Day causes payment of the Redemption Price to be in the next calendar year, then payment will be on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on that payment date. Interest to be paid on or before the Special Event Redemption Date for any Senior Notes called for in a Special Event Redemption shall be payable to the Persons in whose names the Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Dates for the related Interest Payment Dates. If any Senior Notes called for redemption are not so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the Redemption Price will, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the Coupon Rate.

SECTION 3.05. No Other Redemption . Except as set forth in this Article III, the Senior Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to the Maturity Date.

ARTICLE IV

FORM OF SENIOR NOTE

SECTION 4.01. Form of Senior Note . The Senior Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Senior Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

ARTICLE V

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF SENIOR NOTES

SECTION 5.01. Original Issue of Senior Notes . Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $165,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Senior Notes to or upon Company Order pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

ARTICLE VI

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 6.01. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Senior Notes . As set forth in Section 11.02 of the Base Indenture, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes affected by such supplemental indenture at the time outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes; provided, however, that, solely with respect to the Senior Notes, in addition to subclauses (a) through (d) of clause (ii) of Section 11.02 of the Base Indenture, no

 

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such supplemental indenture shall (s) change the maturity date of the principal of, or any date an installment of interest is due on, any Senior Note, (t) reduce the amount of interest payable on any Senior Note, (u) reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount security due and payable upon a declaration or acceleration or provable in bankruptcy, (v) change the redemption provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of the Holder, (w) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Senior Note, (x) modify the terms of the Put Right, (y) modify the interest rate reset or Remarketing provisions of the Senior Notes or (z) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Senior Notes required for any waiver (other than waiver of a past default) under the Indenture, without, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (s), (t), (u), (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z), the consent of the Holder of each Senior Note affected.

(a) Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Senior Notes. As set forth in Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding certain provisions or changing certain provisions of the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes. Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, in addition to clauses (a) through (h) of Section 11.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to modify the terms of the Senior Notes (u) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company, (v) to secure the Company’s obligations in respect of the Senior Notes, (x) to amend or supplement any other provisions which will not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Senior Notes, (y) to cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency, including any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture to the “ Description of the Notes ” contained in the prospectus supplement related to the offering of the Corporate Units of which the Senior Notes initially formed a part, and (z) in connection with the Remarketing, in each case to be effective on and after the Remarketing Settlement Date, to provide for any of the modifications contemplated by Section 8.06; provided that the Senior Notes may not mature earlier than April 30, 2014; provided further that in the case of clause (z) above, that notice of such modification of the terms must be provided to Holders and prospective purchasers of the Senior Notes prior to such time (which notice, if applicable, may be in the form of the prospectus used for the Remarketing of the Senior Notes delivered to the Holders of the Senior Notes).

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 7.01. Ratification of Indenture . The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

SECTION 7.02. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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SECTION 7.03. New York Law to Govern . THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE SENIOR NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7.04. Separability . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Senior Notes, but this First Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

SECTION 7.05. Counterparts . This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

ARTICLE VIII

REMARKETING

SECTION 8.01. Remarketing Procedures . (a) Unless a Successful Early Remarketing, a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred prior to the Applicable Remarketing Period, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement for the Remarketing of the Senior Notes. The Company will, not later than 10 Business Days prior to each Remarketing Announcement Date, request that the Depositary or its nominee notify the Beneficial Owners or Depositary Participants holding Separate Senior Notes, Corporate Units and Treasury Units, and shall provide a copy of such request to the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, in the case of an Early Remarketing, of the Company’s intent to attempt an Early Remarketing in the Applicable Remarketing Period, and in all cases, of the proposed Remarketing Date or Dates and the procedures to be followed in each Remarketing, including the procedures to be followed by Holders of Separate Senior Notes to participate in a Remarketing, the applicable procedures for Holders of Corporate Units to create Treasury Units or Holders of Treasury Units to recreate Corporate Units, the applicable procedures for Holders of Corporate Units to effect an Early Settlement and, in the case of a Final Remarketing, applicable procedures to effect a Cash Settlement and the applicable procedures that must be followed by a Holder of Separate Senior Notes if such Holder wishes to exercise its Put Right or by a Holder if such Holder elects not to exercise its Put Right.

(b) Each Holder of Separate Senior Notes may elect to have Separate Senior Notes held by such Holder remarketed in any Remarketing. A Holder making such an election must, pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, notify the Custodial Agent and deliver such Separate Senior Notes to the Custodial Agent at or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period (but no earlier than the fifth Business Day immediately preceding such first day) in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Any such notice and delivery may not be conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is

 

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established in the Remarketing. Any such notice and delivery may be withdrawn at or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Any such notice and delivery not withdrawn by such time will be irrevocable with respect to each Remarketing to occur during the Applicable Remarketing Period. Pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.03 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, in the case of an Early Remarketing, or promptly after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of a Final Remarketing, on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, the Custodial Agent, based on the notices and deliveries received by it prior to such time, shall notify the Remarketing Agent of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Senior Notes tendered for Remarketing. Pursuant and subject to Section 5.02 or 5.03 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, Senior Notes that underlie Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes included in Corporate Units will be deemed tendered for Remarketing and will be remarketed in accordance with the terms of the Remarketing Agreement and the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

(c) The right of each Holder of Remarketed Senior Notes to have such Senior Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that (i)(A) the Remarketing Agent conducts any Early Remarketing or (B) in the case of a Final Remarketing, that no Successful Early Remarketing has occurred pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, (ii) a Termination Event has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (iii) the Remarketing Agent(s) are able to find a purchaser or purchasers for Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price based on the Reset Rate and (iv) the purchaser or purchasers of the Remarketed Senior Notes deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.

(d) Neither the Trustee, the Company nor the Remarketing Agent(s) shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Senior Notes for remarketing.

SECTION 8.02. Remarketing . (a) Unless a Termination Event has occurred prior to such date, if the Company elects to conduct an Early Remarketing during an Early Remarketing Period selected by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. If the Remarketing Agent is unsuccessful on the first Early Remarketing Date during such Early Remarketing Period, a subsequent Remarketing shall be attempted (unless impracticable) by the Remarketing Agent on each of the two following Early Remarketing Dates in that Early Remarketing Period until a Successful Early Remarketing occurs. Upon the occurrence of any Failed Early Remarketing, unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred, the Company may elect to conduct additional Early Remarketings during one or more Early Remarketing Periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall determine in its sole discretion if and when to attempt an Early Remarketing. During any Early Remarketing Period, the Company may postpone any Remarketing in its absolute discretion.

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(either because the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket the Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price or because a condition precedent to the Remarketing has not been satisfied), and unless a Termination Event has occurred prior to such date, on the Final Remarketing Date or Dates in the Final Remarketing Period, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. The Remarketing on any Remarketing Date will be considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least equal to the applicable Remarketing Price. The Company may not postpone a Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period.

SECTION 8.03. Reset Rate . (a) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine the Reset Rate in consultation with the Company (rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent (0.00001) per annum).

(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Reset Rate shall in no event exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

(c) In the event of a Failed Final Remarketing or if no Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes are included in Corporate Units and none of the Holders of the Separate Senior Notes elect to have their Senior Notes remarketed in any Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Senior Notes will not be reset and will continue to be the Coupon Rate.

(d) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Coupon Rate shall be reset on the Reset Effective Date to the Reset Rate as determined by the Remarketing Agent under the Remarketing Agreement, and the Company shall request the Depositary to notify its Depositary Participants holding Senior Notes of the Reset Rate, interest payment dates, and any other modified terms established for the Senior Notes during the Remarketing on the Business Day following the date of the Successful Remarketing. Upon a Successful Remarketing, the Reset Rate shall apply to all outstanding Senior Notes, whether or not the Holders of all outstanding Senior Notes participated in such Remarketing.

(e) If there is a Failed Remarketing, the Company will cause a notice of the unsuccessful Remarketing to be published on the Business Day following the Applicable Remarketing Period (which notice, in the event of a Failed Final Remarketing, shall be published not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, and shall include the procedures that must be followed if a Holder wishes to exercise its Put Right), in each case, by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

SECTION 8.04. Failed Remarketing . If, by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Remarketing Agreement, or the Remarketing has not occurred because a condition precedent to the Remarketing has not been fulfilled, a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred.

SECTION 8.05. Put Right . (a) Subject to paragraph (b) hereof, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the end of the Final Remarketing Period, Holders of Senior Notes will, subject to this Section 8.05, have the right (the “ Put Right ”) to require the Company

 

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to purchase such Senior Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price per Senior Note to be purchased equal to the principal amount of the applicable Senior Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “ Put Price ”).

(b) The Put Right of Holders of Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are part of Corporate Units will be deemed to be automatically exercised in accordance with Section 5.03 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement unless any such Holder has settled the related Purchase Contracts with separate cash on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, in which case the Company is not required to provide notice of Redemption or follow any of the other Redemption procedures outlined under Article III.

(c) The Put Right of a Holder of a Separate Senior Note shall only be exercisable upon delivery of a notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, together with such Holder’s Separate Senior Notes, to the Trustee by such Holder at or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. On or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the aggregate Put Price of all Separate Senior Notes with respect to which a Holder has exercised a Put Right. In exchange for any Separate Senior Notes surrendered pursuant to the Put Right, the Trustee shall then distribute such amount to the Holders of such Separate Senior Notes.

(d) Senior Notes purchased pursuant to the Put Right shall be cancelled by the Trustee.

SECTION 8.06. Modification of Terms in connection with a Successful Remarketing .

(a) In connection with a Successful Remarketing of the Senior Notes, without the consent of any of the Holders of the Senior Notes, in consultation with the Remarketing Agent, the Company may (but will not be required to) make any of the following elections:

(i) add to the Company’s covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes;

(ii) secure the Company’s obligations in respect of the Senior Notes; or

(iii) if the Senior Notes are remarketed with a floating rate, modify the Business Day and day count convention to conform to market practice for floating-rate notes bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the applicable index.

(b) Any such elections described above shall be made by irrevocable notice to the Trustee, who will notify the Holders of the Corporate Units and Separate Senior Notes at least 15 days prior to the first day of any Applicable Remarketing Period, and will be effective on the Reset Effective Date and will apply to all of the Senior Notes, regardless of whether the Senior Notes were included in the Successful Remarketing.

 

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ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 9.01. Events of Default . Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, the events listed as Events of Default in clauses (a) through (h) of Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture are deleted and are hereby replaced in their entirety with the following events constituting Events of Default:

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Senior Note when such interest becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Senior Note when such principal becomes due and payable either at maturity, upon a Special Event Redemption, as a result of the exercise of a Put Right, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture with respect to any Senior Note (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 9.01 and other than a covenant or agreement included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Debt Securities), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 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 Senior Notes, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture; or

(d) any event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture (including the Indenture), trust agreement or other instrument securing, evidencing or providing for any evidence of any indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) (including guaranteed indebtedness but excluding any indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Notes), as a result of which an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 of such indebtedness shall have been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after there shall have 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 Senior Notes of such series, a written notice specifying such failure to pay and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture; or

(e) the entry against the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) of a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50 million, by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments remain undischarged, unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 30 consecutive days; or

 

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(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any applicable Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) in an involuntary case; or

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of its or their property; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary);

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days. The term “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors. The term “ Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law; or

(g) the commencement by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization (other than a reorganization under a foreign law that does not relate to insolvency) or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it or them, or the filing by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) or any substantial part of the its or their property or the making by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) in furtherance of any such action or the admitting in writing by the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries that is a

 

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Major Subsidiary (or any group of subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Major Subsidiary) of its or their inability to pay its or their debts generally as they become due.

SECTION 9.02. Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

In addition, in the case of an Event of Default arising under Sections 9.01(f) or (g) of the First Supplemental Indenture, all unpaid principal amount (or specified amount) of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, the Outstanding Senior Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable, anything in the Indenture or the Senior Notes contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 9.03. Solely with respect to the Senior Notes, Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

In addition, a default cannot be waived by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes if such default relates to a covenant or provision that cannot be modified without the consent of each Holder of Outstanding Senior Notes affected.

ARTICLE X

TAX TREATMENT

SECTION 10.01. Tax Treatment . The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Corporate Unit or a Separate Senior Note, each Holder will be deemed to have agreed (1) to treat each Beneficial Owner of a Corporate Unit as the owner of the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes constituting a part of such Corporate Unit for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (2) to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, which is subject to the contingent payment debt regulations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

/s/    Lars A. Sjöbring

Name:

  Lars A. Sjöbring

Title:

  Vice President Legal Affairs
  General Counsel and Secretary

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

Name:

  Patrick J. Crowley

Title:

  Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[For inclusion in Global Senior Note only — THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A GLOBAL SENIOR NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY. THIS SENIOR NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

AUTOLIV, INC.

8% Senior Note due 2014

CUSIP No.: 052800 AA7

ISIN NUMBER: US052800AA76

 

No. [ ]    $[             ]

Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Senior Note attached hereto, which amount shall not exceed $165,000,000, on April 30, 2014 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “ Maturity Date ”), and to pay interest thereon from the original issuance date or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31 of each year, commencing July 31, 2009, at the rate of 8.0% per annum (the “ Coupon Rate ”) to, but excluding, the Maturity Date, or in the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Remarketing Settlement Date, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment; provided that in the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Coupon Rate for all Senior Notes (regardless of whether

 

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such Senior Notes are Remarketed Senior Notes) shall be the Reset Rate from and including the Reset Effective Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date; provided, further, that if the Reset Rate is a fixed rate, interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable semiannually on April 30 and October 31 of each year. The Senior Notes shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue principal and interest at the Coupon Rate, unless a Successful Remarketing shall have occurred, in which case interest on such amounts shall accrue at the Reset Rate from and after the Reset Effective Date compounded semiannually thereafter, if the Reset Rate is a fixed rate, or quarterly thereafter, if the Reset Rate is a floating rate. The Reset Rate, if any, shall be established pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as such term is defined on the reverse of this Senior Note) and the Remarketing Agreement.

The amount of interest payable on the Senior Notes for any full Interest Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full Interest Period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on such originally scheduled Interest Payment Date; provided, however, if such payment on the next Business Day would cause the Interest Payment Date to occur in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

Except as set forth above, payment of the principal of and interest on this Senior Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, 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 payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the security register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date. Payments with respect to any Global Senior Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depositary.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

AUTOLIV, INC.

By:

 

 

  Its:

Attest:

 

 

  Its:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the

series designated herein and referred to

in the within mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

  Authorized Officer

 

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REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE

This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $165,000,000; provided, however, that the Company, without notice to or consent of the Holders, may issue additional Securities of this series and thereby increase such principal amount in the future, on the same terms and conditions (except for issue date, public offering price and, if applicable, the date from which interest accrues and the first Interest Payment Date) and with the same CUSIP number as the Securities of this series.

All terms used in this Senior Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing prior to the earlier of the date of a Successful Remarketing and the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes of this series in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price as set forth in the Indenture. Except as set forth in this paragraph and in Article III of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Company may not redeem the Senior Notes at its option prior to the Maturity Date.

Pursuant to Section 8.05 of the First Supplemental Indenture, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the end of the Final Remarketing Period, Holders of Senior Notes will have the right (the “ Put Right ”) to require the Company to purchase such Senior Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in the case of Separate Senior Notes upon a notice to the Trustee at or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to the principal amount of the applicable Senior Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “ Put Price ”).

The Senior Notes are not subject to defeasance and are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Senior Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the entry into one or more supplemental indentures for purposes of amending or modifying the rights and obligations

 

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of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and the consequences thereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, except as provided in Section 2.03 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

Except as provided in Section 2.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Senior Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Principal of and interest on the Senior Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Senior Notes will be registrable, and such Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Senior Notes, but the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

Pursuant to Section 2.04 of the First Supplemental Indenture, Senior Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are no longer a component of the Corporate Units and are released from the Collateral Account will be issued as Global Senior Notes. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, or except upon recreation of Corporate Units or in any other case where the Collateral Agent releases Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Senior Notes represented by Global Senior Notes will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Senior Notes in certificated form. Unless and until such Global Senior Notes are exchanged for Senior Notes in certificated form, Global Senior Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Senior Notes shall be made, only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Corporate Unit or a Separate Senior Note, each Holder will be deemed to have agreed (1) to treat each Beneficial Owner of a Corporate

 

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Unit as the owner of the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes constituting a part of such Corporate Unit for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (2) to treat the Senior Notes as indebtedness for U.S. federal, state and local tax purposes, which is subject to the contingent payment debt regulations.

THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Senior Note to:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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

Date:

 

    

Signature:                                                                      

     Signature Guarantee:                                                    

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Senior Note)

 

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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Debt Security registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Debt Security registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN SENIOR NOTE*

The initial principal amount of this Senior Note is $[        ]. The following increases or decreases in a part of this Senior Note have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of

decrease in

principal

amount of this

Senior Note

  

Amount of

increase in

principal

amount of this

Senior Note

  

Principal

amount of this

Senior Note

following such

decrease

(or increase)

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

 

 

* Insert in Global Notes and Notes that are part of Corporate Units

 

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EXHIBIT B

PUT NOTICE

 

TO: AUTOLIV, INC.
     U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE

Please refer to the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between Autoliv, Inc. (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Trustee (such Indenture as amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

The undersigned registered Holder of the Senior Note designated below, which is being delivered to the Trustee herewith, hereby requests and instructs the Company to purchase such Senior Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, at the price of 100% of the principal amount of such Senior Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The Senior Notes shall be purchased by the Company as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.

Dated:

Signature:

NOTICE: The above signature of the Holder hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Senior Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature Guarantee:

Senior Note Certificate Number (if applicable):

Principal Amount:

Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:

DTC Account Number (if applicable):

Name of Account Party (if applicable):

 

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PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS: The purchase price of the Senior Note should be paid by check in the name of the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

 

Name(s)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Please Print)

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

(Please Print)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Zip Code)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

 

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Exhibit 4.3

Autoliv, Inc.

and

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent,

and

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 30, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I            DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

   1

Section 1.01.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

   17

Section 1.03.

  

Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent

   18

Section 1.04.

  

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

   18

Section 1.05.

  

Notices

   20

Section 1.06.

  

Notice to Holders; Waiver

   20

Section 1.07.

  

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

   20

Section 1.08.

  

Successors and Assigns

   21

Section 1.09.

  

Separability Clause

   21

Section 1.10.

  

Benefits of Agreement

   21

Section 1.11.

  

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

   21

Section 1.12.

  

Legal Holidays

   21

Section 1.13.

  

Counterparts

   22

Section 1.14.

  

Inspection of Agreement

   22

Section 1.15.

  

Appointment of Financial Institution as Agent for the Company

   22

Section 1.16.

  

No Waiver

   22

ARTICLE II            CERTIFICATE FORMS

   23

Section 2.01.

  

Forms of Certificates Generally

   23

Section 2.02.

  

Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication

   23

ARTICLE III            THE UNITS

   23

Section 3.01.

  

Amount; Form and Denominations

   23

Section 3.02.

  

Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates

   23

Section 3.03.

  

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

   24

Section 3.04.

  

Temporary Certificates

   25

Section 3.05.

  

Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange

   25

Section 3.06.

  

Book-entry Interests

   27

Section 3.07.

  

Notices to Holders

   28

Section 3.08.

  

Appointment of Successor Depositary

   28

Section 3.09.

  

Definitive Certificates

   28

Section 3.10.

  

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates

   28

Section 3.11.

  

Persons Deemed Owners

   30

Section 3.12.

  

Cancellation

   31

Section 3.13.

  

Creation of Treasury Units by Substitution of Treasury Securities

   31

Section 3.14.

  

Recreation of Corporate Units

   33

Section 3.15.

  

Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event

   35

Section 3.16.

  

No Consent to Assumption

   37

Section 3.17.

  

Substitutions

   37

 

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ARTICLE IV            THE SENIOR NOTES

   37

Section 4.01.

  

Interest Payments; Rights to Interest Payments Preserved

   37

Section 4.02.

  

Payments Prior to or on Purchase Contract Settlement Date

   39

Section 4.03.

  

Notice and Voting

   39

Section 4.04.

  

Special Event Redemption

   40

Section 4.05.

  

Payments to Purchase Contract Agent

   41

Section 4.06.

  

Payments Held in Trust

   41

ARTICLE V            THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS

   42

Section 5.01.

  

Purchase of Shares of Common Stock

   42

Section 5.02.

  

Early Remarketing

   44

Section 5.03.

  

Cash Settlement; Final Remarketing; Payment of Purchase Price

   46

Section 5.04.

  

Issuance of Shares of Common Stock

   54

Section 5.05.

  

Adjustment of Each Fixed Settlement Rate

   54

Section 5.06.

  

Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events

   64

Section 5.07.

  

Termination Event; Notice

   64

Section 5.08.

  

Early Settlement

   65

Section 5.09.

  

No Fractional Shares

   67

Section 5.10.

  

Charges and Taxes

   68

ARTICLE VI            RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF HOLDERS

   68

Section 6.01.

  

Unconditional Right of Holders to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

   68

Section 6.02.

  

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

   68

Section 6.03.

  

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

   68

Section 6.04.

  

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

   69

Section 6.05.

  

Undertaking for Costs

   69

Section 6.06.

  

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

   69

ARTICLE VII            THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

   69

Section 7.01.

  

Certain Duties and Responsibilities

   69

Section 7.02.

  

Notice of Default

   71

Section 7.03.

  

Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent

   71

Section 7.04.

  

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Units

   72

Section 7.05.

  

May Hold Units

   73

Section 7.06.

  

Money Held in Custody

   73

Section 7.07.

  

Compensation and Reimbursement

   73

Section 7.08.

  

Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility

   74

Section 7.09.

  

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

   74

 

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Section 7.10.

  

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

   75

Section 7.11.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

   76

Section 7.12.

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

   76

Section 7.13.

  

No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent

   76

Section 7.14.

  

Tax Compliance

   77

ARTICLE VIII            SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS

   77

Section 8.01.

  

Supplemental Agreements without Consent of Holders

   77

Section 8.02.

  

Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders

   78

Section 8.03.

  

Execution of Supplemental Agreements

   79

Section 8.04.

  

Effect of Supplemental Agreements

   79

Section 8.05.

  

Reference to Supplemental Agreements

   79

ARTICLE IX            CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

   80

Section 9.01.

  

Covenant Not To Consolidate, Merge, Convey, Transfer or Lease Property except under Certain Conditions

   80

Section 9.02.

  

Rights and Duties of Successor Person

   80

Section 9.03.

  

Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent

   81

ARTICLE X            COVENANTS

   81

Section 10.01.

  

Performance under Purchase Contracts

   81

Section 10.02.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

   81

Section 10.03.

  

Company To Reserve Common Stock

   82

Section 10.04.

  

Covenants as to Common Stock; Listing

   82

Section 10.05.

  

Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default

   82

Section 10.06.

  

ERISA

   82

Section 10.07.

  

Tax Treatment

   82

Section 10.08.

  

Remarketing Agreement

   83

ARTICLE XI            PLEDGE

   83

Section 11.01.

  

Pledge

   83

Section 11.02.

  

Termination

   83
ARTICLE XII            ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL    83

Section 12.01.

  

Initial Deposit of Senior Notes

   83

Section 12.02.

  

Establishment of Collateral Account

   84

Section 12.03.

  

Treatment as Financial Assets

   84

Section 12.04.

  

Sole Control by Collateral Agent

   84

Section 12.05.

  

Jurisdiction

   85

Section 12.06.

  

No Other Claims

   85

 

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Section 12.07.

  

Investment and Release

   85

Section 12.08.

  

Statements and Confirmations

   85

Section 12.09.

  

Tax Allocations

   85

Section 12.10.

  

No Other Agreements

   85

Section 12.11.

  

Powers Coupled with an Interest

   85

Section 12.12.

  

Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off

   86

ARTICLE XIII            RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT

   86

Section 13.01.

  

Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent

   86

ARTICLE XIV            REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TO COLLATERAL AGENT; HOLDER COVENANTS

   87

Section 14.01.

  

Representations and Warranties

   87

Section 14.02.

  

Covenants

   88

ARTICLE XV            THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE CUSTODIAL AGENT AND THE SECURITIES

                                      INTERMEDIARY

   88

Section 15.01.

  

Appointment, Powers and Immunities

   88

Section 15.02.

  

Instructions of the Company

   89

Section 15.03.

  

Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

   89

Section 15.04.

  

Certain Rights

   90

Section 15.05.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

   90

Section 15.06.

  

Rights in Other Capacities

   90

Section 15.07.

  

Non-reliance on the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

   91

Section 15.08.

  

Compensation and Indemnity

   91

Section 15.09.

  

Failure to Act

   92

Section 15.10.

  

Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary

   93

Section 15.11.

  

Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor

   94

Section 15.12.

  

Survival

   94

Section 15.13.

  

Exculpation

   94

Section 15.14.

  

Expenses, Etc

   94

Section 15.15.

  

Force Majeure

   95

ARTICLE XVI            MISCELLANEOUS

   95

Section 16.01.

  

Security Interest Absolute

   95

Section 16.02.

  

Notice of Termination Event

   96

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

    Form of Corporate Units Certificate

Exhibit B

    Form of Treasury Units Certificate

Exhibit C

    Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent From Holder (To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)

Exhibit D

    Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Holders Upon Termination Event (Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event)

Exhibit E

    Notice of Cash Settlement

Exhibit F

    Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Treasury Units)

Exhibit G

    Instruction from the Collateral Agent to the Securities Intermediary (Creation of Treasury Units)

Exhibit H

    Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Recreation of Corporate Units)

Exhibit I

    Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Recreation of Corporate Units)

Exhibit J

    Notice of Cash Settlement from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Cash Settlement Amounts)

Exhibit K

    Instruction to Custodial Agent Regarding Remarketing

Exhibit L

    Instruction to Custodial Agent Regarding Withdrawal from Remarketing

Exhibit M

    Notice of Cash Settlement

Exhibit N

    Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Settlement with Separate Cash)

Exhibit O

    Notice of Settlement with Separate Cash from Securities Intermediary to Purchase Contract Agent (Settlement with Separate Cash)

Exhibit P

    Form of Remarketing Agreement


PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2009, among Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, acting as purchase contract agent for, and as attorney-in-fact of, the Holders from time to time of the Units (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent hereunder for the benefit of the Company (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”), as custodial agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Custodial Agent ”), and as securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificates evidencing the Units;

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Purchase Contracts, when the Certificates are executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent, as provided in this Agreement, the valid obligations of the Company, and to constitute these presents a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, the Holders have irrevocably authorized the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of such Holders, among other things, to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Holders and to grant the Pledge provided herein of the Collateral to secure the Obligations.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;

(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision;

 

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(d) the following terms, which are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings set forth therein: “certificated security,” “control,” “financial asset,” “entitlement order,” “securities account” and “security entitlement”;

(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or “Section” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, to this Agreement; and

(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(f):

Accounting Event ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Act ” has the meaning, with respect to any Holder, set forth in Section 1.04.

Address for Notices ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.05.

Adjustment Factor ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(vii).

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

Applicable Market Value ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes ” means a 1/40, or a 2.5%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 principal amount of Senior Notes that is a component of a Corporate Unit, and “ Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes ” means the aggregate of each Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes that is a component of each Corporate Unit then Outstanding.

Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio ” shall mean, with respect to a Corporate Unit and the Treasury Portfolio, (i) a 1/40th, or a 2.5%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 face amount of U.S. Treasury Securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) included in such Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to April 30, 2012, and (ii) for each scheduled Payment Date on the Senior Notes that occurs after the Special Event Redemption Date or, in connection with any Early Remarketing Period, the Reset Effective Date, and on or before the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a $1,000 face amount of U.S. treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) included in such Treasury Portfolio that mature on or prior to such scheduled Payment Date in an amount equal to the interest payment that would be due on such Payment Date on a 1/40, or 2.5%, beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 principal amount of the Notes.

 

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Applicable Remarketing Period ” means any of (i) any Early Remarketing Period for which the Company has elected to conduct an Early Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02 or (ii) the Final Remarketing Period, as the context requires.

Applicants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b).

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other law of the United States that from time to time provides a uniform system of bankruptcy laws.

Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Depositary or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depositary (directly as a Depositary Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Depositary).

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee of that board.

Board Resolution ” means one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors, a copy of which has been certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Book-Entry Interest ” means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Depositary as described in Section 3.06.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed; provided that for purposes of the second paragraph of Section 1.12 only, the term “Business Day” shall also be deemed to exclude any day on which the Depositary is closed.

Cash ” means any coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

Cash Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a)(i).

Certificate ” means a Corporate Units Certificate or a Treasury Units Certificate, as the case may be.

Closing Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

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

 

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Collateral ” means the collective reference to:

(i) the Collateral Account and all investment property and other financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and all security entitlements with respect thereto, including, without limitation, (A) the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and security entitlements relating thereto (and the Senior Notes and security entitlements relating thereto delivered to the Collateral Agent in respect of such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes), (B) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) and security entitlements relating thereto, (C) any Treasury Securities and security entitlements relating thereto Transferred to the Securities Intermediary from time to time in connection with the creation of Treasury Units in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof and (D) payments made by Holders pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof;

(ii) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (whether such Proceeds arise before or after the commencement of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, by or against the pledgor or with respect to the pledgor); and

(iii) all powers and rights now owned or hereafter acquired under or with respect to the Collateral.

Collateral Account ” means the securities account of U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained on the books of the Securities Intermediary and designated “U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent of Autoliv, Inc., as pledgee of U.S. Bank National Association, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders”.

Collateral Agent ” means the Person named as “Collateral Agent” in the first paragraph of this Agreement, acting in its capacity as such hereunder, until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to this Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean the Person who is then the Collateral Agent hereunder.

collateral event of default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01(b).

Collateral Substitution ” means, (i) with respect to the Corporate Units, (x) the substitution of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes included in such Corporate Units (if the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have not replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units) with Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount at maturity equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, or (y) the substitution of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio included in such Corporate Units (if the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units) with Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount at maturity equal to the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof, or (ii) with respect to the Treasury Units, (x) the substitution of the Pledged Treasury Securities included in such Treasury Units (if the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have not replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in

 

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Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units) with Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount at stated maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities, or (y) the substitution of the Pledged Treasury Securities included in such Treasury Units (if the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units as a result of a Special Event Redemption) with Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (such that the amount specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof equals the aggregate principal amount at maturity of such Pledged Treasury Securities).

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company.

Company ” means the Person named as the “ Company ” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Agreement, and thereafter “ Company ” shall mean such successor.

Constituent Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b).

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in The City of New York at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 100 Wall Street, New York, New York, 10005, Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President, Phone: (212) 361-2505, or such other address as the Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or a corporate trust office or agency of any successor Purchase Contract Agent, or such other address as such successor Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.

Corporate Unit ” means the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Corporate Units Certificate in respect of the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, subject in each case (except that the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term shall not be subject to the Pledge) to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Corporate Units Certificate ” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Corporate Units specified on such certificate.

Coupon Rate ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Current Market Price ” means, in respect of a share of Common Stock on any date of determination, the average of the daily Closing Prices for the 20 consecutive Trading Days preceding the earlier of the day preceding the day in question and the day before the “ex date” with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation.

Custodial Agent ” means the Person named as Custodial Agent in the first paragraph of this Agreement, acting in its capacity as such hereunder, until a successor Custodial Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Custodial Agent” shall mean the Person who is then the Custodial Agent hereunder.

 

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Depositary ” means a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for the Units as contemplated by Sections 3.06 and 3.08.

Depositary Participant ” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

Early Remarketing ” means the Remarketing of the Senior Notes on an Early Remarketing Date by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Early Remarketing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).

Early Remarketing Period ” means any three-Business Day period that consists of three sequential possible remarketing dates selected by the Company during the period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2012 and ending on, and including, March 31, 2012.

Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(a).

Early Settlement Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(b).

Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.08(b).

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(iii).

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

ex date ” means, when used with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution, the first date on which shares of Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, trades regular way on the principal U.S. securities exchange or quotation system on which shares of Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, are listed or quoted at that time, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Property Unit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(i).

Expiration Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(e).

Expiration Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(vi).

Failed Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(d).

Failed Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(b)(iii).

 

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Failed Remarketing ” means, as applicable, a Failed Early Remarketing or a Failed Final Remarketing.

Fair Market Value ” means:

(a) in the case of any Spin-Off that is effected simultaneously with an Initial Public Offering of the securities being distributed in the Spin-Off, the initial public offering price of those securities, and

(b) in the case of any other Spin-Off, the average of the Closing Prices of the securities being distributed in the Spin-Off over the first 10 Trading Days from and including the ex-date of such Spin-Off.

Final Remarketing ” means the remarketing of the Senior Notes on a Final Remarketing Date by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Final Remarketing Date ” means the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Final Remarketing Period ” means the period beginning on, and including, the fifth Business Day and ending on, and including, the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Fixed Settlement Rates ” means the Minimum Settlement Rate and the Maximum Settlement Rate, collectively.

Fundamental Change ” will be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs:

(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s common equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s common equity (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger or other transaction described in clause (b) below, in which case clause (b) shall apply);

(b) the Company is involved in a consolidation with or merger into any other person, or any merger of another person into the Company, or any transaction or series of related transactions (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the Common Stock), in each case in which 90% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into securities, cash or other property, 10% or more of which consists of securities, cash or other property that is not (or will not be immediately upon the effectiveness of such consolidation, merger or transaction) common stock listed on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market;

(c) shares of Common Stock cease to be listed or quoted on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger or other transaction described in clause (b) above, in which case clause (b) shall apply); or

 

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(d) the shareholders of the Company vote for a liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Company.

Fundamental Change Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(ii).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(ii).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(ii).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(iii).

Global Certificate ” means a Certificate that evidences all or part of the Units and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof.

Holder ” means, with respect to a Unit, the Person in whose name the Unit evidenced by a Certificate is registered in the Security Register.

Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07(c).

Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated as of March 30, 2009, between the Company and the Indenture Trustee (including any provisions of the TIA that are deemed incorporated therein), as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture.

Indenture Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, or any successor thereto as described in the Indenture.

Initial Public Offering ” means the first time securities of the same class or type as the securities being distributed in the Spin-Off are offered to the public for cash.

Issuer Order ” or “ Issuer Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, the Corporate Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Loss ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.08(b).

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.08(b).

Market Disruption Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Maximum Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(iii).

Minimum Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(i).

NYSE ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Obligations ” means, with respect to each Holder, all obligations and liabilities of such Holder under such Holder’s Purchase Contract and this Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing before and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to such Holder, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company or the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary that are required to be paid by the Holder pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

Observation Period ” means the 20 consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Settlement Date.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by (i) either the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, its President or any Vice President of the Company, and (ii) the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent. Any Officers’ Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement (other than the Officers’ Certificate provided for in Section 10.05) shall include the information set forth in Section 1.02 hereof.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (and who may be an employee of the Company), and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Purchase Contract Agent. An opinion of counsel may rely on certificates as to matters of fact.

Outstanding ” means, as of any date of determination, all Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore authenticated, executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:

(i) all Units, if a Termination Event has occurred;

(ii) Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent or delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation or deemed cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and

(iii) Units evidenced by Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such Certificate in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Purchase Contract Agent proof satisfactory to it that such Certificate is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands the Units evidenced by such Certificate are valid obligations of the Company;

 

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provided, however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite number of the Units have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Units owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding Units, except that, in determining whether the Purchase Contract Agent shall be authorized and protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Units that a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Units so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding Units if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Purchase Contract Agent the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Units and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

Payment Date ” means each January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year, commencing July 31, 2009.

Permitted Investments ” means any one of the following, in each case maturing on the Business Day following the date of acquisition:

(1) any evidence of indebtedness with an original maturity of 365 days or less issued, or directly and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support of the timely payment thereof or such indebtedness constitutes a general obligation of it);

(2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any institution which is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500 million at the time of deposit (and which may include the Collateral Agent);

(3) investments with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any Person that is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by a bank referred to in clause (2);

(4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or issued by any agency thereof and backed as to timely payment by the full faith and credit of the United States of America;

(5) investments in commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by the Company or its affiliates, of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, which commercial paper has a rating at the time of purchase at least equal to “ A-1 ” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“ S&P ”) or at least equal to “ P-1 ” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”); and

(6) investments in money market funds (including, but not limited to, money market funds managed by the Collateral Agent or an affiliate of the Collateral Agent) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, rated in the highest applicable rating category by S&P or Moody’s.

 

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Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

Plan ” means an employee benefit plan that is subject to ERISA, a plan or individual retirement account that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose assets are considered assets of any such plan.

Pledge ” means the lien and security interest in the Collateral created by this Agreement.

Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes ” means the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio ” means the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof) and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Securities ” means the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and the Pledged Treasury Securities, collectively.

Pledged Treasury Securities ” means Treasury Securities and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledge Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.08(b).

Predecessor Certificate ” means a Predecessor Corporate Units Certificate or a Predecessor Treasury Units Certificate.

Predecessor Corporate Units Certificate ” of any particular Corporate Units Certificate means every previous Corporate Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Corporate Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Corporate Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Corporate Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Corporate Units Certificate.

Predecessor Treasury Units Certificate ” of any particular Treasury Units Certificate means every previous Treasury Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Treasury Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Treasury Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury Units Certificate.

 

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Pro Rata ” or “ pro rata ” shall mean pro rata to each Holder according to the aggregate Stated Amount of the Units held by such Holder in relation to the aggregate Stated Amount of all Units outstanding.

Proceeds ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC and includes, without limitation, all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, securities, financial assets and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed upon the sale (including, without limitation, any Remarketing), exchange, collection or disposition of any financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the delivery of shares or any securities in connection with an Early Settlement pursuant to Section 5.08 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts pursuant to Section 5.05(b)(ii), in the form in which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Prospectus.

Purchase Contract ” means, with respect to any Unit, the contract forming a part of such Unit and obligating the Company to sell, and the Holder of such Unit to purchase, shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Settlement Rate on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article V hereof.

Purchase Contract Agent ” means the Person named as the “Purchase Contract Agent” in the first paragraph of this Agreement, acting in its capacity as such hereunder, until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Purchase Contract Agent” shall mean such Person or any subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to this Agreement.

Purchase Contract Settlement Date ” means April 30, 2012.

Purchase Contract Settlement Fund ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.

Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Purchased Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(vi).

Put Right ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Quotation Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Record Date ” for any distribution payable on any Payment Date means the fifteenth day of the calendar month in which the relevant Payment Date falls (whether or not a Business Day).

Redemption Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Redemption Price ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Reference Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(ii).

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company covering, inter alia , the delivery by the Company of any securities in connection with an Early Settlement on the Early Settlement Date under Section 5.08 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date under Section 5.05(b)(ii), including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, and any post-effective amendments thereto.

Remarketing ” means the remarketing of the Senior Notes pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement on any Remarketing Date.

Remarketing Agent(s) ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Remarketing Agreement ” means the Remarketing Agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit P hereto, to be entered into among the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent(s), as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.

Remarketing Announcement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(c).

Remarketing Announcement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(c).

Remarketing Date ” means any of the Business Days selected for Remarketing in an Early Remarketing Period or the Final Remarketing Period.

Remarketing Fee ” means, in the event of a Successful Remarketing, a remarketing fee paid to the Remarketing Agent to be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Remarketing Agent prior to any such Remarketing pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Remarketing Per Senior Note Price ” means the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price divided by the number of $1,000 principal amount of Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests that are held as components of Corporate Units and remarketed in an Early Remarketing.

Remarketing Price ” means (i) in the case of an Early Remarketing, at least 100% of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price plus the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price (if any), and (ii) in the case of a Final Remarketing, 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and Separate Senior Notes to be remarketed in such Final Remarketing; provided that in each case of clause (i) or (ii), “Remarketing Price” may include, at the option of the Company, the Remarketing Fee.

Remarketing Settlement Date ” means (i) in the case of a Successful Early Remarketing occurring during an Early Remarketing Period, the third Business Day following a Successful Early Remarketing, and (ii) in the case of a Final Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

 

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Reorganization Event ” means:

(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person or of another Person with or into the Company;

(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety;

(iii) any statutory share exchange of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition); or

(iv) any liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Company (other than as a result of or after the occurrence of a Termination Event).

Reset Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(c)(ii).

Reset Rate ” means, in connection with each Remarketing, the rate per annum rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent (0.00001) that the Senior Notes shall bear as determined by the Remarketing Agent in consultation with the Company pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent, any officer of the Purchase Contract Agent assigned to the Corporate Trust Administration unit (or any successor unit, department or division of the Purchase Contract Agent) of the Purchase Contract Agent located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent who has direct responsibility for the administration of the Agreement and, for the purposes of Section 7.01(b)(ii), also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer, trust officer or person performing similar functions to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity of the particular subject.

Restricted Period ” means the period commencing on, and including, the Business Day preceding any Early Remarketing Period and ending on, and including, the later of the Reset Effective Date and the Business Day following the last Early Remarketing Date during that Early Remarketing Period.

Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(x).

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Securities Intermediary ” means the Person named as Securities Intermediary in the first paragraph of this Agreement, acting in its capacity as such hereunder, until a successor Securities Intermediary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Securities Intermediary” shall mean such successor or any subsequent successor.

 

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Security Register ” and “ Securities Registrar ” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.05.

Senior Notes ” means the series of Senior Notes designated the 8% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company.

Separate Senior Notes ” means Senior Notes that have been released from the Pledge following Collateral Substitution and therefore no longer underlie Corporate Units.

Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price ” means, for any Early Remarketing, the amount in cash equal to the product of the Remarketing Per Senior Note Price multiplied by the number of $1,000 principal amount of Separate Senior Notes remarketed in such Early Remarketing.

Settlement Date ” means, as applicable, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Early Settlement Date or the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Special Event ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Special Event Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Special Event Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Spin-Off ” means payment of a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.

Stated Amount ” means $25.

Stock Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(b)(iii).

Successful Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

Successful Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(b)(ii).

Successful Remarketing ” means, as applicable, a Successful Early Remarketing or a Successful Final Remarketing.

Supplemental Indenture ” means the Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Indenture Trustee pursuant to which the Senior Notes are issued.

Tax Event ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

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Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of the Company under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or state law and if such judgment, decree or order shall have been entered more than 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days;

(ii) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee (or other similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of all or substantially all of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered and if such decree or order shall have been entered more than 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such judgment, decree or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(iii) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking liquidation or reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or state law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee (or other similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or of its property, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Termination Event” shall not include any event described in clauses (i) — (iii) above with respect to any subsidiary of the Company.

Threshold Appreciation Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(i).

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.

TRADES ” means the Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to the TRADES Regulations.

TRADES Regulations ” means the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, published at 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the TRADES Regulations are used herein as therein defined.

Trading Day ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Transfer ” means (i) in the case of certificated securities in registered form, delivery as provided in Section 8-301(a) of the UCC, indorsed to the transferee or in blank by an effective endorsement; (ii) in the case of Treasury Securities, registration of the transferee as the owner of such Treasury Securities on TRADES; and (iii) in the case of security entitlements, including,

 

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without limitation, security entitlements with respect to Treasury Securities, a securities intermediary indicating by book entry that such security entitlement has been credited to the transferee’s securities account.

Treasury Portfolio ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Supplemental Indenture.

Treasury Securities ” means zero-coupon U.S. treasury securities that mature on April 30, 2012 (CUSIP No. 912820PM3).

Treasury Unit ” means, following the substitution of Treasury Securities for Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, as collateral to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract, the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Treasury Units Certificate in respect of such Treasury Securities, subject to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Treasury Units Certificate ” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Treasury Units specified on such certificate.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

Underwriter ” means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement dated as of March 24, 2009, among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

Unit ” means a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit, as the case may be.

Value ” means, with respect to any item of Collateral on any date, as to (1) Cash, the amount thereof, (2) Treasury Securities, the aggregate principal amount thereof at maturity, (3) Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), the appropriate aggregate percentage of the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Treasury Portfolio and (4) Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the appropriate aggregate principal amount of the underlying Senior Notes.

Vice President ” means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon any application or request by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent to take any action in accordance with any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all

 

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such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement (other than the Officers’ Certificate provided for in Section 10.05) shall include:

(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and

(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent . In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which its certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.04. Acts of Holders; Record Dates . (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and,

 

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except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Purchase Contract Agent deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Units shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Unit shall bind every future Holder of the same Unit and the Holder of every Certificate evidencing such Unit issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.

(e) The Company may set any date as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Units entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of the Outstanding Corporate Units and the Outstanding Treasury Units, as the case may be, on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action with respect to the Corporate Units or the Treasury Units, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken prior to or on the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on such record date. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and be of no effect), and nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Purchase Contract Agent in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.04(e), the Company may designate any date as the “ Expiration Date ” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Purchase Contract Agent in writing, and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, prior to or on the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the

 

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Company shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Section 1.05. Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications provided for herein (including, without limitation, any modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by telecopy, if promptly confirmed by telephone) mailed or delivered to the intended recipient at the “ Address for Notices ” specified below its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.

The Purchase Contract Agent (if other than the Indenture Trustee) shall send to the Indenture Trustee at the following address a copy of any notices in the form of Exhibits C, D, E, F, H, J, M or O it sends or receives:

U.S. Bank National Association

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Section 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver . Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Purchase Contract Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Purchase Contract Agent shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, and the Holders from time to time of the Units, by their acceptance of the same, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions hereof and to have ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the Pledge hereunder by, the Purchase Contract Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except to the extent permitted under Article IX hereof, the Company shall not assign any of its rights or obligations under this agreement without the prior written consent of (i) each of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and (ii) the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Units voting together as one class. Any such assignment effected without the foregoing consent shall be null and void.

Section 1.09. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Units shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.10. Benefits of Agreement . Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Units, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and, to the extent provided hereby, the Holders, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Units evidenced by their Certificates by their acceptance of delivery of such Certificates.

Section 1.11. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial . THIS AGREEMENT, THE UNITS AND THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE. The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Holders from time to time of the Units, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, hereby submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Holders from time to time of the Units, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Holders from time to time of the Units, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 1.12. Legal Holidays . In any case where any Payment Date shall not be a Business Day (notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Units), the interest payment on the Senior Notes and other distributions shall not be paid on such date, but the

 

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interest payment on the Senior Notes and other distributions shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if such payment on the next succeeding Business Day would cause the Payment Date to occur in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the scheduled Payment Date; provided, further that no interest shall accrue or be payable by the Company or to any Holder in respect of such delay.

In any case where the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or any Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date shall not be a Business Day (notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Units), Purchase Contracts shall not be performed and Early Settlement and Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall not be effected on such date, but Purchase Contracts shall be performed or Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall be effected, as applicable, on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as applicable.

Section 1.13. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 1.14. Inspection of Agreement . A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times during normal business hours at the Corporate Trust Office for inspection by any Holder or Beneficial Owner.

Section 1.15. Appointment of Financial Institution as Agent for the Company . The Company may appoint a financial institution (which may be the Collateral Agent) to act as its agent in performing its obligations and in accepting and enforcing performance of the obligations of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, under this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, by giving notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.05 hereof. Any such appointment shall not relieve the Company in any way from its obligations hereunder.

Section 1.16. No Waiver . No failure on the part of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

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ARTICLE II

CERTIFICATE FORMS

Section 2.01. Forms of Certificates Generally . The Certificates (including the form of Purchase Contract forming part of each Unit evidenced thereby) shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (in the case of Corporate Units Certificates) or Exhibit B hereto (in the case of Treasury Units Certificates), with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Units are listed or any depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Certificates.

The definitive Certificates shall be produced in any manner as determined by the officers of the Company executing the Units evidenced by such Certificates, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

Every Global Certificate authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B for a Global Certificate.

Section 2.02. Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication . The form of the Purchase Contract Agent’s certificate of authentication of the Units shall be in substantially the form set forth on the form of the applicable Certificates.

ARTICLE III

THE UNITS

Section 3.01. Amount; Form and Denominations . The aggregate number of Units evidenced by Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder is limited to 6,600,000 Units, except for Certificates authenticated, executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Certificates pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.10, Section 3.13, Section 3.14 or Section 8.05.

The Certificates shall be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Corporate Unit or Treasury Unit and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 3.02. Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates . Each Corporate Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Corporate Units specified therein, with each such Corporate Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of an Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or an Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, subject to the Pledge of such Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, by such Holder pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby authorized, as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Corporate Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article XI hereof, the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes, or the portion of the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio that is specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term, forming a part of such Corporate Unit, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the

 

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Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock. To effect such Pledge and grant such security interest, the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of the Holders of Corporate Units has, on the date hereof, delivered to the Collateral Agent the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes.

Upon the formation of a Treasury Unit pursuant to Section 3.13, each Treasury Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Treasury Units specified therein, with each such Treasury Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of a 1/40, or 2.5%, undivided beneficial interest in a Treasury Security with a principal amount equal to $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such interest by such Holder pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby authorized, as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Treasury Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article XI hereof, such Holder’s interest in the Treasury Security forming a part of such Treasury Unit to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Treasury Security to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock.

Prior to the purchase of shares of Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contract shall not entitle the Holder of a Unit to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of the meetings of shareholders or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter, or any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.13 and Section 3.14 hereof, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Company may deliver Certificates executed by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication, execution on behalf of the Holders and delivery, together with its Issuer Order for authentication of such Certificates, and the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver such Certificates.

The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its President, its Treasurer or a Vice President. The signature of any of these officers on the Certificates may be manual or facsimile.

Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificates.

 

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No Purchase Contract evidenced by a Certificate shall be valid until such Certificate has been executed on behalf of the Holder by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Purchase Contract Agent, as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact. Such signature by an authorized signatory of the Purchase Contract Agent shall be conclusive evidence that the Holder of such Certificate has entered into the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Certificate.

Each Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by an authorized signatory of the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 3.04. Temporary Certificates . Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the Company may execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders, and deliver, in lieu of such definitive Certificates, temporary Certificates which are in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A or Exhibit B hereto, as the case may be, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, are listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Certificates.

If temporary Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the Company and without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Certificates of like tenor and denominations and evidencing a like number of Units as the temporary Certificate or Certificates so surrendered. Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates shall in all respects evidence the same benefits and the same obligations with respect to the Units evidenced thereby as definitive Certificates.

Section 3.05. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Purchase Contract Agent shall keep at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Purchase Contract Agent shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers of Certificates (the Purchase Contract Agent, in such capacity, the “ Security Registrar ”). The Security Registrar shall record separately the registration and transfer of the Certificates evidencing Corporate Units and Treasury Units.

 

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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the designated transferee or transferees, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of any authorized denominations, of like tenor, and evidencing a like number of Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be.

At the option of the Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates, of any authorized denominations and evidencing a like number of Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver the Certificates which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate shall evidence the ownership of the same number of Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, and be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same obligations under this Agreement as the Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, evidenced by the Certificate surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Purchase Contract Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate, but the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, other than any exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05(ii) and Section 8.05 not involving any transfer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder and deliver any Certificate in exchange for any other Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the earliest to occur of any Early Settlement Date with respect to such Certificate, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such Certificate, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:

(i) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (including upon any Cash Settlement) or an Early Settlement Date or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such other Certificate (or portion thereof) has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such other Certificate (or portion thereof); or

 

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(ii) if a Termination Event, Early Settlement, or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or a Cash Settlement shall have occurred, transfer the Senior Notes, the Treasury Securities, or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such Certificate, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3.15 and Article V hereof.

Section 3.06. Book-entry Interests . The Certificates will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Certificates, to be delivered to the Depositary or its custodian by, or on behalf of, the Company. The Company hereby designates DTC as the initial Depositary. Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on the Security Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the Depositary, and no Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Certificate representing such Beneficial Owner’s interest in such Global Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.09. The Purchase Contract Agent shall enter into an agreement with the Depositary if so requested by the Company. Following the issuance of such Global Certificates and unless and until definitive, and fully registered Certificates have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 3.09:

(i) the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be in full force and effect;

(ii) the Company shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Units and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners; provided that a Beneficial Owner may directly enforce against the Company, without any consent, proxy, waiver or involvement of the Depositary of any kind, such Beneficial Owner’s right to receive a definitive Certificate representing the Units beneficially owned by such Beneficial Owner, as set forth in Section 3.09;

(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.06 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall control; and

(iv) except as set forth in the proviso of clause (ii) of this Section 3.06, the rights of the Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Owners and the Depositary or the Depositary Participants. The Depositary will make book-entry transfers among Depositary Participants.

Transfers of securities evidenced by Global Certificates shall be made through the facilities of the Depositary, and any cancellation of, or increase or decrease in the number of, such securities (including the creation of Treasury Units and the recreation of Corporate Units pursuant to Section 3.13 and Section 3.14, respectively) shall be accomplished by making appropriate annotations on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases set forth in such Global Certificate.

 

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Section 3.07. Notices to Holders . Whenever a notice or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this Agreement, the Company or the Company’s agent shall give such notices and communications to the Holders and, with respect to any Units registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, the Company or the Company’s agent shall, except as set forth herein, have no obligations to the Beneficial Owners.

Section 3.08. Appointment of Successor Depositary . If the Depositary elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Units, the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Units.

Section 3.09. Definitive Certificates . If:

(i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Units and no successor Depositary has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 within 90 days after such notice;

(ii) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as the Depositary and the Company receives notice of such cessation, and no successor Depositary has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 within 90 days after the Company’s receipt of such notice;

(iii) to the extent permitted by the Depositary, the Company determines at any time that the Units shall no longer be represented by Global Certificates and shall inform such Depositary of such determination and participants in such Depository elect to withdraw their beneficial interests in the Units from such Depository, following notification by the Depository of their right to do so; or

(iv) a Beneficial Owner requests to exchange such Beneficial Owner’s interest in the Global Certificates for definitive Certificates in order to exercise or enforce such Beneficial Owner’s rights under the Units represented by such Global Certificates;

then (x) definitive Certificates shall be prepared by the Company with respect to such Units and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and (y) upon surrender of the Global Certificates representing the Units by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions (other than in the case of clause (iv) above), the Company shall cause definitive Certificates to be delivered to Beneficial Owners in accordance with instructions provided by the Depositary. The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on and shall be authorized and protected in relying on, such instructions. Each definitive Certificate so delivered shall evidence Units of the same kind and tenor as the Global Certificate so surrendered in respect thereof.

Section 3.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates . If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that such Certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, with respect to such lost or mutilated Certificate a new Certificate on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the earliest of any Early Settlement Date, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall:

(i) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (including upon any Cash Settlement) or an Early Settlement Date or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such Certificate; and

(ii) if a Termination Event, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or an Early Settlement with respect to such lost or mutilated Certificate shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or a Cash Settlement shall have occurred, transfer the Senior Notes, the Treasury Securities or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such Certificate, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3.15 and Article V hereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other fees and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Purchase Contract Agent) connected therewith.

Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and of the Holder in respect of the Units evidenced thereby, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate (and the Units evidenced thereby) shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and be subject to all the obligations of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates delivered hereunder.

 

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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 Certificates.

Section 3.11. Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, may treat the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered as the owner of the Units evidenced thereby for purposes of (subject to any applicable record date) any payment or distribution with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, or on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term), as applicable, and performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever in connection with such Units, whether or not such payment, distribution, or performance shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

With respect to Units represented by a Global Certificate, none of the Purchase Contract Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Beneficial Owner or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member, with respect to any ownership interest in such Units or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, Beneficial Owner or other Person (other than the Depositary or its nominee) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Units (other than the Depositary or its nominee). All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders pursuant to the Units and this Agreement shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Certificate). The rights of Beneficial Owners in the Units underlying a Global Certificate shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to its applicable procedures. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Securities Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any Beneficial Owners. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Securities Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Certificate for all purposes of this Agreement relating to such Global Certificate (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the Beneficial Owner in any Units underlying such Global Certificate) as the sole Holder of such Global Certificate and shall have no obligations to the Beneficial Owners thereof. None of the Purchase Contract Agent or the Securities Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to any Units underlying such Global Certificate, for any transactions between the Depositary and any agent member or between or among the Depositary, any such agent member and/or any Holder or Beneficial Owner in any Units underlying such Global Certificate, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any Units underlying such Global Certificate.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Certificate, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Certificate, or impair, as between such Depositary and the related Beneficial Owner, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Certificate. None of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Certificate or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 3.12. Cancellation . All Certificates surrendered for delivery of shares of Common Stock on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or in connection with an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or for delivery of the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, after the occurrence of a Termination Event or pursuant to a Cash Settlement, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a Collateral Substitution, or upon the registration of transfer or exchange of a Unit, shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Purchase Contract Agent, be delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent along with appropriate written instructions regarding the cancellation thereof and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation any Certificates previously authenticated, executed and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Certificates so delivered shall, upon an Issuer Order, be promptly cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent. No Certificates shall be authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section 3.12, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Certificates held by the Purchase Contract Agent shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary practices.

If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall acquire any Certificate, such acquisition shall not operate as a cancellation of such Certificate unless and until such Certificate is delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent cancelled or for cancellation.

Section 3.13. Creation of Treasury Units by Substitution of Treasury Securities . (a) Unless the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to the limitations on a Collateral Substitution in connection with an Early Remarketing as set forth under Section 5.02 below, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (other than during the Restricted Period or following a Successful Early Remarketing), effect a Collateral Substitution and separate the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes in respect of such Holder’s Corporate Units by substituting for such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Treasury Securities in an aggregate principal amount at maturity equal

 

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to the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes; provided that Holders may make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units. To effect such substitution, the Holder must:

(1) Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto having a Value equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes for which such Collateral Substitution is made, which must be purchased in the open market at such Holder’s expense unless otherwise owned by such Holder; and

(2) Transfer the related Corporate Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide an instruction to such effect to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Treasury Securities described in clause (1) above or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the instruction to the Collateral Agent described in clause (2) above, the Collateral Agent shall release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes from the Pledge and instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, to Transfer the Senior Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto delivered by a Holder of Corporate Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the Senior Notes underlying the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of the Senior Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(i) cancel the related Corporate Units;

(ii) Transfer the Senior Notes to the Holder; and

(iii) deliver Treasury Units in book-entry form, or if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Treasury Units in the form of a Treasury Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Corporate Units.

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(including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent) in respect of the substitution, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

(b) If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, substitute Treasury Securities for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio included in such Corporate Units, but only in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date). In such an event, the Holder shall Transfer Treasury Securities having an aggregate principal amount at maturity equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of the Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the Corporate Units for which Collateral Substitution is being made to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, and the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary shall effect a Collateral Substitution for the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in the manner set forth in clause (a) above.

(c) In the event a Holder making a Collateral Substitution pursuant to this Section 3.13 fails to effect a book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units or fails to deliver Corporate Units Certificates to the Purchase Contract Agent after depositing Treasury Securities with the Securities Intermediary, any distributions on the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, or with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, in each case constituting a part of such Corporate Units, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until such Corporate Units are so transferred or the Corporate Units Certificate is so delivered, as the case may be, or such Holder provides evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent that such Corporate Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.

(d) Except as described in Section 5.03 or in this Section 3.13 or in connection with a Cash Settlement, an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit remains in effect, such Corporate Units shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and the Purchase Contract comprising such Corporate Units may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Corporate Unit.

Section 3.14. Recreation of Corporate Units . (a) Unless the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Pledged Applicable Ownership interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units as the result of a Successful Early Remarketing, and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to the limitations on a Collateral Substitution in connection with an Early Remarketing, as set forth in

 

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Section 5.02 below, a Holder of Treasury Units may effect a Collateral Substitution and recreate Corporate Units at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (other than during the Restricted Period or following a Successful Early Remarketing); provided that Holders of Treasury Units may only recreate Corporate Units in integral multiples of 40 Treasury Units; provided further that, if the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units as the result of a Special Event Redemption, Holders of Treasury Units may only recreate Corporate Units in integral multiples of 2,000 Treasury Units. In no event may a Holder of Treasury Units effect a Collateral Substitution following a Successful Early Remarketing. To recreate Corporate Units, the Holder must:

(1) Transfer to the Collateral Agent for credit to the Collateral Account Senior Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Value of the Pledged Treasury Securities to be released, which must be purchased in the open market at such Holder’s expense unless otherwise owned by such Holder; and

(2) Transfer the related Treasury Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide an instruction to such effect to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Senior Notes described in clause (1) above or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent described in clause (2) above, the Collateral Agent shall promptly release such Pledged Treasury Securities from the Pledge and shall promptly instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, to Transfer such Pledged Treasury Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

The substituted Senior Notes will be pledged to the Company through the Collateral Agent to secure such Holder’s obligation to purchase shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contract.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Senior Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto delivered by a Holder of Treasury Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the Pledged Treasury Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of such Treasury Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

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(iii) deliver Corporate Units in book-entry form or, if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Corporate Units in the form of a Corporate Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Treasury Units.

Holders who elect to recreate Corporate Units shall be responsible for any fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent), in respect of the recreation, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

(b) Except as provided in Section 5.03 or in this Section 3.14 or in connection with a Cash Settlement, an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Treasury Unit remains in effect, such Treasury Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury Unit in respect of the interest in the Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract comprising such Treasury Unit may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Treasury Unit.

Section 3.15. Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event . (a) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of written notice pursuant to Section 5.07 hereof from the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that a Termination Event has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall promptly release all Collateral from the Pledge and shall promptly instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer:

(i) any Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio;

(ii) any Pledged Treasury Securities;

(iii) any payments made by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof; and

(iv) any Proceeds and all other payments the Collateral Agent receives in respect of the foregoing,

to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holders for distribution to such Holders, in accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby; provided, however, if any Holder or Beneficial Owner shall be entitled to receive Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount of less than $1,000, or greater than $1,000 but not in an integral multiple of $1,000, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request, on behalf of such Holder or Beneficial Owner, pursuant to the Indenture that the Company issue Senior Notes in denominations of $25, or integral multiples thereof, in exchange for Senior Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and provided further, if any Holder shall be entitled to receive, with respect to its Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or its Pledged Treasury Securities, any securities having a principal amount at maturity of less than $1,000, the Purchase Contract Agent shall dispose of such Pledged Applicable

 

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Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities for cash and deliver to such Holder cash in lieu of delivering the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (a) of this Section 3.15, if such Termination Event shall result from the Company’s becoming a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, and if the Collateral Agent shall for any reason fail promptly to effectuate the release and Transfer of all Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Treasury Securities and payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.03 and Proceeds and all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided by this Section 3.15, the Purchase Contract Agent shall use its best efforts to obtain an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm to the effect that, notwithstanding the Company’s being the debtor in such a bankruptcy case, the Collateral Agent will not be prohibited from releasing or Transferring the Collateral as provided in this Section 3.15, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such opinion to the Collateral Agent within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event, and if (A) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be unable to obtain such opinion within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event or (B) the Collateral Agent shall continue, after delivery of such opinion, to refuse to effectuate the release and Transfer of all Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof and Proceeds and all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided in this Section 3.15, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall within fifteen days after the occurrence of such Termination Event commence an action or proceeding in the court having jurisdiction of the Company’s case under the Bankruptcy Code seeking an order requiring the Collateral Agent to effectuate the release and transfer of all Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof and Proceeds and all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, or as the case may be, as provided by this Section 3.15.

(c) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 3.15, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request transfer instructions with respect to such Senior Notes, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from each Holder by written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, mailed to such Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register.

(d) Upon book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units or the Treasury Units or delivery of a Corporate Units Certificate or Treasury Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent with such transfer instructions, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transfer the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Applicable

 

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Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be, to such Holder by book-entry transfer, or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with such instructions and, in the case of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. In the event a Holder of Corporate Units or Treasury Units fails to effect such transfer or delivery, the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units of Treasury Units, as the case may be, and any distributions thereon, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until the earlier to occur of:

(i) the transfer of such Corporate Units or Treasury Units or surrender of the Corporate Units Certificate or Treasury Units Certificate or the receipt by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent from such Holder of satisfactory evidence that such Corporate Units Certificate or Treasury Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; and

(ii) the expiration of the time period specified by the applicable law governing abandoned property in the state in which the Purchase Contract Agent holds such property.

Section 3.16. No Consent to Assumption . Each Holder of a Unit, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed expressly to have withheld any consent to the assumption under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, of the Purchase Contract by the Company or its trustee, receiver, liquidator or a person or entity performing similar functions in the event that the Company becomes a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code or subject to other similar state or Federal law providing for reorganization or liquidation.

Section 3.17. Substitutions . Whenever a Holder has the right to substitute Treasury Securities, Senior Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as defined in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, or security entitlements for any of them for financial assets held in the Collateral Account, such substitution shall not constitute a novation of the security interest created hereby.

ARTICLE IV

THE SENIOR NOTES

Section 4.01. Interest Payments; Rights to Interest Payments Preserved . (a) The Collateral Agent shall transfer all income and distributions received by it on account of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (if the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes are registered in the name of the Collateral Agent), the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Permitted Investments from time to time held in the Collateral Account to the

 

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Purchase Contract Agent (ABA No. 091000022, Account No. 130636001, Re: Autoliv, Inc. Equity Units) for distribution to the applicable Holders as provided in this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts.

(b) Any payment on any Senior Note underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or any distribution on any Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, which is paid on any Payment Date shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Company or from the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 4.01(a) above, be paid to the Person in whose name the Corporate Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Corporate Units Certificates) of which such Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, forms a part is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.

(c) Each Corporate Units Certificate evidencing Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Corporate Units Certificate shall carry the right to accrued and unpaid interest or distributions which were carried by Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio underlying such other Corporate Units Certificate.

(d) In the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which (1) Cash Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.03(a) hereof, (2) Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.08 hereof, (3) Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.05(b)(ii) hereof or (4) a Collateral Substitution is properly effected pursuant to Section 3.13, in each case on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, interest in respect of the Senior Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or distributions on Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Unit otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Cash Settlement, Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or Collateral Substitution, and such payment or distributions shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be payable to the Person in whose name the Corporate Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Corporate Units Certificates) were registered at the close of business on the Record Date.

(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4.01(d) hereof, in the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which Cash Settlement, Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the component Purchase Contract is properly effected, or with respect to which a Collateral Substitution has been effected, payments attributable to the Senior Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or distributions on Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, that would otherwise be payable or made after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date, Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or the date of the Collateral Substitution, as the case may be, shall not be payable hereunder to the Holder of such Corporate Units; provided, however, that to the extent that such Holder continues to hold Separate Senior Notes or

 

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Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio that formerly comprised a part of such Holder’s Corporate Units, such Holder shall be entitled to receive interest on such Separate Senior Notes or distributions on such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio.

Section 4.02. Payments Prior to or on Purchase Contract Settlement Date . (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.03(a), Section 5.05(b)(ii) and Section 5.08, and except as provided in Section 4.02(b) below, if no Termination Event shall have occurred, all payments received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of (1) the principal amount of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, (2) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof) and (3) the Pledged Treasury Securities, shall be credited to the Collateral Account, to be invested in Permitted Investments until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and transferred to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date as provided in Section 5.03 hereof. Any balance remaining in the Collateral Account shall be released from the Pledge and transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. The Company shall instruct the Collateral Agent in writing as to the specific Permitted Investments in which any payments made under this Section 4.02 shall be invested, provided, however , that if the Company fails to deliver such instructions by 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day such payments are received by the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to invest such payments in the Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (6) of the definition of Permitted Investments, which have been designated by the Company in writing from time to time in a standing instruction to the Securities Intermediary which shall be effective until revoked or superseded. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. The Collateral Agent shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the failure of the Company to provide timely written investment direction.

(b) All payments received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of (1) the Senior Notes, (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and (3) the Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto, that, in each case, have been released from the Pledge hereunder shall be transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests.

Section 4.03. Notice and Voting . (a) Subject to Section 4.03(b) hereof, the Purchase Contract Agent may exercise, or refrain from exercising, any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; provided that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not exercise or shall not refrain from exercising such right, as the case may be, if, in the judgment of the Purchase Contract Agent, such action would impair or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of all or any of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes; and provided further that the Purchase Contract Agent shall give the Company and the Collateral Agent at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of the manner in which it intends to exercise, or its reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right. Upon receipt of any notices and other communications in respect of any Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable

 

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Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, including either notice of any meeting at which holders of the Senior Notes are entitled to vote or the solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of the Senior Notes, the Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts to send promptly to the Purchase Contract Agent such notice or communication, and as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of a written request therefor from the Purchase Contract Agent, to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such proxies and other instruments in respect of such Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) as are prepared by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes.

(b) Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Senior Notes are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Senior Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail, first class, postage pre-paid, to the Holders of Corporate Units a notice:

(i) containing such information as is contained in the notice or solicitation;

(ii) stating that each Holder on the record date set by the Purchase Contract Agent therefor (which, to the extent possible, shall be the same date as the record date set by the Company for determining the holders of Senior Notes entitled to vote) shall be entitled to instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are a component of their Corporate Units; and

(iii) stating the manner in which such instructions may be given.

Upon the written request of the Holders of Corporate Units on such record date received by the Purchase Contract Agent at least six days prior to such meeting, the Purchase Contract Agent shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes (rounded down to the nearest integral multiple of $1,000) as to which any particular voting instructions are received. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of Corporate Units, the Purchase Contract Agent shall abstain from voting the Senior Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are a component of such Corporate Units. The Company hereby agrees, if applicable, to solicit Holders of Corporate Units to timely instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of such voting rights in order to enable the Purchase Contract Agent to vote such Senior Notes.

(c) The Holders of Corporate Units and the Holders of Treasury Units shall have no voting or other rights in respect of Common Stock.

Section 4.04. Special Event Redemption. (a) If the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes following the occurrence of a Special Event as permitted by the Indenture, it shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that a Special Event has occurred and that it intends to redeem the Senior Notes on the Special Event Redemption Date. After the occurrence of such Special Event Redemption while Senior Notes are still credited to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent

 

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shall, and is hereby authorized to, instruct the Securities Intermediary to present the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes for payment as may be required by their respective terms and to direct the Indenture Trustee to remit the Redemption Price to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, on or prior to 12:30 p.m. (New York City time) on such Special Event Redemption Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Upon receipt of such funds by the Securities Intermediary and the credit thereof to the Collateral Account, the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes shall be released from the Collateral Account and promptly transferred to the Company. Upon the crediting of such funds to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, at the written direction of the Company, shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to (i) apply an amount equal to the Redemption Amount of such funds to purchase the Treasury Portfolio from the Quotation Agent, (ii) credit to the Collateral Account the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and (iii) promptly remit the remaining portion of such funds to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, in accordance with their respective interests.

(b) Upon the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption, (i) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) will be substituted as Collateral for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and will be held by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof to secure the Obligation of each Holder of Corporate Units, (ii) the Holders of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent shall have such rights and obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have such security interest, with respect to such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) as the Holders of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent had in respect of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, subject to the Pledge thereof, and (iii) any reference in this Agreement to Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes shall be deemed to be a reference to such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term). The Company may cause to be made in any Corporate Units Certificates thereafter to be issued such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) as may be appropriate to reflect the substitution of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) for Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as Collateral.

Section 4.05. Payments to Purchase Contract Agent . The Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any payments required to be made by it to the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent for such purpose not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day such payment is received by the Securities Intermediary; provided, however , that if such payment is received on a day that is not a Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, then the Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver such payment to the Purchase Contract Agent no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day.

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the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition thereof)) and not released therefrom in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall hold such payments as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Company and, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company so directing, promptly deliver such payments to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account or to the Company for application to the Obligations of the applicable Holder or Holders, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Holders shall acquire no right, title or interest in any such payments of principal amounts so received. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability under this Section 4.06 unless and until it has been notified in writing that such payment was delivered to it erroneously and shall have no liability for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken prior to its receipt of such notice.

ARTICLE V

THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS

Section 5.01. Purchase of Shares of Common Stock . (a) Each Purchase Contract shall obligate the Holder of the related Unit to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “ Purchase Price ”), a number of shares of Common Stock (subject to Section 5.09) equal to the Settlement Rate unless an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred. The “ Settlement Rate ” is equal to:

(i) If the Applicable Market Value is equal to or greater than $19.20 (the “ Threshold Appreciation Price ”), the Settlement Rate will be 1.3021 shares of Common Stock (such Settlement Rate being referred to as the “ Minimum Settlement Rate ”);

(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than $16.00 (the “ Reference Price ”), the Settlement Rate will be a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Stated Amount divided by the Applicable Market Value, which is not subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(a)(vii); and

(iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Reference Price, the Settlement Rate will be 1.5625 shares of Common Stock, which is equal to the Stated Amount divided by the Reference Price (such Settlement Rate being referred to as the “ Maximum Settlement Rate ”);

in each case subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.05 (and in each case rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share).

The “ Applicable Market Value ” means the average of the Closing Prices per share of Common Stock on each Trading Day during the Observation Period; provided, however , that if the Company enters into a Reorganization Event, the Applicable Market Value will mean the value of an Exchange Property Unit. Following the occurrence of any such event, references herein to the purchase or issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be construed to be references

 

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to settlement into Exchange Property Units. For purposes of calculating the value of an Exchange Property Unit, (x) the value of any common stock included in the Exchange Property Unit shall be determined using the average of the Closing Price per share of such common stock on each Trading Day during the Observation Period (adjusted as set forth under Section 5.05) and (y) the value of any other property, including securities other than common stock included in the Exchange Property Unit, shall be the value of such property on the first Trading Day of the Observation Period (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution).

The “ Closing Price ” per share of Common Stock means, on any date of determination (1) the closing sale price (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price) per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “ NYSE ”) on such date or, if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such date, as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed, or if the Common Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, or (2) if the Common Stock is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or a similar organization, or, if such bid price referred to above is not available, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices of the Common Stock on such date from at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms retained by the Company for purposes of determining the Closing Price.

A “ Trading Day ” means a day on which there is no Market Disruption Event and the Common Stock (i) is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (ii) has traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

A “ Market Disruption Event ” means (1) a failure by the primary exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock trades or is quoted to open for trading during its regular trading session or (2) the occurrence or existence, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any trading day for the Common Stock, for an aggregate one half-hour period, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock on any exchange on which such options contracts or futures contracts trade.

(b) Each Holder of a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit, by its acceptance of such Unit:

(i) irrevocably appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its attorney-in-fact to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contract and this Agreement on its behalf and in its name as its attorney-in-fact (including, without limitation, the execution of Certificates on behalf of such Holder);

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(iii) irrevocably covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under this Agreement and such Unit, including but not limited to the Purchase Contract, for so long as such Holder remains a Holder of a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit;

(iv) consents to the provisions hereof; and

(v) consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the Pledge of such Holder’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, including the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) or the Treasury Securities pursuant to this Agreement, and the delivery of the Senior Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes by the Purchase Contract Agent to the Collateral Agent.

(c) Each Holder of a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit, by its acceptance thereof, further covenants and agrees that to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 5.03 hereof, but subject to the terms thereof, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Proceeds of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Pledged Treasury Securities, as applicable, equal to the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such Proceeds.

(d) Upon registration of transfer of a Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee) by the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts underlying such Certificate and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts underlying the Certificate so transferred.

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

(e) Promptly after the calculation of the Settlement Rate and the Applicable Market Value, the Company shall give the Purchase Contract Agent notice thereof. All calculations and determinations of the Settlement Rate and the Applicable Market Value shall be made by the Company or its agent based on their good faith calculations, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no responsibility with respect thereto.

Section 5.02. Early Remarketing .

(a) Unless a Successful Early Remarketing, a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred, the Company may engage the Remarketing Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to remarket the aggregate Senior Notes underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of Corporate Units, along with any Separate Senior Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in such remarketing pursuant to the Indenture, as supplemented by Section 5.03(d) below, during an Early Remarketing Period selected by the Company (each date during such Early Remarketing Period, an “ Early Remarketing Date ”).

 

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(b) If the Company elects to conduct an Early Remarketing on an Early Remarketing Date, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the related Early Remarketing Period, the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are a part of the Corporate Units to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Senior Notes (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to clause (d) of Section 5.03 below. Pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement, upon receipt of such notices from the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent will use its reasonable efforts to remarket such Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. If the Remarketing Agent is unsuccessful on the first Early Remarketing Date during such Early Remarketing Period, a subsequent Remarketing shall be attempted (unless impracticable) by the Remarketing Agent on each of the two following Early Remarketing Dates in that Early Remarketing Period until a Successful Early Remarketing (as hereinafter defined) occurs. If the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket such Senior Notes for at least the applicable Remarketing Price (a “ Successful Early Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to transfer to the Remarketing Agent the remarketed Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Early Remarketing attributable to such Senior Notes, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed Separate Senior Notes to the Remarketing Agent upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Early Remarketing attributable to such Separate Senior Notes. Settlement shall occur on the Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall (1) instruct the Securities Intermediary to apply an amount equal to the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price to purchase the Treasury Portfolio from the Quotation Agent (the amount and issue of the U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) constituting the Treasury Portfolio to be determined by the Remarketing Agent), (2) credit to the Collateral Account the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, and (3) promptly remit any remaining portion of such proceeds to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall make such payment on the Remarketing Settlement Date to the Holders pro rata in accordance with their respective interests. In the event of a Successful Early Remarketing, each Holder of a Separate Senior Note that has been included in the Remarketing will receive, on the Reset Effective Date, an amount in cash equal to the Remarketing Per Senior Note Price.

(c) Following the occurrence of a Successful Early Remarketing, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of such term) will be substituted as Collateral for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and will be held by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof to secure the Obligation of each Holder of Corporate Units, and the Holders of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent shall have such security interests, rights and obligations with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as defined in clause (i) of such term) as the Holder of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent had in respect of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, subject to the Pledge thereof. Any reference in this Agreement or the Certificates to the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes shall thereupon be deemed to be a reference to such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as

 

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defined in clause (i) of such term). The Company may cause to be made in any Corporate Units Certificates thereafter to be issued such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) as may be appropriate to reflect the substitution of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as defined in clause (i) of such term) for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as Collateral.

(d) If, in spite of its reasonable efforts, the Remarketing Agent cannot remarket the Senior Notes as set forth above on each of the three Early Remarketing Dates comprising any Early Remarketing Period (other than to the Company) at a price not less than the applicable Remarketing Price or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the Early Remarketing will be deemed to have failed (a “ Failed Early Remarketing ”). Promptly after all Failed Early Remarketings in any Early Remarketing Period, the Custodial Agent will return Separate Senior Notes to the appropriate Holders. Upon the occurrence of any Failed Early Remarketing, unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred, the Company may elect to conduct additional Early Remarketings during one or more Early Remarketing Periods.

(e) The Company will pay the Remarketing Fee in connection with any Successful Early Remarketing unless the Company directs the Remarketing Agent to include such fee in the Remarketing Price and the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket the Senior Notes for an amount which includes the Remarketing Fee. In any such case, the Remarketing Agent may deduct the applicable Remarketing Fee from any amount of the proceeds from the Successful Early Remarketing in excess of the Treasury Portfolio Remarketing Price plus the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price (if any), and the Remarketing Agent shall then remit any remaining portion of such proceeds for the benefit of the Holders and the holders of the Separate Senior Notes included in the remarketing. Holders whose Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and Holders whose Separate Senior Notes are a part of the Successful Early Remarketing will not otherwise be responsible for the payment of any Remarketing Fee.

(f) During any Early Remarketing Period, the Company has the right to postpone any Remarketing in the Company’s absolute discretion.

Section 5.03. Cash Settlement; Final Remarketing; Payment of Purchase Price . (a)  Cash Settlement . (i) Unless (1) a Termination Event has occurred, (2) a Holder effects an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract, (3) a Successful Early Remarketing has occurred, (4) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units or (5) a Special Event Redemption has occurred, each Holder of Corporate Units shall have the right to satisfy such Holder’s Obligations on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in cash (a “ Cash Settlement ”). Each Holder of Corporate Units who intends to pay in cash to satisfy such Holder’s Obligations under the Purchase Contract on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date must notify the Purchase Contract Agent by presenting and surrendering at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent (i) the Certificate evidencing the Corporate Units (if they are in certificated form), and (ii) the form of “Notice of Cash Settlement” substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto completed and executed as indicated on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day

 

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immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. Corporate Units Holders may only effect such a Cash Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.03(a) in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units.

(ii) A Holder of a Corporate Unit who has so notified the Purchase Contract Agent of his intention to effect a Cash Settlement in accordance with Section 5.03(a)(i) above shall pay the Purchase Price to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers check or wire transfer in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary.

(iii) If a Holder of a Corporate Unit fails to notify the Purchase Contract Agent of its intention to make a Cash Settlement in accordance with Section 5.03(a)(i), or does notify the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in Section 5.03(a)(i) of its intention to pay the Purchase Price in cash but fails to make such payment as required by Section 5.03(a)(ii), such Holder shall be deemed to have consented to the disposition of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes pursuant to any Remarketing occurring in the Final Remarketing Period as described in Section 5.03(b) below.

(iv) Promptly after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period, the Purchase Contract Agent, based on notices received by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to Section 5.03(a)(i) hereof and notice from the Securities Intermediary regarding cash received by it prior to such time, shall notify the Collateral Agent of the aggregate number of Senior Notes to be remarketed in any Remarketing occurring in the Final Remarketing Period in a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto.

(v) Upon (1) receipt by the Collateral Agent of a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent promptly after the receipt by the Purchase Contract Agent of a notice from a Holder of Corporate Units that such Holder has elected, in accordance with Section 5.03(a)(i), to effect a Cash Settlement and (2) the payment by such Holder of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 5.03(a)(ii) above, then the Collateral Agent shall:

(A) instruct the Securities Intermediary promptly to invest any such Cash in Permitted Investments consistent with the instructions of the Company as provided for below in this Section 5.03(a)(v);

(B) release from the Pledge the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes related to the Corporate Units as to which such Holder has effected a Cash Settlement; and

(C) instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Senior Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall Transfer such Senior Notes in accordance with written instructions

 

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provided by the Holder thereof or, if no such instructions are given to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall hold such Senior Notes, and any interest payment thereon, in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder until the expiration of the time period specified in the relevant abandoned property laws of the state where such Senior Notes and interest payments thereon, if any, are held.

The Company shall instruct the Collateral Agent in writing as to the type of Permitted Investments in which any such Cash shall be invested; provided, however , that if the Company fails to deliver such written instructions by 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day such Cash is received by the Collateral Agent or to be reinvested by the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to invest such Cash in the Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (6) of the definition of Permitted Investments which have been designated by the Company in writing from time to time in a standing instruction to the Collateral Agent which shall be effective until revoked or superseded. In no event shall the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. The Collateral Agent and Securities Intermediary shall have no liability in respect of losses incurred as a result of the failure of the Company to provide timely written investment direction.

Upon maturity of the Permitted Investments on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby authorized to, (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date such portion of the proceeds of such Permitted Investments as is equal to the aggregate Purchase Price under all Purchase Contracts in respect of which Cash Settlement has been affected as provided in this Section 5.03 to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (B) release any amounts in excess of such amount earned from such Permitted Investments to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holders who have effected Cash Settlement, pro rata in proportion to the amount paid by such Holders under Section 5.03(a)(ii) above, as adjusted to reflect the period of time that each such Holder’s cash was invested in such Permitted Investments.

(b) Final Remarketing . (i) Unless a Successful Early Remarketing, a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred or will occur prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in order to dispose of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes of any Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement as provided in Section 5.03(a)(i) above, or who have so notified the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make such payment as required by Section 5.03(a)(ii) above, in each case along with any Separate Senior Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in a Final Remarketing pursuant to clause (d) below, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement to remarket such Senior Notes on any date or dates selected by the Company during the Final Remarketing Period (each such date, a “ Final Remarketing Date ”). The Purchase Contract Agent, based on the notices specified pursuant to Section 5.03(a)(iv), shall notify the Remarketing Agent in writing, promptly after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period, of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes attributable to the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are to be remarketed. Concurrently, the Custodial Agent, based on the notices specified in clause (d)

 

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below, will notify the Remarketing Agent in writing of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Senior Notes to be remarketed in any Remarketing to occur in the Final Remarketing Period. Upon receipt of notice from the Purchase Contract Agent as set forth in this Section 5.03(b)(i) and notice of the Separate Senior Notes (if any) from the Custodial Agent as set forth in this Section 5.03(b)(i), the Remarketing Agent shall, on each of the Remarketing Date or Dates in the Final Remarketing Period, use reasonable efforts to remarket, as provided in the Remarketing Agreement, such Senior Notes and such Separate Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price until there is a Successful Final Remarketing.

(ii) If the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket such Senior Notes and Separate Senior Notes (if any) for at least the applicable Remarketing Price in any Final Remarketing (other than to the Company) in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Final Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to transfer to the Remarketing Agent the remarketed Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Senior Notes, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed Separate Senior Notes to the Remarketing Agent upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Separate Senior Notes. Settlement shall occur on the Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with the Purchase Contract Agent, instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit a portion of such proceeds equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Senior Notes to satisfy in full the Obligations of Holders of Corporate Units to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contracts, and promptly remit the balance of such proceeds to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall make such payment on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pro rata in accordance with their respective interests. With respect to any Separate Senior Notes, the Custodial Agent shall remit such proceeds of the Successful Final Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent pro rata to Holders of such Separate Senior Notes.

(iii) If, in spite of its reasonable efforts, the Remarketing Agent cannot remarket the Senior Notes during the Final Remarketing Period at a price not less than the applicable Remarketing Price (other than to the Company) or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the remarketing will be deemed to have failed (a “ Failed Final Remarketing ”). Following a Failed Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, unless such Holder has provided written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit M hereto of its intention to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate cash prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date delivered the Purchase Price to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers check or wire transfer in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary (which

 

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settlement may only be effected in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units), shall be deemed to have exercised such Holder’s Put Right with respect to the Senior Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and to have elected to have a portion of the Proceeds of the Put Right set-off against such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holders’ Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such set-off, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to release the Senior Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Interests in Senior Notes from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Senior Notes to the Company. Thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall promptly remit the remaining portion of the Proceeds of the Holder’s exercise of the Put Right in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Corporate Units to which such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes relate. Upon (x) receipt by the Collateral Agent of a notice from the Purchase Contract Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit N hereto promptly after the receipt by the Purchase Contract Agent of a notice from a Holder of Corporate Units that such Holder has elected, in accordance with this Section 5.03(b)(iii), to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate cash and (y) payment by such Holder to the Securities Intermediary of the Purchase Price in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 5.03(b)(iii), in lieu of exercise of such Holder’s Put Right, the Securities Intermediary shall give the Purchase Contract Agent notice of the receipt of such payment in substantially the form of Exhibit O hereto and shall (A) promptly invest the separate cash received in Permitted Investments consistent with the instructions of the Company as provided in Section 5.03(a)(v) with respect to Cash Settlement, (B) promptly release from the Pledge the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes related to the Corporate Units as to which such Holder has paid such separate cash and (C) promptly Transfer all such Senior Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall Transfer such Senior Notes in accordance with written instructions provided by the Holder thereof or, if no such instructions are given to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall hold such Senior Notes, and any interest payment thereon, in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder until the expiration of the time period specified in the relevant abandoned property laws of the state where such Senior Notes and interest payments thereon, if any, are held. Upon maturity of the Permitted Investments on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby authorized to, (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date such portion of the proceeds of such Permitted Investments as is equal to the aggregate Purchase Price under all Purchase Contracts in respect of which separate cash has been paid as provided in this Section 5.03(b)(iii) to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (B) release any amounts in excess of such amount earned from such Permitted Investments to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holders who have paid such separate cash pro rata in proportion to the amount paid by such Holders under this Section 5.03(b)(iii).

 

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(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.03(b) shall prevent holders of Separate Senior Notes from exercising their Put Right after a Failed Final Remarketing.

(v) The Company will pay the Remarketing Fee in connection with any Successful Final Remarketing unless the Company directs the Remarketing Agent to include such fee in the Remarketing Price and the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket the Senior Notes for an amount which includes the Remarketing Fee. In any such case, the Remarketing Agent may deduct the applicable Remarketing Fee from any amount of the proceeds from the Successful Final Remarketing in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and Separate Senior Notes to be remarketed in such Final Successful Remarketing, and the Remarketing Agent shall then remit any remaining portion of such proceeds for the benefit of the Holders. Holders whose Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and Holders whose Separate Senior Notes are a part of the Successful Final Remarketing will not otherwise be responsible for the payment of any Remarketing Fee.

(vi) For the avoidance of doubt, during the Final Remarketing Period, the Company may not postpone the Remarketing for any reason.

(vii) For the avoidance of doubt, the right of each holder of the Senior Notes underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of Corporate Units and the Separate Senior Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in any Remarketing, to have such Senior Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that (A) (1) the Remarketing Agent conducts an Early Remarketing, or (2) in the case of a Final Remarketing, that no Successful Early Remarketing has occurred, each pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (B) a Termination Event has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (C) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for such Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price based on the Reset Rate, and (D) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.

(c) Remarketing Announcements . The Company will announce any Remarketing on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the first Remarketing Date of any Early Remarketing Period. For the Final Remarketing Period, the Company will announce the Remarketing on the third Business Day immediately preceding the first Remarketing Date of the Final Remarketing Period. Each such announcement (each, a “ Remarketing Announcement ”) on each such date (each, a “ Remarketing Announcement Date ”) shall specify:

(i) (A) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during an Early Remarketing Period, that the Senior Notes may be remarketed on any or all of the sixth, seventh or eighth Business Days following the Remarketing

 

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Announcement Date, or (B) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during the Final Remarketing Period, that the Senior Notes may be remarketed on any or all of the third, fourth or fifth Business Days following the Remarketing Announcement Date;

(ii) the “ Reset Effective Date ,” which (A) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during any Early Remarketing Period, shall mean the third Business Day following the date of a Successful Early Remarketing, unless the Remarketing is successful within five Business Days of the next Payment Date in which case such Payment Date will be the Reset Effective Date, or (B) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during the Final Remarketing Period, shall mean April 30, 2012 if there is a Successful Final Remarketing;

(iii) that the Reset Rate and interest payment dates for the Senior Notes will be established, and, if the Company elects to make any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes, such modified terms will be set on the date of the Successful Remarketing and effective on and after the Reset Effective Date;

(iv) (A) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during any Early Remarketing Period, that the Reset Rate will equal the Coupon Rate that will enable the Senior Notes to be remarketed at a price equal to the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price and, at the Company’s option, the applicable Remarketing Fee, or (B) if the Remarketing Announcement relates to a Remarketing to occur during the Final Remarketing Period, that the Reset Rate will equal the Coupon Rate that will enable the Senior Notes to be remarketed at a price equal to 100% of their aggregate principal amount plus, at the Company’s option, the applicable Remarketing Fee; and

(v) the range of possible Remarketing Fees.

The Company will cause each Remarketing Announcement to be published on the Remarketing Announcement Date by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service. In addition, the Company will request, not later than 10 Business Days prior to each Remarketing Announcement Date, that the Depositary notify its participants holding Senior Notes, Corporate Units and Treasury Units of the Remarketing. If a Successful Remarketing occurs on a Remarketing Date, the Company will request the Depositary to notify its participants holding Senior Notes of the maturity date, Reset Rate, interest payment dates, and any other modified terms established for the Senior Notes during the Remarketing on the Business Day following the date of the Successful Remarketing. If there is a Failed Remarketing, the Company will cause a notice of the Failed Remarketing to be published on the Business Day following the Applicable Remarketing Period (which notice, in the event of a Failed Final Remarketing, shall be published not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, and shall include the procedures that must be followed if a Holder wishes to exercise its Put Right), in each case, by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

 

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(d) At or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, but no earlier than the fifth Business Day immediately preceding such date, holders of Separate Senior Notes may elect to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed in all Remarketings to occur in the Applicable Remarketing Period under the Remarketing Agreement by delivering their Separate Senior Notes, along with a notice of such election, substantially in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto, to the Custodial Agent. After such time, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate Senior Notes remarketed in all Remarketings to occur in the Applicable Remarketing Period. The Custodial Agent shall hold the Separate Senior Notes in an account separate from the Collateral Account in which the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes shall be held. Holders of Separate Senior Notes electing to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed will also have the right to withdraw that election by written notice to the Custodial Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Early Remarketing Period, and following such notice the Custodial Agent shall return such Separate Senior Notes to such holder.

(e) The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that, if required by applicable law, a registration statement, including a prospectus, under the Securities Act with regard to the full amount of the Senior Notes to be remarketed in each Remarketing in each case in a form that may be used by the Remarketing Agent in connection with such Remarketing shall be effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(f) In the case of a Treasury Unit or a Corporate Unit (if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of such Corporate Unit), upon the maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities or the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio held by the Securities Intermediary on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the principal amount of the Treasury Securities or the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio received by the Securities Intermediary shall be invested promptly in Permitted Investments of the type described in clause (6) of the definition of Permitted Investments, which have been designated by the Company in writing from time to time in a standing instruction to the Securities Intermediary which shall be effective until revoked or superseded. On the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an amount equal to the Purchase Price for all related Purchase Contracts shall be remitted to the Company as payment of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts without receiving any instructions from the Holder. In the event the sum of the Proceeds from either the related Pledged Treasury Securities or the related Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and the Proceeds from such Permitted Investments is in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to distribute such excess, when received by the Securities Intermediary, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holder of the related Treasury Units or Corporate Units, as applicable.

(g) The obligations of the Holders to pay the Purchase Price are non-recourse obligations and, except to the extent satisfied by Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or Cash Settlement or terminated upon a Termination Event, are payable solely out of the proceeds of any Collateral pledged to secure the obligations of the Holders, and in no event will Holders be liable for any deficiency between the proceeds of the disposition of Collateral and the Purchase Price.

 

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(h) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates thereof to the Holder of the related Units unless the Company shall have received payment for the Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

Section 5.04. Issuance of Shares of Common Stock . Unless a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall have occurred, subject to Section 5.05(b), on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date upon receipt of the aggregate Purchase Price payable on all Outstanding Units in accordance with Section 5.03 above, the Company shall issue and deposit with the Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Units, one or more certificates representing newly issued shares of Common Stock registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (or its nominee) as custodian for the Holders (such certificates for shares of Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions for which a record date and payment date for such dividend or distribution has occurred after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, being hereinafter referred to as the “ Purchase Contract Settlement Fund ”) to which the Holders are entitled hereunder.

Subject to the foregoing, upon surrender of a Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as the case may be, together with settlement instructions thereon duly completed and executed, the Holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive forthwith in exchange therefor a certificate representing that number of newly issued whole shares of Common Stock which such Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article V (after taking into account all Units then held by such Holder), together with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.09 and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting part of the Purchase Contract Settlement Fund, but without any interest thereon, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Such shares shall be registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder’s designee as specified in the settlement instructions provided by the Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent. If any shares of Common Stock issued in respect of a Purchase Contract are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered (but excluding any Depositary or nominee thereof), no such registration shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such registration has paid any transfer and other taxes (including any applicable stamp taxes) required by reason of such registration in a name other than that of the registered Holder of the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax either has been paid or is not payable.

Section 5.05. Adjustment of Each Fixed Settlement Rate . (a) Each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be subject to the following adjustments (without duplication):

(i) Stock Dividends . In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock in Common Stock, each Fixed Settlement Rate, as in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date shall be increased by dividing: each Fixed Settlement Rate by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the

 

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number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date and the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, each such increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination.

(ii) Stock Purchase Rights . In case the Company shall issue to all holders of its Common Stock rights, options, warrants or other securities, entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock for a period expiring within 45 days from the date of issuance of such rights, options, warrants or other securities at a price per share of Common Stock less than the Current Market Price on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders of the Company entitled to receive such rights, options, warrants or securities (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment, share purchase or similar plan), each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date shall be increased by dividing each Fixed Settlement Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration expected to be received by the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of such rights, options, warrants or securities (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) would purchase at such Current Market Price and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, either directly or indirectly, each such increase to become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-date.

(iii) Stock Splits; Reverse Splits; and Combinations . In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided, split or reclassified into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day following the day upon which such subdivision, split or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall each be combined or reclassified into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day following the day upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, such increase or reduction, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision, split, combination or reclassification becomes effective.

(iv) Debt, Asset or Security Distributions . (1) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, assets or securities (but excluding any rights, options, warrants or other securities referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 5.05, any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash referred to in paragraph (a)(v) of this Section 5.05, any dividend, shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit in the case of a Spin-Off referred to in the next

 

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subparagraph, and any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 5.05), each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be increased by dividing each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the ex-date for such distribution less the then fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the open of business on the ex-date for such distribution. In any case in which this paragraph (a)(iv)(1) is applicable, paragraph (a)(iv)(2) of this Section 5.05 shall not be applicable.

(2) In the case of a Spin-Off, each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date will be increased by dividing each Fixed Settlement Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Market Price and the denominator of which is the Current Market Price plus the Fair Market Value of the portion of those shares of capital stock or similar equity interests so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock. Any adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rate under this paragraph (a)(iv)(2) will be determined on the date that is the earlier of the following, but will be given effect as of the open of business on the ex-date for the spin-off: (A) the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the ex-date of the Spin-Off and (B) the date of the securities being offered in the Initial Public Offering of the Spin-Off, if that Initial Public Offering is effected simultaneously with the Spin-Off.

(v) Cash Distributions . In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, make distributions to all holders of the Common Stock exclusively in cash (excluding any cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event to which Section 5.05(b) applies or as part of a distribution referred to in paragraph (a)(iv) of this Section 5.05) immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date, each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be increased by dividing each Fixed Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price immediately prior to the open of business on the ex-date minus the amount of the distribution and the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price on the ex-date.

(vi) Tender Offers and Exchange Offers . In the case that a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to stockholders of the Company (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) per share of the Common Stock that exceeds the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, then, immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City Time, on the day

 

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after the date of the last time (the “ Expiration Time ”) tenders or exchanges could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as amended through the Expiration Time), each Fixed Settlement Rate shall be increased by dividing each Fixed Settlement Rate by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to (x) the product of (I) the Current Market Price on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less (y) the amount of Cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders of the Company pursuant to the tender or exchange offer (assuming the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares), and (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (x) the Current Market Price on the date of the Expiration Time and (y) the result of (I) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less (II) the number of all shares validly tendered, not withdrawn and accepted for payment on the date of the Expiration Time (such validly tendered shares, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “ Purchased Shares ”).

(vii) If any adjustments are made to each Fixed Settlement Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(a), an adjustment shall also be made to the Applicable Market Value solely to determine which of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Settlement Rate in Section 5.01(a) will apply on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date. Such adjustment shall be made by multiplying the Applicable Market Value by the Adjustment Factor. The “ Adjustment Factor ” means, initially, a fraction the numerator of which shall be the Maximum Settlement Rate immediately after the first adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(a) and the denominator of which shall be the Maximum Settlement Rate immediately prior to such adjustment. Each time an adjustment is required to be made to each Fixed Settlement Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(a), the Adjustment Factor shall be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the Maximum Settlement Rate immediately after such adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(a) and the denominator of which shall be the Maximum Settlement Rate immediately prior to such adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate is required to be made pursuant to the occurrence of any of the events contemplated by this Section 5.05(a) during the Observation Period, the 20 individual Closing Prices used to determine the Applicable Market Value shall be adjusted rather than the Applicable Market Value and the Applicable Market Value shall be determined by (A) multiplying the Closing Prices for Trading Days prior to such adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate by the Adjustment Factor in effect prior to such adjustment, (B) multiplying the Closing Prices for Trading Days following such adjustment by the Adjustment Factor reflecting such adjustment, and (C) dividing the sum of all such adjusted Closing Prices by 20.

(viii) Calculation of Adjustments . All adjustments to the Fixed Settlement Rate shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in one or both Fixed Settlement

 

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Rates; provided , that if any adjustment is not required to be made because it would not change one or both of the Fixed Settlement Rates by at least one percent, the adjustment shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; and provided further that effect shall be given to all adjustments under this Section 5.05(a) no later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the first Trading Day in the 20 consecutive Trading Days during which the Applicable Market Value is determined (or, if earlier, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate is determined).

(ix) Increase of Settlement Rate . The Company may make such increases in each Fixed Settlement Rate, in addition to those required by this Section 5.05(a), as the Board of Directors considers advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of the Company’s capital stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons. The Company may only make such a discretionary adjustment if the Company makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate.

(x) If the Company hereafter adopts any shareholder rights plan involving the issuance of preference share purchase rights or other similar rights (the “ Rights ”) to all holders of the Common Stock, a Holder shall be entitled to receive upon settlement of any Purchase Contract, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon settlement of such Purchase Contract, the related Rights for the Common Stock, unless such Rights under the future shareholder rights plan have separated from the Common Stock at the time of conversion, in which case each Settlement Rate shall be adjusted as provided in Section 5.05(a)(iv) on the date such Rights separate from the Common Stock.

(b) Adjustment for Consolidation, Merger or Other Reorganization Event . (i) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.05(b)(ii), upon a Reorganization Event, each Unit shall thereafter, in lieu of a variable number of shares of Common Stock, be settled by delivery of a variable number of Exchange Property Units. An “ Exchange Property Unit ” represents the right to receive the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable in such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon, and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon that have a record date that is prior to the applicable Settlement Date) per share of Common Stock by a holder of Common Stock that is not a Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (any such Person, a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by Affiliates of the Company and non-Affiliates. In the event holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Exchange Property Unit that Holders of the Corporate Units or Treasury Units would have been entitled to receive will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make an election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration they receive in any such transaction, then the Company shall make adequate provision to give Holders of Corporate Units

 

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and Treasury Units, treated as a single class, a reasonable opportunity to elect the form of such consideration for purposes of determining the composition of the consideration received. Once the election is made, it will apply to all Holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units after the effective time of the transaction. The number of Exchange Property Units to be delivered upon settlement of a Purchase Contract following the effective date of a Reorganization Event shall equal the Settlement Rate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.05, determined as if the references to “shares of Common Stock” in Section 5.01(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) were to “Exchange Property Units.”

In the event of such a Reorganization Event, the Person formed by such consolidation, or merger or the Person which acquires the assets of the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent an agreement supplemental hereto providing that the Holder of each Unit that remains Outstanding after the Reorganization Event (if any) shall have the rights provided by this Section 5.05(b). Such supplemental agreement shall provide for adjustments to the amount of any securities constituting all or a portion of an Exchange Property Unit which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such Reorganization Event, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 5.05. The above provisions of this Section 5.05(b) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events.

(ii) Prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then following such Fundamental Change each Holder of a Purchase Contract will have the right to accelerate and settle (“ Fundamental Change Early Settlement ”) such Purchase Contract, upon the conditions set forth below, on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date at the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate; provided that no Fundamental Change Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.05(b)(ii) unless, at the time such Fundamental Change Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to any securities to be issued and delivered in connection with such Fundamental Change Early Settlement, if such a Registration Statement is required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for the Company) under the Securities Act. If such a Registration Statement is so required, the Company covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) have in effect a Registration Statement covering the Common Stock and other securities to be delivered in respect of the Purchase Contracts being settled and (y) provide a Prospectus in connection therewith, in each case in a form that may be used in connection with such Fundamental Change Early Settlement (it being understood that if there is a material business transaction or development with respect to the Company that has not yet been publicly disclosed, the Company shall not be required to provide Prospectus and the right to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement will not be available, until the Company has publicly disclosed such transaction or development; provided that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such disclosure as soon as it is commercially reasonable to do so). In the event that a Holder seeks to exercise its Fundamental Change Early Settlement right and a Registration Statement is required to be effective in connection with the exercise of such right but no such Registration Statement is then effective, the Holder’s exercise of such right shall be void unless and until such a Registration Statement shall be effective.

 

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Within five Business Days of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide written notice to Holders of Units of such completion of a Fundamental Change, which shall specify a date (the “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ”), which will be at least ten days after the date of the notice but no later than two Business Days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, by which each Holder’s right to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement must be exercised. The notice will also set forth, among other things, the applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate and the amount (per share of Common Stock) of cash, securities and other consideration receivable by the Holder upon settlement. Corporate Units Holders (unless Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units) and Treasury Units Holders may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.05(b)(ii) in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.05(b)(ii) in multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular Payment Date). Other than the provisions relating to timing of notice and settlement, which shall be as set forth above, the provisions of Section 5.01 shall apply with respect to a Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.05(b)(ii).

In order to exercise the right to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Units shall deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, such Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse thereof duly completed and accompanied by payment (payable to the Company in immediately available funds) in an amount (the “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Amount ”) equal to the product of (1) the Stated Amount times (2) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with this Section 5.05.

In the event that Units are held by or through DTC or another Depositary, the exercise of the right to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall occur in conformity with the standing arrangements between DTC or such Depositary and the Purchase Contract Agent.

Upon receipt of any such Certificate and payment of such funds, the Purchase Contract Agent shall pay the Company from such funds the related Purchase Price pursuant to the terms of the related Purchase Contracts, and notify the Collateral Agent that all the conditions necessary for a Fundamental Change Early Settlement by a Holder of Units have been satisfied pursuant to which the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Purchase Price.

 

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Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of the notice from the Purchase Contract Agent set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Collateral Agent shall release from the Pledge, (1) the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, in the case of a Holder of Corporate Units or (2) the Pledged Treasury Securities, in the case of a Holder of Treasury Units, in each case with a Value equal to the product of (x) the Stated Amount times (y) the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

If a Holder properly effects an effective Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.05(b)(ii), the Company will deliver (or will cause the Collateral Agent to deliver) to the Holder on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date:

(A) the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Fundamental Change by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on account of each Purchase Contract if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date had occurred immediately prior to such Fundamental Change (based on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate in effect at such time), assuming such Holder of Common Stock is not a Constituent Person or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person to the extent such Fundamental Change provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by Affiliates of the Company and non-Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of determining the Applicable Market Value (in connection with determining the appropriate Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate to be applied in the foregoing sentence), the date of the closing of the Fundamental Change shall be deemed to be the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If the Fundamental Change causes the outstanding shares of Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) and the Holder exercises the right to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Company will deliver to the Holder on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date consideration in the types and amounts as is proportional to the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election;

(B) the Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, related to the Units with respect to which the Holder is effecting a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby; and

(C) if so required under the Securities Act, a Prospectus as contemplated by this Section 5.05(b)(ii).

 

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The Corporate Units or the Treasury Units of the Holders who do not elect Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the foregoing will continue to remain outstanding and be subject to settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in accordance with the terms hereof.

(iii) The “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate ” will be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “ Effective Date ”) and the price (the “ Stock Price ”) paid per share for Common Stock in such Fundamental Change. If holders of Common Stock receive only cash in case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price paid per share will be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Stock Price paid per share will be the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock on the five Trading Days prior to, but not including, the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change.

 

       Stock Price on Effective Date
   $ 2.50    $ 5.00    $ 10.00    $ 12.00    $ 14.00    $ 16.00    $ 18.00    $ 20.00    $ 22.50    $ 30.00    $ 35.00    $ 40.00    $ 50.00    $ 75.00    $ 100.00

Effective Date

                                                                          

March 30, 2009

     3.4688      2.4067      1.7955      1.6892      1.6153      1.5623      1.5234      1.4942      1.4672      1.4208      1.4042      1.3929      1.3782      1.3583      1.3468

April 30, 2010

     2.7136      2.0820      1.6613      1.5770      1.5170      1.4740      1.4431      1.4207      1.4010      1.3713      1.3624      1.3568      1.3494      1.3377      1.3301

April 30, 2011

     2.0996      1.8215      1.5932      1.5239      1.4679      1.4255      1.3949      1.3736      1.3565      1.3367      1.3328      1.3305      1.3269      1.3198      1.3155

April 30, 2012

     1.5625      1.5625      1.5625      1.5625      1.5625      1.5625      1.3889      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021      1.3021

The table above sets forth the hypothetical Stock Price and the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate per $25 Stated Amount of Units. The Stock Prices set forth in the first heading of the table above will be adjusted upon the occurrence of events requiring adjustments to the Fixed Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(a). 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 Fixed Settlement Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Fixed Settlement Rate as so adjusted. The number of shares will be adjusted in the same manner as the Fixed Settlement Rate as set forth in Section 5.05(a).

If the Stock Price or Effective Date applicable to a Fundamental Change is not expressly set forth on the table, then the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate will be determined as follows:

(1) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts on the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates on the table, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the number of shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(2) if the Stock Price is in excess of $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment), then the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be the Minimum Settlement Rate; and

(3) if the Stock Price is less than $2.50 per share (subject to adjustment), then the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be determined as if the Stock Price equaled $2.50 per share, using the straight-line interpolation, as described in clause (1) above, if the Effective Date is between two dates on the table.

 

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The maximum Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate shall be 3.4688 shares of Common Stock per $25 Stated Amount of Units (subject to adjustment under Section 5.05(a)).

(c) No adjustment to the Settlement Rate need be made if Holders may participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment, so long as the distributed assets or securities the Holders would receive upon settlement of Units, if convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable, are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, as applicable, without any loss of rights or privileges for a period of at least 45 days following settlement of the Units.

(d) The Fixed Settlement Rate shall not be adjusted:

(1) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(2) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

(3) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date the Units were first issued;

(4) for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock;

(5) for accumulated and unpaid dividends, other than to the extent contemplated by Section 5.05(a) hereof;

(6) upon the sale of 14,687,500 shares of Common Stock in the Common Stock offering closing on March 30, 2009; or

(7) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or conversion of any right, warrant or option described in Section 5.05(a)(ii).

(e) Each adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate will result in a corresponding adjustment to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Early Settlement. Each adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate will also result in a corresponding inverse adjustment to the Reference Price and the Threshold Appreciation Price.

(f) All calculations and determinations pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall be made by the Company or its agent and the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.06. Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events . (a) Whenever the Fixed Settlement Rates are adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall, as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05 (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware):

(i) compute each adjusted Fixed Settlement Rate in accordance with Section 5.05 and prepare and transmit to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officers’ Certificate setting forth each adjusted Fixed Settlement Rate, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

(ii) provide a written notice to the Holders of the Units of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to each Fixed Settlement Rate was determined and setting forth each adjusted Fixed Settlement Rate.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of each Fixed Settlement Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.06(a)(i) and any adjustment contained therein and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such certificate. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any Purchase Contract; and the Purchase Contract Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Purchase Contract or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article V.

Section 5.07. Termination Event; Notice .

(a) The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights and obligations of Holders to purchase Common Stock, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. In the event of such a termination of the Purchase Contracts as a result of a Termination Event, Holders of such Purchase Contracts will not have a claim in bankruptcy under the Purchase Contract with respect to the Company’s issuance of shares of Common Stock.

(b) Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Units shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Treasury Securities or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, forming part of such Units, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.15 hereof. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall promptly

 

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but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register.

Section 5.08. Early Settlement . (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.08, unless a Termination Event has occurred, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early (“ Early Settlement ”) at any time on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, other than during a Restricted Period or following the effectiveness of a Fundamental Change (in which case Section 5.05(b) shall apply); provided that no Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.08 unless, at the time such Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to any securities to be issued and delivered in connection with such Early Settlement, if such a Registration Statement is required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for the Company) under the Securities Act. If such a Registration Statement is so required, the Company covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) have in effect a Registration Statement covering any securities to be delivered in respect of the Purchase Contracts being settled and (ii) provide a Prospectus in connection therewith, in each case in a form that may be used in connection with such Early Settlement (it being understood that if there is a material business transaction or development that has not yet been publicly disclosed, the Company will not be required to provide such a Prospectus, and the right to effect Early Settlement will not be available, until the Company has publicly disclosed such transaction or development, provided that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such disclosure as soon as it is commercially reasonable to do so). In the event that a Holder seeks to effect an Early Settlement and a Registration Statement is so required but no such Registration Statement is then effective, the Holder’s attempt to effect such Early Settlement shall be void unless and until such a Registration Statement shall be effective. If the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, holders of Corporate Units may effect Early Settlement at any time prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent following a successful remarketing of Senior Notes if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date).

(b) In order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Units (in the case of Certificates in definitive certificated form) shall deliver, at any time prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (or, if the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Unit, prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the purchase contract), other than during a Restricted Period or following the effectiveness of a Fundamental Change (in which case Section 5.05(b) shall apply), such Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse thereof duly completed and accompanied by payment (payable to the Company in immediately available funds) in an amount (the “ Early Settlement Amount ”) equal to the product of (1) the Stated Amount and (2) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement in accordance with this Section 5.08.

 

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In the case of Book-Entry Interests, each Beneficial Owner electing Early Settlement must deliver the Early Settlement Amount to the Purchase Contract Agent along with a facsimile of the Election to Settle Early form duly completed, make book-entry transfer of such Book-Entry Interests and comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. In addition, so long as the Units are evidenced by one or more Global Certificates deposited with the Depositary, procedures for early settlement will also be governed by standing arrangements between the Depositary and the Purchase Contract Agent.

If the foregoing requirements are first satisfied with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying any Units at or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, such day shall be the “ Early Settlement Date ” with respect to such Units and if such requirements are first satisfied after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day, the “ Early Settlement Date ” with respect to such Units shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

Upon the receipt of such Certificate and Early Settlement Amount from the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall pay to the Company such Early Settlement Amount, the receipt of which payment the Company shall confirm in writing. The Purchase Contract Agent shall then notify the Collateral Agent that (A) such Holder has elected to effect an Early Settlement, which notice shall set forth the number of such Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, (B) the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Early Settlement Amount and (C) all conditions to such Early Settlement have been satisfied.

Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of the notice from the Purchase Contract Agent set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Collateral Agent shall release from the Pledge, (1) in the case of a Holder of Corporate Units, the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes, or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, relating to the Purchase Contracts to which Early Settlement is effected, or (2) in the case of a Holder of Treasury Units, Pledged Treasury Securities, in each case with a Value equal to the product of (x) the Stated Amount times (y) the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Senior Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent within three Business Days following the Early Settlement Date for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units may only effect Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.08 in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units or 40 Treasury Units, as the case may be. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.08 in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a Payment Date).

 

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(c) Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Units, the Company shall issue, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive, a number of shares of Common Stock (or in the case of an Early Settlement following a Reorganization Event, a number of Exchange Property Units) equal to the applicable Minimum Settlement Rate for each Purchase Contract as to which Early Settlement is effected, subject to adjustment under Section 5.05(a).

(d) No later than the third Business Day after the applicable Early Settlement Date, the Company shall cause the shares of Common Stock or Exchange Property Units issuable upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts to be issued and the Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to be delivered, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 5.09.

(e) Upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts, and subject to receipt of shares of Common Stock or Exchange Property Units from the Company and the Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, in accordance with the instructions provided by the Holder thereof on the applicable form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse of the Certificate evidencing the related Units:

(i) transfer to the Holder the Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be, related to such Units,

(ii) deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates for the full number of shares of Common Stock or Exchange Property Units issuable upon such Early Settlement, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 5.09, and

(iii) if so required under the Securities Act, deliver a Prospectus for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement as contemplated by Section 5.08(a).

(f) In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying less than all the Units evidenced by a Certificate, upon such Early Settlement the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent shall execute on behalf of the Holder, authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Certificate evidencing the Units as to which Early Settlement was not effected.

Section 5.09. No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered upon settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts. If Certificates evidencing more than one Purchase Contract shall be surrendered for settlement at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be delivered upon settlement shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Purchase Contracts evidenced by the Certificates so surrendered. Instead of any

 

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fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon settlement of any Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Company, through the Purchase Contract Agent, shall make a cash payment in respect of such fractional interest in an amount equal to the percentage of such fractional share multiplied by the Applicable Market Value calculated as if the date of such settlement were the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The Company shall provide the Purchase Contract Agent from time to time with sufficient funds to permit the Purchase Contract Agent to make all cash payments required by this Section 5.09 in a timely manner.

Section 5.10. Charges and Taxes . The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes attributable to the initial issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Contracts; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any exchange of or substitution for a Certificate evidencing a Unit or any issuance of a share of Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered Holder of a Certificate surrendered in respect of the Units evidenced thereby, other than in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as custodian for such Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such share certificates or Certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the transfer or issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

ARTICLE VI

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF HOLDERS

Section 6.01. Unconditional Right of Holders to Purchase Shares of Common Stock . Each Holder of a Unit shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, except upon and following a Termination Event, to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Unit and, in each such case, to institute suit for the enforcement of any such right to purchase shares of Common Stock, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.02. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . If any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.03. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates in the penultimate paragraph of Section 3.10, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved 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 6.04. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . No delay or omission of any Holder to exercise any right upon a default or remedy upon a default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such right. Every right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by such Holders.

Section 6.05. Undertaking for Costs . All parties to this Agreement agree, and each Holder of a Unit, by its acceptance of such Unit shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court of competent jurisdiction may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against the Purchase Contract Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Purchase Contract Agent, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs 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; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Purchase Contract Agent, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Units, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of any interest on any Senior Notes owed pursuant to such Holder’s Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes on or after the respective Payment Date therefor in respect of any Unit held by such Holder, or for enforcement of the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts constituting part of any Unit held by such Holder.

Section 6.06. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Agreement; 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 Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII

THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

Section 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

(a) The Purchase Contract Agent:

(i) undertakes to perform, with respect to the Units, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement to be performed by the Purchase Contract Agent and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement against the Purchase Contract Agent; and

 

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(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, may, with respect to the Units, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement, as applicable, but in the case of any certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement, as applicable (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of the mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

(b) No provision of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Purchase Contract Agent from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this Section 7.01(b) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Sections 7.01(a) and 7.01(c);

(ii) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Purchase Contract Agent was grossly negligent, or engaged in willful misconduct in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(c) No provision of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement shall require the Purchase Contract Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Purchase Contract Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

(e) The Purchase Contract Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Remarketing Agreement in its capacity as Purchase Contract Agent. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Purchase Contract Agent and each Indemnitee under this Agreement, including, without limitation, its and their rights to be indemnified, shall also extend to and cover the Purchase Contract Agent and each Indemnitee with respect to the role of the Purchase Contract Agent as Purchase Contract Agent under, including action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by the Purchased Contract Agent pursuant to, the Remarketing Agreement.

(f) On or prior to the date that is 30 days prior to the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, at the Company’s request given at least five Business Days prior to such 30th day, the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver to the Company and the Remarketing Agent an executed counterpart of the Remarketing Agreement, signed by an authorized signatory of the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Section 7.02. Notice of Default . Within 30 days after the occurrence of any default by the Company hereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has actual knowledge, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit by mail to the Company and the Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder, unless such default shall have been cured or waived.

Section 7.03. Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent .

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:

(a) the Purchase Contract Agent may, in the absence of bad faith, conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Senior Note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, Issuer Order or Issuer Request, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement the Purchase Contract Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder or thereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent (unless other evidence be herein or therein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate of the Company;

(d) the Purchase Contract Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, Senior Note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Purchase Contract Agent, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters related to the execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Contracts as it may see fit, and, if the Purchase Contract Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

(f) the Purchase Contract Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees or an Affiliate of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee or an Affiliate appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

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(g) the Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Purchase Contract Agent security or indemnity satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(h) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct by it and believed by it to be authorized and within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(i) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of any adjustment to the Fixed Settlement Rate, the occurrence of a Termination Event or any default hereunder unless written notice of any such adjustment, occurrence or event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Offer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, and such notice references the Units or this Agreement;

(j) the Purchase Contract Agent may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Agreement, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

(k) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Purchase Contract Agent, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Purchase Contract Agent in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each officer, director, employee of the Purchase Contract Agent and each agent, custodian and other Person employed, in any capacity whatsoever, by the Purchase Contract Agent to act hereunder and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the termination of this Agreement;

(l) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder and shall have no responsibilities with respect to any default hereunder except as expressly set forth herein; and

(m) the permissive right of the Purchase Contract Agent to take or refrain from taking action hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.

Section 7.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Units . The recitals contained herein, in the Remarketing Agreement and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no responsibility for their accuracy or validity. The Purchase Contract Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of either this Agreement or of the Units or the Pledge or the Collateral or the Remarketing Agreement and shall have no responsibility for perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the proceeds in respect of the Purchase Contracts.

 

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Section 7.05. May Hold Units . Any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, or the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates, in their individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Units and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Collateral Agent or any other Person with the same rights it would have if it were not Security Registrar or such other agent, or the Purchase Contract Agent. The Company may become the owner or pledgee of Units.

Section 7.06. Money Held in Custody . Money held by the Purchase Contract Agent in custody hereunder need not be segregated from the Purchase Contract Agent’s other funds except to the extent required by law or provided herein. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise provided hereunder or agreed in writing with the Company.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Reimbursement .

The Company agrees:

(a) to pay to the Purchase Contract Agent compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and under the Remarketing Agreement as the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall from time to time agree in writing;

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, to reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) and in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement and any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms thereof, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and

(c) to indemnify the Purchase Contract Agent and any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent and each of its directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively, with the Purchase Contract Agent, the “ Indemnitees ”) for, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, fine, penalty, liability, fee or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder and under the Remarketing Agreement, including the Indemnitees’ reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the Purchase Contract Agent’s powers or duties hereunder or thereunder or of enforcing the provisions of this Section.

 

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The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation and removal of the Purchase Contract Agent, the satisfaction or discharge of the Units and the Purchase Contracts and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 7.08. Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility . There shall at all times be a Purchase Contract Agent hereunder which shall be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or being a member of a bank holding company having) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority and having a corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, if there be such a Person in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, qualified and eligible under this Article and willing to act on reasonable terms. If such Person publishes or files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published or filed. If at any time the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . (a) No resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and no appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company 60 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 7.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(c) The Purchase Contract Agent may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in number of the Outstanding Units delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 7.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 days after such Act, the Purchase Contract Agent being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(d) If at any time:

(i) the Purchase Contract Agent fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, as if the Purchase Contract Agent were an indenture trustee under an indenture qualified under the TIA, and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Unit for at least six months;

 

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(ii) the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(iii) the Purchase Contract Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Purchase Contract Agent, or (ii) any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Unit for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(e) If the Purchase Contract Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Purchase Contract Agent for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Purchase Contract Agent and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10. If no successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Unit for at least six months, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, or the Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(f) The Company shall give, or shall cause such successor Purchase Contract Agent to give, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and each appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the applicable Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Purchase Contract Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 7.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Purchase Contract Agent, every such successor Purchase Contract Agent so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Purchase Contract Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall become effective and such successor Purchase Contract Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, agencies and duties of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Purchase Contract Agent, such retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent and duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all property and money held by such retiring Purchase Contract Agent hereunder.

 

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(b) Upon request of any such successor Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all such rights, powers and agencies referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.10.

(c) No successor Purchase Contract Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Purchase Contract Agent shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII.

Section 7.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . Any Person into which the Purchase Contract Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Purchase Contract Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be the successor of the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder, provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Certificates shall have been authenticated and executed on behalf of the Holders, but not delivered, by the Purchase Contract Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Purchase Contract Agent may adopt such authentication and execution and deliver the Certificates so authenticated and executed with the same effect as if such successor Purchase Contract Agent had itself authenticated and executed such Units.

Section 7.12. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders . (a) The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders received by the Purchase Contract Agent in its capacity as Security Registrar.

(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as “ Applicants ”) apply in writing to the Purchase Contract Agent, and furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent reasonable proof that each such Applicant has owned a Unit for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Units and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall mail to all the Holders copies of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Purchase Contract Agent of the materials to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of such mailing.

Section 7.13. No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent . Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no obligations and shall not be subject to any liability under this Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement or any Purchase Contract in respect of the obligations of the Holder of any Unit thereunder. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed, that the Purchase Contract Agent’s execution of the Certificates on behalf of the Holders shall be solely as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, and that the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no obligation to perform such Purchase Contracts on behalf

 

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of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article V hereof. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Purchase Contract Agent or its officers, directors, employees or agents be liable under this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement for (i) indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including lost profits, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Purchase Contract Agent and regardless of the form of action or (ii) any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquake; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; terrorist acts; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities; or acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions; it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under such circumstances.

Section 7.14. Tax Compliance . (a) The Purchase Contract Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company, will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting and withholding (including “backup” withholding) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Units or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption or exercise of rights under the Units. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply in accordance with the terms hereof with any reasonable written direction received from the Company with respect to the execution or certification of any required documentation and the application of such requirements to particular payments or Holders or in other particular circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement conclusively rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01 (a) hereof.

(c) The Purchase Contract Agent shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available, on written request, to the Company or its authorized representative within a reasonable period of time after receipt of such request.

ARTICLE VIII

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS

Section 8.01. Supplemental Agreements without Consent of Holders . Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, to:

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(b) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Custodial Agent;

(c) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(d) make provision with respect to the rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.05(b); or

(e) cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that do not materially adversely affect the interests of any Holders, provided that any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Agreement to the description of the Units and the Purchase Contracts contained in the final prospectus supplement dated March 24, 2009, relating to the Units under the sections entitled “Description of the Equity Units,” “Description of the Purchase Contracts” and “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” will not be deemed to materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

Section 8.02. Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders . With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Units voting together as one class, including without limitation the consent of the Holders obtained in connection with a tender or an exchange offer, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent, as the case may be, when authorized by a Board Resolution, may enter into an agreement or agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Units; provided, however , that, except as contemplated herein, no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Purchase Contract affected thereby,

(a) change any Payment Date;

(b) change the amount or the type of Collateral required to be Pledged to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract (except for the rights of holders of Corporate Units to substitute Treasury Securities for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, or the rights of Holders of Treasury Units to substitute Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as applicable, for the Pledged Treasury Securities), impair the right of the Holder of any Pledged securities to receive distributions on the Pledged securities or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights under the Purchase Contract;

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(d) except as set forth in Section 5.05, reduce the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to purchase shares of Common Stock upon settlement of any Purchase Contract or change the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the right to Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights under the Purchase Contract; or

(e) reduce the percentage of the outstanding Purchase Contracts whose Holder’s consent is required for any modification or amendment to the provisions of this Agreement or the Purchase Contracts; provided that if any such supplemental agreement would adversely affect only the Corporate Units or the Treasury Units, then only the affected class of Holders as of the record date for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such supplemental agreement, and such supplemental agreement shall not be effective except with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority of such class; and provided, further , that the unanimous consent of the Holders of each outstanding Purchase Contract of such class affected thereby shall be required to approve any supplemental agreement having the effects specified in clauses (a) through (e) of this Section 8.02.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 8.03. Execution of Supplemental Agreements . In executing, or accepting the additional agencies created by any supplemental agreement permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the agencies created by this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent shall be protected, and (subject to Section 7.01 with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent) shall be fully authorized and protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental agreement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that any and all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such supplemental agreement have been satisfied. The Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental agreement which affects their own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 8.04. Effect of Supplemental Agreements . Upon the execution of any supplemental agreement under this Article, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental agreement shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder, shall be bound thereby.

Section 8.05. Reference to Supplemental Agreements . Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent as to any matter provided for in such supplemental agreement. If the Company shall so determine, new Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, to any such supplemental agreement may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in exchange for outstanding Certificates.

 

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ARTICLE IX

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 9.01. Covenant Not To Consolidate, Merge, Convey, Transfer or Lease Property except under Certain Conditions . The Company covenants that it will not merge with or into, consolidate with or convert into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:

(a) either the Company shall be the surviving Person, or the successor Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and shall expressly assume the due and punctual performance and observance of all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement (including the Pledge provided for herein), the Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement (if the Company has executed a Remarketing Agreement on or prior to the time of the merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance) by one or more supplemental agreements in form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent by such entity; and

(b) the Company or such successor Person is not, immediately after such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, in default of its obligations under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement. In the event of any such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance (other than by way of lease), transfer or other disposition, the predecessor company may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter.

Section 9.02. Rights and Duties of Successor Person . In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance (other than by way of lease) and upon any such assumption by a successor Person in accordance with Section 9.01, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company, and the Company shall be relieved of any obligations under this Agreement and under the Units. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Autoliv, Inc. (or any permitted successor thereto) any or all of the Certificates evidencing Units issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent; and, upon the order of such successor instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Agreement prescribed, the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate and execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver any Certificates which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication and execution, and any Certificate evidencing Units which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for

 

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that purpose. All the Certificates issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Certificates had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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

Section 9.03. Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent . The Purchase Contract Agent, subject to Section 7.01 and Section 7.03, shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance have been met.

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS

Section 10.01. Performance under Purchase Contracts . The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Units that it will duly and punctually perform its obligations under the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts and this Agreement.

Section 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York an office or agency where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement and for transfer of Collateral upon occurrence of a Termination Event, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, or for a Collateral Substitution and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Units and this Agreement may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. The Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent as such office of the Company. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Purchase Contract Agent with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York for such purposes. The Company will

 

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give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates as the place of payment for the Units the Corporate Trust Office and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as paying agent in such city.

Section 10.03. Company To Reserve Common Stock . The Company shall at all times prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable against tender of payment in respect of all Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the Units evidenced by Outstanding Certificates.

Section 10.04. Covenants as to Common Stock; Listing . (a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued against tender of payment in respect of any Purchase Contract constituting a part of the Outstanding Units will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(b) The Company further covenants that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon Settlement of Purchase Contracts; provided , however , that, if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the date on which any Purchase Contract is first settled in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system no later than at such time.

Section 10.05. Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default . The Company will deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which as of the date hereof is September 30) ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement, and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

Section 10.06. ERISA . Each Holder from time to time of the Units that is a Plan or that used assets of a Plan to purchase Units hereby represents that either (i) no portion of the assets used by such Holder to acquire the Units (or by any Beneficial Owner with a Book-Entry Interest in such Units that is a Plan or that used assets of a Plan to acquire such Book-Entry Interest) constitutes assets of any such Plan or (ii) the purchase or holding of the Units by such Holder or Beneficial Owner will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar violation under any applicable laws.

Section 10.07. Tax Treatment . The Company covenants and agrees, and by acceptance of a Unit or beneficial ownership of a Unit, each Holder and Beneficial Owner will be deemed to have agreed, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) to treat each beneficial owner of a Corporate Unit or a Treasury Unit as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral,

 

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including the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Treasury Securities, as applicable, (ii) to treat the Senior Notes as contingent payment debt instruments and (iii) to allocate a Holder’s purchase price for a Corporate Unit between the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Purchase Contract so that each Holder’s initial tax basis in each Purchase Contract will be $3.75 and each Holder’s initial tax basis in each Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes will be $21.25.

Section 10.08. Remarketing Agreement . On or prior to the date that is 30 days prior to the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, the Company shall have entered into, and shall have caused the Purchase Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent to have entered into, the Remarketing Agreement.

ARTICLE XI

PLEDGE

Section 11.01. Pledge . Each Holder, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent, acting solely as such attorney-in-fact, hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, a continuing first priority perfected security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of set-off against, all of such Person’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter arising, to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, remedies and recourses with respect to the Collateral afforded a secured party by the UCC, in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and recourses afforded to the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or other applicable law.

Section 11.02. Termination . As to each Holder, the Pledge created hereby shall terminate upon the payment and performance in full of such Holder’s Obligations. Promptly after such termination, the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer such portion of the Collateral attributable to such Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

ARTICLE XII

ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL

Section 12.01. Initial Deposit of Senior Notes . (a) Prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the initial Holders of the Corporate Units, shall Transfer to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Senior Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or security entitlements relating thereto and the Securities Intermediary shall indicate by book-entry that a securities entitlement with respect to such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (and the Senior Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes) has been credited to the Collateral Account.

 

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(b) The Collateral Agent may, at any time or from time to time, in its sole discretion, cause any or all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account to be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent or their respective nominees; provided, however , that unless any Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent agrees not to cause any Senior Notes to be so re-registered.

Section 12.02. Establishment of Collateral Account . The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that:

(a) the Securities Intermediary has established the Collateral Account;

(b) the Collateral Account is a securities account;

(c) subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Intermediary shall identify in its records the Collateral Agent as the entitlement holder entitled to exercise the rights that comprise any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account;

(d) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement, including any Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof) or Treasury Securities and the Permitted Investments, will be credited promptly to the Collateral Account; and

(e) all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be (i) registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent and indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank, (ii) registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary or (iii) credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary.

In no case will any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (in its capacity as such) or any Holder or specially indorsed to the Purchase Contract Agent (in its capacity as such) or any Holder, unless such financial asset has been further indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank.

Section 12.03. Treatment as Financial Assets . Each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a financial asset.

Section 12.04. Sole Control by Collateral Agent . Except as provided in Section 15.01, at all times prior to the termination of the Pledge, the Collateral Agent shall have sole control of the Collateral Account, and the Securities Intermediary shall take instructions and directions, and comply with entitlement orders, with respect to the Collateral Account or any financial asset credited thereto solely from the Collateral Agent. If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an entitlement order issued by the Collateral Agent and relating to the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order without further

 

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consent by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder or any other Person. Except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, until termination of the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary will not comply with any entitlement orders issued by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder.

Section 12.05. Jurisdiction . The Collateral Account, and the rights and obligations of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders with respect thereto, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction is the State of New York for purposes of the UCC.

Section 12.06. No Other Claims . Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders in the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary (without having conducted any investigation) does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Collateral Account or in any financial asset credited thereto. If the Securities Intermediary receives written notice at its principal corporate trust office in New York City or has actual knowledge that any Person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Collateral Account or in any financial asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will as soon as practicable notify the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent.

Section 12.07. Investment and Release . All proceeds of financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested as provided in this Agreement. At all times prior to termination of the Pledge, no property shall be released from the Collateral Account except in accordance with this Agreement or upon written instructions of the Collateral Agent.

Section 12.08. Statements and Confirmations . The Securities Intermediary will as soon as practicable send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the Collateral Account and any financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent at their addresses for notices under this Agreement.

Section 12.09. Tax Allocations . The Collateral Agent shall report all items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Collateral Account, to the extent such reporting is required by law, to the Internal Revenue Service authorities in the manner required by law. Neither the Securities Intermediary nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall have any tax reporting duties hereunder.

Section 12.10. No Other Agreements . The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and prior to the termination of the Pledge will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account or any financial assets credited thereto, including, without limitation, any agreement to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Collateral Agent.

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perfect its security interests in the Collateral Account, are powers coupled with an interest and will be affected neither by the bankruptcy of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary under this Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement shall continue in effect until the termination of the Pledge.

Section 12.12. Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off . The Securities Intermediary waives any security interest, lien or right to make deductions or set-offs that it may now have or hereafter acquire in or with respect to the Collateral Account, any financial asset credited thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof. Neither the financial assets credited to the Collateral Account nor the security entitlements in respect thereof will be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Company.

ARTICLE XIII

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT

Section 13.01. Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent . (a) In addition to the rights and remedies set forth herein or otherwise available at law or in equity, after a collateral event of default (as specified in Section 13.01(b) below) hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and the TRADES Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (1) retention of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Treasury Securities and/or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement and/or (2) sale of the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Pledged Treasury Securities or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in one or more public or private sales.

(b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent or under applicable law, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments to the Company on account of Proceeds of (i) the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, or (iii) the Pledged Treasury Securities as provided in this Agreement in satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holder of the Units of which such Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or such Pledged Treasury Securities are a part under the related Purchase Contracts, the inability to make such payments shall constitute a “ collateral event of default ” hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall, for the benefit of the Company, have and may exercise, with reference to such Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, Pledged Treasury Securities or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable, any and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted herein or under any applicable law.

 

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(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent or under applicable law, the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to receive, collect and apply to the satisfaction of the Obligations all payments with respect to (i) the Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) the Pledged Treasury Securities and (iii) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Agreement, and as otherwise provided herein.

(d) The Purchase Contract Agent and each Holder agrees that, from time to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of such Holder, shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability to any Holder for executing any documents or taking any such acts requested by the Collateral Agent hereunder, except for liability for its own grossly negligent acts, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.

ARTICLE XIV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TO COLLATERAL AGENT; HOLDER COVENANTS

Section 14.01. Representations and Warranties . Each Holder from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Company (with respect to such Holder’s interest in the Collateral), which representations and warranties shall be deemed repeated on each day a Holder effects a Transfer of Collateral, that:

(a) such Holder has the power to grant a security interest in and lien on the Collateral;

(b) such Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral and, in the case of Collateral delivered in physical form, is the sole holder of such Collateral and is the sole beneficial owner of, or has the right to Transfer, the Collateral it Transfers to the Collateral Agent for credit to the Collateral Account, free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, call, liability to pay money or other restriction other than the security interest and lien granted under Article XI;

(c) upon the Transfer of the Collateral to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will have a valid and perfected first priority security interest therein (assuming that any central clearing operation or any securities intermediary or other entity not within the control of the Holder involved in the Transfer of the Collateral, including the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, gives the notices and takes the action required of it hereunder and under applicable law for perfection of that interest and assuming the establishment and exercise of control pursuant to Article XII hereof); and

 

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(d) the execution and performance by the Holder of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in the creation of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance on the Collateral (other than the security interest and lien granted under Article XI hereof) or violate any provision of any existing law or regulation applicable to it or of any mortgage, charge, pledge, indenture, contract or undertaking to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.

Section 14.02. Covenants . The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any covenant made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby covenant to the Collateral Agent and the Company that for so long as the Collateral remains subject to the Pledge:

(a) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will create or purport to create or allow to subsist any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or any other security interest whatsoever over the Collateral or any part of it other than pursuant to this Agreement; and

(b) neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will sell or otherwise dispose (or attempt to dispose) of the Collateral or any part of it except for the beneficial interest therein, subject to the Pledge hereunder, transferred in connection with a Transfer of the Units.

ARTICLE XV

THE COLLATERAL AGENT, THE CUSTODIAL AGENT AND THE SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

Section 15.01. Appointment, Powers and Immunities . The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall act solely as agent for the Company hereunder, shall not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Holders, except for the obligations owed by a pledgee of property to the owner of the property under this Agreement and applicable law, and shall have such powers as are specifically vested in the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, by the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall:

(a) have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, nor shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be bound by the provisions of any agreement by any party hereto (to which the Collateral Agent, the Custodian Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, is not a party) beyond the specific terms hereof;

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sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be), the Units, any Collateral or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by the Company or any other Person (except the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or for the perfection, priority or, except as expressly required hereby, maintenance of any security interest created hereunder;

(c) not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder (except pursuant to directions furnished under Section 15.02 hereof, subject to Section 15.08 hereof);

(d) not be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

(e) not be required to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or taking or refraining from taking any action with respect to, any securities or other property deposited hereunder.

Subject to the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall take all reasonable action in connection with the safekeeping and preservation of the Collateral hereunder as determined by industry standards.

No provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder. In no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable for any amount in excess of the Value of the Collateral.

Section 15.02. Instructions of the Company . The Company shall have the right, by one or more written instruments executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for the realization of any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or of exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking or refraining from taking of any action authorized by this Agreement; provided, however , that (i) such direction shall not conflict with the provisions of any law or of this Agreement or involve the Collateral Agent in personal liability and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall be indemnified to its satisfaction as provided herein. Nothing contained in this Section 15.02 shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any action or omit to take any action which it deems proper and which is not inconsistent with such direction. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has any obligation or responsibility to file UCC financing or continuation statements.

Section 15.03. Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary . Each of the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon any certification, order, judgment, opinion, notice or other written communication (including, without limitation, any thereof by e-mail or similar

 

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electronic means, telecopy or facsimile) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons (without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated therein) and consult with and conclusively rely upon advice, opinions and statements of legal counsel and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Company.

Section 15.04. Certain Rights . (a) Whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Agreement the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, or omitting to take, or suffering any action hereunder, or suffering to exist any state of events, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by one of the Company’s officers, and delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary and such certificate, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith on the part of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, shall be full warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance thereon.

(b) The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, entitlement order, approval or other paper or document (other than any of the foregoing delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, by such Person acting in a different capacity hereunder).

Section 15.05. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . Any Person or national association into which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person or national association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be a party, or any Person or national association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be the successor of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 15.06. Rights in Other Capacities . The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may (without having to account therefor to the Company) accept deposits from, lend money to, make their investments in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Purchase Contract Agent, any other Person interested herein and any Holder (and any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) as

 

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if it were not acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from the Purchase Contract Agent and any Holder without having to account for the same to the Company; provided that each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary covenants and agrees with the Company that it shall not accept, receive or permit there to be created in favor of itself and shall take no affirmative action to permit there to be created in favor of any other Person, any security interest, lien or other encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Collateral other than the lien created by the Pledge.

Section 15.07. Non-reliance on the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary . None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of this Agreement, the Units or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any duty or responsibility to provide the Company with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder (or any of their respective affiliates) that may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective affiliates.

Section 15.08. Compensation and Indemnity . The Company agrees to:

(a) pay the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, for all services rendered by them hereunder;

(b) indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and each of their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively, the “ Pledge Indemnitees ”), from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) (collectively, “ Losses ” and individually, a “ Loss ”) that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Pledge Indemnitees or any of them for following any instructions or other directions upon which any of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary is entitled to rely pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and

(c) in addition to and not in limitation of paragraph (b) of this Section 15.08, indemnify and hold the Pledge Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against, the Pledge Indemnitees or any of them in connection with or arising out of the Collateral Agent’s, the Custodial Agent’s or the Securities Intermediary’s acceptance or performance of its powers and duties under this Agreement, provided the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct or bad faith with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification is sought, including the Pledge Indemnitee’s reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by

 

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the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the Collateral Agent’s, the Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s powers or duties hereunder or thereunder or of enforcing the provisions of this Section and Section 15.14.

Without prejudice to its rights hereunder, when any of the Collateral Agent or Securities Intermediary incurs expenses after a Termination Event occurs, or renders services after a Termination Event occurs, such expenses and compensation are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section and Section 15.14 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 15.09. Failure to Act . In the event that, in the good faith belief of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, an ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement arises or any actual dispute between or conflicting claims by or among the parties hereto or any other Person with respect to any funds or property deposited hereunder has been asserted in writing, then at its sole option, each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled, after prompt notice to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such property or funds so long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall not be or become liable in any way to any of the parties hereto for its failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to refuse to act until either:

(a) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary; or

(b) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or reasonable out-of-pocket expense which it may incur by reason of its acting.

The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may in addition elect to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may deem necessary. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be required to take any action that is in its opinion contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in its opinion subject it or any of its officers, employees or directors to personal liability.

 

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Section 15.10. Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary . (a) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary as provided below:

(i) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders;

(ii) the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may be removed at any time by the Company; and

(iii) if the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary fails to perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect for a period of not less than 20 days after receiving written notice of such failure by the Purchase Contract Agent and such failure shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent, acting at the direction of Holders of a majority of the Units.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company upon the transmission of notice as contemplated by clause (iii) of this Section 15.10(a) and any removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 15.10(a). Upon any such resignation or removal under this Section 15.10(a), the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, which shall not be an Affiliate of the Purchase Contract Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s, Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s giving of notice of resignation or the Company’s or the Purchase Contract Agent’s giving notice of such removal, then the retiring or removed Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall each be a bank or a national banking association which has an office (or an agency office) in New York City with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, such successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall take all appropriate action, subject to payment of any amounts then due and payable to it hereunder, to transfer any money and property held by it hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor. The retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall, upon such succession, be discharged from its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s, Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, the provisions of this Article XV shall continue in effect for its benefit

 

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in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary. Any resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary hereunder, at a time when such Person is also acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement as the simultaneous resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary or the Custodial Agent, as the case may be.

(b) If U.S. Bank National Association is serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder and also as the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder at any time that an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) or a collateral event of default is continuing hereunder, U.S. Bank National Association will resign as the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary effective as of the appointment of one or more successors in accordance with this Article XV, but continue to act as the Purchase Contract Agent. A successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary will be appointed in accordance with the terms of this Article XV.

Section 15.11. Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor . The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in connection with any of its duties hereunder, and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by, or in reliance upon the advice of, such agents or advisors selected in good faith. The appointment of agents pursuant to this Section 15.11 shall be subject to prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Section 15.12. Survival . The provisions of this Article XV shall survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

Section 15.13. Exculpation . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or their officers, directors, employees or agents be liable under this Agreement for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, or any of them and regardless of the form of action.

Section 15.14. Expenses, Etc . The Company agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary for:

(a) all reasonable costs, fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary), in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery or performance of this Agreement (excluding taxes on or measured by income) and (ii) any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;

 

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(b) all reasonable costs, fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with (i) any enforcement or proceedings resulting or incurred in connection with causing any Holder to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units and (ii) the enforcement of this Section 15.14;

(c) all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to herein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated hereby;

(d) all reasonable fees and expenses of any agent or advisor appointed by the Collateral Agent and consented to by the Company under Section 15.11 of this Agreement; and

(e) any other out-of-pocket costs and expenses (excluding taxes on or measured by income) reasonably incurred by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary in connection with the performance of their duties hereunder.

Section 15.15. Force Majeure . In no event shall any of the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquake; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; terrorist acts; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities; or acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions; it being understood that the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under such circumstances.

ARTICLE XVI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 16.01. Security Interest Absolute . All rights of the Collateral Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the Holders from time to time hereunder pursuant to the Pledge, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any provision of the Purchase Contracts or the Units or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or any other term of, or any increase in the amount of, all or any of the obligations of Holders of the Units under the related Purchase Contracts, or any other amendment or waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from any requirement of, the Purchase Contract Agreement or any Purchase Contract or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto; or

(c) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.

 

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Section 16.02. Notice of Termination Event . Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary. Upon the written request of the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary, the Company shall inform such party whether or not a Special Event, a Special Event Redemption or a Termination Event has occurred.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.     U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
      as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact
By:  

/s/    Lars A. Sjöbring

    of the Holders from time to time of the Units
Name:   Lars A. Sjöbring      
Title:   Vice President – Legal Affairs     By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

  General Counsel and Secretary     Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
      Title:   Vice President
Address for Notices:     Address for Notices:
       
Autoliv, Inc.     U.S. Bank National Association
Box 70381     100 Wall Street
SE-107 24, Stockholm     New York, New York 10005
Sweden     Tel: (212) 361-2505
Tel.: (414) 524-2443     Fax: (212) 809-4993
Fax:     Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Attention: Lars Sjöbring, Group Vice President

Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary

     
     

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and

Securities Intermediary

      By:  

/s/    Patrick J. Crowley

      Name:   Patrick J. Crowley
      Title:   Vice President
      Address for Notices:
      U.S. Bank National Association
      100 Wall Street
      New York, New York 10005
      Tel: (212) 361-2505
      Fax: (212) 809-4993
      Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

(FORM OF FACE OF CORPORATE UNITS CERTIFICATE)

[For inclusion in Global Certificates only — THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “ DEPOSITARY ”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

No.

   CUSIP No. 052800208

Number of Corporate Units:

   ISIN No. US0528002084

AUTOLIV, INC.

Corporate Units

This Corporate Units Certificate certifies that                    is the registered Holder of the number of Corporate Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only — or such other number of Corporate Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto, which number shall not exceed [ ]]. Each Corporate Unit consists of (i) either (a) an Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes, subject to the Pledge thereof by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, or (b) upon the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption or a Successful Early Remarketing prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, subject to the Pledge of the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company.

 

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All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, constituting part of each Corporate Unit evidenced hereby have been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Corporate Unit.

All payments of the principal amount with respect to the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or all payments with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, or payments of interest on the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or distributions with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, constituting part of the Corporate Units shall be paid on the dates and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Interest on the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, forming part of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby, which are payable on each Payment Date, shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be paid to the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Corporate Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to such Purchase Contract, all as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of payment received in the Remarketing of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes equal to the principal amount thereof or the proceeds of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Corporate Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term) will be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, except that all payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary.

 

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Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder to agree, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) to treat each beneficial owner of a Corporate Unit as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral Account, including the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Treasury Securities, as applicable, (ii) to treat the Senior Notes as contingent payment debt instruments, and (iii) to allocate all of a Holder’s purchase price for a Corporate Unit between the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Purchase Contract so that each Holder’s initial tax basis in each Purchase Contract will be $3.75 and each Holder’s initial tax basis in each Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes will be $21.25.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Corporate Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)

By:

  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not individually but solely as attorney-in-fact of such Holder

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Corporate Units Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Purchase Contract Agent

By:

 

 

  Authorized Officer

Dated: March     , 2009

 

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(REVERSE OF CORPORATE UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, to which Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Corporate Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred. The Settlement Rate is subject to adjustment as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.09 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby that is settled through Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall obligate the Holder of the related Corporate Units to purchase at the Purchase Price, and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the Minimum Settlement Rate (in the case of an Early Settlement) or applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate (in the case of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement).

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, unless a Termination Event shall have occurred, the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby by effecting a Cash Settlement, an Early Settlement or, if applicable, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or from the proceeds of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) or a Final Remarketing of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, unless Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of Corporate Units. A Holder of Corporate Units who (1) does not, on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date make an effective Cash Settlement in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or (2) on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in the case of Corporate Units, unless a Special Event Redemption or a Successful Early Remarketing has occurred) or the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in the case of

 

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Corporate Units after the occurrence of a Successful Early Remarketing), does not make an effective Early Settlement, shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the related Purchase Contract from the proceeds of the sale of the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes held by the Collateral Agent in the Remarketing unless the Holder has previously made a Fundamental Change Early Settlement. If the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the Senior Notes as a component of Corporate Units, a Holder of Corporate Units shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the related Purchase Contract from the proceeds at maturity of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term).

As provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Interests in Senior Notes, unless such Holder has elected Cash Settlement and delivered cash in accordance with Section 5.03(a) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, shall be deemed to have exercised such Holder’s Put Right with respect to the Senior Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and to have elected to have the Proceeds of the Put Right set-off against such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holders’ obligations under such Purchase Contracts.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent and to the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) forming a part of each Corporate Unit from the Pledge. A Corporate Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Senior Note underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio forming a part of such Corporate Units in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent will be entitled to exercise the voting and any other consensual rights pertaining to the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, but only to the extent instructed in writing by the Holders. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Senior Notes are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Senior Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail, first class, postage pre-paid, to the Corporate Units Holders the notice required by the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption, the Collateral Agent shall surrender the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes against delivery of an amount equal to the aggregate Redemption Price of such Senior Notes and shall deposit the funds in the Collateral Account. Following a Successful Early Remarketing or Special Event Redemption and receipt in the Collateral Account of the proceeds thereof, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to apply an amount equal to the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price to purchase, on behalf of the Holders of Corporate Units, the Treasury Portfolio.

Following the occurrence of a Special Event Redemption or Successful Early Remarketing prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall have such security interest rights with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) as the Collateral Agent had in respect of Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the underlying Senior Notes, as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and any reference herein to the Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes shall be deemed to be a reference to the Treasury Portfolio or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be.

The Corporate Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Corporate Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Corporate Units Certificate will be registered and Corporate Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. A Holder who elects to substitute a Treasury Security for the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, thereby creating Treasury Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Corporate Unit in respect of the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes, or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and Purchase Contract constituting such Corporate Units may be transferred and exchanged only as a Corporate Unit.

Subject to, and in compliance with, the conditions and terms set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of Corporate Units may effect a Collateral Substitution. From and after such Collateral Substitution, each Unit for which Pledged Treasury Securities secure the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “Treasury Unit.” A Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units for 40 Treasury Units. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, a Holder of Corporate Units may substitute Treasury Securities for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio included in such Corporate Units, but only in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date).

 

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Subject to, and upon compliance with, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early by effecting an Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units, or if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date).

Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Units, the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) underlying such Units shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Corporate Unit as to which Early Settlement is effected equal to the Minimum Settlement Rate.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, a Holder of Corporate Units may effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts underlying such Corporate Units pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement in integral multiples of 40 Corporate Units, or if the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, in integral multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date). Upon Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Corporate Units, the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) underlying such Corporate Units shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Corporate Unit as to which Fundamental Change Early Settlement is effected equal to the applicable Settlement Rate.

Upon registration of transfer of this Corporate Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

 

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The Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the underlying Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, underlying this Corporate Units Certificate pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, any payments with respect the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes (other than interest payments thereon) or the Proceeds of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), as the case may be, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the related Purchase Contracts shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within such state.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

Prior to due presentment of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of interest payable on the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM:    as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT:                                 Custodian                                 
           (cust)                                         (minor)
   Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of
TENANT:    as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN:    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)

(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Corporate Units Certificate and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney                    , to transfer said Corporate Units Certificate on the books of Autoliv, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                          Signature   

 

   

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Corporate Units Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

    

 

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Dated:       REGISTERED HOLDER

If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:

 

   

Please print name and address of Register Holder:

 

Name  

 

    Name  

 

Address  

 

    Address  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any      
Signature  

 

     
Signature Guarantee:   

 

     

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

      (if assigned to another person)

Dated:                     

    REGISTERED HOLDER

If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature.

 

   

Please print name and address of Register Holder:

 

Name  

 

    Name  

 

Address  

 

    Address  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

     
Signature  

 

     
Signature Guarantee:   

 

     

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY/FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

The undersigned Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Corporate Units in multiples of 40 Corporate Units or an integral multiple thereof; provided that if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in multiples of 2,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Remarketing if the Reset Effective Date is not a regular quarterly Payment Date). The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Corporate Units Certificate representing any Corporate Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:                           Signature:   

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

 

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Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:    

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of Register Holder:

Name  

 

    Name  

 

 

     
Address  

 

    Address  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any      
Signature  

 

     
Signature Guarantee:  

 

   

 

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Transfer Instructions for Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The initial number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is [    ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of increase

in number of

Corporate Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

  

Amount of decrease

in number of

Corporate Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

  

Number of Corporate

Units evidenced

by this Global

Certificate

following such

decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Purchase Contract

Agent

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

(FORM OF FACE OF TREASURY UNITS CERTIFICATE)

[For inclusion in Global Certificate only — THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “ DEPOSITARY ”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

No.    CUSIP No. 052800307
   ISIN No. US0528003074
Number of Treasury Units:   

AUTOLIV, INC.

Treasury Units

This Treasury Units Certificate certifies that                      is the registered Holder of the number of Treasury Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only — or such other number of Treasury Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto, which number shall not exceed [  ]]. Each Treasury Unit consists of (i) a 1/40 undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Treasury Security having a principal amount at maturity equal to $1,000, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Security by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company.

 

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All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Treasury Securities underlying each Treasury Unit evidenced hereby have been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Treasury Unit.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to such Purchase Contract, all as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of the proceeds from the Treasury Securities at maturity pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Treasury Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder to agree, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to treat each beneficial owner of a Treasury Unit as the owner of the applicable interests in the Treasury Securities.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Treasury Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

AUTOLIV, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)
By:  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not individually but solely as attorney-in-fact

of such Holder

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Treasury Units Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Purchase Contract Agent

By:  

 

  Authorized Officer

Dated: March     , 2009

 

B-3


(REVERSE OF TREASURY UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, to which Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Treasury Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred. The Settlement Rate is subject to adjustment as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.08 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby that is settled through Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall obligate the Holder of the related Treasury Units to purchase at the Purchase Price and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the Minimum Settlement Rate (in the case of an Early Settlement) or applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Rate (in the case of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement).

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of the Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby either by effecting an Early Settlement or, if applicable, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of each such Purchase Contract or by applying the proceeds of the Pledged Treasury Securities underlying such Holder’s Treasury Unit equal to the Purchase Price for such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Common Stock. A Holder of Treasury Units who (1) on or prior to the close of business on the seventh Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, does not make an effective Early Settlement, or (2) on or prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, does not make an effective Cash Settlement, shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contract from the proceeds of the Pledged Treasury Securities.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

B-4


The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Treasury Securities underlying each Treasury Unit from the Pledge. A Treasury Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Treasury Security underlying such Treasury Unit, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Treasury Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Treasury Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Treasury Units Certificate will be registered and Treasury Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. A Holder who elects to substitute Senior Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, for Treasury Securities, thereby recreating Corporate Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, such Treasury Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury Unit in respect of the Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract constituting such Treasury Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Treasury Unit.

Subject to, and in compliance with, the conditions and terms set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of Treasury Units may effect a Collateral Substitution. From and after such substitution, each Unit for which Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, secure the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “Corporate Unit”. A Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 40 Treasury Units for 40 Corporate Units. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes as a component of the Corporate Units as the result of a Special Event Redemption, a Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 2,000 Treasury Units for 2,000 Corporate Units. No Collateral Substitution is permitted following a Successful Early Remarketing.

Subject to, and upon compliance with, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early by effecting an Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement in integral multiples of 40 Treasury Units.

Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Units, the Pledged Treasury Securities underlying such Units shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Treasury Unit as to which Early Settlement is effected equal to the Minimum Settlement Rate.

 

B-5


Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, a Holder of Treasury Units may effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts underlying such Treasury Units pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement in integral multiples of 40 Treasury Units. Upon Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Treasury Units, the Pledged Treasury Securities underlying such Treasury Units shall be released from the Pledge as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Treasury Unit as to which Fundamental Change Early Settlement is effected equal to the applicable Settlement Rate.

Upon registration of transfer of this Treasury Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

The Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Treasury Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Treasury Securities underlying this Treasury Units Certificate pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Pledged Treasury Securities on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the related Purchase Contracts shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contracts and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, applicable to agreements made and to be performed wholly within such state.

 

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The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

Prior to due presentment of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Treasury Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Treasury Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM:    as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT:                                              Custodian                                              
           (cust)                                                       (minor)
   Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of
TENANT:    as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN:    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)

(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Treasury Units Certificate and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney                     , to transfer said Treasury Units Certificate on the books of Autoliv, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  

                        

    Signature  

 

      NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Treasury Units Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

 

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

      (if assigned to another person)
Dated:                           REGISTERED HOLDER
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature.     Please print name and address of Register Holder:
Name  

 

    Name  

 

Address  

 

    Address  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any      
Signature  

 

     
Signature Guarantee:  

 

     

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY/FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

The undersigned Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Treasury Units in multiples of 40 Treasury Units or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Treasury Units Certificate representing any Treasury Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Pledged Treasury Securities deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:                        Signature:  

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

   

Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:     REGISTERED HOLDER
      Please print name and address of Register Holder:
Name  

 

    Name   

 

Address  

 

    Address   

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any       
Transfer Instructions for Pledged Treasury Securities transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The initial number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is [ ]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

  

Amount of increase

in number of

Treasury Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

  

Amount of decrease

in number of

Treasury Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

  

Number of Treasury

Units evidenced

by this Global

Certificate

following such

decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Purchase Contract

Agent

           
           

 

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EXHIBIT C

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT FROM HOLDER

(To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] of Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has deposited with U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, $         Value of [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [Treasury Securities] in exchange for an equal Value of [Pledged Treasury Securities] [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. The undersigned Holder has paid all applicable fees and expenses relating to such exchange. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to instruct the Collateral Agent to release to you on behalf of the undersigned Holder the [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [Pledged Treasury Securities] related to such [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units].

 

Dated:

    Signature
    Signature Guarantee:
   

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:    

 

   

 

Name:     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number

 

   
Address    

 

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EXHIBIT D

NOTICE FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO HOLDERS UPON TERMINATION EVENT

(Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event)

[HOLDER]

Attention:

Telecopy:

Re : [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] of Autoliv, Inc. Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time.

We hereby notify you that a Termination Event has occurred and that [the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [the Treasury Securities] comprising a portion of your ownership interest in [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] have been released and are being held by us for your account pending receipt of transfer instructions with respect to such [Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [Pledged Treasury Securities] (the “ Released Securities ”).

Pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, we hereby request written transfer instructions with respect to the Released Securities. Upon receipt of your instructions and upon transfer to us of your [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] effected through book-entry or by delivery to us of your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate], we shall transfer the Released Securities by book-entry transfer or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with your instructions. In the event you fail to effect such transfer or delivery, the Released Securities and any distributions thereon, shall be held in our name, or a nominee in trust for your benefit, until such time as such [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] are transferred or your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] is surrendered or satisfactory evidence is provided that such [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnification that we or the Company may require.

 

Dated:      

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

     
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT E

NOTICE OF CASH SETTLEMENT

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably notifies you in accordance with Section 5.03 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, that such Holder has elected to pay to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account, prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers’ check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary), $         as the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder by the Company with respect to          Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to notify promptly the Collateral Agent of the undersigned Holders’ election to make such Cash Settlement with respect to the Purchase Contracts related to such Holder’s Corporate Units.

 

Dated:                              Signature   

 

    

Signature Guarantee:

  

 

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:        

 

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EXHIBIT F

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Creation of Treasury Units)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Collateral Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re: Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $         Value of Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto in exchange for an equal Value of [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] relating to          Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Treasury Securities or security entitlements thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto related to          Corporate Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement.

 

Dated:                       

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
 

Authorized Signatory

 

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Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto for the [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio]:

 

 

    

 

Name:     

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

    
Address:     

 

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EXHIBIT G

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Creation of Treasury Units)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $         Value of Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of         , as Holder of Corporate Units (the “ Holder ”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account an equal Value of [Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto relating to Corporate Units of the Holder by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Dated:                          U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Collateral Agent
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT H

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Collateral Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Treasury Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 3.14 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $          Value of [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto in exchange for $          Value of Pledged Treasury Securities relating to Treasury Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned $          Value of Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto related to          Treasury Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.14 of the Agreement.

 

Dated:                          U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Purchase Contract Agent
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto for Pledged Treasury Securities:

 

 

    

 

Name:     

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

    
Address:     

 

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EXHIBIT I

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Treasury Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $          Value of [Senior Notes] [Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] or security entitlements with respect thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of         , as Holder of Treasury Units (the “ Holder ”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account $          Value of Treasury Securities or security entitlements thereto by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Dated:                          U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Collateral Agent
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT J

NOTICE OF CASH SETTLEMENT FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT

AGENT TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Cash Settlement Amounts)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Collateral Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

In accordance with Section 5.03(a)(iv) of the Agreement, we hereby notify you that as of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period, we have received (i) $          in immediately available funds paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price due to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to Corporate Units and (ii) based on the funds received set forth in clause (i) above, an aggregate principal amount of $          of Senior Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes are to be offered for purchase in each Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period.

 

Dated:                          U.S. Bank National Association,
    as Purchase Contract Agent
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT K

INSTRUCTION TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING REMARKETING

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Custodial Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : 8% Senior Notes Due 2014 of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.03(d) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, as Custodial Agent, as Securities Intermediary, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to deliver $ aggregate principal amount of Separate Senior Notes for delivery to the Remarketing Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the [Early Remarketing Period beginning on, and including, January 1, 2012 and ending on, and including, March 31, 2012][Final Remarketing Period] for remarketing pursuant to Section 5.03(d) of the Agreement. The undersigned will, upon request of the Remarketing Agent, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Remarketing Agent or by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Separate Senior Notes tendered hereby. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

The undersigned hereby instructs you, upon receipt of the Proceeds of a Successful Remarketing from the Remarketing Agent, to deliver such Proceeds to the undersigned in accordance with the instructions indicated herein under “Payment Instructions.” The undersigned hereby instructs you, in the event of a Failed Remarketing, upon receipt of the Separate Senior Notes tendered herewith from the Remarketing Agent, to deliver such Separate Senior Notes to the person(s) and the address(es) indicated herein under “B. Delivery Instructions.”

With this notice, the undersigned hereby (i) represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Separate Senior Notes tendered hereby and that the undersigned is the record owner of any Separate Senior Notes tendered herewith in physical form or a participant in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) and the beneficial owner of any Separate Senior Notes tendered herewith by book-entry transfer to your account at DTC, (ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Sections 5.02 and 5.03, as applicable, of the Agreement and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that after 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate Senior Notes remarketed in each Remarketing during the Applicable Remarketing

 

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Period, and that the Separate Senior Notes tendered herewith will only be returned in the event of a Failed Remarketing.

 

Dated:                           By:   

 

     Name:     
     Title:     
     Signature Guarantee  

 

 

    

 

Name:     

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

         
Address:          

A. PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Proceeds of a Successful Remarketing should be paid by check in the name of the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

 

Name(s)  

 

  
(Please Print)   
Address  

 

  
(Please Print)   

 

  

 

  
(Zip Code)   

 

  
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)   

B. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Senior Notes which are in physical form should be delivered to the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

 

Name(s)   

 

  
(Please Print)   
Address   

 

  
(Please Print)   

 

  

 

  
(Zip Code)   

 

  
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)   

 

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In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Senior Notes which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The Depository Trust Company to the person(s) set forth below.
DTC Account Number:   

 

  
Name of Account Party:   

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT L

INSTRUCTION TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING

WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Custodial Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re: 8% Senior Notes Due 2014 of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.03(d) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to withdraw the $        aggregate principal amount of Separate Senior Notes delivered to you for Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.03(d) of the Agreement. The undersigned hereby instructs you to return such Separate Senior Notes to the undersigned in accordance with the undersigned’s instructions. With this notice, the Undersigned hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section 5.03(d) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

 

Date:       By:  

 

      Name:  
      Title:  
    Signature Guarantee:                                                                       

 

   
Name      

 

     
Address    

 

     

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

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EXHIBIT M

NOTICE OF CASH SETTLEMENT

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably notifies you in accordance with Section 5.03(b)(iii) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among the Company and you, as Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Corporate Units, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, that such Holder has elected to pay to the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account, on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary), $         as the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder by the Company with respect to                      Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to notify promptly the Collateral Agent of the undersigned Holders’ election to settle the Purchase Contracts related to such Holder’s Corporate Units with separate cash.

Date:

Signature:

Signature Guarantee:

Please print name and address of Registered Holder:

 

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EXHIBIT N

NOTICE

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Settlement with Separate Cash)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Collateral Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of Corporate Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.03(b)(iii) of the Agreement that the Holder of Corporate Units named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to settle the          Purchase Contracts related to its Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes with $         of separate cash prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in lawful money of the United States by certified or cashiers check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary) and has delivered to the undersigned a notice to that effect.

We hereby request that you, upon confirmation that the Purchase Price has been paid by the Holder to the Securities Intermediary in accordance with Section 5.03(b)(iii) of the Agreement in lieu of exercise of such Holder’s Put Right, give us notice of the receipt of such payment and (A) promptly invest the separate cash received in Permitted Investments consistent with the instructions of the Company as provided in Section 5.03(a)(v) of the Agreement with respect to Cash Settlement, (B) promptly release from the Pledge the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in Senior Notes related to the Corporate Units as to which such Holder has paid such separate cash; and (C) promptly Transfer all such Senior Notes to us for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created by the Agreement.

 

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Dated:                             U.S. Bank National Association,
       as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units
       By:   

 

       Name:   
       Title:   
       Authorized Signatory

Please print name and address of Holder electing to settle with separate cash:

Name: Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

Address:

 

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EXHIBIT O

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT WITH SEPARATE CASH FROM

SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

(Settlement with Separate Cash)

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Re : Corporate Units of Autoliv, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of March 30, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among you, the Company, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

In accordance with Section 5.03(b)(iii) of the Agreement, we hereby notify you that as of 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding April 30, 2012 (the “ Purchase Contract Settlement Date ”), (i) we have received from          $         in immediately available funds paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price due to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to          Corporate Units and (ii) based on the funds received set forth in clause (i) above, an aggregate principal amount of $         of Senior Notes underlying related Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes are to be released from the Pledge and Transferred to you.

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

Dated:

By:

 

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EXHIBIT P

FORM OF REMARKETING AGREEMENT

[                      ]

U.S. Bank National Association

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Agreement is dated as of [ ] (the “ Agreement ”) by and among Autoliv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), [                      ], as the remarketing agent (the “ Remarketing Agent ”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not individually but solely as Purchase Contract Agent (the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”) and as attorney-in-fact of the holders of Purchase Contracts (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement referred to below).

Section 1.

Definitions.

(a) Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2009, among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, as amended from time to time (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”).

(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement.

Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company ” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Remarketing Agreement.

Disclosure Package ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(a).

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

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Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes included in the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes, in the form in which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Prospectus; and any reference to any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Prospectus, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Section 1(a).

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company covering, inter alia , the Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes pursuant to Section 5(a) hereunder, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments thereto.

Remarketed Senior Notes ” means, with respect to all Remarketings during any Applicable Remarketing Period, the aggregate Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes and the Separate Senior Notes, if any, subject to Remarketing as identified to the Remarketing Agent by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, respectively, in each case by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, in the case of an Early Remarketing, or promptly after 4:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of a Final Remarketing, on the Business Day immediately prior to the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and shall include: (a) the Senior Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes of the Holders of Corporate Units who have not effected a Collateral Substitution, Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and, in the case of a Final Remarketing, Holders of Corporate Units who have not notified the Purchase Contract Agent on or prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the seventh Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of their intention to effect a Cash Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or who have so notified the Purchase Contract Agent but failed to make the required cash payment on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the sixth Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, and (b) the Separate Senior Notes of the holders of Separate Senior Notes, if any, who have elected to have their Separate Senior Notes remarketed in such Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Remarketing Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.

Remarketing Materials ” means the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other information furnished by the Company to the Remarketing Agent for distribution to investors in connection with the Remarketing.

 

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Reset Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(d).

Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Section 2.

Appointment and Obligations of the Remarketing Agent

(a) The Company hereby appoints [                              ] as the exclusive Remarketing Agent, and, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, [                          ] hereby accepts appointment as Remarketing Agent, for the purpose of (i) remarketing the Remarketed Senior Notes on behalf of the holders thereof, (ii) determining, in consultation with the Company, in the manner provided for herein and in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture, the Reset Rate for the Senior Notes, and (iii) performing such other duties as are assigned to the Remarketing Agent in the Transaction Documents.

(b) Unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such date, if the Company elects to conduct an Early Remarketing during an Early Remarketing Period selected by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. If the Remarketing Agent is unsuccessful on the first Early Remarketing Date during such Early Remarketing Period, a subsequent Remarketing shall be attempted (unless impracticable) by the Remarketing Agent on each of the two following Early Remarketing Dates in that Early Remarketing Period until a Successful Early Remarketing occurs. Upon the occurrence of any Failed Early Remarketing, unless a Termination Event or Special Event Redemption has occurred, the Company may elect to conduct additional Early Remarketings during the Early Remarketing Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall determine in its sole discretion if and when to attempt an Early Remarketing, as the Company may postpone an Early Remarketing in its absolute discretion.

(c) In the case there is no Successful Early Remarketing during any Early Remarketing Period or no Early Remarketing occurs on any Early Remarketing Date, if any, and unless a Termination Event or a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to such date, on the Final Remarketing Date or Dates in the Final Remarketing Period, the Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing on any Final Remarketing Date will be considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least equal to the applicable Remarketing Price. The Company may not postpone a Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period.

(d) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine, in consultation with the Company, the terms of the Senior Notes, including those which may be modified in connection with the Remarketing pursuant to the Indenture, including the rate per annum, rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of one percent (0.00001) per annum, that the

 

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Senior Notes should bear (the “ Reset Rate ”) in order for the Remarketed Senior Notes to have an aggregate market value equal to at least the applicable Remarketing Price and that in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at no less than the applicable Remarketing Price in such Remarketing; provided that such rate shall not exceed the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.

(e) If, by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, (1) the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes, other than to the Company, at the applicable Remarketing Price pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof or (2) the Remarketing did not occur on such Remarketing Date because one of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof was not satisfied, a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall advise by telephone (and promptly deliver a notice in writing thereafter) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Company of any such Failed Remarketing. Whether or not there has been a Failed Remarketing will be determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent. In the event of a Failed Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Senior Notes will not be reset, and will continue to be the Coupon Rate set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

(f) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, by approximately 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone:

(1) the Depositary, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company (and promptly deliver a notice in writing thereafter) of the Reset Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent in such Remarketing and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes sold in such Remarketing;

(2) each purchaser (or the Depositary Participant thereof) of Remarketed Senior Notes of the Reset Rate and the number of Remarketed Senior Notes such purchaser is to purchase;

(3) each such purchaser (if other than a Depositary Participant) to give instructions to its Depositary Participant to pay the purchase price on the Remarketing Settlement Date in same day funds against delivery of the Remarketed Senior Notes purchased through the facilities of the Depositary; and

(4) each such purchaser (or Depositary Participant thereof) that the Remarketed Senior Notes will not be delivered until the Remarketing Settlement Date and that if such purchaser wishes to trade the Remarketed Senior Notes that it has purchased prior to the third Business Day preceding the Remarketing Settlement Date, such purchaser will have to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent failed settlement.

The Remarketing Agent shall also, if required by the Securities Act, deliver, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, to each purchaser a Prospectus in connection with the Remarketing.

 

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(g) The proceeds from a Successful Remarketing (i) with respect to the Senior Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes that are components of the Corporate Units, shall be paid to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.02 or 5.03, as applicable, of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and (ii) with respect to the Separate Senior Notes, shall be paid to the Custodial Agent for payment to the holders of such Separate Senior Notes in accordance with Section 5.02 or 5.03, as applicable, of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

(h) It is understood and agreed that the Remarketing Agent shall not have any obligation whatsoever to purchase any Remarketed Senior Notes, whether in the Remarketing or otherwise, and shall in no way be obligated to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing or to otherwise expend or risk its own funds or incur or to be exposed to financial liability in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of the Remarketed Senior Notes for Remarketing.

Section 3.

Representations and Warranties of the Company.

The Company represents and warrants (i) on and as of the date any Remarketing Materials are first distributed in connection with the Remarketing (the “ Commencement Date ”), (ii) on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and (iii) on and as of the Remarketing Settlement Date, that:

(a) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in Section 1 (other than the representation and warranty contained in subsection (f) with respect to the Underwriting Agreement having been duly authorized, executed and delivered) of the Underwriting Agreement is true and correct as if made on each of the dates specified above; provided that for purposes of this Section 3(a), any reference in such sections of the Underwriting Agreement to (i) the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to such terms as defined herein, (ii) the “Closing Date” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketing Settlement Date, (iii) the “Securities” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketed Senior Notes, (iv) the “preliminary prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the “Preliminary Prospectus,” (v) the “Time of Sale Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the “Disclosure Package,” (vi) “Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement, (vii) “Underwriter” shall be deemed to refer to the Remarketing Agent and (viii) “Securities Agreements” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement, the Senior Notes and the Indenture.

(b) The Senior Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus, if any.

(c) No default or an event of default, and no event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would become an event of default, shall occur and be continuing, under any of the Securities Agreements (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement).

 

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Section 4.

Fees.

In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes, the Company shall pay the Remarketing Agent a remarketing fee to be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Remarketing Agent prior to any such Remarketing (the “ Remarketing Fee ”), unless the Company directs the Remarketing Agent to include such fee in the Remarketing Price and the Remarketing Agent is able to remarket the Senior Notes for an amount which includes the Remarketing Fee. In any such case, the Remarketing Agent may deduct the applicable Remarketing Fee from any amount of the proceeds from the Successful Remarketing in excess of 100% of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price plus the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price (if any), in the case of a Successful Early Remarketing, or the aggregate principal amount of Remarketed Senior Notes, in the case of a Successful Final Remarketing. Any unpaid portion of the Remarketing Fee shall be paid by the Company on the Remarketing Settlement Date in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Remarketing Agent.

Section 5.

Covenants of the Company.

The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) If and to the extent the Remarketed Senior Notes are required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for either the Remarketing Agent or the Company) to be registered under the Securities Act as in effect at the time of the Remarketing,

(1) to prepare the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, in a form approved by the Remarketing Agent, to file any such Prospectus pursuant to the Securities Act within the period required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission prior to the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date;

(2) to file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the Remarketing Agent, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;

(3) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Remarketing Agent with copies thereof;

(4) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a Prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Remarketed Senior Notes;

 

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(5) to file all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act;

(6) to advise the Remarketing Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of any of the Remarketed Senior Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;

(7) to furnish promptly to the Remarketing Agent such copies of the following documents as the Remarketing Agent shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits); (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Preliminary Prospectus; (C) the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus; and (D) any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and, if at any time when delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the Remarketing, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered, not misleading, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Remarketing Agent and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Remarketing Agent and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Remarketing Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(8) prior to filing with the Commission (A) any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (B) any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, to furnish a copy thereof to the Remarketing Agent; and not to file any such amendment or supplement that shall be reasonably disapproved by the Remarketing Agent;

 

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(9) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months, after the date of a Successful Remarketing, to make “generally available to its security holders” an “earning statement” of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with (which need not be audited) Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Securities Act). The terms “generally available to its security holders” and “earning statement” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 158; and

(10) to take such action as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in order to qualify the Remarketed Senior Notes for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

(b) To pay: (1) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Registration Statement, if any, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (2) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement, if any, any Prospectus and any other Remarketing Materials and any amendments or supplements thereto; (3) any fees and expenses of qualifying the Remarketed Senior Notes under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(a)(10) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum, if any (including any related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent); (4) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder and the Remarketing Agent hereunder; and (5) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Remarketing Agent in connection with its duties hereunder.

(c) To furnish the Remarketing Agent with such information and documents as the Remarketing Agent may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and to make reasonably available to the Remarketing Agent and any accountant, attorney or other advisor retained by the Remarketing Agent such information that parties would customarily require in connection with a due diligence investigation conducted in accordance with applicable securities laws and to cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and accountants to participate in all such discussions and to supply all such information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such investigation.

Section 6.

Conditions to the Remarketing Agent’s Obligations.

The obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, has been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been timely filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; the Company has paid the fees required by the

 

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Commission relating to the Remarketed Senior Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b)(1) Trading in the Company’s securities shall not have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall not have been established on such exchange; (2) a banking moratorium shall not have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (3) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such, in the sole judgment of the Remarketing Agent, as to prevent or materially impair the Remarketing, or enforcement of contracts for sale, of the Remarketed Senior Notes.

(c) The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date, and the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein or in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement to be performed on their part at or prior to such Remarketing Date.

(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent a certificate, dated the applicable Remarketing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent stating that the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 are true and correct on and as of the applicable Remarketing Date and the Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on its part at or prior to such Remarketing Date.

(e) On the applicable Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall have received a letter addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, of the independent accountants of the Company, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” with respect to certain financial information contained in the Remarketing Materials, if any.

(f) Each of (i) U.S. outside counsel for the Company reasonably acceptable to the Remarketing Agent, (ii) counsel of the Company and (iii) outside Swedish counsel for the Company shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent addressing such matters as are set forth in such counsel’s opinion furnished pursuant to Sections 5(c), 5(d) and 5(f), respectively, of the Underwriting Agreement, adapted as necessary to relate to the securities being remarketed hereunder and to the Remarketing Materials, if any, or to any changed circumstances or events occurring subsequent to the date of this Agreement, such adaptations being reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Remarketing Agent.

 

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(g) Counsel for the Remarketing Agent, shall have furnished to the Remarketing Agent its opinion, addressed to the Remarketing Agent and dated the applicable Remarketing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent.

(h) Subsequent to the Commencement Date and prior to the applicable Remarketing Date, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

Section 7.

Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Remarketing Agent, any person who controls the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act from and against any loss, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Remarketing Agent or any such controlling person or affiliate may incur under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus taken together with any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses used at or prior to the time of the first sale (the “ Disclosure Package ”) or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (i) therein in conformity with the information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent to the Company expressly for use in such documents or (ii) in the Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of the Indenture Trustee or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state therein a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated therein or necessary to make such information not misleading. The Company’s agreement to indemnify the Remarketing Agent or any such controlling person or affiliate as aforesaid is expressly conditioned upon the Company being notified of the action in connection therewith brought against the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate by letter or telegram or facsimile transmission addressed to the Company with reasonable promptness after the first legal process which discloses the nature of the liability or claim shall have been served upon the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate (or after the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate shall have received notice of such service upon any agent designated by the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate), but failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to the Remarketing Agent or to such controlling person or affiliate (i) unless and to the extent the Company did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Company of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.

 

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The Company may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such liability or claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate and the payment of all expenses. The Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate against whom such suit is brought shall have the right to employ one separate counsel in any such suit and participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Remarketing Agent or the expense of such controlling person or affiliate unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the Company, (ii) the Company shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent to represent the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iii) the named parties to any such suit (including any impleaded parties) include the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate and the Company and the Remarketing Agent or such controlling person or affiliate shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Company, in which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on the behalf of the Remarketing Agent or on the behalf of such controlling person or affiliate, it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any required local counsel) for the Remarketing Agent and such controlling persons or affiliates, which firm (and local counsel, if any) shall be designated in writing by the Remarketing Agent. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Company from all liability arising out of such loss, expense, liability or claim.

The Company agrees to notify the Remarketing Agent with reasonable promptness of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers or directors in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities or with the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.

(b) The Remarketing Agent represents and warrants that the information furnished in writing to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Remarketing Agent in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and does not omit to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or necessary to make such information (in the case of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided) not misleading.

The Remarketing Agent agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any loss, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company or any other indemnified person may incur under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue

 

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statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which is in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Remarketing Agent, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in any of such documents or necessary to make such information (in the case of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided) not misleading. The Remarketing Agent’s agreement to indemnify the Company and any other indemnified person as aforesaid is expressly conditioned upon the Remarketing Agent being notified of the action in connection therewith brought against the Company or any other indemnified person by letter, telegram, or facsimile transmission addressed to it at its address furnished to the Company for the purpose, with reasonable promptness after the first legal process which discloses the nature of the liability or claim shall have been served upon the Company or any other indemnified person (or after the Company or any such person shall have received notice of such service on any agent designated by the Company or any such person), but failure so to notify the Remarketing Agent shall not relieve the Remarketing Agent from any liability which it may have to the Company or any other indemnified person (i) unless and to the extent the Remarketing Agent did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the Remarketing Agent of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7.

The Remarketing Agent may assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such liability or claim, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company or such other person and the payment of all expenses. The Company or other indemnified person against whom such suit is brought shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such suit and participate in the defense thereof, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company or such other indemnified person unless (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the Remarketing Agent, (ii) the Remarketing Agent shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company or such other person to represent the Company or such other person within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iii) the named parties to any suit (including any impleaded parties) include the Company or such other indemnified person and the Remarketing Agent, and the Company or such other indemnified person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Remarketing Agent, in which case the Remarketing Agent shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Company or such other indemnified person, it being understood, however, that the Remarketing Agent shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any required local counsel) for the Company and such person, which firm (and local counsel, if any) shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Remarketing Agent shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Remarketing Agent from all liability arising out of such loss, expense, liability or claim.

 

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Section 8.

Contribution.

(a) If the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Sections 7(a) and 7(b) above for any reason other than as specified therein in respect of any losses, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand from the remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes; or (ii) if the allocation provided in clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Remarketing Agent on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Remarketing Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds (before deducting expenses) to the Company from the Remarketing of the Remarketed Senior Notes bears to the total fees received by the Remarketing Agent. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Remarketing Agent on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Remarketing Agent and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any claim or action.

(b) The Company and the Remarketing Agent agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(a). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the Remarketing Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the Remarketing Fee exceeds the amount of any damages that the Remarketing Agent have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in Section 7 and Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

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Section 9.

Resignation and Removal of the Remarketing Agent.

The Remarketing Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder, and the Company may remove the Remarketing Agent, by giving 30 days’ prior written notice, in the case of a resignation, to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent and, in the case of a removal, to the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent; provided, however, that no such resignation nor any such removal shall become effective until the Company shall have appointed at least one nationally recognized broker-dealer as successor Remarketing Agent and such successor Remarketing Agent shall have entered into a remarketing agreement with the Company, in which it shall have agreed to conduct the Remarketing in accordance with the Transaction Documents in all material respects.

In any such case, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Remarketing Agent and enter into such a remarketing agreement with such person as soon as reasonably practicable. The provisions of Section 7 and Section 8 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 10.

Dealing in Securities.

The Remarketing Agent, when acting as the Remarketing Agent or in its individual or any other capacity, may, to the extent permitted by law, buy, sell, hold and deal in any of the Remarketed Senior Notes, Corporate Units, Treasury Units or any of the securities of the Company (collectively, the “ Securities ”). The Remarketing Agent may exercise any vote or join in any action which any beneficial owner of such Securities may be entitled to exercise or take pursuant to the Indenture with like effect as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder. The Remarketing Agent, in its individual capacity, either as principal or agent, may also engage in or have an interest in any financial or other transaction with the Company as freely as if it did not act in any capacity hereunder.

Section 11.

Remarketing Agent’s Performance; Duty of Care.

The duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. No implied covenants or obligations of or against the Remarketing Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Remarketing Agent, the Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon any document furnished to it, as to the truth of the statements expressed in any of such documents. The Remarketing Agent shall be protected in acting upon any document or communication reasonably believed by it to have been signed, presented or made by the proper party or parties except as otherwise set forth herein. The Remarketing Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether there is any limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate on the Senior Notes or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate on the Senior Notes, and it shall rely solely upon written notice from the Company (which the Company agrees to provide prior to the eighth Business Day before the applicable Remarketing Date) as to whether or not there is any such limitation and, if

 

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so, the maximum permissible Reset Rate. The Remarketing Agent, acting under this Agreement, shall incur no liability to the Company or to any holder of Remarketed Senior Notes in its individual capacity or as Remarketing Agent for any action or failure to act, on its part in connection with a Remarketing or otherwise, except if such liability is (i) judicially determined to have resulted from its failure to comply with the material terms of this Agreement or bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part or (ii) determined pursuant to Section 7 or 8 of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 12.

Termination.

This Agreement shall automatically terminate (i) as to the Remarketing Agent on the effective date of the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent pursuant to Section 9 and (ii) on the earlier of (x) the occurrence of a Termination Event, (y) the Special Event Redemption Date and (z) the Business Day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the other provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall not be under any liability to the Remarketing Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be under any liability to the Company, except that if this Agreement is terminated by the Remarketing Agent because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Remarketing Agent for all of its out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of its counsel) reasonably incurred by it. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event there has been a Successful Remarketing, the obligations set forth in Section 4 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and effect until all amounts payable under said Section 4 shall have been paid in full. In addition, Sections 7, 8 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Remarketing Agent.

Section 13.

Notices.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Remarketing Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to: [                                          ];

(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to:

Autoliv, Inc.

Box 70381

SE-107 24, Stockholm

Sweden Attention: Lars Sjöbring, Group Vice President Legal Affairs,

General Counsel and Secretary; and

 

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(c) if to the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to:

U.S. Bank National Association

100 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Tel: (212) 361-2505

Fax: (212) 809-4993

Attention: Patrick J. Crowley, Vice President

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.

Section 14.

Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each party hereto and its respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (x) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the Remarketing Agent and the person or persons, if any, who control the Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (y) the indemnity agreement of the Remarketing Agent contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the Company’s directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement, if any, and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to herein, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

Section 15.

Survival.

The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and the Remarketing Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Remarketing Agent, the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of the Remarketed Senior Notes. The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 11 shall survive the termination and cancellation of this Agreement.

Section 16.

Governing Law.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH STATE.

 

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Section 17.

Judicial Proceedings.

Each party hereto expressly accepts and irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 18.

Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 19.

Headings.

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

Section 20.

Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be invalid, inoperative or unenforceable as applied in any particular case in any or all jurisdictions because it conflicts with any provisions of any constitution, statute, rule or public policy or for any other reason, then, to the extent permitted by law, such circumstances shall not have the effect of rendering the provision in question invalid, inoperative or unenforceable in any other case, circumstance or jurisdiction, or of rendering any other provision or provisions of this Agreement invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatsoever.

Section 21.

Amendments.

This Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. Each of the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent agrees that it will not enter into, cause or permit any amendment or modification of the Transaction Documents or any other instruments or agreements relating to the Applicable Ownership Interests in Senior Notes, the Senior Notes or the Corporate Units that would in any way adversely affect the rights, duties and obligations of the Remarketing Agent, without the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agent.

 

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Section 22.

Successors and Assigns.

Except in the case of a succession pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agent. The rights and obligations of the Remarketing Agent hereunder may not be assigned or delegated to any other Person (other than an affiliate of the Remarketing Agent) without the prior written consent of the Company.

If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement by and between the Company, the Remarketing Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

Section 23.

Rights of the Purchase Contract Agent.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to all the rights, protections and privileges granted to the Purchase Contract Agent in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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Very truly yours,

AUTOLIV, INC.

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED:

[                                                   ],

as Remarketing Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

not individually, but solely as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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