UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2010 (November 5, 2010)

 

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

CONNECTICUT   1-5244   06-0548860

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1000 Stanley Drive

New Britain, Connecticut

  06053
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (860) 225-5111

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 5, 2010, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a public offering of 6,325,000 of its Convertible Preferred Units (the “Units”), including 825,000 Units pursuant to the Underwriters’ (as defined below) exercise of their over-allotment option in full. The Units were offered under the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-153646), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 dated August 31, 2010 and sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement, among the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”) relating to the underwritten public offering of the Units (the “Underwriting Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company sold the Units to the Underwriters at a price of 97% of the initial public offering price. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement

The Company issued the Units under a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated November 5, 2010 (the “PCPA”), among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (the “Purchase Contract Agent”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. The Units each have a stated amount of $100 and initially consist of a 1/10, or 10%, undivided beneficial interest in a $1,000 principal amount 4.25% junior subordinated note due November 17, 2018 (each, a “Note” and, collectively, the “Notes”) and a contract to purchase, for a price of $100 a share, a share of the Company’s 4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value, (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”). The Notes or other collateral that are components of the Units are pledged to the Company to secure the Unit holders’ obligations under the PCPA to purchase Convertible Preferred Stock. The PCPA includes customary agreements and covenants by the Company.

The Units may be converted into treasury units or cash settled units, as provided in the PCPA. Holders of Units will be entitled to receive, quarterly in arrears on February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17 of each year commencing on February 17, 2011, cash distributions consisting of interest payments on the Notes and contract adjustment payments of 0.50% per year on the stated amount of $100 per Unit payable by the Company, subject to its right to defer interest and contract adjustment payments in certain instances.

Second Supplemental Indenture

The Notes were issued under the Indenture, dated November 22, 2005 (the “Initial Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated November 5, 2010 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 2,” and, together with the Initial Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Indenture includes customary agreements and covenants by the Company.

The Notes are the Company’s unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with its other unsecured junior subordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding. The Notes will mature on November 17, 2018. Interest on the Notes will be payable on February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17 of each year, beginning on February 17, 2011. The interest rate on the Notes is 4.25% per annum. The Company may defer contract adjustment payments on the Units and interest payments on the Notes in certain circumstances. The Notes may be remarketed in certain circumstances. If the remarketing is successful, the interest rate on the Notes may be reset, interest will be payable on a


semi-annual basis, the ranking of the Notes will change so that they will rank senior to the Company’s existing and future junior subordinated indebtedness and junior to existing and future senior indebtedness, and interest payments on the Notes will no longer be deferrable.

Capped Call Transaction

The Company used a portion of the net proceeds of the Units offering to enter into capped call transactions with counterparties, including certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates.

Relationships

HSBC Bank USA, National Association is the trustee for our outstanding junior subordinated notes and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company is the trustee for our outstanding senior notes. HSBC Bank USA, National Association and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, other financial, banking and other services for the Company, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

The PCPA, Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, the Forms of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units representing the Units, the Form of Pledged Note and Form of Unpledged Note are filed as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the material terms of the PCPA, Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, Units, and Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

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

The description of the terms of the Units, PCPA, Notes, Indenture and Supplemental Indenture No. 2 under Item 1.01 above and the PCPA, Indenture, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, the Forms of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units representing the Units, the Form of Pledged Note and Form of Unpledged Note filed as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K are each incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

On November 5, 2010, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”), providing for the designation and terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock The Certificate of Amendment became effective on November 5, 2010.

Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, the Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, initially at a conversion rate of 1.3333 shares of the Company’s common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment. The Convertible Preferred Stock is deliverable upon settlement of the purchase contracts. If the Convertible Preferred Stock is converted on or after November 17, 2015, the holders will receive cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election. At any time on or after December 22, 2015, the Company may redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock for cash at a redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date. The Company’s right to redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock is subject to the right of holders to convert their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the redemption date.


 

The Certificate of Amendment and Form of Certificate for the Convertible Preferred Stock are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the material terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Amendment are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following material is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

(d) Exhibits

 

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated November 1, 2010, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein relating to the offering of the Units.
3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated November 5, 2010.
4.1    Form of certificate for Convertible Preferred Stock.
4.2    Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated November 5, 2010, between the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary.
4.3    Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated November 29, 2005 and hereby incorporated by reference).
4.4    Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of November 5, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee, relating to the 4.25% Notes due 2018.
4.5    Form of Corporate Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.6    Form of Treasury Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.7    Form of Cash-Settled Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.8    Form of Unpledged Note (included in Exhibit 4.3).
4.9    Form of Pledged Note.


 

SIGNATURE

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

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

/ S /    B RUCE H. B EATT        

Name:   Bruce H. Beatt
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: November 9, 2010


 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Exhibit

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated November 1, 2010, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein relating to the offering of the Units.
3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated November 5, 2010.
4.1    Form of certificate for Convertible Preferred Stock.
4.2    Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated November 5, 2010, between the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary.
4.3    Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated November 29, 2005 and hereby incorporated by reference).
4.4    Supplemental Indenture No. 2
4.5    Form of Corporate Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.6    Form of Treasury Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.7    Form of Cash-Settled Unit (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.8    Form of Unpledged Note (included in Exhibit 4.3).
4.9    Form of Pledged Note.

 

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

5,500,000 Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contracts

$550,000,000 4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2018

in the form of

5,500,000 Corporate Units

Underwriting Agreement

New York, New York

November 1, 2010

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

as Representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the number of its Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contracts set forth in Schedule I hereto (each a “Purchase Contract” and collectively the “Purchase Contracts”) and the aggregate principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Notes”) (said Purchase Contracts and Notes to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the election of the Underwriters, an option to purchase up to the number of additional Purchase Contracts and additional aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). The Purchase Contracts and Notes will be issued together in the form of Corporate Units (the “Corporate Units”), each of which will represent one Purchase Contract and a 10% undivided interest in $1,000 principal amount of the Notes. The Purchase Contracts will be issued under a Purchase Contract Agreement dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein) (the “Purchase Contract Agreement”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Purchase Contract agent (the “Purchase Contract Agent”). Each Purchase Contract will obligate the holder to purchase from the Company on November 17, 2015, one


share of 4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) of the Company for a settlement price of $100, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances if the holder elects to settle the Purchase Contract early. The Notes will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of the Closing Date (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company (together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares) and the rights (“Rights”) evidenced by such Common Stock to the extent provided in the Rights Agreement dated as of January 19, 2006, between the Company and Computershare Investor Services L.L.C (the “Rights Agreement”), or, on or after November 17, 2015, into cash, shares of Common Stock and related Rights or a combination thereof, at the option of the Company. The holders of the Convertible Preferred Units will pledge their interests in the Notes represented by the Corporate Units to HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), under a Pledge Agreement dated as of the Closing Date (the “Pledge Agreement” and together with the Purchase Contract Agreement, the “Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”) among the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent to secure their obligations under the Purchase Contracts to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 19 hereof.

1. Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to

 

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the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities 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).

(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “settlement date”), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(c)(i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405.

(d) The Disclosure Package does not contain 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, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

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(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed by the Company pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, if any, does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or final term sheet based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(f) The Company, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(g) The Company is subject to and in full compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(h) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Connecticut with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business or affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(j) Each Designated Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Designated Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,

 

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encumbrance claim or equity, except where such security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Designated Subsidiary was issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Designated Subsidiary.

(k) The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

(l) The Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company, and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity); and the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized, and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Purchase Contract Agreement;

(m) The Corporate Unit certificates have been duly and validly authorized and on the Closing Date, when paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly executed and delivered;

(n) The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, if any, issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued and paid for upon exercise of the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights

(o) (i) The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the applicable certificate of amendment, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights and (ii) the Rights, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when and if issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, will have been validly issued;

(p) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, and constitutes a valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principles of equity); the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and, when executed and delivered, will constitute a valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to

 

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principals of equity); and the Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;

(q) The statements in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences”, “Description of the Convertible Preferred Units”, “Description of the Purchase Contracts”, “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”, “Description of the Notes”, “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock”, “Description of the Capped Call Transactions” and “Underwriting” fairly summarize the documents and matters therein described.

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

(s) The execution, and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Purchase Contracts, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is subject; (ii) nor will such action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the charter or by-laws of any Designated Subsidiary or (B) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body (including, without limitation, any insurance regulatory agency or body) having jurisdiction over the Company or any Designated Subsidiary or any of their properties; except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)(B) for conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or consummate the transactions herein and therein contemplated; and, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as have been obtained or made and except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase of the Securities and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(t) The consolidated historical financial statements and related schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

 

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(u) The consolidated historical financial statements and related schedules of The Black & Decker Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of The Black & Decker Corporation as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

(v) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Designated Subsidiary or its or their property is pending or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes, or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in, incorporated by reference in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(w) The Company and each Designated Subsidiary own or lease all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of the operations of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries as presently conducted, except when the failure to own or lease such properties is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Neither the Company nor any Designated Subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws or (ii) to the reasonable knowledge of the Company (A) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (B) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any Designated Subsidiary of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such Designated Subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of subclauses (A) and (B), for such violations or defaults that are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and of The Black & Decker Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their reports with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and related schedules and the internal controls of the Company and The Black & Decker Corporation included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and The Black & Decker Corporation within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Act.

(z) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Notes.

 

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(aa) Each of the Company and each Designated Subsidiary has timely filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(bb) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary exists or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(cc) Each Designated Subsidiary is not currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on the Designated Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to the Designated Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of the Designated Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(dd) The Company and each Designated Subsidiary possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now operated by them, except where the failure to possess such licenses, permits and other authorizations would not, singly or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Designated Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(ee) The Company and each Designated Subsidiary maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

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(ff) Except as described, or incorporated by reference, in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and except as such matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably likely result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Designated Subsidiary is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) the Company and each Designated Subsidiary have all Governmental Licenses required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no pending or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any Designated Subsidiary and (iv) there are, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any Designated Subsidiary relating to Hazardous Materials or Environmental Laws.

(gg) Except as to such matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably likely result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), has been satisfied by each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and the trust forming part of each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a “welfare plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than “continuation coverage” (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA)); (ii) each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and (iii) neither the Company nor any Designated Subsidiary has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or any other liability under Title IV of ERISA.

(hh) None of the Company, any Designated Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Persons of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails

 

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or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2. Purchase and Sale; Commission . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto the number of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to the principal amount of Option Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto at the same purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part, but in any event not more than once, at any time on or before the 12 th day after the date of the Final Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the aggregate of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The aggregate number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as the Company, in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate fractional Optional Securities.

3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto or at such time on such

 

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later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the settlement date for the Option Securities must occur within the thirteen day period that begins on and includes the Closing Date.

4. Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus

5. Agreements . The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the

 

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Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) To prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form approved by you, and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(e) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.

 

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(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(g) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by them of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

(i) The Company will not for a period of 60 days following the Execution Time, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, otherwise dispose of, enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction; provided , however that the Company shall be permitted to file a shelf

 

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registration statement (or file any amendment to its existing shelf registration statement) with respect to such securities, provided that the Company shall not effect any sales of such securities pursuant to such shelf registration statement during the 60 day period described above; provided , further , that the Company may issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and the Company may issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time.

(j) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(k) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, the full number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts.

(l) The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(m) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company will not do or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion price of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(n) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the fees of the trustee under the Indenture; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, a preliminary and final blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (if the Securities are to be so listed); (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(d) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of

 

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Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.

(o) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives and use their reasonable best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

(p) The Company will, for a period of twelve months following the Execution Time, furnish to the Representatives (i) all reports or other communications (financial or other) generally made available to stockholders, and deliver such reports and communications to the Representatives as soon as they are available, unless such documents are furnished to or filed with the Commission or any securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed and generally made available to the public and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request (such statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to stockholders).

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein at the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in the certificates to be delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; 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, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

(b) The Company shall have requested and caused Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company, to furnish to the Representatives its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

(c) The Company shall have requested and caused the Vice President and General Counsel for the Company or an assistant General Counsel or Corporate Counsel to the Company that has been admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut, to have furnished to the Representatives his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 

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(d) The Representatives shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives regarding such matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the Chief Executive Officer and (y) the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in, incorporated by reference in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(f) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young LLP to furnish to the Representatives letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company and The Black & Decker Corporation and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and containing statements and information of a type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company and The Black & Decker Corporation contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or

 

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properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(h) The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time, 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 such term is defined by the Commission in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) of the Exchange 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.

(j) The Company shall have applied for listing of the Corporate Units and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.

(k) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto from John F. Lundgren, James M. Loree, Donald Allan, Jr. and Nolan P. Archibald, addressed to the Representatives.

(l) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be delivered at the offices of counsel for the Underwriters, at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the Closing Date.

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a

 

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default by any of the Underwriters, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

8. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements contained in the “Underwriting” section of any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (i) in the fifth paragraph of text, (ii) in the second sentence of the sixth paragraph of text and (iii) in the ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs of text of such section constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the

 

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indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement or an admission of fault, culpability by failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate

 

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to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company or any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of

 

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and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities or there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement services in the United States; or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made in writing pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and (i) if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to them care of the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; or (ii) if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (860) 827-3911 and confirmed to it at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain, Connecticut 06053, attention of the Treasurer.

13. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14. Applicable Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

15. Arm’s Length Transaction; No Fiduciary Relationship . The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (ii) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company; and (iii) its engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the offering of the Securities, is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the sale and purchase of the Securities, irrespective of whether any of the Representatives has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters.

 

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

17. Integration . This Agreement supercedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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 shall constitute one and the same instrument.

19. Headings . The section headings used 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.

20. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.

“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York.

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

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Designated Subsidiary” shall mean The Black & Decker Corporation, a Maryland corporation and Stanley Security Solutions, Inc., an Indiana corporation.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iv) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

 

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“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.

“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D under the Act.

“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B”, “Rule 433” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.

 

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“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Craig A. Douglas

  Name: Craig A. Douglas
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

The foregoing Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the date first

above written.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

By:   Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:  

/s/ Mariano Gaut

  Name: Mariano Gaut
  Title: Managing Director

For themselves and the other several

Underwriters named in Schedule II

to the foregoing Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE I

Underwriting Agreement dated November 1, 2010

Registration Statement No. 333-153646

Title, Purchase Price and Number of Securities:

 

Title:

   Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contracts
  

4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018

 

issued together in the form of

   5,500,000 Corporate Units, each representing one Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contract and a 10% undivided interest in $1,000 principal amount of 4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018

Purchase Price Per Corporate Unit

   $97

Price to Public Per Corporate Unit

   $100

Number of Underwritten Securities

to be sold by the Company

   5,500,000 Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contracts
   $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018
   issued together in the form of
   5,500,000 Corporate Units

 

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Maximum Number of Option   
Securities to be sold by the Company    825,000 Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Contracts
   $82,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018
   issued together in the form of
   825,000 Corporate Units

 

Closing Date, Time and Location:

  

November 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue,

New York, New York 10017

Type of Offering: Non-delayed

Address for notices to the Representatives under Section 12:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

Fax No: 212-816-7912

Attention: General Counsel

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Fax No: 646-855-3073

Attention: Syndicate Department

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Equity Capital Markets Syndicate Desk

Fax No: 212-761-0316

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Fax No: 212-622-8358;

Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

     Number/Principal Amount of
Underwritten Securities
to be Purchased
 

Underwriters

   Purchase
Contracts
     Notes ($)      Corporate
Units
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     1,222,100       $ 122,210,000         1,222,100   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

     1,222,100       $ 122,210,000         1,222,100   

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

     1,222,100       $ 122,210,000         1,222,100   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

     763,950       $ 76,395,000         763,950   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     381,975       $ 38,197,500         381,975   

UBS Securities LLC.

     381,975       $ 38,197,500         381,975   

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     76,450       $ 7,645,000         76,450   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     76,450       $ 7,645,000         76,450   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     76,450       $ 7,645,000         76,450   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

     76,450       $ 7,645,000         76,450   

Total

     5,500,000       $ 550,000,000         5,500,000   

 

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SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package

Final term sheet dated November 1, 2010

 

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Exhibit A

Form of Skadden Opinion

1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, to the extent that such execution and delivery are governed by New York law.

2. The Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, to the extent that such execution and delivery are governed by New York law, and the Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

3. The Global Certificates and the Global Note have been duly executed by the Company, to the extent such execution is governed by New York law, and when (i) the Notes are duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, (ii) the Corporate Units are authenticated by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement, and (iii) the Convertible Preferred Units are issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes and the Purchase Contracts forming part of the Corporate Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

4. No Governmental Approval, which has not been obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required to authorize, or is required for the execution or delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby.

5. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Underwriting,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.

6. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Convertible Preferred Units”, “Description of the Purchase Contracts”, “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”, “Description of the Notes” and “Description of the Capped Call Transactions” in so far as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Purchase Contracts, the Pledge Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.

7. Under current United States federal income tax law, although the discussion set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” does not purport to discuss all possible United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Convertible Preferred Units (including components thereof), the convertible preferred stock acquired under a purchase contract and the common stock acquired upon

 

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conversion of the convertible preferred stock, such discussion constitutes, in all material respects, a fair and accurate summary of the United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Convertible Preferred Units (including components thereof), the convertible preferred stock acquired under a purchase contract and the common stock acquired upon conversion of the convertible preferred stock.

8. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Convertible Preferred Units and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

9. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Convertible Preferred Units, will not violate or conflict with, or result in any contravention of, any Applicable Law.

10. (i) the Registration Statement, at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for purposes of Section 11 of the Act (the “Effective Time”), and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (except that in each case we do not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”)); and (ii) no facts have come to our attention that have caused us to believe that the Registration Statement, at the Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that in each case we do not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the statements contained in the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1). In addition, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to our attention that have caused us to believe that the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that we do not express any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the statements contained in the exhibits to the Registration Statement, including the Form T-1).

 

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Exhibit B

Form of Company General Counsel Opinion

1. Each Designated Subsidiary has been duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation .

2. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

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

4. The Purchase Contract Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

5. The Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

6. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

7. The Global Note has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

8. The Global Certificates have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

9. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued and paid for upon exercise of the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of any preemptive rights or any similar rights arising under Connecticut law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any Applicable Contract.

10. The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment (“Conversion Shares”) have been duly authorized and reserved by all necessary corporate action and, when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Amendment, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free and clear of any preemptive rights or any or similar rights arising under Connecticut law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any Applicable Contract.

11. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of Capital Stock” and “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock” in so far as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Amendment fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.

 

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12. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities will not (i) conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, (ii) constitute a violation of, or a breach or default under, the terms of any Applicable Contract or (iii) violate or conflict with, or result in any contravention of, any Applicable Law, except, in the case of (ii) and (iii), for such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or contraventions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, likely result in a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. I do not express any opinion, however, as to whether the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the other Transaction Documents will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any covenant, restriction or provision with respect to financial ratios or tests or any aspect of the financial condition or results of operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

13. No Governmental Approval that has not been obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required to authorize, or is required for, the execution or delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby.

14. To my knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is a party, or to which any property of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary is subject, that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, except as set forth in, incorporated by reference in, or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

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Exhibit C

[Lock-up Agreement] 1

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Public Offering of Corporate Units

October, 2010

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of the several Underwriters,

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”), and you as representatives (the “Representatives”) of a group of Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Corporate Units (the “Public Offering”).

In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of

 

 

1 To be executed by John F. Lundgren, James M. Loree, Donald Allan, Jr. and Nolan P. Archibald.

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capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of commencing on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 60 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to:

(a) transactions involving the disposition of not more than 100,000 shares of capital stock;

(b) transactions relating to shares of common stock of the Company, par value $2.50 per share (“Common Stock”), or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering;

(c) transfers of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents as a bona fide gift or by will or intestacy, including transfers to a trust where the beneficiaries of the trust are drawn solely from a group consisting of the undersigned and immediate family members of the undersigned, provided that (i) each transferee of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents that is not a not-for-profit or religious organization executes and delivers to the Underwriters a duplicate form of this lock-up letter and (ii) no party, including the undersigned, shall be required to, nor shall it voluntarily, file a report under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on Form 5 made after the expiration of the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence);

(d) transactions pursuant to a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in existence as of the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”);

(e) the creation of a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided that no transactions are made pursuant to such plan until the expiration of the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence; or

(f) the exercise of options to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to the surrender of options to purchase shares of Common Stock or sale of shares of Common Stock to satisfy the applicable aggregate exercise price (and applicable withholding taxes) required to be paid upon such exercise or upon vesting of restricted stock awards or units.

Immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person.

If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.

Yours very truly,

 

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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (the “ CBCA ”), does hereby certify:

1 : The name of the corporation is Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”).

2 : The Restated Certificate of Incorporation is amended by the addition of the provisions set forth on Exhibit A hereto, to immediately follow Section 3A and immediately precede Section 4 of the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

3 : The amendment was adopted by resolution of the Special Securities Committee of the Board of Directors on October 28, 2010.

4 : The amendment was approved by the Special Securities Committee of the Board of Directors. No Shareholder approval was required.

[Signature page follows]


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed this 5th day of November, 2010.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

/s/ Donald J. Riccitelli

Name:   Donald J. Riccitelli
Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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Exhibit A

Text of Amendment

“Section 3B. There shall be a series of Preferred Stock, without par value, of said corporation, having the voting powers, designation, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such rights, as follows:

(1). Number and Designation. 6,325,000 shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall be designated as “4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”).

(2). Certain Definitions. As used in this Section 3B, the following terms shall have the meanings given to them in this Section 3B(2). Any capitalized term not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, unless the context otherwise requires.

Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any 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.

Agent Members ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(15)(a) hereof.

Board of Director s” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall include any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person.

Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time.

Closing Sale Price ” of the shares of Common Stock or any other security for which a Closing Sale Price must be determined on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the principal United States securities exchange on which shares of


Common Stock or such other security are traded or, if the shares of Common Stock or such other security are not listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, the “Closing Sale Price” will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock or such other security in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock or such other security is not so quoted, the “Closing Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for Common Stock or such other security on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Corporation for this purpose. The Closing Sale Price shall be determined without reference to any extended or after-hours trading.

Common Stock ” means common stock of the Corporation, par value $2.50 per share, subject to Section 3B(10) hereof.

Cash Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(7)(d) hereof.

Combination Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(7)(d) hereof.

Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(17)(a) hereof.

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(7)(b) hereof.

Conversion Rate ” per share of Convertible Preferred Stock means 1.3333 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

Convertible Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(1) hereof.

Convertible Preferred Stock Director ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(12)(c) hereof.

Corporation ” means Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, and shall include any successor to such Corporation.

Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, one-twentieth of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP of Common Stock on such Trading Day.

Daily Measurement Value ” means the Specified Dollar Amount divided by 20.

Daily Settlement Amount ,” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period:

(i) cash equal to the lesser of (A) the Daily Measurement Value and (B) the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day; and

 

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(ii) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (A) the difference between such Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Daily VWAP ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “SWK.N <equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of the primary exchange or market on which Common Stock is listed or traded to the scheduled close of such exchange or market on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Corporation).

Date of First Issuance ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(4)(b) hereof.

Depositary ” means DTC or its successor depositary.

Dividend Payment Date ” means February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17 of each year, commencing from the February 17, May 17, August 17 or November 17 closest following the Date of First Issuance, or if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, provided that if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the Dividend Payment Date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day.

Dividend Period ” shall mean the period beginning on, and including, a Dividend Payment Date (or if no Dividend Payment Date has occurred, commencing on, and including, the Date of First Issuance) and ending on, and excluding, the next immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date.

DTC ” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.

Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(b) hereof.

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

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) any transaction or event (whether by means of a share exchange or tender offer applicable to the Common Stock, a liquidation, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification,

 

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combination or merger of the Corporation or a sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation) or a series of related transactions or events occurs pursuant to which 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into or constitutes solely the right to receive cash, securities or other property, more than 10% of which consists of cash, securities or other property that is not, or will not be upon consummation of such transaction, listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange for a period of 30 or more consecutive Trading Days; or

(b) the Common Stock ceases to be listed or quoted on a United States national or regional securities exchange for 30 or more consecutive Trading Days.

Fundamental Change Company Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(c) hereof.

Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(c) hereof.

Fundamental Change Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(a) hereof.

Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(a) hereof.

Fundamental Change Period ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(c) hereof.

Fundamental Change Settlement Date ” means the Business Day immediately following the Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline.

Fundamental Change Settlement Price ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(a) hereof.

Global Preferred Shares ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(15)(a) hereof.

Global Shares Legend ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(15)(a) hereof.

Junior Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(3)(a) hereof.

Liquidation Preference ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(5)(a) hereof.

Market Disruption Event ” means the occurrence or existence for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise) in Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

 

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Observation Period ” means, with respect to any Share of Convertible Preferred Stock being converted, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the second Trading Day after the Conversion Date relating to such share of Convertible Preferred Stock, provided that if the Corporation has called the Convertible Preferred Stock for redemption in accordance with Section 3B(6), the Observation Period will be the 20 consecutive Trading Days starting on the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

Outstanding ” means, when used with respect to Convertible Preferred Stock, as of any date of determination, all Convertible Preferred Stock theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Section 3B, except:

(i) shares of Convertible Preferred Stock redeemed and cancelled by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3B(6); and

(ii) shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 3B(7)(b);

provided , however, that, that, in determining whether the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action hereunder, Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the Corporation or its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Registrar shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Convertible Preferred Stock which the Registrar has actual knowledge of being so owned shall be so disregarded.

Parity Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(3)(b) hereof.

Paying Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(17)(a) hereof.

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

Physical Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(7)(d) hereof.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement among the Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as purchase contract agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary, dated as of November 5, 2010.

 

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Record Date ” means (i) with respect to the dividends payable on February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17 of each year, February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) of each year, respectively, or such other record date, not more than 30 days and not less than 10 days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and (ii) solely for the purpose of adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 3B(9), with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

Redemption Date ” means a date that is fixed for redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Corporation in accordance with Section 3B(6) hereof.

Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Section 3B(6)(b) hereof.

Redemption Price ” means an amount of cash equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock being redeemed, plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date shall occur after a Record Date and before the related Dividend Payment Date, the Redemption Price described above shall be reduced by the amount payable per share of Convertible Preferred Stock on the related Dividend Payment Date.

Reference Price ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(8)(a)(i) hereof.

Reference Property ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(10)(a) hereof.

Registrar ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(13) hereof.

Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.

Senior Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(3)(c) hereof.

Settlement Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(7)(d) hereof.

Settlement Method ” means either the Cash Settlement, Physical Settlement, or Combination Settlement as elected by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3B(7)(d) hereof.

Specified Dollar Amount ” means, in respect of any Combination Settlement, a dollar amount per share of Convertible Preferred Stock as specified by the Corporation in the notice regarding the chosen settlement method under Section 3B(7)(d).

Spin Off ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(9)(c) hereof.

Stock Price ” means, (a) in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (a) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share of the Common Stock and

 

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(b) in the case of any other Fundamental Change, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of such Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change.

Subsidiary ” means (a) a corporation, a majority of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is, at the date of determination, directly or indirectly owned by the Corporation, by one or more Subsidiaries of the Corporation or by the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries of the Corporation, (b) a partnership in which the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation holds a majority interest in the equity capital or profits of such partnership, and (c) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which the Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Corporation or the Corporation and one or more Subsidiaries of the Corporation, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least a majority ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such person.

Trading Day ” means a day during which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in securities generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which Common Stock is then traded. If Common Stock (or any other security for which a Daily VWAP must be determined) is not so listed or quoted, “ Trading Day ” means a “ Business Day .”

Transfer Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3B(13) hereof.

(3). Rank. The Convertible Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, rank:

(a) senior to the Common Stock, and if issued, the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Corporation, and any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “ Junior Stock ”);

(b) on a parity with any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “ Parity Stock ”);

(c) junior to each class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “ Senior Stock ”); and

(d) junior to the Corporation’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing and future indebtedness (including trade payables).

 

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  (4). Dividends.

(a) Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if, declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of 4.75% per annum of the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

(b) If no shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have been previously issued, dividends thereon shall accumulate from the date of first issuance of such Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Date of First Issuance ”), or if dividends shall have been paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock thereafter, from the most recent Dividend Payment Date. If additional Convertible Preferred Stock is issued after the Date of First Issuance, dividends on all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall accumulate from the most recent Dividend Payment Date or if no Dividend Payment Date has occurred, from the Date of First Issuance. Each such dividend shall be payable to the holders of record of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register at the close of business on a Record Date.

(c) Accumulated and unpaid dividends for any past Dividend Period (whether or not declared) shall not bear any interest if dividends are paid subsequent to the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

(d) The amount of dividends payable for each full Dividend Period for the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend rate by four. The amount of dividends payable for any other period shorter or longer than a full quarterly Dividend Period, on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be appropriately prorated and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of any accumulated and unpaid dividends, as herein provided, on the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(e) No dividend shall be declared or paid, or funds set apart for the payment of any dividend or other distribution, whether in cash or other property, directly or indirectly, upon any shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, nor shall any shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock be redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation through a sinking fund or otherwise, unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods (whether or not there are funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends) on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid in full or set apart for payment; provided , however, that, notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 3B(4)(e) to the contrary, the Corporation may make dividend payments solely in Junior Stock, convert any Junior Stock into, or exchange any Junior Stock for, a class or series of other Junior Stock. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient to pay them in full is not set apart) on Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock, all dividends declared on the Convertible

 

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Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata so that the amount of dividends so declared per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio as accumulated dividends per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and such class or series of Parity Stock (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends on such other class or series of Parity Stock if such other class or series of Parity Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other.

(f) Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall accumulate whether or not (1) the Corporation has earnings; (2) there are funds legally available for the payment of those dividends; or (3) those dividends are authorized or declared. Any dividend payment made on the Convertible Preferred Stock will first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividends due with respect to those shares of Convertible Preferred Stock which remain payable.

 

  (5). Liquidation Preference.

(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the Corporation’s assets (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Stock, holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive $100 per share of Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Liquidation Preference ”) plus an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not authorized or declared), accumulated and unpaid thereon and accrued dividends thereon up to but excluding the date of final distribution to such holders, but shall not be entitled to any further payment or other participation in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the Corporation’s assets, or proceeds thereof, are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and liquidating payments on Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock ratably in proportion to the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock as if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

(b) The Corporation shall instruct DTC to notify the holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, or if the Convertible Preferred Stock is in certificated form, send a written notice by first class email to each holder of record of the Convertible Preferred Stock at such holder’s registered address, of any event triggering the right to receive a distribution in connection with any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(c) Neither the consolidation or merger with or into any other Person, nor the voluntary sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property or assets shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.

 

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(d) Subject to the rights of the holders of any Parity Stock, after payment has been made in full to the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as provided in this Section 3B(5), holders of Junior Stock shall, subject to the respective terms and provisions (if any) applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

(6). Optional Redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be redeemable by the Corporation in accordance with this Section 3B(6).

(a) The Corporation may not redeem any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock before December 22, 2015. On or after December 22, 2015, the Corporation shall have the option to redeem, subject to Section 3B(6)(j) hereof, some or all the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price.

(b) In the event the Corporation elects to redeem shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall:

(i) send a written notice to the Registrar and Transfer Agent of the Redemption Date, stating the number of shares to be redeemed and the Redemption Price, at least 30 Scheduled Trading Days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Registrar and Transfer Agent);

(ii) instruct DTC to notify the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, or, if the Convertible Preferred Stock is in certificated form, send a written notice (the “ Redemption Notice ”) by first class mail to each holder of record of the Convertible Preferred Stock at such holder’s registered address, not fewer than 25 Scheduled Trading Days nor more than 90 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date stating:

(A) the Redemption Date;

(B) the Redemption Price;

(C) the Settlement Method of the Convertible Preferred Stock if the holder elects to convert;

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

(E) that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption may be converted at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

 

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(F) that holders who want to convert shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock must satisfy the requirements set forth in Section 3B(7);

(G) that shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

(H) if fewer than all the Outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed by the Corporation, the number of shares to be redeemed;

(I) that, unless the Corporation defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, dividends in respect of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption will cease to accumulate on and after the Redemption Date;

(J) the CUSIP number of the Convertible Preferred Stock; and

(K) any other information the Corporation wishes to present; and

(iii)(A) publish the information set forth in Section 3B(6)(b)(ii) once in a daily newspaper printed in the English language and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, (B) issue a press release containing such information and (C) publish such information on the Corporation’s web site on the World Wide Web.

(c) If the Corporation gives notice of redemption, then, by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, to the extent sufficient funds are legally available, the Corporation shall, with respect to:

(i) shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock held by DTC or its nominees, deposit or cause to be deposited, irrevocably with DTC cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and shall give DTC irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to holders of such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock; and

(ii) shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock held in certificated form, deposit or cause to be deposited, irrevocably with the Paying Agent cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to holders of such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock upon surrender to the Paying Agent of their certificates evidencing their shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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(d) If on the Redemption Date, DTC and/or the Paying Agent holds or hold money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock delivered for redemption as set forth herein, dividends shall cease to accumulate as of the Redemption Date on those shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption and all rights of holders of such shares shall terminate, except for the right to receive the Redemption Price pursuant to this Section 3B(6).

(e) Payment of the Redemption Price for shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock is conditioned upon book-entry transfer or physical delivery of certificates representing the Convertible Preferred Stock, together with necessary endorsements, to the Paying Agent, or to the Paying Agent’s account at DTC, at any time after delivery of the Redemption Notice.

(f) Payment of the Redemption Price for shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be made (1) on the Redemption Date, if book-entry transfer or physical delivery of the Convertible Preferred Stock has been made by or on the Redemption Date, or (2) if book-entry transfer or physical delivery of the Convertible Preferred Stock has not been made by or on the Redemption Date, at the time of such transfer or delivery.

(g) If the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and before the related Dividend Payment Date, holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the close of business on that Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on those shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date.

(h) If fewer than all the Outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot, on a pro rata basis (with any fractional shares being rounded to the nearest whole share), or any other method as may be determined by the Board of Directors to be fair and appropriate.

(i) Upon surrender of a certificate or certificates representing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock that is or are redeemed in part, the Corporation shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the holder, a new certificate or certificates representing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for partial redemption.

(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3B(6), unless full cumulative dividends (whether or not declared) on all Outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid or set apart for payment for all Dividend Periods terminating on or before the Redemption Date, none of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be called for redemption.

 

  (7). Conversion.

(a) Right to Convert. Each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time, in accordance with, and subject to, this Section 3B(7) at the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any shares of Convertible Preferred

 

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Stock are called for redemption pursuant to Section 3B(6), such conversion right shall cease and terminate, as to the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price therefor, as provided herein.

 

  (b) Conversion Procedures .

(i) Conversion of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock may be effected by any holder thereof (A) if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in certificated form, upon the surrender to the Corporation, at the principal office of the Corporation or at the office of the Conversion Agent as may be designated by the Board of Directors, of the certificate or certificates, if any, for such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted accompanied by a complete and manually signed Notice of Conversion (as set forth in the form of Convertible Preferred Stock certificate) along with (x) appropriate endorsements and transfer documents as required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent and (y) if required pursuant to Section 3B(7)(c), funds equal to the dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date or (B) if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in the form of Global Preferred Shares, by (x) complying with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and (y) if required pursuant to Section 3B(7)(c), delivering funds equal to the dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date. In case such Notice of Conversion shall specify a name or names other than that of such holder, such notice shall be accompanied by payment of all transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock in such name or names. Other than such taxes, the Corporation shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant hereto. The conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been made as of the close of business on the date (the “ Conversion Date ”) the foregoing procedures have been complied with. As promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date with respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall reflect in its stock records the cancellation of the Convertible Preferred Stock that is being converted and the issuance of such number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which the holders of such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled as a result of the conversion, if any, as of such Conversion Date (in the case of a settlement in Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) prior to November 17, 2015 or any Physical Settlement made thereafter) or the final day of the Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). If any Common Stock to be issued upon conversion is certificated, promptly after the issuance of the Common Stock certificate (or, if the Convertible Preferred Stock is certificated, promptly after, and in any case no later than 2 Business Days after, the surrender of the certificates representing the shares that are converted but not earlier than the Third Trading Day following the Conversion Date or the final day of the relevant Observation Period, as

 

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applicable), the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered (1) certificates representing the number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable full shares of Common Stock to which the holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock being converted (or such holder’s transferee) shall be entitled, and (2) if the Convertible Preferred Stock is then certificated and less than the full number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates is being converted, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of shares evidenced by such surrendered certificate or certificates less the number of shares being converted. As of the close of business on the Conversion Date, the rights of the holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock as to the shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive shares of Common Stock.

 

  (c) Dividend and Other Payments Upon Conversion.

(i) Upon settlement of a conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock and subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph, a holder shall not receive cash payment of accumulated and unpaid dividends and the Corporation shall not make any payments in respect of or adjust the Conversion Rate to account for accumulated and unpaid dividends to the Conversion Date except as provided in Section 3B(8)(a)(ii).

(ii) If a holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock exercises its conversion rights, such shares shall cease to accumulate dividends as of the end of the day immediately preceding the Conversion Date. Upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, except for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Record Date corresponding to a Dividend Payment Date to the open of business on such Dividend Payment Date, in which case the holder on such Record Date shall receive the dividends payable on such Dividend Payment Date, accumulated and unpaid dividends on the converted share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the holder thereof through delivery of any cash and/or Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Convertible Preferred Stock being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof. Shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion after the close of business on any Record Date for the payment of dividends declared and before the opening of business on the Dividend Payment Date corresponding to that Record Date must be accompanied by a payment to the Corporation in cash of an amount equal to the dividend payable in respect of those shares on such Dividend Payment Date, subject to clause (iii) below.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are converted during the period after the close of business on any Record Date and before the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date and the Corporation has called such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock for redemption during such period, or has specified a

 

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Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline during such period, the holder who tenders such shares for conversion shall receive the dividend payable on such Dividend Payment Date and need not include payment of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion.

 

  (d) Settlement upon Conversion

(i) Upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock prior to November 17, 2015, the Corporation shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to converting holders, in respect of the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock.

(ii) Upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock on or after November 17, 2015, the Corporation shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to converting holders, either cash (“ Cash Settlement ”), shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock (“ Physical Settlement ”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock (“ Combination Settlement ”), at its election, subject to the requirements set forth in this Section 3B(7) and Section 3B(10)(b).

(iii) The Corporation shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions occurring on different Conversion Dates after November 17, 2015, except that the Corporation shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions following a Redemption Notice to and including the related Redemption Date, regardless of the Conversion Date. If the Corporation elects a Settlement Method, it shall inform holders so converting through the Conversion Agent of such Settlement Method it has selected no later than the second Business Day immediately following the related Conversion Date; provided that in the case of any conversions of Convertible Preferred Stock following a Redemption Notice to and including the Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, the Corporation shall elect the Settlement Method specified in such Redemption Notice. If the Corporation does not provide notice electing a settlement method in respect of any conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, it shall be deemed to have elected Physical Settlement.

(iv) The cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock to be paid and/or delivered to converting holders of Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Settlement Amount ”) shall be computed as follows:

(A) if the Corporation elects (or is deemed to have elected) Physical Settlement, or for any Conversion Date prior to November 17, 2015, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting holder a number of

 

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shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (1) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, and (2) the applicable Conversion Rate;

(B) if the Corporation elects Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting holder, in respect of the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and

(C) if the Corporation elects Combination Settlement, the Corporation shall pay or deliver to the converting holder, in respect of the Liquidation Preference per share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period.

(v) If the Corporation elects Physical Settlement, or any shares of Convertible Preferred stock are converted prior to November 17, 2015, the Corporation shall deliver the Settlement Amount to converting holders on the third Trading Day following the Conversion Date, but such holders will be deemed to be the owners of the shares of Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount as of the close of business on the Conversion Date. If the Corporation elects Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, the Corporation shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount to converting holders on the third Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period and such converting holders will only be deemed to be the owners of any of the shares of Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount upon the delivery of such shares.

(e) Fractional Shares. In connection with the conversion of any shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock, no fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued, but the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional interest in an amount equal to the fractional interest multiplied by the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) rounded to the nearest whole cent.

(f) Total Shares. If more than one share of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion by the same holder at the same time, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of those shares shall be computed on the basis of the total number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

 

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(g) Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock. The Corporation shall:

(i) at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon the conversion of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock;

(ii) prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations that require action to be taken by the Corporation (including, without limitation, the registration or approval, if required, of any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock hereunder); and

(iii) ensure that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock will, upon delivery, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights.

 

  (8). Fundamental Change Conversions.

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs, holders of Convertible Preferred Stock may elect to convert shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at any time during the Fundamental Change Period (the right of conversion, “ Fundamental Change Conversion Right ”) at an adjusted Conversion Rate as follows:

(i) If the Stock Price is greater than or equal to $61.22 (the “ Reference Price ”) (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Price as provided in clause (b)(iv) below), the Conversion Rate shall be increased by a number of additional shares determined by reference to the table below (such additional shares, the “ Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium ”); and

(ii) if the Stock Price is less than the Reference Price (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Price as provided in clause (b)(iv) below), the Conversion Rate shall be equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to but excluding the Fundamental Change Settlement Date (unless the Conversion Date for a share of Convertible Preferred Stock occurs after the Record Date for the payment of dividends and prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Conversion Rate calculation for such share under this clause (ii) shall not include accumulated and unpaid dividends that shall be paid to holders of record on such Record Date as set forth in Section 3B(7)(c) above), divided by the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Settlement Date (such average price, the “ Fundamental Change Settlement Price ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 3.2669 shares of Common Stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 3B(9).

 

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(b) The Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium will be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs (the “ Effective Date ”) and the Stock Price:

 

    Stock Price  

Effective Date

  $61.22     $70.00     $75.00     $80.00     $90.00     $100.00     $110.00     $120.00     $130.00     $140.00     $150.00     $160.00     $200.00  

November 5, 2010

    0.3002        0.2472        0.2170        0.1922        0.1550        0.1288        0.1096        0.0951        0.0838        0.0748        0.0675        0.0613        0.0443   

November 17, 2011

    0.3002        0.2228        0.1942        0.1701        0.1346        0.1103        0.0930        0.0802        0.0705        0.0628        0.0566        0.0515        0.0374   

November 17, 2012

    0.3002        0.1953        0.1667        0.1435        0.1102        0.0884        0.0735        0.0629        0.0551        0.0491        0.0443        0.0404        0.0296   

November 17, 2013

    0.3002        0.1648        0.1356        0.1129        0.0820        0.0631        0.0512        0.0433        0.0378        0.0336        0.0304        0.0278        0.0206   

November 17, 2014

    0.3002        0.1270        0.0962        0.0739        0.0464        0.0325        0.0252        0.0211        0.0185        0.0166        0.0152        0.0140        0.0105   

December 22, 2015 and thereafter

    0.3002        0.0953        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000   

provided , however , that:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices listed in the table above under the column titled “Stock Price,” or if the actual Effective Date of such Fundamental Change is between two Effective Dates listed in the table above in the row immediately below the title “Effective Date,” then the Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium shall be determined by the Corporation by linear interpolation between the Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premiums set forth for the two Stock Prices and the two Effective Dates on the table based on a 365-day year, as applicable;

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $200.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Price as provided in clause (iv) below), then the Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium shall be equal to zero and this Section 3B(8) shall not require the Corporation to increase the Conversion Rate with respect to such Fundamental Change;

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than the Reference Price (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Price as provided in clause (iv) below), then the Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium shall be equal to zero and the Conversion Rate shall instead be determined in accordance with clause (a)(ii);

(iv) if an event occurs that requires, pursuant to Section 3B(9), an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then, on the date and at the time such adjustment is so required to be made, each price set forth in the table above under the column titled “Stock Price” shall be deemed to be adjusted so that such Stock Price, at and after such time, shall be equal to the product of (1) such Stock Price as in effect immediately before such adjustment to such Stock Price and (2) a fraction whose numerator is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before

 

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such adjustment to the Conversion Rate and whose denominator is the Conversion Rate to be in effect, in accordance with Section 3B(9), immediately after such adjustment to the Conversion Rate; and

(v) each Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium set forth in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner in which, and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is to be adjusted pursuant to Section 3B(9).

(c) To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall notify holders of Convertible Preferred Stock of the anticipated effective date of such Fundamental Change at least 20 Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such Fundamental Change, but in any event not later than two Business Days following its awareness of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change. In addition, the Corporation shall send a notice to holders of a Fundamental Change within five Business Days after the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change (the “ Fundamental Change Company Notice ”). Such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall state:

(i) the events constituting the Fundamental Change;

(ii) the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which the holder of Convertible Preferred Stock may exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right (such date, the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline ”), which shall be a date no less than 20 Business Days nor more than 35 Business Days after the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, provided that such date shall not be less than 10 Business Days following the early settlement date the Corporation specifies for the purchase contracts as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (the period from the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change to and including the Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline, the “ Fundamental Change Period ”);

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

(v) the Conversion Rate and any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that will result from the Fundamental Change, or if the Stock Price is less than the Reference Price, the formula for determination of the Conversion Rate;

(vi) the procedures that the holder of Convertible Preferred Stock must follow to exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right; and

(vii) if the Stock Price is less than the Reference Price,

(A) the Fundamental Change Settlement Date; and

 

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(B) if the Fundamental Change Settlement Date falls on or after November 17, 2015, the Settlement Method for all conversions during the Fundamental Change Period, including the amount of cash per share of Convertible Preferred Stock the Corporation will pay in settlement of any such conversions.

(d) To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, a holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock must convert its shares in accordance with Section 3B(7)(b).

(e) If the Stock Price is less than the Reference Price, then notwithstanding Section 3B(7)(d) hereof,

(i) the Corporation shall settle any conversions during the Fundamental Change Period on the Fundamental Change Settlement Date;

(ii) if the Corporation has validly elected Cash Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount of cash equal to the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section 3B(8)) multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price; and

(iii) if the Corporation has validly elected Combination Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to the amount of cash per share of Convertible Preferred Stock specified in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, a number of shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional shares) equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is (X) the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section 3B(8)) multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price minus (Y) the amount of cash per share specified in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, and the denominator of which is the Fundamental Change Settlement Price.

(f) Nothing in this Section 3B(8) shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 3B(9) in respect of a Fundamental Change.

(9). Conversion Rate Adjustments . The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Corporation for any of the following events that occur following November 5, 2010 (regardless of whether any Convertible Preferred Stock has been issued at the time of any such event):

(a) If the Corporation issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on its Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × OS 1 / OS 0

 

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where:

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or share combination;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination; and

OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective as of the open of business on (x) the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the Corporation distributes to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants or options entitling them for a period of not more than 45 days after the date of distribution thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, in any case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the time of announcement of such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × (OS 0 + X) / (OS 0 + Y)

where:

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

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

X = the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants or options; and

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise all such rights, warrants or options and (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for the distribution of such rights, warrants or options.

 

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For purposes of this paragraph (b), in determining whether any rights, warrants or options entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at less than the applicable Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights, warrants or options and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Corporation. Any increase to the Conversion Rate made under this paragraph (b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. If any right, warrant or option described in this paragraph (b) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant or option had not been so issued.

(c) If the Corporation distributes shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation to all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

(i) dividends, distributions, rights, warrants or options as to which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate was effected in paragraph (a) or (b) above;

(ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and

(iii) Spin-Offs described below in this paragraph (c), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × SP 0 / (SP 0 – FMV)

where

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

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

SP 0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

FMV = the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock, on the earlier of the Record Date and the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

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An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall become effective as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

If any such distribution is declared or not paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. If any such distribution consists of rights, warrants or options, and such rights, warrants or options are not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant or option had not been so issued.

If the Corporation distributes to all holders of Common Stock, Capital Stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate in effect immediately following the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × (FMV 0 + MP 0 ) / MP 0

where:

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate immediately after the 10th Trading Day immediately following (and including) the effective date of the Spin-Off;

FMV 0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after and including the effective date of the Spin-Off; and

MP 0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after (and including) the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off.

An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph will occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective date of the Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any Conversion Date that occurs within the 10 Trading Days following the effective date of any Spin-Off, references within this paragraph (c) to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the effective date of such Spin-Off to and including the applicable Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate adjustment for such conversion.

If any such dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (c) is declared but not paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

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(d) If any regular, quarterly cash dividend or distribution made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock during any quarterly fiscal period exceeds $0.34 per share (the “ Initial Dividend Threshold ”), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × (SP 0 – IDT) / (SP 0 – C)

where,

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

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

SP 0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

C = the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to holders of Common Stock; and

IDT = the Initial Dividend Threshold.

If C is greater than or equal to SP 0 , then, in lieu of any adjustment under this paragraph (d), the Corporation shall make adequate provision so that each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive upon conversion for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the amount of cash such holder would have received had such holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate, provided that no adjustment will be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate under this paragraph (d).

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

CR 1 = CR 0 × SP 0 / (SP 0 – C)

where,

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

 

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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect on and after the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

SP 0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

C = the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to holders of Common Stock.

If C is greater than or equal to SP 0 , then, in lieu of any adjustment under this paragraph (e), the Corporation shall make adequate provision so that each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive upon conversion for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the amount of cash such holder would have received had such holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect as of the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution.

An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to Section 3B(9)(d) or Section 3B(9)(e) shall become effective as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution described in Section 3B(9)(d) or Section 3B(9)(e) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(f) If the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

CR 1 = CR 0 × (AC + (SP 1 × OS 1 )) / (SP 1 × OS 0 )

where:

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect on the Trading Day on which such tender or exchange offer expires;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for the Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer);

 

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OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and

SP 1 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

If the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made.

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this Section 3B(9)(f) shall become effective on the second day immediately following the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires. If the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.

(g) The Corporation may make such increases to the Conversion Rate in addition to those required by this Section 3B(9) as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to purchase Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 days and the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such increase would be in the best interests of the Corporation. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall mail to each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as it appears in the stock register a notice of the reduction at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

(i) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the Conversion Rate then in effect, provided, however , that any adjustments that by reason of this Section 3B(9)(g)(i) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all such carried forward adjustments shall be made on the Conversion Date with respect to any converted shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than one percent on the Conversion Date. All calculations under this Section 3B(9) shall be made by the Corporation and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be.

(ii) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made if holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as a result of holding the Convertible Preferred

 

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Stock and without conversion thereof, are entitled to participate at the same time as the holders of Common Stock participate in any of the transactions described above as if such holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock held a number shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holders.

(iii) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly file with the Conversion Agent an Officer’s certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a responsible officer of the Conversion Agent shall have received such Officer’s certificate, the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Corporation shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock at its last address appearing in the stock register within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

(iv) If a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on the Ex-Dividend Date for any dividend or distribution and a holder that has converted its shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing Conversion Rate adjustment provisions, adjustments relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will not be made for such converting holder. Instead, such holder will be treated as if such holder were the record owner of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(v) For purposes of this Section 3B(9), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation, unless such treasury shares participate in any distribution or dividend that requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3B(9), but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

(h) Whenever any provision of this Section 3B(9) requires the Corporation to calculate the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including any Observation Period), the Corporation shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.

 

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  (10). Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Common Stock .

(a) If any of the following events occur, namely (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Corporation, (iii) any sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation to any other Person, or (iv) any statutory share exchange, in each case, as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, then each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “ Reference Property ”) upon such transaction; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the transaction (i) the Corporation shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid and delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3B(7)(d) and (ii) (x) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3B(7)(d) shall continue to be payable in cash, (y) any shares of Common Stock that the Corporation would have been required to deliver upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3B(7)(d) shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such transaction and (z) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have received in such transaction.

(b) If the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such transaction, then notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such transaction (i) the consideration due upon conversion of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Fundamental Change Make-Whole Premium), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such transaction and (ii) the Corporation shall satisfy its conversion obligation by paying cash to converting holders of Convertible Preferred Stock on the third Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Conversion Date.

(c) If the transaction causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then for the purposes of this Section 3B(10), the Reference Property shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration so receivable received per share by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such election.

 

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(d) In connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate provided under Section 3B(9), the Corporation shall also adjust the Initial Dividend Threshold under Section 3B(9)(d) based on the number of shares of Common Stock comprising the Reference Property and (if applicable) the value of any non-stock consideration comprising the Reference Property. If the Reference Property is composed solely of non-stock consideration, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be zero.

(e) The Corporation shall cause notice of the application of this Section 3B(10) to be delivered to each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as it appears in the stock register within twenty (20) days after the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 3B(10)(a) and shall issue a press release containing such information and publish such information on its web site on the World Wide Web. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any conversion right pursuant to this Section 3B(10).

(f) The above provisions of this Section 3B(10) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, combinations, sales and conveyances, and the provisions of Section 3B(9) shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock received by the holders of Common Stock in any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance; provided that if this Section 3B(10) applies to any event or occurrence, Section 3B(9) shall not apply to such event or occurrence.

(11). Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion . If the Corporation has in effect a rights plan while any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding, holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, upon a conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to shares of Common Stock, rights under the Corporation’s shareholder rights agreement unless, prior to such conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock. If the rights provided for in the shareholder rights plan have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights agreement so that holders of Convertible Preferred Stock would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of the Common Stock, if any, that the Corporation is required to deliver upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, Capital Stock of the Corporation (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness, the Corporation’s assets or properties pursuant to Section 3B(9)(c) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights.

 

  (12). Voting Rights.

(a) The holders of record of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this Section 3B(12), as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and as otherwise provided by law.

 

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(b) The affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other class or series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred, voting as a single class, in person or by proxy, at an annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders or at a special meeting called for the purpose, or by written consent in lieu of such a meeting, shall be required for the following events:

(i) to authorize, create or issue, or increase the number of authorized or issued shares of any class or series of Senior Stock, or reclassify any Capital Stock of the Corporation into any such shares of Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any shares of Senior Stock; and

(ii) to alter, repeal or amend, any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation if the amendment would affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Convertible Preferred Stock, so as to materially and adversely affect the holders thereof.

Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote any increase in the number of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, any increase in the number of authorized shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, or the creation and issuance of any class or series of Common Stock, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock, except as set forth above. Nor shall holders of Convertible Preferred Stock have any voting right with respect to, and the consent of the holders of any Convertible Preferred Stock is not required for, any corporate action, including any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, regardless of the effect that such merger, consolidation or sale may have upon the powers, preferences, voting power or other rights or privileges of Convertible Preferred Stock, except as set forth above.

In addition, the voting power as provided above shall not apply, if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which the vote would otherwise be required would occur, the Corporation has converted or redeemed upon proper procedures all outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(c) If at any time dividends on any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, then the holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (voting together as a class with all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to elect two additional directors of the Corporation (each, a “ Convertible Preferred Stock Director ”) at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders called for such purpose, whichever is earlier) and each subsequent meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable have been fully paid or a sum sufficient for payment is set aside for payment. In such a case, the number of directors serving on the Board of Directors shall be increased by two. The term of office of such Convertible Preferred Stock Directors will terminate immediately upon the termination of the right of

 

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the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock to vote for directors. Each holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock will have one vote for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock held. At any time after voting power to elect directors shall have become vested and be continuing in the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3B(12)(c), or if a vacancy shall exist in the office of any Convertible Preferred Stock Director, the Board of Directors may, and upon written request of the holders of record of at least 10% of the Outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable addressed to the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation shall, call a special meeting of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (voting together as a class with all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) for the purpose of electing the Convertible Preferred Stock Director(s) that such holders are entitled to elect; provided that, if such written request is received within 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of stockholders, Board of Directors may disregard the request and the Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected at such annual or special meeting of stockholders. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing a Convertible Preferred Stock Director, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of such Convertible Preferred Stock and the Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Each Convertible Preferred Stock Director shall be entitled to one vote on any matter before the Board of Directors. The Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall agree, prior to their election to office, to resign upon any termination of the right of the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Stock having like voting rights to vote as a class for Convertible Preferred Stock Directors as herein provided, and upon such termination, the Convertible Preferred Stock Directors then in office shall forthwith resign and the number of directors serving on Board of Directors will be reduced accordingly.

(13). Transfer Agent and Registrar . The duly appointed transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) and Registrar (the “ Registrar ”) for the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be Computershare Investor Services, LLC. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal.

(14). Currency . All shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be denominated in U.S. currency, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto shall be made in U.S. currency. All references herein to “$”or “dollars” refer to U.S. currency.

 

  (15). Form .

(a) The Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (each, a “ Global Preferred Share ”) in definitive, fully registered form with the global legend (the “ Global Shares Legend ”) as set forth on the form of Convertible Preferred Stock certificate.

 

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The Global Preferred Shares may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). The Global Preferred Shares shall be deposited on behalf of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock represented thereby with the Registrar, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Corporation and countersigned and registered by the Registrar as hereinafter provided. The aggregate number of shares represented by each Global Preferred Share may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. At such time as all interests in a Global Preferred Share have been converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred, such Global Preferred Share shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Corporation in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Corporation.

This Section 3B(15)(a) shall apply only to a Global Preferred Share deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall, in accordance with this Section 3B(15), countersign and deliver initially one or more Global Preferred Shares that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Registrar to Cede & Co. or pursuant to instructions received from Cede & Co. or held by the Registrar as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to an agreement between the Depositary and the Registrar. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Section 3B, with respect to any Global Preferred Share held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Registrar as the custodian of the Depositary, or under such Global Preferred Share, and the Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Registrar or any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Share.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3B (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 3B(15)(a)), a Global Preferred Share may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for transfers of portions of a Global Preferred Share in certificated form made upon request of a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by notice by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary and in compliance with this Section 3B(15)(a).

Owners of beneficial interests in Global Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, unless (x) DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for DTC within 90 days, (y) DTC ceases to

 

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be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for DTC within 90 days or (z) a beneficial owner seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock requests that its shares be issued as definitive certificated shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. In any such case, the Global Preferred Shares shall be exchanged in whole for certificated shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in registered form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference. Certificated shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Person specified by DTC in a written instrument to the Registrar.

If the Corporation determines at any time that the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall no longer be represented by Global Preferred Shares, it shall inform the Depositary of such determination which will, in turn, notify participants of their right to withdraw such representation by Global Preferred Shares, and if such participants elect to withdraw their beneficial interests, the Corporation shall issue certificates in definitive form in exchange for such beneficial interests in the Global Preferred Shares.

(b) (i) An Officer shall sign the Global Preferred Shares for the Corporation, in accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws and applicable law, by manual or facsimile signature.

(i) If an Officer whose signature is on a Global Preferred Share no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent authenticates the Global Preferred Share, the Global Preferred Share shall be valid nevertheless.

(ii) A Global Preferred Share shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent manually countersigns such Global Preferred Share. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that such Global Preferred Share has been authenticated under this Section 3B. Each Global Preferred Share shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

  (16). Transfer.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Preferred Share remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a Global Preferred Share, in whole or in part, or of any beneficial interest therein, shall only be made in accordance with this Section 3B(16).

(b) Transfers of a Global Preferred Share shall be limited to transfers of such Global Preferred Share in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such successor’s nominee.

 

  (17). Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

(a) The Corporation shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York (i) an office or agency where Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and (ii) an office or agency where Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”). The Transfer Agent shall act as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, unless another

 

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Paying Agent or Conversion Agent is appointed by the Corporation. The Corporation may appoint the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent and may appoint one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent. The Corporation may change any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent without prior notice to any holder. The Corporation shall notify the Registrar of the name and address of any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent appointed by the Corporation. If the Corporation fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Registrar shall act as such. The Corporation or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent.

(b) Payments due on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for such purpose in The City of New York and at any other office or agency maintained by the Corporation for such purpose. Payments shall be payable by United States dollar check drawn on, or wire transfer (provided, that appropriate wire instructions have been received by the Registrar at least 15 days prior to the applicable date of payment) to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the holder with, a bank located in New York City; provided that at the option of the Corporation, payment of dividends may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Convertible Preferred Stock register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments due in respect of beneficial interests in the Global Preferred Shares shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

(18). Headings . The headings of the subsections of this Section 3B are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.”

 

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Exhibit 4.1

FORM OF 4.75 % SERIES B PERPETUAL CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

Number:                 

                        Shares

CUSIP NO.: 854502 606

4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

(no par value)

(liquidation preference $100 per share)

of

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

(FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY)

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION.

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., a Connecticut corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. or registered assigns (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of preferred stock of the Corporation designated the “4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,” with no par value and liquidation preference $100 per share (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) as set forth in Schedule A hereto. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are transferable on the books and records of the Registrar, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this


certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Convertible Preferred Stock represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the respective meanings given them in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business.

Reference is hereby made to select provisions of the Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the reverse hereof, and to Section 3B of the Certificate of Incorporation, which select provisions and Section 3B the Certificate of Incorporation shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Certificate of Incorporation and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

Unless the Transfer Agent’s Certificate of Authentication hereon has been properly executed, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Certificate of Incorporation or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has executed this certificate as of the date set forth below.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:   
  Title:   
Dated:                     


 

(FORM OF TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)

This is one of the certificates representing shares of Preferred Stock referred to in the within mentioned Certificate of Incorporation.

 

COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES, LLC

as Transfer Agent

By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
Dated:                     


 

(FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY)

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

Dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash at a rate per annum set forth on the face hereof or as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be redeemable as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. If any Holder of shares of Preferred Stock elects to convert its shares in connection with a Fundamental Change, the Corporation will adjust the Conversion Rate for shares of Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

As required under Connecticut law, the Corporation shall furnish to any Holder upon request and without charge, a full summary statement of the designations, voting rights preferences, limitations and special rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued by the Corporation so far as they have been fixed and determined.


 

(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to:

 

 

  

 

  

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

 

 

  

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

 

 

  

 

  

and irrevocably appoints:

 

 

  

agent to transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:                     

Signature:                                     

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this 4.75% Convertible Preferred Stock)

Signature Guarantee:                                               1

 

 

1 Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” (i.e., a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union) meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 

(FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION)

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert 4.75% Series B Perpetual

Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “Conversion”)              shares of 4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”), represented by stock certificate No(s).              (the “Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates”) into shares of common stock, par value $2.50 per share (“Common Stock”), of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Corporation”) according to the conditions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, establishing the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), as of the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any. A copy of each Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate is attached hereto (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof).

The Corporation is not required to issue shares of Common Stock until the original Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Corporation or its Transfer Agent. The Corporation shall issue and deliver shares of Common Stock to an overnight courier not later than two Business Days following receipt of the original Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate(s) to be converted.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Date of Conversion:                                                                                                                               

 

Applicable Conversion Rate:                                                                                                            

 

 

Number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

 

to be Converted:                                                                                 

 

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued:                                                                                

 

Signature:                                                                                                                                                  

 

Name:                                                                                                                                                          

 

Address: 2                                                                                                                                                     

 

Fax No.:                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

2 Address where shares of Common Stock and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Corporation.


 

SCHEDULE A

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Global Preferred Share

4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

The initial number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be 0. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Preferred Share have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in number  of shares
represented by this

Global
Preferred Share
     Amount of
increase in
number of shares
represented by this
Global
Preferred Share
     Number of shares
represented  by this
Global Preferred
Share following
such decrease or
increase
     Signature of authorized
officer of Registrar
 
           
           
           

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 5, 2010

among

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

and

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent,

and

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

 

 

 


 

TIE SHEET 1

 

Section of Trust Indenture

Act of 1939, as amended

  

Section of Purchase

Contract and Pledge Agreement

310(a)

  

7.08

310(b)

  

7.09(d) and (g)

310(c)

  

Inapplicable

311(a)

  

16.02(b)

311(b)

  

16.02(b)

311(c)

  

Inapplicable

312(a)

  

16.02(a)

312(b)

  

16.02(b)

313

  

16.04

314(a)

  

16.05

314(b)

  

Inapplicable

314(c)

  

16.06

314(d)

  

Inapplicable

314(e)

  

1.02

314(f)

  

16.01

315(a)

  

7.01(a)

315(b)

  

7.02

315(c)

  

7.01(f)

315(d)(1)

  

7.01(b)

315(d)(2)

  

7.01(b)

315(d)(3)

  

16.09

316(a)(1)(A)

  

16.09

316(a)(1)(B)

  

16.07

316(b)

  

6.01

316(c)

  

16.02

317(a)

  

Inapplicable

317(b)

  

Inapplicable

318(a)

  

16.01(b)

 

 

1 This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         P AGE  

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

 

  

  

Section 1.01 .

 

Definitions

     1   

Section 1.02 .

 

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

     21   

Section 1.03 .

 

Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent

     22   

Section 1.04 .

 

Acts of Holders; Record Dates

     22   

Section 1.05 .

 

Notices

     24   

Section 1.06 .

 

Notice to Holders; Waiver

     24   

Section 1.07 .

 

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

     25   

Section 1.08 .

 

Successors and Assigns

     25   

Section 1.09 .

 

Separability Clause

     25   

Section 1.10 .

 

Benefits of Agreement

     25   

Section 1.11 .

 

Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury

     25   

Section 1.12 .

 

Legal Holidays

     26   

Section 1.13 .

 

Counterparts

     26   

Section 1.14 .

 

Inspection of Agreement

     26   

Section 1.15 .

 

Appointment of Financial Institution as Agent for the Company

     26   

Section 1.16 .

 

No Waiver

     27   

 

ARTICLE 2

C ERTIFICATE F ORMS

 

  

  

Section 2.01 .

 

Forms of Certificates Generally

     27   

Section 2.02 .

 

Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication

     27   

 

ARTICLE 3

T HE U NITS

 

  

  

Section 3.01 .

 

Amount; Form and Denominations

     28   

Section 3.02 .

 

Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates

     28   

Section 3.03 .

 

Execution, Authentication; Delivery and Dating

     29   

Section 3.04 .

 

Temporary Certificates

     30   

Section 3.05 .

 

Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange

     31   

Section 3.06 .

 

Book-entry Interests

     33   

Section 3.07 .

 

Notices to Holders

     34   

Section 3.08 .

 

Appointment of Successor Depositary

     34   

Section 3.09 .

 

Definitive Certificates.

     34   

Section 3.10 .

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates

     35   

 

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Section 3.11.

 

Persons Deemed Owners

     36   

Section 3.12 .

 

Cancellation

     38   

Section 3.13 .

 

Creation of Treasury Units by Substitution of Cash.

     38   

Section 3.14.

 

Creation of Cash Settled Units by Substitution of Cash.

     40   

Section 3.15 .

 

Recreation of Corporate Units

     42   

Section 3.16 .

 

Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event

     44   

Section 3.17 .

 

No Consent to Assumption

     47   

Section 3.18 .

 

Substitutions

     47   

 

ARTICLE 4

T HE N OTES

 

  

  

Section 4.01 .

 

Payments; Rights to Payments Preserved

     47   

Section 4.02 .

 

Payments Prior to or on Purchase Contract Settlement Date

     50   

Section 4.03 .

 

Notice and Voting

     51   

Section 4.04 .

 

Payments to Purchase Contract Agent

     52   

Section 4.05 .

 

Payments Held In Trust

     52   

 

ARTICLE 5

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACTS

 

  

  

Section 5.01 .

 

Purchase of Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

     53   

Section 5.02 .

 

Remarketing; Notices; Separate Notes; Registration; Payment of Purchase Price.

     54   

Section 5.03 .

 

Issuance of Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

     66   

Section 5.04 .

 

Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

     67   

Section 5.05 .

 

Termination Event; Notice

     71   

Section 5.06 .

 

Early Settlement

     71   

Section 5.07 .

 

No Fractional Shares

     75   

Section 5.08 .

 

Charges and Taxes

     75   

Section 5.09 .

 

Contract Adjustment Payments

     75   

Section 5.10.

 

Deferral of Contract Adjustment Payments.

     77   

 

ARTICLE 6

R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF H OLDERS

 

  

  

Section 6.01 .

 

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Adjustment Payments and to Purchase Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

     79   

Section 6.02 .

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

     79   

Section 6.03 .

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

     79   

Section 6.04 .

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

     80   

Section 6.05 .

 

Undertaking for Costs

     80   

Section 6.06 .

 

Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws

     80   

 

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ARTICLE 7

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACT A GENT

 

  

Section 7.01 .

 

Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

     81   

Section 7.02 .

 

Notice of Default

     82   

Section 7.03 .

 

Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent.

     82   

Section 7.04 .

 

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Units

     85   

Section 7.05 .

 

May Hold Units

     85   

Section 7.06 .

 

Money Held in Custody

     85   

Section 7.07 .

 

Compensation and Reimbursement.

     85   

Section 7.08 .

 

Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility

     86   

Section 7.09 .

 

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

     87   

Section 7.10 .

 

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

     88   

Section 7.11 .

 

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

     89   

Section 7.12 .

 

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

     89   

Section 7.13 .

 

No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent

     89   

Section 7.14 .

 

Tax Compliance

     90   

 

ARTICLE 8

S UPPLEMENTAL A GREEMENTS

 

  

  

Section 8.01 .

 

Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders

     90   

Section 8.02 .

 

Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders

     91   

Section 8.03 .

 

Execution of Supplemental Agreements

     92   

Section 8.04 .

 

Effect of Supplemental Agreements

     93   

Section 8.05 .

 

Reference to Supplemental Agreements

     93   

 

ARTICLE 9

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR D ISPOSITION

 

  

  

Section 9.01 .

 

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

     93   

Section 9.02 .

 

Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation

     94   

Section 9.03 .

 

Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent

     94   

 

ARTICLE 10

C OVENANTS

 

  

  

Section 10.01 .

 

Performance under Purchase Contracts

     95   

Section 10.02 .

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     95   

Section 10.03 .

 

Notice of Leverage Ratio Period

     95   

Section 10.04 .

 

Company to Reserve Convertible Preferred Stock

     96   

Section 10.05 .

 

Covenants as to Convertible Preferred Stock; Listing

     96   

Section 10.06 .

 

ERISA

     96   

Section 10.07 .

 

Tax Treatment

     96   

 

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ARTICLE 11

P LEDGE

 

  

  

Section 11.01 .

 

Pledge

     97   

Section 11.02 .

 

Termination

     97   

ARTICLE 12

A DMINISTRATION OF C OLLATERAL

 

  

  

Section 12.01 .

 

Initial Deposit of Notes

     97   

Section 12.02 .

 

Establishment of Collateral Account

     98   

Section 12.03 .

 

Treatment as Financial Assets

     98   

Section 12.04 .

 

Sole Control by Collateral Agent

     98   

Section 12.05 .

 

Jurisdiction

     99   

Section 12.06 .

 

No Other Claims

     99   

Section 12.07 .

 

Investment and Release

     99   

Section 12.08 .

 

Treasury Unit Collateral

     99   

Section 12.09 .

 

Statements and Confirmations

     101   

Section 12.10 .

 

Tax Allocations

     101   

Section 12.11 .

 

No Other Agreements

     101   

Section 12.12 .

 

Powers Coupled with an Interest

     101   

Section 12.13 .

 

Waiver of Lien Waiver of Set-off

     101   

ARTICLE 13

R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF THE C OLLATERAL A GENT

 

  

  

Section 13.01.

 

Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent

     101   

ARTICLE 14

R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES TO C OLLATERAL A GENT ; H OLDER C OVENANTS

 

  

  

Section 14.01 .

 

Representations And Warranties

     103   

Section 14.02 .

 

Covenants

     104   

ARTICLE 15

T HE C OLLATERAL A GENT , THE C USTODIAL A GENT AND THE S ECURITIES I NTERMEDIARY

 

  

  

Section 15.01 .

 

Appointment, Powers and Immunities

     104   

Section 15.02 .

 

Instructions of the Company

     106   

Section 15.03 .

 

Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

     106   

Section 15.04 .

 

Certain Rights

     107   

 

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Section 15.05.

  Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      107   

Section 15.06 .

  Rights in Other Capacities      108   

Section 15.07 .

  Non-reliance on the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary      108   

Section 15.08 .

  Compensation And Indemnity      108   

Section 15.09 .

  Failure to Act      109   

Section 15.10 .

  Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary      110   

Section 15.11 .

  Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor      111   

Section 15.12 .

  Survival      112   

Section 15.13 .

  Exculpation      112   

Section 15.14 .

  Expenses, Etc      112   

ARTICLE 16

T RUST I NDENTURE A CT

 

  

  

Section 16.01 .

  Trust Indenture Act; Application      113   

Section 16.02 .

  Company to Furnish Purchase Contract Agent Names and Addresses of Holders      113   

Section 16.03 .

  Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders      113   

Section 16.04 .

  Reports by Purchase Contract Agent      114   

Section 16.05 .

  Reports by Company      114   

Section 16.06 .

  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent      114   

Section 16.07 .

  Defaults, Waiver      115   

Section 16.08 .

  Purchase Contract Agent’s Knowledge of Defaults      115   

Section 16.09 .

  Direction of Purchase Contract Agent      115   

ARTICLE 17

M ISCELLANEOUS

 

  

  

Section 17.01 .

  Security Interest Absolute      115   

Section 17.02.

  Notice of Termination Event      116   

 

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Exhibit A      Form of Corporate Units Certificate
Exhibit B      Form of Treasury Units Certificate
Exhibit C      Form of Cash Settled Units Certificate
Exhibit D      Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent from Holder (To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)
Exhibit E      Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent from Holder (To Create Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit F      Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Holders upon Termination Event
Exhibit G      Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Treasury Units)
Exhibit H      Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Creation of Treasury Units)
Exhibit I      Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit J      Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Creation of Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit K      Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Recreation of Corporate Units)
Exhibit L      Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Recreation of Corporate Units)
Exhibit M      Instruction from Holder of Separate Notes to Custodial Agent Regarding Remarketing
Exhibit N      Instruction from Holder of Separate Notes to Custodial Agent Regarding Withdrawal from Remarketing

 

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PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 5, 2010 among Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “ Company ”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, not individually, but acting solely 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 HSBC Bank USA, 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 the Holders, and to constitute these presents a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, the Holders of the Units 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 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

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 1 have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 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 (“ GAAP ”);

(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;

(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 ”; and

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

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

Adjusted Debt ” means, for any fiscal quarter, (i) the Company’s outstanding long-term debt and commercial paper as of the end of such fiscal quarter, plus (ii) the Company’s long-term debt due within one year of the end of such fiscal quarter, including any junior subordinated debt, but excluding any preferred stock on the Company’s balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter, plus (iii) six times the Company’s Annualized Rent.

Adjusted EBITDA ” means, for any fiscal quarter, (i) the Company’s net income for such fiscal quarter, plus (ii) the Company’s tax expense for such fiscal quarter, plus (iii) the Company’s debt interest expense for such fiscal quarter, plus (iv) the Company’s Quarterly Rent, plus (v) the Company’s depreciation and amortization expenses for such fiscal quarter, plus (vi) any of the Company’s restructuring and merger related expenses up to a cumulative total of $450 million in aggregate through 2012 and all other non-cash charges, minus (vii) the Company’s quarterly interest income.

Affiliate ” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereunder.

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.

Annualized Rent ” means the Company’s annual rent expense as of its most recently completed fiscal year, as disclosed in the lease commitment footnote to its annual consolidated financial statements.

 

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Applicable Ownership Interest in Notes ” means a 1/10, or a 10%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 principal amount of Notes that is a component of a Corporate Unit.

Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio ” means, with respect to a Corporate Unit and the Treasury Portfolio,

(i) a 1/10, or a 10%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 face amount of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) included in the Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date; and

(ii) for the scheduled interest payment date on the Notes occurring on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a 0.10625% undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 face amount of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Applicable Remarketing Period ” means any of (i) any Optional Remarketing Period specified by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02(a), (ii) a Triggered Early Remarketing Period or (iii) the Final Remarketing Period, as the context requires.

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

Authorized Officer ” means the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers, or any other officer or agent of the Company duly authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of this Agreement.

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).

Blackout Period ” means, the period (i) if the Company has elected an Optional Remarketing, from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Optional Remarketing Period to and including the Remarketing Settlement Date of such Optional Remarketing Period or the date the Company announces that no Successful

 

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Optional Remarketing has occurred during such Optional Remarketing Period, (ii) following any Successful Remarketing, (iii) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period and (iv) after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of any Triggered Early Remarketing Period.

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 and trust companies in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain 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 Settled Unit ” means, following the substitution of Cash for Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as collateral to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract, the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Cash Settled Units Certificate in respect of such Cash, subject to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

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

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

Certificate of Designations ” means the Certificate of Designations of the Company dated as of November 5, 2010 relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock.

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 Notes and security entitlements relating thereto (and the Notes and security entitlements relating thereto delivered to the Collateral Agent in respect of such Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes), (B) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) of the Holders with respect to the Treasury Portfolio that is a component of the Corporate Units from time to time) and security entitlements relating thereto, (C) any Cash Transferred to the Securities Intermediary from time to time in connection with the creation of Treasury Units in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof, (D) any Cash Transferred to the Securities Intermediary from time to time in connection with the creation of Cash Settled Units in accordance with Section 3.14 hereof, and (E) any Qualifying Treasury Securities and security entitlements relating thereto purchased by the Collateral Agent;

(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 HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained on the books of the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 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 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, the substitution of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes included in such Corporate Units with Cash in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or (ii)

 

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with respect to the Treasury Units, the substitution of the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral included in such Treasury Units with Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Stated Amount multiplied by the number of Treasury Units for which Collateral Substitution is being effected.

Common Stock ” means the common stock, $2.50 par value, of the Company.

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

Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).

Contract Adjustment Payments ” means the payments payable by the Company on the Payment Dates in respect of each Purchase Contract, at a rate per year of 0.50% of the Stated Amount per Purchase Contract.

Convertible Preferred Stock ” means the 4.75% Series B Perpetual Cumulative Convertible preferred stock, no par value, of the Company.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Purchase Contract Agent at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered in Chicago, Illinois, which office at the date hereof is located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Global Corporate Trust, or such other address as the Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office 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 Holders, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary); provided, however , that for purposes of payments, transfers, exchanges, presentment or surrender of Certificates, the Corporate Trust Office shall be located at the agency office of the Purchase Contract Agent at 101 Barclay Street, 8W, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit, or such other address as the Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Company, or the principal corporate trust office 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 Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case

 

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may be, subject in each case (except that the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio as specified in clause (ii) of the definition thereof 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.

Custodial Agent ” means the Person named as Custodial Agent in the first paragraph of this Agreement 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.

Deferral Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

Deferred Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the Supplemental Indenture.

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 Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(a).

Early Settlement Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).

Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).

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

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.

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

Extension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).

 

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Failed Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c)(vii).

Failed Optional Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(vi).

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

Failed Triggered Early Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b)(vii).

Final Remarketing ” means any Remarketing of the Notes that occurs during the Final Remarketing Period by the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

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

Fundamental Change ” means

(i) any transaction or event (whether by means of a share exchange or tender offer applicable to the Common Stock, a liquidation, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, combination or merger of the Company or a sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s consolidated assets) or a series of related transactions or events pursuant to which 50% or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into or constitutes solely the right to receive cash, securities or other property, more than 10% of which consists of cash, securities or other property that is not, or will not be upon consummation of such transaction, listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange for a period of 30 or more consecutive Trading Days; or

(ii) the Common Stock ceases to be listed or quoted on a United States national or regional securities exchange for 30 or more consecutive Trading Days.

Fundamental Change Company Notice ” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

Fundamental Change Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

 

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GAAP ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01(b).

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.

Indebtedness ” means indebtedness of any kind of the Company unless the instrument under which such indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity in right of payment with or subordinate in right of payment to the Contract Adjustment Payments.

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

Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between the Company and the Indenture Trustee (including any provisions of the TIA that are deemed incorporated therein), as amended and supplemented from time to time, including by the Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the Notes will be issued.

Indenture Trustee ” means HSBC Bank USA, National Association as trustee under the Indenture, or any successor thereto as described in the Indenture.

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

Issuer Order ” or “ Issuer Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Leverage Ratio ” means, for any fiscal quarter, (i) the Company’s Adjusted Debt as of the end of such fiscal quarter divided by (ii) four times the Company’s Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal quarter.

Leverage Ratio Period ” means the period beginning on, and including, any date on which the Company files any periodic or annual report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in respect of any fiscal quarter where the Company’s Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 6.0 and ending on, and excluding, the date on which the Company files any periodic or annual report under Section 13 or 15(f) of the Exchange Act in respect of any fiscal quarter where the Company’s Leverage Ratio is less than 6.0.

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

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Common Stock of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the NYSE or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

Notes ” means the series of 4.25% junior subordinated notes designated as the Notes of the Company issued pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture.

NYSE ” means The New York Stock Exchange and its successors.

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).

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Authorized Officer and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent. Any Officer’s Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement 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.

Optional Remarketing ” means any Remarketing of the Notes that occurs during an Optional Remarketing Period by the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Optional Remarketing Date ” means the date the Notes offered in an Optional Remarketing are priced by the Remarketing Agent(s).

Optional Remarketing Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(a).

 

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Optional Remarketing Settlement Date ” means the third Business Day following the Optional Remarketing Date.

Optional Remarketing Window ” means the period from and including August 12, 2015 ending on and including October 27, 2015.

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;

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 February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17 of each year, commencing November 17, 2010.

 

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Permitted Investments ” means any one of the following, but, except for clause (4) below, in any case each investment shall not exceed 5% of the total debt outstanding of any single issuer:

(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) time deposits or certificates of deposit 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 having a rating at the time of deposit at least equal to “ A-1 ” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“ S&P ”) and at least equal to “ P-1 ” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”) (and which may include the institution acting as the Collateral Agent);

(3) 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 S&P or at least equal to “P-1” by Moody’s; and

(4) investments in money market funds (including, but not limited to, money market funds managed by the institution acting as the Collateral Agent or an affiliate of the institution acting as 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.

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.

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

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

 

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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 of such term) and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Cash ” means the Cash credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities ” means the Qualifying Treasury Securities and security entitlements with respect thereto that constitute a component of Treasury Unit Collateral from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Predecessor Cash Settled Units Certificate ” of any particular Cash Settled Units Certificate means every previous Cash Settled Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Cash Settled Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Cash Settled Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Cash Settled 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 Cash Settled 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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Primary Treasury Dealer ” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer.

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, as determined by the Purchase Contract Agent.

Pro Rata Portion ” of each Treasury Unit on any date means a fraction, expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of a percent, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of Treasury Units outstanding on such date.

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, maturity 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 5.06 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts pursuant to Section 5.04, 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 (i) sell, and the Holder of such Unit to purchase, shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) pay the Holder thereof Contract Adjustment Payments, subject to the Company’s right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments pursuant to Section 5.10, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 5 hereof.

Purchase Contract Agent ” means the Person named as the “Purchase Contract Agent” in the first paragraph of this Agreement 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 November 17, 2015.

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

 

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

Qualifying Treasury Security ” means, as of any date, any U.S. Treasury security with a positive yield that matures on or most closely prior to the Record Date corresponding to the next Payment Date, provided that if such U.S. Treasury security is not sufficiently liquid (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion) for purchase in an amount as described in Section 12.08, the Company will direct the Collateral Agent to select the next closest maturing U.S. Treasury security that is sufficiently liquid.

Quarterly Rent ” means, for any fiscal quarter, the Company’s Annualized Rent divided by four.

Quotation Agent ” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

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

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 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date under Section 5.04(a), 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 ” has the meaning set forth in the Remarketing Agreement.

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

Remarketing Agreement ” means a Remarketing Agreement to be entered into between the Company and one or more Remarketing Agents setting forth the terms of a Remarketing.

Remarketing Date ” means the date the Notes offered in an Optional Remarketing Period, a Triggered Early Remarketing Period or the Final Remarketing Period are priced by the Remarketing Agent(s).

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

 

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

Remarketing Price ” means (i) in the case of an Optional Remarketing, 100% of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Notes Purchase Price (if any); (ii) in the case of a Triggered Early Remarketing, the 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and Separate Notes to be remarketed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (excluding Deferred Interest and compounded interest thereon); and (iii) in the case of a Final Remarketing, 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and Separate Notes to be remarketed.

Remarketing Settlement Date ” means (i) in the case of a Successful Optional Remarketing occurring during an Optional Remarketing Period, the third Business day immediately following the Optional Remarketing Date for such Successful Optional Remarketing, (ii) in the case of a Successful Triggered Early Remarketing, the Triggered Early Settlement Date and (iii) in the case of a Final Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Reset Rate ” means, in connection with each Remarketing, the rate per annum rounded to the nearest one thousandth (0.001) of one percent that the Notes shall bear as determined by the Remarketing Agent(s) 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 Global Corporate Trust Division or the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit), as applicable, of the Purchase Contract Agent located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Section 7.01(b)(ii) and the proviso of Section 7.02 shall also include any other officer of the Purchase Contract Agent to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

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 until a successor Securities

 

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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.

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

Senior Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

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

Separate Notes Purchase Price ” means, for the Notes remarketed in any Optional Remarketing, the amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the Remarketing Price Per Note and (ii) the integral number of $1,000 principal amount Separate Notes remarketed in such Optional Remarketing.

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

Stated Amount ” means $100.

Subsidiary ” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “ voting stock ” means stock which ordinarily has 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 any contingency.

Successful Optional Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(iv).

Successful Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c)(v).

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

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

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

 

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Termination Date ” means the date, if any, on which a Termination Event occurs.

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

(i) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof and if such proceeding, judgment, petition or order shall have been entered more than 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such proceeding, judgment, petition or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(ii) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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 ” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in securities generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted, Trading Day means a Business Day.

 

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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 Qualifying Treasury Securities, registration of the transferee as the owner of such Qualifying Treasury Securities on TRADES; and (iii) in the case of security entitlements, including, without limitation, security entitlements with respect to Qualifying Treasury Securities, a securities intermediary indicating by book entry that such security entitlement has been credited to the transferee’s securities account.

Treasury Portfolio ” means:

(i) U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in an aggregate amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes included in the Corporate Units on the Optional Remarketing Date; and

(ii) U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment (assuming no reset of the Interest Rate) that would have been paid to the Holders of the Corporate Units on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date on the principal amount of the Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes included in the Corporate Units on the Optional Remarketing Date.

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 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Optional Remarketing Date for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date.

Treasury Unit ” means, following the substitution of Cash for Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes 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 a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, subject to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Treasury Unit Collateral ” means (i) any Cash tendered to the Collateral Agent in substitution for a Note in accordance with Section 3.13, (ii) any Qualifying Treasury Securities purchased by the Collateral Agent from time to time with such Cash, and (iii) the Cash proceeds of any such Qualifying Treasury Securities, in all cases credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

 

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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.

A “ Trigger Event ” shall have occurred upon the Company’s filing any periodic or annual report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in respect of any fiscal quarter with financial statements for such quarter where the Company’s Leverage Ratio is greater than or equal to 6.0 for each of the Company’s three consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding, and including, such fiscal quarter.

Triggered Early Remarketing ” means any Remarketing of the Notes that occurs during a Triggered Early Remarketing Period by the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Triggered Early Remarketing Period ” means the five Business Day period ending on, and including, the third Business Day immediately preceding the Triggered Early Settlement Date.

Triggered Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

Triggered Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

Underwriters ” means the underwriters identified in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated November 5, 2010, between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the Underwriters, relating to the sale of Corporate Units.

Unit ” means a Corporate Unit, a Cash Settled Unit or a Treasury Unit, as the case may be.

Units Prospectus ” means the Prospectus Supplement dated November 1, 2010, to the Prospectus dated August 31, 2010, which is a part of the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-153646), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Value ” means, with respect to any item of Collateral on any date, as to (1) Cash, the amount thereof, (2) Qualifying 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 Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), the appropriate aggregate percentage of the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Treasury Portfolio and (4) Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the appropriate aggregate principal amount of the underlying Notes.

The components of the terms “ Adjusted Debt ,” “ Adjusted EBITDA ,” “ Quarterly Rent ” and “ Annualized Rent ” shall each be determined in accordance with GAAP as applied and reflected in the Company’s related consolidated financial statements as of the relevant dates or relevant periods, except as provided in the next sentence. If, because of a change in GAAP that results in the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle or a restatement, the Leverage Ratio is higher or lower than it would have been absent that change, then, for purposes of this Agreement, commencing with the fiscal quarter for which that change in GAAP became effective, the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if that change had not occurred.

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 Officer’s 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 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 shall include:

(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

 

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(c) a statement that, in the opinion of 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 covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) 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 stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession 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, 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 1.04.

 

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(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, the Outstanding Treasury Units and the Outstanding Cash Settled 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, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled 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

 

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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 1.04, the 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, directions, instructions 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) 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 (and in the case of the Purchase Contract Agent, upon the Purchase Contract Agent’s confirmation of receipt in writing or by telephone) 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 shall send to the Indenture Trustee at the following address a copy of any notices in the form of Exhibits D, E, F, G, I or K it sends or receives:

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

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, 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.

 

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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.

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.

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 Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE UNITS AND THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT A DIFFERENT LAW WOULD GOVERN AS A RESULT.

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

 

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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), Contract Adjustment Payments, deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), and other distributions shall not be paid on such date, but Contract Adjustment Payments, deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) and such other distributions shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such scheduled Payment Date; provided that if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the payment date for Contract Adjustment Payments or other distributions shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day; provided further that no interest or other amount shall accrue or be payable by the Company or to any Holder in respect of any such delay.

In any case where the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or any Early Settlement Date, Triggered 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, Triggered Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall not be effected on such date, but Purchase Contracts shall be performed or Early Settlement, Triggered 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, Triggered 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.

The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 1.14 . 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.

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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.

ARTICLE 2

C ERTIFICATE F ORMS

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), Exhibit B hereto (in the case of Treasury Units Certificates) or Exhibit C hereto (in the case of Cash Settled 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, Exhibit B and Exhibit C 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.

 

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ARTICLE 3

T HE U NITS

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 6,325,000, 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 3.06, Section 3.10, Section 3.13, Section 3.15 or Section 8.05.

The Certificates shall be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Corporate Unit, Treasury Unit or Cash Settled 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 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 Notes or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), 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 11 hereof, the Applicable Ownership Interest in Notes, or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), forming a part of such Corporate Unit to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Applicable Ownership Interest in Notes or such Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes.

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therein, with each such Treasury Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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 11 hereof, such Holder’s interest in the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral forming a part of such Treasury Unit to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and 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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Upon the formation of a Cash Settled Unit pursuant to Section 3.14, each Cash Settled Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Cash Settled Units specified therein, with each such Cash Settled Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of $100 Cash, subject to the Pledge of such Cash 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 Cash Settled Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article 11 hereof, such Holder’s Cash forming a part of such Cash Settled Unit to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and 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 Cash to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Prior to the purchase of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder of a Unit to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock or Convertible Preferred 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, Section 3.14 and Section 3.15 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.

 

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The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Assistant Treasurers. 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.

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 officer of the Purchase Contract Agent, as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact. Such signature by an authorized officer 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 officer 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, Exhibit B or Exhibit C 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, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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.

 

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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, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units.

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, like tenor, and evidencing a like number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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.

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Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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 3.06 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, any Triggered Early 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:

(a) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an Early Settlement Date, a Triggered 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 Convertible Preferred Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such other Certificate (or portion thereof); and

(b) if a Termination Event, Triggered Early Settlement, Early Settlement, or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Transfer the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Notes, the Cash, the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral 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 3.16 and Article 5 hereof.

 

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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:

(a) the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be in full force and effect;

(b) the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, making Contract Adjustment Payments and 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;

(c) 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

(d) except as set forth in the proviso of clause (b) 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 and receive and transmit payments of Contract Adjustment Payments to such 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, the creation of Cash Settled Units and the recreation of Corporate Units pursuant to Section 3.13, Section 3.14 and Section 3.15, 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:

(a) 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;

(b) 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 so notifies the Company, and no successor Depositary has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 within 90 days after such notice;

(c) to the extent permitted by the Depositary, the Company determines in its discretion that the Global Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates; or

(d) a Beneficial Owner seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under the Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units requests to exchange such Beneficial Owner’s interest in the Global Certificates for definitive 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, 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.

 

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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, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

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, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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, a Certificate on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the earliest of any Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate, any Triggered 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:

(a) if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an Early Settlement Date, a Triggered 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 Convertible Preferred Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such Certificate; and

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destroyed or mutilated Certificate shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, transfer the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Notes, the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Cash, 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 3.16 and Article 5 hereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.10, 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 3.10 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.

The provisions of this Section 3.10 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 Notes, on the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral, on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio) or payment of Contract Adjustment Payments 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.

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represented by a Global Certificate 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 the Units or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, Beneficial Owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Units. 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 of 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 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. Neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor 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 the records of the Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of 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 of any Units underlying such Global Certificate, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any Units underlying such Global Certificate.

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.

 

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Section 3.12 . Cancellation. All Certificates surrendered for delivery of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Triggered Early Settlement Date or in connection with an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or for delivery of the Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Cash proceeds of a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral or Cash, as the case may be, after the occurrence of a Termination Event, 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 Cash. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to the limitations on a Collateral Substitution in connection with an Optional Remarketing as set forth under Section 5.02(a) below, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date of this Agreement, other than during a Blackout Period, effect a Collateral Substitution and separate the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes in respect of such Holder’s Corporate Units by substituting for such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes for which Collateral Substitution is being made, Cash in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes; provided that Holders may make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units. To effect such substitution, the Holder must:

(i) Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, Cash equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes for which such Collateral Substitution is made; and

 

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(ii) 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 D hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Cash described in clause (i) above has been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the instruction to the Collateral Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Pledge and instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, to Transfer the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Cash delivered by a Holder of Corporate Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the Notes underlying the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(A) cancel the related Corporate Units;

(B) Transfer such Notes to the Holder (such Notes shall be tradable as separate securities, independent of the concurrently created Treasury Units) in book-entry form, to the extent a Global Note (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) is registered in the name of the Depositary; and

(C) 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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Holders who elect to separate the Notes by substituting Cash for Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall be responsible for any fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent), in respect of such Collateral Substitution, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

(b) 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 Cash with the Collateral Agent, any distributions on the Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes 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.

(c) Except as described in Section 5.02, this Section 3.13, Section 3.14 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a Triggered Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit remains in effect, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Notes 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. Creation of Cash Settled Units by Substitution of Cash. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date the Company gives the notice of Final Remarketing as set forth in Section 5.02(c)(ii) below or Triggered Early Remarketing as set forth in Section 5.02(b)(ii) below, as applicable, and other than during a Blackout Period, effect a Collateral Substitution and separate the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes in respect of such Holder’s Corporate Units by substituting for such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes for which Collateral Substitution is being made, Cash in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes; provided that Holders may make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units. To effect such substitution, the Holder must:

(i) Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, Cash in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes for which such Collateral Substitution is made; and

 

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(ii) 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 E hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Cash described in clause (i) above has been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the instruction to the Collateral Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Pledge and instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto, to Transfer the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Cash delivered by a Holder of Corporate Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the Notes underlying the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(A) cancel the related Corporate Units;

(B) Transfer such Notes to the Holder (such Notes shall be tradable as separate securities, independent of the concurrently created Cash Settled Units) in book-entry form, to the extent a Global Note (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture) is registered in the name of the Depositary; and

(C) deliver Cash Settled Units in book-entry form, or if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Cash Settled Units in the form of a Cash Settled Units

 

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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.

Holders who elect to separate the Notes by substituting Cash for Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall be responsible for any fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent), in respect of such Collateral Substitution, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such fees or expenses.

(b) In the event a Holder making a Collateral Substitution pursuant to this Section 3.14 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 Cash with the Collateral Agent, any distributions on the Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes 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.

(c) Except as described in Section 5.02, Section 3.13, this Section 3.14 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a Triggered Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit remains in effect, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Notes and the Purchase Contract comprising such Corporate Units may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Corporate Unit.

Section 3.15 . Recreation of Corporate Units. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to the limitations on a Collateral Substitution in connection with an Optional Remarketing, as set forth in Section 5.02(a) 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, other than during a Blackout Period; provided that Holders of Treasury Units may only recreate Corporate Units in integral multiples of 10 Treasury Units. To recreate Corporate Units, the Holder must:

(i) Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Stated Amount multiplied by the number of Corporate Units to be created; and

 

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(ii) 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 D hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Notes described in clause (i) above or security entitlements with respect thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall (i) release a Pro Rata Portion corresponding to the Treasury Units being converted of any cash constituting Treasury Unit Collateral from the Pledge, (ii) liquidate an aggregate principal amount at maturity of Qualifying Treasury Securities constituting Treasury Unit Collateral equal to a Pro Rata Portion (or if such Pro Rata Portion is not an integral multiple of such Qualifying Treasury Securities’ minimum denominations, the closest multiple of minimum denominations that would include such Pro Rata Portion) corresponding to the Treasury Units being converted, and release the proceeds of such liquidation in an amount equal to such Pro Rata Portion (with any excess Cash amounts as a result of liquidating Qualifying Treasury Securities in a denomination in excess of such Pro Rata Portion remaining with the Collateral Agent as Treasury Unit Collateral) from the Pledge and (iii) instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, to Transfer such Cash described in clauses (i) and (ii) above to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

The substituted Notes will be pledged to the Company through the Collateral Agent to secure such Holder’s obligation to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock under the related Purchase Contract.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of 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 Cash described above to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Cash from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.

Upon receipt of such Cash, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

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(B) Transfer the Cash to the Holder; and

(C) 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 5.02 or in this Section 3.15 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a Triggered 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 a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral and the Purchase Contract comprising such Treasury Unit may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Treasury Unit.

Section 3.16 . Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall notify the Collateral Agent of the occurrence thereof and request the release of the Collateral from the Pledge. Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such written notice or written notice pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof from the Company 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio;

(ii) any Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities;

(iii) any Pledged Cash;

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(v) 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 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 shall issue Notes in denominations of $100, or integral multiples thereof, in exchange for 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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral consisting of Qualifying Treasury Securities, any securities having a principal amount at maturity of less than the minimum denominations thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall dispose of such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Pledged Qualifying 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 Qualifying Treasury Securities, as the case may be.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (a) of this Section 3.16, 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities and payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 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 3.16, 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 3.16, 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and Proceeds and all other

 

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payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided in this Section 3.16, 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 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 3.16.

(c) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pledged Cash or the Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 3.16, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request transfer instructions with respect to such Notes, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash or Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from each Holder by written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, mailed to such Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register.

(d) Upon book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled Units or delivery of a Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent with such transfer instructions, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transfer the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral or Pledged Cash, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental Indenture. In the event a Holder of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units fails to effect such transfer or delivery, the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral or Pledged Cash, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case maybe, 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, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units or surrender of the Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled Units Certificate or the receipt by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent from such Holder of satisfactory evidence that such Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled 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

 

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(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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchase Contract Agent may opt to deliver to the Company any funds or property held for two years, in which event the Company shall have sole responsibility for compliance with all applicable escheat laws with respect to all funds or property returned to it pursuant to this sentence.

Section 3.17 . No Consent to Assumption. Each Holder of a Unit, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed expressly to have (a) 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 and (b) agreed with the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary that the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Contract constitutes a “swap agreement” within the meaning of Section 101 (53B) of the Bankruptcy Code and that each such Holder shall constitute a “swap participant” within the meaning of Section 101 (53C) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Section 3.18 . Substitutions. Whenever a Holder has the right to substitute Cash or Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, 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 4

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Section 4.01 . Payments; Rights to Payments Preserved. (a) The Collateral Agent shall transfer all income and distributions received by it on account of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (if the

 

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Pledged Notes are in the name of the Collateral Agent), the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Unit Collateral or Permitted Investments from time to time held in the Collateral Account to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the applicable Holders as provided in this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts.

(b) Any payment on any Note underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or any distribution on any Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, which is paid on or immediately prior to 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 on the related Payment Date 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 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) Any Cash constituting Treasury Unit Collateral in excess of the aggregate Stated Amount of Outstanding Treasury Units on the Record Date for any Contract Adjustment Payment shall, subject to receipt thereof from the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 4.01(a) above, be paid on the related Payment Date to the Persons in whose name the Treasury Units Certificates (or one or more Predecessor Treasury Units Certificates) are registered at the close of business on such Record Date in an amount per Treasury Unit equal to its Pro Rata Portion.

(d) Each Corporate Units Certificate evidencing Applicable Ownership Interests in 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, and to accrued interest or distributions, which were carried by Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio underlying such other Corporate Units Certificate.

(e) Each Treasury Units Certificate evidencing ownership interests in Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Treasury Units Certificate shall carry the right to the excess Cash described in Section 4.01(c) above, which were carried by the ownership interests in Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral underlying such other Treasury Units Certificate.

 

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(f) In the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which (1) Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, (2) Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof, (3) Triggered Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract occurs in accordance with Section 5.02(b) hereof or (4) a Collateral Substitution is properly effected pursuant to Section 3.13 or Section 3.14, 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 Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement, Triggered 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) was registered at the close of business on the Record Date.

(g) In the case of any Treasury Unit with respect to which (1) Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, (2) Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof, (3) Triggered Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract occurs in accordance with Section 5.02(b) hereof or (4) a Collateral Substitution is properly effected pursuant to Section 3.15, in each case on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, distributions in respect of the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral underlying such Treasury Unit otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement, Triggered 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 Treasury Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Treasury Units Certificates) was registered at the close of business on the Record Date.

(h) Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4.01(f) hereof, in the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or Triggered 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 Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or distributions on Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, that would otherwise be payable on or made after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Triggered Early Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date, Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or the date of the Collateral Substitution, as the

 

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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 Notes or 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 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 5.02, Section 5.04 and Section 5.06, 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and (2) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), shall be credited to the Collateral Account, to be invested in Permitted Investments until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, and transferred to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, as provided in Section 5.02 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, such payments shall remain uninvested, and provided , further , however , that all Permitted Investments shall mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In no event shall the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall have any liability in respect of losses incurred based on acting or omitting to act under this Section 4.02(a) pursuant to any direction of the Company or 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 Notes, (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and (3) the Treasury Unit Collateral or security entitlements with respect thereto, that, in each case, have been released from the Pledge pursuant hereto 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 and the terms of this Agreement.

 

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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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, including either notice of any meeting at which holders of the Notes are entitled to vote or the solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of the Notes, the Collateral Agent shall 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes.

(b) Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Notes are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of 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 Notes entitled to vote) shall be entitled to instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are a component of their Corporate Units; and

(iii) stating the manner in which such instructions may be given.

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meeting or the expiration date of any consent solicitation, the Purchase Contract Agent shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted or to consent with respect to, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Notes as to which any particular voting or consenting instructions are received. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of Corporate Units, the Purchase Contract Agent shall abstain from voting or consenting with respect to the Notes underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 or consenting rights in order to enable the Purchase Contract Agent to vote or consent with respect to such Notes.

(c) The Holders of Corporate Units, the Holders of Cash Settled Units and the Holders of Treasury Units shall, in their capacity as Holders, have no voting rights, rights to dividends or other distributions or other rights in respect of Common Stock or Convertible Preferred Stock.

Section 4.04 . 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.

Section 4.05 . Payments Held In Trust. If the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder shall receive any payments on account of financial assets credited to the Collateral Account (other than interest on the Notes or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Officer’s 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 4.05 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.

 

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ARTICLE 5

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACTS

Section 5.01 . Purchase of Shares of Convertible Preferred 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, the Triggered Early Settlement Date or the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “ Purchase Price ”), a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (subject to Section 5.07) equal to the Settlement Rate unless an 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 one share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

(b) Each Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, by its acceptance of such Unit:

(i) irrevocably authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contract on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact (including, without limitation, the execution of Certificates in the name of and on behalf of such Holder);

(ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Unit, including but not limited to the terms and provisions of the Purchase Contract and this Agreement;

(iii) covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contract and under this Agreement for so long as such Holder remains a Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit;

(iv) consents to the provisions hereof,

(v) irrevocably authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform this Agreement on its behalf and in its name as its attorney-in-fact;

(vi) 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 Notes and the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term), the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral or the Cash pursuant to this Agreement, and the delivery of the Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes by the Purchase Contract Agent to the Collateral Agent; and

 

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(vii) for United States federal income tax purposes, agrees to (A) treat its acquisition of the Corporate Units as an acquisition of the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and Purchase Contracts constituting the Corporate Units, (B) treat the Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as indebtedness of the Company and (C) treat itself as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral, including the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral or the Cash, as applicable;

provided that upon a Termination Event, the rights of the Holder of such Units under the Purchase Contract may be enforced without regard to any other rights or obligations.

(c) Each Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, by its acceptance thereof, further covenants and agrees that to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 5.02 hereof, but subject to the terms thereof, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, Proceeds of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral or the Pledged Cash, as applicable, equal to the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Collateral Agent, upon the direction of the Company, 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.

Section 5.02 . Remarketing; Notices; Separate Notes; Registration; Payment of Purchase Price.

(a) Optional Remarketing . (i) Unless a Termination Event or a Trigger Event has occurred, the Company may elect, at its option, to engage the Remarketing Agent(s), pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to remarket the aggregate Notes underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are components of Corporate Units, along with any Separate Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in such remarketing pursuant to the Indenture and Section 5.02(f) below over a period of

 

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five consecutive Business Days (each such period, an “ Optional Remarketing Period ”) selected by the Company that falls during the Optional Remarketing Window; provided that the Company may only elect to conduct an Optional Remarketing if the Company is not then deferring interest on the Notes.

(ii) The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and request that the Depositary notify the Depositary Participants holding Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Separate Notes of the Company’s election to conduct an Optional Remarketing no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first day of an Optional Remarketing Period.

(iii) If the Company elects to conduct an Optional Remarketing, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of an Optional Remarketing Period, the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent(s) in writing of the aggregate principal amount of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are a part of the Corporate Units to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent(s) of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to Section 5.02(f) below. Pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the Remarketing Agreement, upon receipt of such notices from the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent(s) will use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price.

(iv) If the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to remarket such Notes for at least the applicable Remarketing Price in any Optional Remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Optional Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, to transfer to the Remarketing Agent(s) the remarketed Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Optional Remarketing attributable to such Notes, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed Separate Notes to the Remarketing Agent(s) upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Optional Remarketing attributable to such Separate Notes. Settlement shall occur on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds attributable to the remarketed Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in Notes, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, (A) 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

 

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determined by the Remarketing Agent(s)), (B) credit to the Collateral Account the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, and (C) 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 Optional Remarketing Settlement Date to the Holders whose Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes were remarketed pro rata in accordance with their respective interests. With respect to any Separate Notes remarketed, the Custodial Agent shall remit such proceeds of the Successful Optional Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent(s) to Holders of such Separate Notes on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date.

(v) Following the occurrence of a Successful Optional 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 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 Notes, subject to the Pledge thereof. Any reference in this Agreement or the Certificates to the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall thereupon be deemed to be a reference to such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as 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 Notes as Collateral.

(vi) If, in spite of its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent(s) cannot remarket the Notes as set forth above during the Optional Remarketing Period at a price not less than the applicable Remarketing Price or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the Optional Remarketing will be deemed to have failed (a “ Failed Optional Remarketing ”). Promptly after a Failed Optional Remarketing, the Custodial Agent will return Separate Notes to the appropriate Holders.

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not occurred on or prior to the last day of the Optional Remarketing Period, the Company shall cause a notice of the Failed Optional Remarketing to be published before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the last date of the Optional Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

(b) Triggered Early Remarketing . (i) If a Trigger Event occurs prior to the first day in the Optional Remarketing Window, all Purchase Contracts will mandatorily settle (the “ Triggered Early Settlement ”) on the date that is 25 calendar days after the occurrence of the Trigger Event or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (such day, the “ Triggered Early Settlement Date ”). In order to dispose of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes of any Holders of Corporate Units, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent(s), pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such Notes, along with any Separate Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in the Triggered Early Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(f) below, during the Triggered Early Remarketing Period.

(ii) The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and request that the Depositary notify the Depositary Participants holding Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Separate Notes of the Triggered Early Remarketing no later than the 15 calendar days prior to the first day of the Triggered Early Remarketing Period.

(iii) The Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent(s) in writing, promptly after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Triggered Early Remarketing Period, of the aggregate principal amount of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent(s) of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to Section 5.02(f) below.

(iv) The Company may postpone the Triggered Early Remarketing in its absolute discretion on any day prior to the last three Business Days of the Triggered Early Remarketing Period. The Company will promptly furnish notice of any such postponement to the Purchase Contract Agent.

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Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Triggered Early Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to transfer to the Remarketing Agent(s) the remarketed Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Triggered Early Remarketing attributable to such Notes, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed Separate Notes to the Remarketing Agent(s) upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Triggered Early Remarketing attributable to such Separate Notes. Settlement shall occur on the Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall, on the Triggered Early Settlement Date, in consultation with the Purchase Contract Agent and upon direction of the Company, instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit a portion of such proceeds equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes to satisfy in full the Obligations of Holders of Corporate Units whose Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes were remarketed to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Notes remarketed, the Custodial Agent shall remit such proceeds of the Successful Triggered Early Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent(s) pro rata to Holders of such Separate Notes on the Triggered Early Settlement Date.

(vi) In connection with any Successful Triggered Early Remarketing, the Company shall cause all accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest (including compounded interest thereon) to be paid to the Holders of the Notes as of the close of business on the 15th calendar day prior to the Triggered Early Settlement Date (whether or not such Notes were remarketed in such Successful Triggered Early Remarketing) on the Triggered Early Settlement Date in Cash or by issuing Deferral Securities to the Holders of such Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of all such Deferred Interest (including compounded interest thereon).

(vii) If, in spite of its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent(s) cannot remarket the Notes during the Triggered Early Remarketing Period at a price equal to or greater than the applicable Remarketing Price or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the remarketing will be deemed to have failed (a “ Failed Triggered Early Remarketing ”). The Company shall cause a

 

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notice of the Failed Triggered Early Remarketing to be published before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the last date of the Triggered Early Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

Following a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as of the Triggered Early Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall be deemed to have exercised such Holder’s Put Right with respect to the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and to have elected to apply a portion of the Proceeds equal to the principal amount of the Notes against such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such 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 Convertible Preferred 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 Notes relate.

Following a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as of the Triggered Early Settlement Date, each Holder of Treasury Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply a portion of the Cash constituting such Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay such aggregate Purchase Price in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company. Thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall promptly remit the remaining Cash constituting the Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the

 

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Treasury Unit Collateral in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Treasury Units to which such Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral relate.

Following a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as of the Triggered Early Settlement Date, each Holder of Cash Settled Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply the Cash component of such Holder’s Cash Settled Units to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.02(b)(vi) shall prevent holders of Separate Notes from exercising their Put Right after a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing.

(viii) The Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) accrued to, but excluding, the Triggered Early Settlement Date to the Person or Persons to whom shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are being delivered on such date.

(c) Final Remarketing . (i) Unless a Termination Event or a Successful Optional Remarketing has occurred, in order to dispose of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes of any Holders of Corporate Units, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent(s), pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such Notes, along with any Separate Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in a Final Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(f) below, during the Final Remarketing Period.

(ii) The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and request that the Depositary notify the Depositary Participants holding Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Separate Notes of the Final Remarketing no later than October 21, 2015 and the Business Day following the last day of any Optional Remarketing Period ending on or prior to October 23, 2015, provided that if an Optional Remarketing Period is scheduled to end after October 23, 2015, such notice of the Final

 

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Remarketing will be included in the notice of that Optional Remarketing Period and will indicate that the Final Remarketing is contingent upon either (i) failure of such Optional Remarketing or (ii) the Company’s election not to remarket the Notes during such Optional Remarketing Period.

(iii) The Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent(s) in writing, promptly after 5:00 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent(s) of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to Section 5.02(f) below.

(iv) The Company may postpone the Final Remarketing in its absolute discretion on any day prior to the last three Business Days of the Final Remarketing Period. The Company will promptly furnish notice of any such postponement to the Purchase Contract Agent.

(v) If the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to remarket such Notes and the Separate Notes (if any) for at least the applicable Remarketing Price in any Final Remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Final Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to transfer to the Remarketing Agent(s) the remarketed Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Notes, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed Separate Notes to the Remarketing Agent(s) upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Separate Notes. Settlement shall occur on the Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in consultation with the Purchase Contract Agent and upon direction of the Company, instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit a portion of such proceeds equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes to satisfy in full the Obligations of Holders of Corporate Units to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred 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 whose Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes were remarketed, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall make such payment on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pro rata in accordance with their respective

 

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interests. With respect to any Separate Notes remarketed, the Custodial Agent shall remit such proceeds of the Successful Final Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent(s) pro rata to Holders of such Separate Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

(vi) In connection with any Successful Final Remarketing, the Company shall cause all accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest (including compounded interest thereon) to be paid to the Holders of the Notes (whether or not such Notes were remarketed in such Successful Final Remarketing) on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in Cash.

(vii) If, in spite of its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent(s) cannot remarket the Notes during the Final Remarketing Period at a price equal to or greater than the applicable Remarketing Price 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 ”). The Company shall cause a notice of the Failed Final Remarketing to be published before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the last date of the Final Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

Following a Failed Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall be deemed to have exercised such Holder’s Put Right with respect to the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and to have elected to apply a portion of the Proceeds equal to the principal amount of the Notes against such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release the Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such 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 Convertible Preferred 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 Notes relate.

 

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Following a Failed Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of Treasury Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply a portion of the Cash constituting such Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay such aggregate Purchase Price in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company. Thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall promptly remit the remaining Cash constituting the Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Treasury Units to which such Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral relate.

Following a Failed Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of Cash Settled Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply the Cash component of such Holder’s Cash Settled Units to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.02(c)(vii) shall prevent holders of Separate Notes from exercising their Put Right after a Failed Final Remarketing.

(d) In connection with an Optional Remarketing, a Triggered Early Remarketing or a Final Remarketing (i) interest on the remarketed Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing on an interest payment date for the Notes selected by the Remarketing Agent(s) in consultation with the Company, (ii) the interest deferral provisions of the remarketed Notes shall not apply and (iii) the remarketed Notes shall rank senior to all of the Company’s existing and future junior subordinated indebtedness and junior to all of the Company’s existing and future Senior Indebtedness.

 

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(e) In connection with any Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent(s), in consultation with the Company and in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement, may elect to reset the Interest Rate on the remarketed Notes. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, in connection with any Remarketing, (i) the notes will rank senior to all existing and future unsecured junior subordinated obligations of the Company and junior to all existing and future senior indebtedness of the Company and (ii) interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing on the immediately following February 17, May 17, August 17 or November 17 as selected by the Company in consultation with the Remarketing Agent(s). These modifications shall become effective if the Remarketing is successful, without the consent of the Holders, upon the Remarketing Settlement Date. If a Successful Remarketing occurs, the Company will request the Depositary to notify the Depositary Participants holding Notes of the Reset Rate, interest payment dates and ranking for the remarketed Notes on the Business Day following the date of the Successful Remarketing.

(f) Prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding an Applicable Remarketing Period, other than during a Blackout Period, Holders of Separate Notes may elect to have their Separate Notes remarketed in such Remarketing in the same manner as the Notes by delivering their Separate Notes along with a notice of this election, substantially in the form of Exhibit M attached hereto, to the Custodial Agent. After such time, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate Notes remarketed in all Remarketings to occur in the Applicable Remarketing Period. The Custodial Agent shall hold the Separate Notes in an account separate from the collateral account in which the Notes shall be held. Holders electing to have their Notes remarketed shall also have the right to withdraw the election by written notice to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period. In the event of a Successful Remarketing during the Optional Remarketing Period, each holder of Separate Notes that elects to have its Notes remarketed shall receive for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, the Remarketing Price Per Note. In the event of a Successful Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period, each holder of Separate Notes that elects to have its Notes remarketed shall receive an amount, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, equal to $1,000 in Cash. Any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes, including any accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest (including compounded interest thereon), shall be paid in Cash by the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In the event of a Successful Remarketing during the Triggered Early Remarketing Period, each holder of Separate Notes that elects to have its Notes remarketed shall receive an amount, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, equal to $1,000 plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes (excluding Deferred Interest and compounded interest thereon) in Cash. Any

 

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Deferred Interest and compounded interest on such Notes shall be paid by the Company in Cash or by issuing Deferral Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of all such Deferred Interest (including compounded interest thereon) to such holder on the Triggered Early Settlement Date.

(g) For the avoidance of doubt, the right of each holder of the Notes underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are components of Corporate Units and the Separate Notes, the holders of which have elected to participate in any Remarketing, to have such Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that (i)(1) the Remarketing Agent(s) conducts an Optional Remarketing, or (2) in the case of a Final Remarketing, that no Successful Optional Remarketing or Triggered Early Settlement Date has occurred, each pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) a Termination Event has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (iii) the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for such Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price based on the Reset Rate, and (iv) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent(s) as and when required.

(h) 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 Notes to be remarketed in each Remarketing in each case shall be effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a form that may be used by the Remarketing Agent(s) in connection with such Remarketing (unless such registration statement is not required under the applicable laws and regulations that are in effect at that time or unless the Company conducts any Remarketing in accordance with an exemption under the securities laws).

(i) The Company will separately pay the Remarketing Fee to the Remarketing Agent(s) for its service in connection with any Successful Remarketing. Holders whose Notes are remarketed will not be responsible for the payment of any Remarketing Fee.

(j) In the case of a Corporate Unit (if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as a component of such Corporate Unit), if the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio held by the Securities Intermediary mature prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the principal amount of the Treasury Securities received by the Securities Intermediary shall be placed in the Collateral Account. 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 the related Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in

 

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the Treasury Portfolio 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 Corporate Units, as applicable.

(k) The obligations of the Holders to pay the Purchase Price are non-recourse obligations and, except to the extent satisfied by Early Settlement, or Fundamental Change Early 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.

(l) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Convertible Preferred 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, subject to Section 5.02(k), payment for the Convertible Preferred Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

Section 5.03 . Issuance of Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Unless a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall have occurred, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, upon receipt of the aggregate Purchase Price payable on all Outstanding Units in accordance with Section 5.02, 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 Convertible Preferred Stock registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (or its nominee) as custodian for the Holders to which the Holders are entitled hereunder; provided , that, in case such Convertible Preferred Stock is to be delivered through the facilities of DTC or another Depositary, the Company shall cause its stock transfer agent to deliver beneficial interests in such Convertible Preferred Stock on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent through such facilities to the Holders entitled thereto.

Subject to the foregoing, upon presentation and surrender of a Certificate, if in certificated form, to the Purchase Contract Agent on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Triggered Early 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 Convertible Preferred Stock which such Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5 (after taking into account all Units then held by such Holder), 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

 

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settlement instructions set forth on the reverse of the Certificate provided by the Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent. If any shares of Convertible Preferred 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 5.04 . Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

(a) Prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, then a Holder of a Unit may settle (a “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement ”) its Purchase Contract, upon the conditions and in the manner set forth below; provided that no Fundamental Change Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) unless, at the time such Fundamental Change Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock 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 Convertible Preferred Stock 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 that has not yet been publicly disclosed, the Company will not be required to provide such a Prospectus, and the right to effect 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, but such Holder shall receive consideration calculated as described in this Section 5.04(a) when such Registration Statement becomes effective. If a Holder elects a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of some or all of its Purchase Contracts, such Holder shall be entitled to receive, on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, the aggregate amount of any accrued

 

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and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), with respect to such Purchase Contracts (except when the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date falls after any Record Date and prior to the next succeeding Payment Date, in which case Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered at the close of business on such Record Date relating to the next succeeding Payment Date). The Company shall pay such amount as a credit against the amount otherwise payable by such Holder to effect such Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

Not less than 20 Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of a Fundamental Change, but in any event not later than the earlier of (i) two Business Days following the Company’s becoming aware of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and (ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide notice to Holders and the Purchase Contract Agent of the anticipated effective date of such Fundamental Change. In addition, the Company shall provide each Holder and the Purchase Contract Agent with notice of a Fundamental Change within five Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change, which shall specify, in addition to all of the information contained in the Fundamental Change Company Notice (as if shares of Convertible Preferred Stock were outstanding on the date of such notice), the date on which such Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall occur (which date shall be at least ten Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change but no later than the earliest of (x) 20 Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change and (y) (i) one Business Day prior to the first day of the commencement of a Triggered Early Remarketing Period, (ii) one Business Day prior to the first day of the commencement of an Optional Remarketing Period, or, if the Company has not specified an Optional Remarketing Period or the Optional Remarketing is not successful, (iii) the commencement of the Final Remarketing Period or, if the Final Remarketing is not successful, (iv) the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (such date, the “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ”), the consideration receivable by the Holder, including the amount of Contract Adjustment Payments receivable, upon settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Final Remarketing Period begins less than ten Business Days following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the notice will specify the Purchase Contract Settlement Date as the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

Corporate Units Holders (unless Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as a component of the Corporate Units) and Treasury Units Holders may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as a component of the Corporate Units,

 

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Corporate Units Holders may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) in multiples of 16,000 Corporate Units. 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 5.04(a).

In order to exercise the right to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Units shall deliver, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second 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 either (X) in the case of Corporate Units, Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (which delivery may occur through delivery by the Collateral Agent, upon receipt of instructions from the Company, of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes underlying such Holder’s Corporate Units, which the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to deliver on such Holder’s behalf) or (Y) payment (payable to the Company in immediately available funds), in each case in an amount equal to (or having an aggregate principal amount equal to) the aggregate Purchase Price corresponding to the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

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 such Certificate and receipt of such Notes or payment of such funds, as the case may be, the Purchase Contract Agent shall deliver such Notes to the Company or 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 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 or Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to such Purchase Price.

Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of the notice from the Purchase Contract Agent set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Collateral Agent shall release from the Pledge, (1) the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, in the case of a Holder of Corporate Units who elected to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement by delivering Cash in

 

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satisfaction of the payment obligation described above or (2) the Proceeds of the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder of Treasury Units has elected to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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 5.04(a), the Company will deliver (or will cause the Collateral Agent to deliver) to the Holder on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date for each Purchase Contract with respect to which such Holder has elected Fundamental Change Early Settlement:

(i) one share of Convertible Preferred Stock per Purchase Contract;

(ii) if the Holder has elected to effect the Fundamental Change Early Settlement by delivering Cash in satisfaction of the payment obligation described above, the Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or applicable Proceeds of a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, as the case may be, related to each Unit with respect to which the Holder is effecting a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby;

(iii) to the extent any accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) with respect to such Purchase Contract to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date exceed the applicable Purchase Price, Cash in the amount of such excess; and

(iv) if so required under the Securities Act, a Prospectus as contemplated by this Section 5.04(a).

For the avoidance of doubt, any accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) with respect to such Purchase Contract to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date shall be due and payable by the Company on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date for such Purchase Contract.

 

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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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, in accordance with the terms hereof.

(b) All calculations and determinations pursuant to this Article 5 shall be made by the Company or its agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility with respect to this Agreement.

Section 5.05 . Termination Event; Notice. The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), and the rights and obligations of Holders to purchase Convertible Preferred 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.

Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Units shall thereafter represent the right to receive Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral, the Cash 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 3.16 hereof. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, (i) the Company shall promptly but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall, in accordance with Section 3.16 hereof, release the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) forming a part of each Corporate Unit, the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral forming a part of each Treasury Unit or the Cash forming a part of each Cash Settled Unit, as the case may be, from the Pledge.

Section 5.06 . Early Settlement. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.06, at the option of the Holder thereof, other than during a Blackout Period, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early (“ Early Settlement ”) at any time; provided that no Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.06 unless, at the time such Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to the shares of

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock 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 those shares of Convertible Preferred Stock 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).

(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, other than during a Blackout Period, 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 sum of:

(i) the aggregate Purchase Price for the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, plus,

(ii) if such delivery is made with respect to any Purchase Contracts during the period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any Payment Date to the opening of business on such Payment Date, an amount equal to the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on such Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contracts, unless the Company has elected to defer the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on such Payment Date.

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 by the applicable time set forth above in this Section 5.06. 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.

 

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Except as provided in Section 5.09(d), no payment shall be made upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contract on account of any Contract Adjustment Payments (other than deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and any Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) accrued on such Purchase Contract or on account of any dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock issued upon such Early Settlement. If the foregoing requirements are first satisfied with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying any Units at or prior to 5:00 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 5:00 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, Election to Settle Early form duly completed 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 expressly set forth in this Agreement 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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, the Proceeds of the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to 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 Notes underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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.

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Units or 20 Treasury Units, as the case may be. If Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.06 in integral multiples of 16,000 Corporate Units.

Upon Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) with respect to such Purchase Contracts shall immediately and automatically terminate, except as provided in Section 5.09(d).

(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 Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the product of 0.85 and the Settlement Rate calculated as set forth in Section 5.01(a) for each Purchase Contract as to which Early Settlement is effected.

(d) No later than the third Business Day after the Early Settlement Date, the Company shall cause the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts to be issued and delivered, accompanied with a payment of Cash equal to the aggregate deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), if any, through the Payment Date immediately preceding such Early Settlement Date.

(e) Upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts, and subject to receipt of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock from the Company and the Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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 Notes, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral related to such Units, as the case may be,

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(iii) if so required under the Securities Act, deliver a Prospectus for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement as contemplated by Section 5.06(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 5.07 . No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued or delivered upon settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts.

Section 5.08 . Charges and Taxes. The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes attributable to the initial issuance and delivery of the shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred 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.

Section 5.09 . Contract Adjustment Payments. (a) Subject to Section 5.09(d), the Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, the Contract Adjustment Payments payable in respect of each Purchase Contract for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, November 5, 2010) to but excluding such Payment Date to the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date relating to such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments on Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York maintained for that purpose or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register as of the Record Date, or

 

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by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by a prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date. If any Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day; provided that if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the payment date for Contract Adjustment Payments or other distributions shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day; provided further that no interest or other amount shall accrue or be payable by the Company or to any Holder in respect of such delay. Contract Adjustment Payments payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Contract Adjustment Payments will accrue from November 5, 2010.

(b) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company’s obligation to pay future Contract Adjustment Payments and any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall cease.

(c) Each Certificate delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of (including as a result of a Collateral Substitution or the recreation of Corporate Units) any other Certificate shall carry the right to accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), which right was carried by the Purchase Contracts underlying such other Certificates.

(d) In the case of any Unit with respect to which Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, Contract Adjustment Payments and deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, and such Contract Adjustment Payments and deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Unit is registered at the close of business on such Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Unit with respect to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected, Contract Adjustment Payments that would otherwise have accrued after the most recent Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contract shall not be payable.

 

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Section 5.10. Deferral of Contract Adjustment Payments.

(a) The Company has the right at any time, and from time to time, to defer payment of all or part of the Contract Adjustment Payments in respect of each Purchase Contract by extending the period for payment of Contract Adjustment Payments to any subsequent Payment Date (an “ Extension Period ”), but not beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable (or, with respect to Purchase Contracts for which (i) an effective Fundamental Change Early Settlement has occurred, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or (ii) an effective Early Settlement has occurred, the quarterly Payment Date immediately preceding the Early Settlement Date). Prior to the expiration of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such Extension Period to any subsequent Payment Date, but not beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable (or any applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or Payment Date immediately preceding the Early Settlement Date, as the case may be).

If the Company so elects to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, the Company shall pay additional Contract Adjustment Payments on such deferred installments of Contract Adjustment Payments at a rate equal to 4.75% per annum, compounding on each succeeding Payment Date, until such deferred installments are paid in full (the accrued additional Contract Adjustment Payments thereon, being referred to herein as the “ Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments ”). The Company may pay any such Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) on any scheduled Payment Date.

At the end of each Extension Period, including as the same may be extended as provided above, or, in the event of an effective Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, on the Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as the case may be, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) then due in the manner set forth in Section 5.09(a) (in the case of the end of an Extension Period), in the manner set forth in Section 5.06(b) (in the case of an Early Settlement) or in the manner set forth in Section 5.04 (in the case of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement) to the extent such amounts are not deducted from the amount otherwise payable by the Holder in the case of any Early Settlement or any Fundamental Change Early Settlement. In the event of an Early Settlement, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) then payable, if any, on the Purchase Contracts being settled early through the Payment Date immediately preceding the applicable Early Settlement Date. In the event of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) due on the Purchase Contracts being settled on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date to but excluding such Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

 

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Upon termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) and all accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments then due, the Company may commence a new Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all extensions thereof, may not extend beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable (or any applicable Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date). Except in the case of an Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, no Contract Adjustment Payments shall be due and payable during an Extension Period except at the end thereof.

(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent (and the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly thereafter give notice thereof to Holders of Purchase Contracts) of its election to extend any period for the payment of Contract Adjustment Payments, the expected length of any such Extension Period and any extension of any Extension Period, at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the Record Date for the Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments would have been payable except for the election to begin or extend the Extension Period or (ii) the date the Purchase Contract Agent is required to give notice to any securities exchange or to Holders of Purchase Contracts of such Record Date or such Payment Date.

(c) The Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent (and the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly thereafter give notice thereof to Holders of Purchase Contracts) of the end of an Extension Period or its election to pay any portion of the deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) on a Payment Date prior to the end of an Extension Period, at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the Record Date for the Payment Date on which such Extension Period shall end or such payment of deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall be made or (ii) the date the Purchase Contract Agent is required to give notice to any securities exchange or to Holders of Purchase Contracts of such Record Date or such Payment Date.

(d) In the event the Company exercises its option to defer the payment of Contract Adjustment Payments, then, until all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) have been paid, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividends on, or make any distributions on, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company’s capital stock; provided that the foregoing does not apply to:

(i) any exchange, redemption or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock, or the capital stock of one of the Company’s Subsidiaries, for any other class or series of the Company’s capital stock;

 

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(ii) any purchase of, or payment of cash in lieu of, fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the securities being converted or exchanged; and

(iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock.

ARTICLE 6

R IGHTS A ND R EMEDIES O F H OLDERS

Section 6.01 . Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Adjustment Payments and to Purchase Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Each Holder of a Unit shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, (a) subject to Article 5, to receive each Contract Adjustment Payment and deferred Contract Adjustment Payment with respect to the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Unit on the respective Payment Date for such Unit pursuant to the terms hereof and (b) except upon and following a Termination Event, to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to such Purchase Contract and, in each such case, to institute suit for the enforcement of any such right to receive Contract Adjustment Payments and the right to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, and such rights 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 last paragraph of Section 3.10, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of

 

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any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 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 6 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 6.05 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 the obligation to pay interest on any Notes owed pursuant to such Holder’s Notes or Contract Adjustment Payments 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 Convertible Preferred 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.

 

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ARTICLE 7

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACT A GENT

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

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, 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 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 or matters 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 Section 7.01(a) or Section 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 in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

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conducting any proceeding for any right or remedy available to the Purchase Contract Agent, or exercising any power conferred upon the Purchase Contract Agent, under this Agreement with respect to the Units.

(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 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.

(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 7.01.

(e) The Purchase Contract Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Remarketing Agreement in its capacity as Purchase Contract Agent.

(f) In case a default by the Company under this Agreement has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), and a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent have received written notice thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall exercise such of the rights and powers, if any, with respect to such default, vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in the exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

Section 7.02 . Notice of Default. Within 90 calendar days after the occurrence of any default by the Company hereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit by mail to 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; provided that, except for a default in any payment obligation hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be protected in withholding such notice if and for so long as a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of Holders of the Units.

Section 7.03 . Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent.

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:

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bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s 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 specifically prescribed in this Agreement) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s 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, 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 given a reasonable opportunity to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(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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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 good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(i) 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;

(j) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Trigger Event, Fundamental Change, Termination Event or any default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice from the Company or any Holder of such Trigger Event, Fundamental Change, Termination Event or default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, and such notice references the Units and this Agreement and identifies such default;

(k) the Purchase Contract Agent may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Agreement;

(l) anything in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall the Purchase Contract Agent 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 Purchase Contract Agent has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(m) the Purchase Contract Agent shall not 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 reasonable 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, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action; and

 

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(n) 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. 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.

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; provided, however, that when the Purchase Contract Agent holds Cash as a component of the Treasury Portfolio, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, such Cash shall be held in a separate account hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise expressly 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), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

 

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(c) to indemnify the Purchase Contract Agent and any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent (collectively, with the Purchase Contract Agent, the “ Indemnitees ”) for, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Purchase Contract Agent) incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement, including the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder and the Remarketing Agreement and 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; and

(d) to pay or reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent for 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.

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

The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation and removal of the Purchase Contract Agent 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 7 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 7.08, 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 7.08, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 7.

 

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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 calendar 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 calendar 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 calendar 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, 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;

(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.

 

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(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 the 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.

(g) If the Purchase Contract Agent has or shall acquire any “ conflicting interest ” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the TIA, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the TIA.

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 7.

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 maybe 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 7, 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.

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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 of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article 5 hereof.

Section 7.14 . Tax Compliance. (a) 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 8

S UPPLEMENTAL A GREEMENTS

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 and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary to:

(a) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Certificates;

 

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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) conform the provisions of this Agreement to the description of the Units and the Purchase Contracts contained in the Units Prospectus; or

(e) except as provided for in Section 5.04, cure any ambiguity, 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 adversely affect the interests of any 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 Purchase Contracts voting together as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent 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 supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Purchase Contract affected thereby,

(a) subject to the Company’s right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, change any Payment Date;

(b) change the amount or the type of Collateral required to be Pledged to secure a Holder’s obligations under any Purchase Contract (except for the rights of holders of Corporate Units to substitute Cash for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or the rights of Holders of Treasury Units to substitute Notes for the Treasury Unit Collateral);

(c) impair the right of the Holder of any Purchase Contract to receive distributions on the related Collateral or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights in or to such Collateral;

 

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(d) impair the Holders’ right to institute suit for the enforcement of any Purchase Contract or any Contract Adjustment Payments or deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon);

(e) except as set forth in Section 5.06, reduce the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be purchased pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to purchase shares of Convertible Preferred 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;

(f) adversely affect the Holder’s rights under a Purchase Contract in any material respect, 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 Units Prospectus will not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders;

(g) reduce any Contract Adjustment Payments or any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) or change any place where, or the coin or currency in which, any Contract Adjustment Payment is payable; or

(h) 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 amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled 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 amendment or proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of a majority of such Holders, or each such Holder affected thereby in the case of an amendment or proposal referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 8.02 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 8 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 provided, and (subject to Section 7.01 with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent) shall be fully authorized and protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of

 

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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 8, 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 8 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.

ARTICLE 9

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR D ISPOSITION

Section 9.01 . Covenant Not To Consolidate, Merge, Sell, Convey, Transfer or Dispose Property except under Certain Conditions. The Company covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, convey, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, unless:

(a) either the Company shall be the surviving Person, or the successor (if other than the Company) shall be a Person duly organized and existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and such entity shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement (including the Pledge provided for herein), the Indenture (including any supplement thereto) and the Remarketing Agreement 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 Person; and

 

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(b) the Company or such successor Person shall not, immediately after such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or other disposition, be in default of payment obligations under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement, the Indenture (including any supplement thereto) or the Remarketing Agreement or in material default in the performance of any other covenants under any of the foregoing agreements.

Section 9.02 . Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation. In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance (other than by way of lease), transfer, assignment or other disposition and upon any such assumption by a successor Person in accordance with Section 9.01, such surviving 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 further obligation hereunder and under the Units. Such surviving Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 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 surviving Person, 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 surviving Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for 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, assignment, transfer, or 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 . Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent, subject to Section 7.01 and Section 7.03, shall receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale, assignment, transfer, or disposition, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of this Article 9 and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition have been met.

 

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ARTICLE 10

C OVENANTS

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 Convertible Preferred Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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 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 . Notice of Leverage Ratio Period. The Company shall provide the Collateral Agent written notice contemporaneously with each of the commencement and termination of any Leverage Ratio Period.

 

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Section 10.04 . Company to Reserve Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company shall at all times prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Convertible Preferred Stock the full number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issuable against tender of payment in respect of all Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the Units evidenced by Outstanding Certificates.

Section 10.05 . Covenants as to Convertible Preferred Stock; Listing. (a) The Company covenants that all shares of Convertible Preferred 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. The Company shall comply, in all material respects, with all applicable securities laws regulating the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock upon settlement of Purchase Contracts and will issue such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as freely-tradable shares, except to the extent holders thereof are underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) or Affiliates of the Company.

(b) The Company further covenants that, if at any time the Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred 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 10.06 . ERISA. Each Holder from time to time of the Units that is a Plan or who used assets of a Plan to purchase Units hereby represents that either (a) no portion of the assets used by such Holder to acquire the Corporate Units constitutes assets of the Plan or (b) the purchase or holding of the Corporate Units by such purchaser or transferee 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, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (a) treat a Holder’s acquisition of the Corporate Units as the acquisition of the Notes and Purchase Contract constituting the Corporate Units and (b) treat each Holder as the owner of the Collateral, including the Notes or the Treasury Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 11

P LEDGE

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 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 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.

Section 11.02 . Termination. As to each Holder, the Pledge created hereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations. Upon a Termination Event (and subject to the Collateral Agent’s notification thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent), 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 12

A DMINISTRATION OF C OLLATERAL

Section 12.01 . Initial Deposit of 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 without recourse or representation to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and the Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes (and the Notes underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes) has been credited to the Collateral Account.

 

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(b) The Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, 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 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 Cash, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) or Qualifying 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, without recourse or representation, 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

 

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orders, with respect to the Collateral Account or any financial asset credited thereto solely from the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement. 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 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 laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for the purposes of the UCC the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction is the State of New York.

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 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 promptly 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 . Treasury Unit Collateral. (a) Promptly following receipt of the Cash in substitution of any Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes upon creation of Treasury Units, the Collateral Agent shall (i) notify the Company of such receipt of Cash and (ii) upon receipt of instructions from the Company, purchase with such Cash, together with any other Cash that forms a part of the Treasury Unit Collateral, Qualifying Treasury Securities as of the date of such purchase. Following the receipt of Cash Proceeds from such Qualifying Treasury Securities, the Collateral Agent shall purchase with such Cash Qualifying Treasury Securities as of the date of such purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Collateral Agent (A) purchase Qualifying Treasury Securities (i) during any period beginning on, and

 

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including, the Record Date corresponding to any Payment Date and ending on, and including, the related Payment Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable or (ii) during any Leverage Ratio Period; or (B) be required to purchase Qualifying Treasury Securities if no such Qualifying Treasury Security exists in sufficient liquidity or outstanding amount, in which case the related Cash will remain Treasury Unit Collateral.

(b) Promptly following receipt of (i) the Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto required by Section 3.15(a)(i) and (ii) the instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent described in Section 3.15(a)(ii), the Collateral Agent shall (i) release the Pro Rata Portion corresponding to the Treasury Units in respect of which Corporate Units are being recreated of any Cash constituting Treasury Unit Collateral from the Pledge and deliver it to the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby and (ii) liquidate an aggregate principal amount at maturity of Qualifying Treasury Securities constituting Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to the Treasury Units in respect of which Corporate Units are being recreated equal to a Pro Rata Portion (or if such Pro Rata Portion is not an integral multiple of such Qualifying Treasury Securities’ minimum denominations, the closest multiple of minimum denominations that would include such Pro Rata Portion), release the proceeds of such liquidation in an amount equal to such Pro Rata Portion (with any excess Cash amounts as a result of liquidating Qualifying Treasury Securities in a denomination in excess of such Pro Rata Portion remaining with the Collateral Agent as Treasury Unit Collateral) from the Pledge and deliver it to the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the Holder, free and clear the Pledge created hereby.

(c) Upon a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or an Early Settlement of the Purchase Contract components of Treasury Units, in each case properly effected in accordance with the terms of Section 5.04 or Section 5.06, respectively, the Collateral Agent shall (i) release the Pro Rata Portion corresponding to the Treasury Units in respect of which the Purchase Contract component is being settled of any Cash constituting Treasury Unit Collateral from the Pledge and deliver it to the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby and (ii) liquidate an aggregate principal amount at maturity of Qualifying Treasury Securities constituting Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to the Treasury Units in respect of which the Purchase Contract component is being settled equal to a Pro Rata Portion (or if such Pro Rata Portion is not an integral multiple of such Qualifying Treasury Securities’ minimum denominations, the closest multiple of minimum denominations that would include such Pro Rata Portion), release the proceeds of such liquidation in an amount equal to such Pro Rata Portion (with any excess Cash amounts as a result of liquidating Qualifying Treasury Securities in a denomination in excess of such Pro Rata Portion remaining with the Collateral Agent as Treasury Unit Collateral) from the Pledge and deliver it to the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the Holder, free and clear the Pledge created hereby.

 

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Section 12.09 . Statements and Confirmations. The Securities Intermediary will promptly 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 12.10 . Tax Allocations. The Purchase Contract 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. None of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent nor the Custodial Agent shall have any tax reporting duties hereunder.

Section 12.11 . No Other Agreements. The Securities Intermediary, acting solely in its capacity as 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.

Section 12.12 . Powers Coupled with an Interest. The rights and powers granted in this Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement to the Collateral Agent have been granted in order to 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 12.13 . 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 13

R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF THE C OLLATERAL A GENT

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

 

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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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and/or the Pledged Cash in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement and/or (2) sale of the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, the Pledged Qualifying 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, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments to the Company on account of Proceeds of (i) the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), (iii) Pledged Cash or (iv) the Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities as provided in this Agreement in satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holder of the Units of which such Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), such Pledged Cash or such Pledged Qualifying 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities, Pledged Cash or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest 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.

(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes (other than any interest payments thereon), (ii) the Pledged Qualifying Treasury Securities, the (iii) Pledged Cash and (iv) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i)

 

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of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Agreement, and as otherwise provided herein.

(d) Subject to Section 7.04, the Purchase Contract Agent and each Holder agrees that, from time to time, 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 Company 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 the maintenance of the Pledge or the perfection or priority hereof or for executing any documents, except for liability for its own grossly negligent acts, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.

(e) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, protection, privileges and immunities set forth in Article 7 for the benefit of the Purchase Contract Agent.

ARTICLE 14

R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES TO C OLLATERAL A GENT ; H OLDER

C OVENANTS

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 (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 11;

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(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 12 hereof); and

(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 11 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 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 15

T HE C OLLATERAL A GENT , THE C USTODIAL A GENT AND THE S ECURITIES

I NTERMEDIARY

It is hereby agreed as follows:

Section 15.01 . Appointment, Powers and Immunities. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall act as agent for the Company hereunder with 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:

 

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(a) have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, liabilities 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 beyond the specific terms hereof and none of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any fiduciary duty to the Holders or any other Person;

(b) not be responsible for any recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by it under, this Agreement or the Units, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or 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 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 as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; 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.

The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall only be responsible for transferring money, securities or other property in accordance with the terms herein to the extent that such money, securities or other property is credited to the Collateral Account.

 

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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 financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or the exercise of any of its rights or powers 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 (a) such direction shall not conflict with the provisions of any law or of this Agreement or involve the Collateral Agent in personal liability and (b) 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 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 or to take any other actions to create, preserve or maintain the security interest in the Collateral.

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 electronic means, telecopy or facsimile) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct 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 in accordance with this Agreement.

In each case that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may or is required hereunder to take any action, including without limitation to make any determination or judgment, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may seek direction from the Company. The Collateral Agent, the

 

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Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Company. Unless direction or otherwise is expressly provided herein, if the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall request direction from the Company with respect to any action, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to refrain from such action unless and until such agent shall have received direction from the Company, and the agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.

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 suffering any action to be taken hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct 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 or willful misconduct 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 upon the faith thereof.

(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.

Section 15.05 . Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person 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 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 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, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article 15 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.

 

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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 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 (whether asserted by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any other Person), liabilities, losses, and reasonable 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

 

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Indemnitees or any of them for following any instructions, acting upon any notices or other directions (which shall include an instruction, notice or direction not to act) upon which any of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary is entitled to conclusively rely pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification is sought; 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 rights, powers and duties under this Agreement, including but not limited to the rights and powers set forth in Section 15.09, provided the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification is sought.

The provisions of this Section 15.08 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

 

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(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 without gross negligence or willful misconduct 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 liability.

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 upon written notice thereof; 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 calendar 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 the Holders of a majority in number of the Outstanding 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. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. If no successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall

 

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have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 calendar 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 15 shall continue in effect for its benefit 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.

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 conclusive 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.

 

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Section 15.12. Survival . The provisions of this Article 15 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, incurred without any act or deed that is found to be attributable to gross negligence or willful misconduct on the parts of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

Section 15.14 . Expenses, Etc. The Company agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary for:

(a) all out-of-pocket costs 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 and (ii) any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;

(b) all costs 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 and Section 15.08;

(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; and

(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.

 

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ARTICLE 16

T RUST I NDENTURE A CT

Section 16.01 . Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) As of the date hereof, this Agreement is not subject to the provisions of the TIA. However, if this Agreement becomes subject to the provisions of the TIA in the future, it will be subject to the provisions thereof that are required or deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and

(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 16.02 . Company to Furnish Purchase Contract Agent Names and Addresses of Holders. (a) The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent (i) semiannually, not later than December 1 and June 1 in each year, commencing December 1, 2010, a list, in such form as the Purchase Contract Agent may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Units as of a date not more than 15 calendar days prior to the delivery thereof, and (ii) at such other times as the Purchase Contract Agent may request in writing, within 30 calendar days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 calendar days prior to the time such list is furnished, excluding from any such list names and addresses previously received by the Purchase Contract Agent.

(b) The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply with its obligations, if any, under Section 311(a) of the TIA, subject to the provisions of Section 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the TIA.

Section 16.03 . Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in Section 16.02 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent may dispose of any list furnished to it as provided in Section 16.02 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Units, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be as provided by the TIA.

Every Holder of Units, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent that neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent 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 TIA.

 

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Section 16.04 . Reports by Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Purchase Contract Agent and its actions under this Agreement as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the TIA, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, within 60 calendar days after each December 15 following the date of this Agreement, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such December 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Purchase Contract Agent with each stock exchange upon which any Units are listed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Purchase Contract Agent when any Units are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 16.05 . Reports by Company. The Company shall provide to the Purchase Contract Agent such documents, reports information as required by Section 314(a) (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314(a) of the TIA in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314(a) of the TIA; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Purchase Contract Agent within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Delivery of such information, documents and reports to the Purchase Contract Agent is for informational purposes only and the Purchase Contract Agent’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 Purchase Contract Agent is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 16.06 . Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. The Company shall provide to the Purchase Contract Agent such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement as and to the extent required by Section 314(c) of the TIA. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the TIA may be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate. Any opinion required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c)(2) of the TIA may be given in the form of an Opinion of Counsel.

 

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Section 16.07 . Defaults, Waiver. The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one class may, by vote or consent, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past default by the Company and its consequences, except a default:

(a) In the payment on any Purchase Contract, or

(b) In respect of a provision hereof which under Section 8.02 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Purchase Contract affected.

Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any default by the Company arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 16.08 . Purchase Contract Agent’s Knowledge of Defaults. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Trigger Event, Fundamental Change, Termination Event or any default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice from the Company or any Holder of such Trigger Event, Fundamental Change, Termination Event or default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, and such notice references the Units and this Agreement and identifies such default.

Section 16.09 . Direction of Purchase Contract Agent. Sections 315(d)(3) and 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA are hereby expressly excluded from this Agreement, as permitted by the TIA.

ARTICLE 17

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 17.01 . 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

 

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waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from any requirement of, this 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.

Section 17.02. 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.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES]

 

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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.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ Craig A. Douglas

  Name:   Craig A. Douglas
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

Address for Notices:

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

1000 Stanley Drive

New Britain, Connecticut 06053

Attention: Treasurer and Corporate Secretary


 

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

 

The Bank of New York Trust

Company, National Association, as

Purchase Contract

Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the

Holders from time to time of the Units

 

By:

 

/s/ Lawrence M. Kusch

  Name: Lawrence M. Kusch
  Title:   Vice President

Address for Notices:

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attention: Global Corporate Trust


 

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

 

HSBC Bank USA, National

Association, as Collateral Agent,

Custodial Agent and Securities

Intermediary

By:

 

/s/ Ignazio Tamburello

  Name: Ignazio Tamburello
  Title: Vice President


 

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. R-

Number of Corporate Units:

  

CUSIP No. 854502 309

ISIN No. US8545023090

STANLEY BLACK &

DECKER, 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

 

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Certificates only - or such other number of Corporate Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto]. Each Corporate Unit consists of (i) an Applicable Ownership Interest in a Note or an Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), subject to the Pledge thereof 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.

All capitalized terms used herein without definition herein and which 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 Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, constituting part of each Corporate Unit evidenced hereby has 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or all payments with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, or payments of interest on the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or distributions with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio), 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 Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, forming part of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby, which is 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.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Corporate Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 0.50% per year of the Stated Amount for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment

 

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Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, November 5, 2010) to but excluding such Payment Date. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable 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 Convertible Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable by application of payment received in the Final Remarketing or the Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), 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.

Interest on the Notes or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and the Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that all payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Corporate Units as an acquisition of the Note and Purchase Contract constituting

 

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each Corporate Unit, (ii) treat the Notes as indebtedness of the Company and (iii) treat itself as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral Account, including the Notes.

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.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to
obligations of such Holder under the
Purchase Contracts)

By:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not

individually but solely as attorney-

in-fact of such Holder

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

DATED:                     

 

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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.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract
Agent

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

DATED:                     

 

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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 November 5, 2010 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), 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 Collateral 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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of shares of Convertible Preferred 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.

No fractional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 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 Convertible Preferred Stock equal to Early Settlement Rate (in the case of an Early Settlement) or applicable 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 Convertible Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby by effecting 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 Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) or a Final Remarketing or a Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, of the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes.

 

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As provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Final Remarketing or a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes shall be deemed to have exercised such Holder’s Put Right with respect to the Notes and to have elected to apply the Proceeds of the Put Right equal to the aggregate Purchase Price against such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, but only to the extent instructed in writing by the Holders. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Notes are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Notes, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail, first class, postage pre-paid, to the Holders of Corporate Units the notice required by the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

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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 Cash for the Note thereby creating Treasury Units or Cash Settled 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 Note and Purchase Contract constituting such Corporate Unit 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 a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral secures the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “ Treasury Unit ”, and each Unit for which Pledged Cash secures the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “ Cash Settled Units ”. Subject to certain exceptions in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units for 10 Treasury Units or 10 Cash Settled Units, as the case may be.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of, and certain exceptions described in, 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 or Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

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.

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

 

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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 Notes and the underlying Notes or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), 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 Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or 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 Notes underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date) and payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and

 

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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 during regular business hours.

 

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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 MN 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 Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Corporate Units Certificates on the books of Stanley Black & Decker, 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 Certificates 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 Convertible Preferred 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 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.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such    REGISTERED HOLDER
Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:   

Please print name and address of

registered 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 [20][10] Corporate Units or an integral multiple thereof; provided that if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in the Notes as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in multiples of 16,000 Corporate Units (or such other number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent(s) upon a Successful Remarketing of Notes, which number shall be provided to a Holder by the Company at the request of such Holder). The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Convertible Preferred Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with 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. Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or the 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:                                              

Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or Corporate Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered    REGISTERED HOLDER

 

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to and Pledged Notes are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:    Please print name and address of registered Holder:

 

  

 

Name    Name

 

  

 

Address    Address

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any   

 

  

Transfer Instructions for Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in 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. TR–        CUSIP No. 854502 408
Number of Treasury Units: 0        ISIN No. US8545024080

 

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STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, 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]. Each Treasury Unit consists of (i) an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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.

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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral underlying each Treasury Unit evidenced hereby has 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.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Treasury Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 0.50% per year of the Stated Amount. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Treasury Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments, as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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 Convertible Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid

 

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earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, by application of the proceeds from the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Treasury Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that Contract Adjustment Payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Treasury Units as an acquisition of the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral and Purchase Contracts constituting the Treasury Units and (ii) treat itself as the owner of the applicable Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral.

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 Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to
obligations of such Holder under the
Purchase Contracts)

By:  

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not

individually but solely as attorney-

in-fact of such Holder

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

DATED:                     

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Treasury Units referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract
Agent

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

DATED:                     

 

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(REVERSE OF TREASURY UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, herein called the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), 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 Collateral 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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred 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.

No fractional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 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 Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the Early Settlement Rate (in the case of an Early Settlement) or applicable 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 Convertible Preferred 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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral underlying such Holder’s Treasury Unit equal to the Purchase Price for such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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As provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Final Remarketing or a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, each Holder of Treasury Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply a portion of the Cash constituting such Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay such aggregate Purchase Price in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. 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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral underlying each Treasury Unit from the Pledge. A Treasury Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral 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 Notes for the Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral, 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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral 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 Notes secure the Holder’s obligation under the Purchase Contract

 

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shall be referred to as a “ Corporate Unit ”. Subject to certain exceptions described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 10 Treasury Units for 10 Corporate Units.

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 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

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 Pro Rata Portion of the Treasury Unit Collateral 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 of the Treasury Unit Collateral on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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.

 

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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, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or 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 receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), 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 during regular business hours.

 

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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 MN ACT:                      Custodian                     

(cust)                                 (minor)

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of

TENANT: as tenants by the entireties

JTTEN: 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 Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Treasury Units Certificates on the books of Stanley Black & Decker, 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 Certificates 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 Convertible Preferred 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.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such    REGISTERED HOLDER
Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:    Please print name and address of registered 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 [20][10] Treasury Units or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Convertible Preferred Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with 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. Proceeds of the relevant Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral 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 of Convertible Preferred Stock or Treasury Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Proceeds of the relevant Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:  

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name

  Name

 

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Address    Address

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any   

 

  
REGISTERED HOLDER   

 

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Transfer Instructions for Proceeds of the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral Transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

[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 0. 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

(FORM OF FACE OF CASH SETTLED 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. TR–      CUSIP No. 854502 507   
Number of Cash Settled Units: 0      ISIN No. US8545025079   

 

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STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

Cash Settled Units

This Cash Settled Units Certificate certifies that                      is the registered Holder of the number of Cash Settled Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only - or such other number of Cash Settled Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto]. Each Cash Settled Unit consists of (i) $100 in Cash, subject to the Pledge of such Cash 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.

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 Cash underlying each Cash Settled 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 Cash Settled Unit.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Cash Settled Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 0.50% per year of the Stated Amount. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name this Cash Settled Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments, as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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 Convertible Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, by application of the Cash pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Cash Settled Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

 

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Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that Contract Adjustment Payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Cash Settled Units as an acquisition of the Cash and Purchase Contracts constituting the Cash Settled Units and (ii) treat itself as the owner of the Cash.

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 Cash Settled Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to
obligations of such Holder under the
Purchase Contracts)

By:  

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL

 

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ASSOCIATION, not

individually but solely as attorney-

in-fact of such Holder

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

DATED:                             

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Cash Settled Units referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract
Agent

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

DATED:                             

 

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(REVERSE OF CASH SETTLED UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, herein called the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), 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 Collateral Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Cash Settled Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred 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.

No fractional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 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 Cash Settled Units to purchase at the Purchase Price and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the Early Settlement Rate (in the case of an Early Settlement) or applicable 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 Cash Settled Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of the Convertible Preferred 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 Cash underlying such Holder’s Cash Settled Unit equal to the Purchase Price for such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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As provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Failed Final Remarketing or a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, each Holder of any Cash Settled Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply the Cash component of such Holder’s Cash Settled Units to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Convertible Preferred 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 Convertible Preferred Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. 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 Cash underlying each Cash Settled Unit from the Pledge. A Cash Settled Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Cash underlying such Cash Settled Unit, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Cash Settled Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Cash Settled Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Cash Settled Units Certificate will be registered and Cash Settled Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a Cash Settled Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Cash Settled Unit in respect of the Cash and the Purchase Contract constituting such Cash Settled Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Cash Settled Unit.

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 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this Cash Settled 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

 

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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 Cash Settled 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 Cash Settled Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Cash Settled 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 Cash underlying this Cash Settled 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, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, an amount of Pledged Cash 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.

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, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or 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 Cash Settled Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Cash Settled Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), performance of the

 

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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 during regular business hours.

 

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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 MN 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 Cash Settled Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Cash Settled Units Certificates on the books of Stanley Black & Decker, 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 Cash Settled Units Certificates 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 Convertible Preferred Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Cash Settled 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.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a    REGISTERED HOLDER
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 registered 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 Cash Settled 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 Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Cash Settled Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Cash Settled Units in multiples of [20][10] Cash Settled Units or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Convertible Preferred Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with any Cash Settled Units Certificate representing any Cash Settled 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 Cash 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 of Convertible Preferred Stock or Cash Settled Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Pledged Cash is to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:  

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

 

 

 

Name   Name

 

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Address   Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

 

REGISTERED HOLDER

Transfer Instructions for Pledged Cash 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 Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is 0. The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

    Date    

 

Amount of increase in

number of Cash

Settled Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

 

Amount of decrease in

number of Cash

Settled Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

   Number of Cash
Settled Units
evidenced by this
Global Certificate
following such

decrease or increase
   Signature of
authorized signatory
of Purchase Contract
Agent
         
         
         

 

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EXHIBIT D

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT FROM HOLDER

(To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

[Address]

 

Re: [             Corporate Units] [             Treasury Units] of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has delivered to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, $             [Value of Notes] [Cash] in exchange for [proceeds of the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to          Treasury Units (the “ Treasury Unit Proceeds ”)] [an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes] held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among you, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. 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 [Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes] [Treasury Unit Proceeds] 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, if any
Address   

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT E

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT FROM HOLDER

(To Create Cash Settled Units)

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association,

as Purchase Contract Agent

[Address]

Re:             Cash Settled Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has delivered to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, $             in exchange for an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among you, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes related to such Corporate Units.

 

Dated:                         Signature:                             

Signature Guarantee:

Please print name and address of

registered Holder:

 

 

 

 

Name   Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

Address

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT F

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] [            Cash Settled Units] of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (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, the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

We hereby notify you that a Termination Event has occurred and that [the Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes] [the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [the Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral] [Pledged Cash] comprising a portion of your ownership interest in                     [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] [Cash Settled Units] have been released and are being held by us for your account pending receipt of transfer instructions with respect to such [Notes] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [Proceeds of the Treasury Unit Collateral] [Pledged Cash] (the “ Released Securities ”).

Pursuant to Section 3.16 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] [Cash Settled Units] effected through book-entry or by delivery to us of your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units Certificate], we shall transfer the Released Securities by [book-entry transfer] [wire 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

 

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[Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] [Cash Settled Units] are transferred or your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units Certificate] is surrendered or satisfactory evidence is provided that such [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units Certificate] has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnification that we or the Company may require.

 

Date:  

 

    THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
      TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
      ASSOCIATION, as Purchase Contract
      Agent
     

 

      Name
      Title
      Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT G

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Creation of Treasury Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

Re: Corporate Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (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 3.13 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $[        ] of Cash in exchange for an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes relating to Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Cash to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Cash has been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto related to                      Corporate Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement.

 

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Date:           The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
        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 substitute Cash for the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes:

Please print name and address of

registered Holder:

 

Name:       Social Security or other Taxpayer
        Identification Number, if any
Address      
 
     
 
     
       

 

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EXHIBIT H

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Creation of Treasury Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

Re: Corporate Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, 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.

When you have confirmed that $         of Cash 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto relating to                      Corporate Units of the Holder by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Date:

          HSBC Bank USA, National Association,
        as Collateral Agent
         
      By:    
        Name:
        Title:
        Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT I

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Creation of Cash Settled Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

Re: Corporate Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (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 3.13 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $[        ] of Cash in exchange for an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes relating to Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Cash to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Cash has been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto related to                      Corporate Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement.

 

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Date:   _____________________________________________   The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 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 substitute Cash for the Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes:

 

Please print name and address of

registered Holder:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT J

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Creation of Cash Settled Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

Re: Corporate Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, 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.

When you have confirmed that $         of Cash 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 Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto relating to                      Corporate Units of the Holder by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Date:

 

 

   

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

     

 

     

 

   

By:

    Name:
        Title:
        Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT K

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

 

Re: Treasury Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of November 5, 2010 (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 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 3.15 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $[ ] Value of Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto in exchange for the proceeds of the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral relating to [ ] Treasury Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the holder has Transferred such Notes 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 Notes or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned the proceeds of the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral related to [ ] Treasury Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Agreement.

 

Date:  

 

    

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust

Company, National Association, as

Purchase Contract Agent

      
      
      

 

       Name:
       Title:
       Authorized Signatory

 

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Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

 

  

 

Name:

   Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

Address

  

 

  

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT L

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

 

Re: Treasury Units of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., as pledgee of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Securities Intermediary, Custodial Agent and Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of 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 Notes 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 the Proceeds of the Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Unit Collateral corresponding to [ ] Treasury Units by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Date:  

 

   

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as

Collateral Agent

     

 

      By:  

 

      Name:  
      Title:  
      Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT M

INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER OF SEPARATE NOTES TO

CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING REMARKETING

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

 

Re: Notes of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.02(f) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as the Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to deliver $[ ] aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes for delivery to a Remarketing Agent prior to a Remarketing, other than during a Blackout Period, for remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(f) of the Agreement. The undersigned will, upon request of a Remarketing Agent, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by such Remarketing Agent or by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Separate 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 “ A. Payment Instructions. ” The undersigned hereby instructs you, in the event of a Failed Remarketing, upon receipt of the Separate Notes tendered herewith from the Remarketing Agents, to deliver such Separate 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 Notes tendered hereby and that the undersigned is the record owner of any Separate Notes tendered herewith in physical form or a participant in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) and the beneficial owner of any Separate

 

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Notes tendered herewith by book-entry transfer to your account at DTC, (ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that after 5:00 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 Notes remarketed in each Remarketing during the Applicable Remarketing Period, and that the Separate Notes tendered herewith will only be returned in the event of a Failed Remarketing.

 

Date:                         
        By:  

 

    
        Name:               
        Title:               
        Signature Guarantee:     

 

    
                 

 

    
                 

 

    
             
Name:     

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification

Number, if any

    
                     
Address                    
 
                     
                     

 

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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, 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)

In the event of a Failed Remarketing, Notes which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The Depository Trust Company set forth below.

DTC Account Number

Name of Account Party:

 

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EXHIBIT N

INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER OF SEPARATE

NOTES TO CUSTODIAL AGENT

REGARDING WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016-2706

Attention: Ignazio Tamburello

Fax: (212) 525-1300

Re: Notes, of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.02(f) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to withdraw the $[ ] aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes delivered to you for Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Agreement. The undersigned hereby instructs you to return such Separate 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 5.02 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:     

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification

Number, if any

    
                     
Address                    
 
                     
                     

 

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Exhibit 4.4

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of November 5, 2010

Between

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.,

Issuer

and

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Trustee


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     P AGE  

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS

  

Section 1.01 . Definition of Terms

     1   

Section 1.02 . Interpretation

     4   
ARTICLE 2   
G ENERAL T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS OF THE N OTES   

Section 2.01 . Designation and Principal Amount

     4   

Section 2.02 . Maturity

     5   

Section 2.03 . Form and Payment.

     5   

Section 2.04 . Global Note.

     5   

Section 2.05 . Interest

     6   

Section 2.06 . Deferral of Interest.

     7   

Section 2.07 . No Sinking Fund or Defeasance; Satisfaction and Discharge

     9   

Section 2.08 . Increase and Decrease

     9   
ARTICLE 3   
O RIGINAL I SSUE OF N OTES   

Section 3.01 . Original Issue of Notes

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ARTICLE 4   
S UBORDINATION   

Section 4.01 . Agreement to Subordinate

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Section 4.02 . Default on Senior Indebtedness

     11   

Section 4.03 . Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy

     11   

Section 4.04 . Subrogation

     13   

Section 4.05 . Trustee to Effectuate Subordination

     13   

Section 4.06 . Notice by the Company

     14   

Section 4.07 . Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness.

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Section 4.08 . Subordination May Not Be Impaired

     15   

Section 4.09 . No Right to Rely on Other Covenants

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ARTICLE 5   
F ORM OF N OTE   

Section 5.01 . Form of Note

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ARTICLE 6   
S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES   

Section 6.01 . Without Holder Consent

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Section 6.02 . Amendments to the Trust Indenture Act

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Section 6.03 . With Holder Consent

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ARTICLE 7   
R EMARKETING   

Section 7.01 . Remarketing Procedures.

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Section 7.02 . Remarketing

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Section 7.03 . Reset Rate.

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Section 7.04 . Put Right.

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Section 7.05 . Other Modification of Terms in Connection with a Successful Remarketing.

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ARTICLE 8   
A DDITIONAL E VENTS OF D EFAULT AND C ERTAIN R ESTRICTIONS   

Section 8.01 . Additional Events of Default in Connection with the Put Right

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Section 8.02 . Dividend and other Payment Stoppage During Interest Deferral and Under Certain Other Circumstances.

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ARTICLE 9   
S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION   

Section 9.01. Company May Consolidate, Reincorporate, Etc.

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ARTICLE 10   
M ISCELLANEOUS   

Section 10.01 . Ratification of Indenture

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Section 10.02 . Trustee Not Responsible For Recitals

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Section 10.03 . Governing Law

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Section 10.04 . Separability

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Section 10.05 . Counterparts

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THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 5, 2010 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), is between Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “ Company ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company’s unsecured junior subordinated debt securities, to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered as provided in the Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Notes under the Indenture to be known as its 4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS

Section 1.01 . Definition of Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture has the meaning set forth in the Indenture when used in this Supplemental Indenture,

 

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(b) a term defined anywhere in this Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout,

(c) terms used herein or in the Indenture but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and

(d) all financial terms used in this Supplemental Indenture will be determined in accordance with GAAP as applied to and reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the relevant dates or for the relevant periods, except as expressly provided in the definitions of the terms set forth herein.

In addition, the following terms have the following respective meanings:

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Supplemental Indenture.

Compounded Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

Deferral Period ” means the period beginning on the Interest Payment Date with respect to which the Company has elected to defer the Interest Payment in accordance with Section 2.06(a) and ending on the earliest of (i) the next Interest Payment Date on which the Company has paid all accrued and previously unpaid interest on the Notes, (ii) in the event of a successful Final Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, (iii) in the event of a successful Triggered Early Remarketing, the Triggered Early Settlement Date, (iv) the fifth anniversary of the Interest Payment Date on which the interest payment was originally scheduled to be paid and (v) November 17, 2018.

Deferral Securities ” means debt securities issued by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(e) hereof.

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

Depositary ” with respect to the Notes, means The Depository Trust Company or any successor clearing agency for the Notes.

GAAP ” means, at any date or for any period, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect on such date or for such period.

Holder ” means (a) with respect to the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled Units, such term as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and (b) with respect to the Notes, the Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the books of the Trustee kept for that purpose.

 

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Indenture ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Supplemental Indenture.

Interest Accrual Period ” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the period from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or if none, the date hereof) to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.

Interest Payment Date ” shall mean a Quarterly Interest Payment Date or a Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date, as applicable.

Interest Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05.

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

Notes ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of November 5, 2010 among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for Holders of the Purchase Contracts, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, as amended from time to time.

Put Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

Put Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

Quarterly Interest Payment Date ” means each February 17, May 17, August 17 and November 17, commencing February 17, 2011.

Regular Record Date ” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the first day of the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date falls (whether or not such day is a Business Day).

Remarketed Notes ” means, with respect to any Remarketing, all Notes representing Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes and all Separate Notes with respect to which the Holders thereof have elected for such Notes to be remarketed in such Remarketing in accordance with Section 7.01(c).

Remarketing Agent(s) ” means any Remarketing Agent(s) appointed by the Company, pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

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

Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05.

 

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Senior Indebtedness ” means all of the Company’s obligations, whether presently existing or from time to time hereafter incurred, created assumed or existing, to pay principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees and any other payment in respect of any of the following: (a) indebtedness for borrowed money, including, without limitation, such obligations as are evidenced by credit agreements, notes, debentures, bonds and similar instruments; (b) obligations under synthetic leases, finance leases and capitalized leases; (c) our obligations, for reimbursement under letters of credit, banker’s acceptances, security purchase facilities or similar facilities issued for the Company’s account; (d) any obligations with respect to derivative contracts, including but not limited to commodity contracts, interest rate, commodity and currency swap agreements, forward contracts and other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in commodity prices, currency exchange or interest rates; and (e) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above of others which the Company has assumed, guaranteed or otherwise becomes liable for, under any agreement, unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness or obligation, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness or obligation is not superior in right of payment to or is equal in right of payment with the Notes, as the case may be; provided that trade obligations incurred by the Company in its ordinary course of business shall not be deemed to be Senior Indebtedness.

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning provided in the preamble hereto.

Trustee ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 1.02 . Interpretation. Each definition in this Supplemental Indenture includes the singular and the plural, and references to the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine where appropriate. References to any statute mean such statute as amended at the time and include any successor legislation. The word “or” is not exclusive, and the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole. The headings to the Articles and Sections are for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Supplemental Indenture. References to Articles and Sections mean the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE 2

G ENERAL T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS OF THE N OTES

Section 2.01 . Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized a series of Notes designated the “4.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2018” and limited in aggregate principal amount to $632,500,000. The forms and terms of the Notes shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Notes pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

 

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Section 2.02 . Maturity. The date upon which the entire principal amount of the Notes will become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest (other than Deferred Interest and compounded interest thereon, which will be due and payable at the end of the Deferral Period described in Section 2.06), is November 17, 2018 (such date, the “ Maturity Date ”).

Section 2.03 . Form and Payment.

(a) Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form without interest coupons. Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are components of Corporate Units shall be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent. Principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable and such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Trustee in New York, New York, provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register, except in the case of Notes represented by a Global Note.

(b) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000; provided, however, that upon the release by the Collateral Agent of Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes in accordance with Section 3.16 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (other than any release of Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes in connection with (1) the creation of Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units by Collateral Substitution, (2) a Successful Remarketing, (3) an Early Settlement or (4) a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, in accordance with Section 3.13, Section 3.14, Section 5.02, Section 5.04 or Section 5.06(b) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, as the case may be), the Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $100 and integral multiples of $100 in excess thereof.

Section 2.04 . Global Note.

(a) Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Note ”), and if issued as one or more Global 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 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 Notes, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, each having a zero principal balance. Upon the

 

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creation of Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, or the re-creation of Corporate Units or in any other case where the Collateral Agent releases Notes underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes, an appropriate annotation shall be made on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note on the Global Notes held by the Depositary and on the Pledged Note held by the Collateral Agent. Notes represented by the Global Notes will be exchangeable for Notes in certificated form only (x) if the Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Notes or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after such notice or cessation, or (y) following the request of any Holder or Beneficial Owner of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units or (z) upon re-creation of Corporate Units; provided, subject to Section 2.03, that the Notes in certificated form so issued in exchange for the Global Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000 above that amount and shall be of like aggregate principal amount and tenor as the portion of the Global Note to be exchanged. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interest in a Global Note will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture. Unless and until such Global Note is exchanged for Notes in certificated form, Global Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the 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 Note that is exchangeable pursuant to clause (x) of this Section 2.04 shall be exchangeable for Notes in certificated form registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.

Section 2.05 . Interest. (a) The Notes will bear interest initially at the rate of 4.25% per year (the “ Interest Rate ”) from and including the date hereof to, but excluding, the Maturity Date, or in the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Remarketing Settlement Date. In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Notes, the Interest Rate for all Notes (regardless of whether such Notes are remarketed in such Remarketing) will be reset to the Reset Rate with effect from the Remarketing Settlement Date, as set forth in Section 7.03. If the Interest Rate is so reset, the Notes will bear interest at the Reset Rate from, and including, the Remarketing Settlement Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. The Notes shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue principal and interest at the Interest Rate, unless a Successful Remarketing shall have occurred, in which case interest on such amounts shall accrue at the Reset Rate from and including the Remarketing Settlement Date compounded semi-annually thereafter, in each case, in accordance with this Section 2.05.

(i) Prior to and, if such date falls on a Quarterly Interest Payment Date, on the Remarketing Settlement Date (or, in the event no

 

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Successful Remarketing occurs, prior to and on the Maturity Date), interest on the Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date, commencing on February 17, 2011 to the Person in whose name the relevant Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date except that interest payable on the Maturity Date of the Notes shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.

(ii) From, and including, the Remarketing Settlement Date, if any, interest on the Notes shall be payable semi-annually on two Quarterly Interest Payment Dates of each year selected by the Company in consultation with the Remarketing Agent(s) (each, a “ Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on one of those Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates, selected by the Company in consultation with the Remarketing Agent(s). Such Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than the Remarketing Settlement Date. In either case, such Interest Payments shall be made to the Person in whose name the relevant Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date except that interest payable on the Maturity Date of the Notes shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.

(b) The amount of interest payable on the Notes for any Interest Accrual Period will be computed (i) for any full quarterly or semi-annual period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, (ii) for any period shorter than a full quarterly or semi-annual period, on the basis of a 30-day month and (iii) for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.

(c) HSBC Bank USA, National Association shall be the paying agent for the Notes. The paying agent, unless the Company shall otherwise determine and so notify the paying agent in writing, shall calculate the amount of interest payable on the Notes on each Interest Payment Date. All certificates, communications, opinions, determinations, calculations, quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of the provisions relating to the payment and calculation of interest on the Notes, by the paying agent, will (in the absence of willful default or manifest error) be binding on the Company, the Trustee and all holders of the Notes, and no liability will (in the absence of willful default or manifest error) attach to the paying agent in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by any of them of their powers, duties and discretion.

Section 2.06 . Deferral of Interest.

(a) In accordance with Section 2.06(c) below and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8.02, the Company may elect at one or more times to defer payment of interest on the Notes (such unpaid interest, the “ Deferred Interest ”) for one or more consecutive Interest Accrual Periods; provided that

 

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each deferred interest payment may only be deferred until the earliest of (i) in the event of a Successful Final Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, (ii) in the event of a Successful Triggered Early Remarketing, the Triggered Early Settlement Date, (iii) the fifth anniversary of the Interest Payment Date on which the interest payment was originally scheduled to be paid and (iv) November 17, 2018.

(b) Deferred Interest on the Notes will bear interest at the Interest Rate and such interest will be compounded on each Interest Payment Date (such interest, the “ Compounded Interest ”) unless paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date, in each case in accordance with the fourth sentence of Section 2.05(a).

(c) In the event that the Company elects to defer any Interest Payment, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Holders in writing of such election at least one Business Day prior to the Regular Record Date for the Interest Payment Date on which the Company intends to begin a Deferral Period; provided, however, that the Company’s failure to pay the interest owed on a particular Interest Payment Date shall also constitute the commencement of a Deferral Period, unless such interest is paid within five (5) Business Days after such Interest Payment Date, whether or not the Company provides a notice of deferral.

(d) The Company may pay Deferred Interest (including Compounded Interest thereon) in cash on any scheduled Interest Payment Date on or prior to the Maturity Date. Deferred Interest paid on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable to the Person in whose name the Notes are registered at the closing of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

(e) In connection with any Successful Final Remarketing of the Notes, all then-outstanding Deferred Interest (including Compounded Interest thereon) shall be paid in cash to the Holders of Notes as of the immediately preceding Regular Record Date prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. Following the occurrence of a Trigger Event, all then-outstanding Deferred Interest (including Compounded Interest thereon) shall be paid to the Holders of Outstanding Notes as of the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the Triggered Early Settlement Date on the Triggered Early Settlement Date, at the Company’s election (as evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee promptly after such determination), in cash or by issuing Deferral Securities to the Holders of such Notes in principal amount and denominations equal to the amount of such Deferred Interest (including Compounded Interest thereon).

 

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(f) Any Deferral Securities shall be issued by the Company upon Company Order and in compliance with Section 2.04 of the Indenture, and shall include the following terms:

(i) such Deferral Securities shall have a maturity date of November 17, 2018;

(ii) such Deferral Securities shall bear interest at an annual rate that is equal to the then market rate of interest for similar instruments (not to exceed 15.00% per annum), as determined by a nationally-recognized investment banking firm selected by the Company;

(iii) such Deferral Securities shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s then existing and future Senior Indebtedness and such Deferral Securities shall be pari passu with the Notes (prior to any modification to the terms of the Notes in connection with any Successful Remarketing); and

(iv) such Deferral Securities shall be redeemable at the Company’s option at any time at their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Section 2.07 . No Sinking Fund or Defeasance; Satisfaction and Discharge. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund, will not be subject to defeasance and will not be subject to satisfaction and discharge. Each of Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06 and Article 11 of the Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

Section 2.08 . Increase and Decrease. In the event that any Notes underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes are to be released from the Pledge following a Termination Event, Collateral Substitution, Successful Remarketing, Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (a “ Released Note ”), such release and delivery shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the Note held by the Collateral Agent (the “ Pledged Note ”) reflecting a reduction in the principal amount of such Pledged Note equal in amount (the “ Reduced Principal Amount ”) to the principal amount of the Released 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 Note evidencing such Reduced Principal Amount to the Trustee at the telecopier number or address of the Trustee provided for notices to the Trustee 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 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 Note to reflect such increase. In the event that a Note is transferred to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.15 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (a “ Subjected Note ”) in connection with the recreation of Corporate Units, such transfer shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the Pledged Note held by the Collateral

 

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Agent reflecting an increase in the principal amount of such Pledged Note equal in amount (the “ Increased Principal Amount ”) to the principal amount of such Subjected 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 Note evidencing such Increased Principal Amount to the Trustee at the telecopier number or address of the Trustee provided for notices to the Trustee 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 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 Note to reflect such decrease.

ARTICLE 3

O RIGINAL I SSUE OF N OTES

Section 3.01 . Original Issue of Notes. Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $632,500,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Indenture).

ARTICLE 4

S UBORDINATION

Section 4.01 . Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Notes issued hereunder by such holder’s acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 4; and each holder of a Note, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

(a) Prior to a Successful Remarketing, the payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Notes issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this Supplemental Indenture or thereafter incurred. The Notes will initially rank pari passu with all of the Company’s other junior subordinated debt.

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premium, if any, and interest on all Notes shall be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, but not unsecured junior subordinated obligations (as defined by the Company at the time of such Remarketing by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the Company. From and after any such Remarketing Settlement Date, the Notes will rank senior to any such unsecured junior subordinated obligations, the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest thereon shall be subordinated to, and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of, the Notes.

Section 4.02 . Default on Senior Indebtedness. In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes.

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraph of this Section 4.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

Section 4.03 . Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article 4, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the holders of the Notes or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata

 

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to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money’s worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of Notes or to the Trustee.

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

For purposes of this Article 4, the words “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article 4 with respect to the Notes to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company that may at the time be outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article 10 of the Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 4.03 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article 10 of the Indenture. Nothing in Section 4.02 or in this Section 4.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Indenture.

 

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Section 4.04 . Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders for such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the Notes or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 4, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4, to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by holders of the Notes or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Notes be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article 4 are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the holders of the Notes, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Indebtedness on the other hand.

Nothing contained in this Article 4 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Notes, the obligation of the Company which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Notes the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Notes and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 4 of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article 4, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, and the Holders of the Notes, shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 4.

Section 4.05 . Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such

 

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Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 4 and appoints the Trustee such holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

Section 4.06 . Notice by the Company. The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 4 or any other provision of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4 unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 4.06 at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 4, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 4, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.

Section 4.07 . Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 4 in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

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With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 4, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Notes, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 4 or otherwise.

Section 4.08 . Subordination May Not Be Impaired. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of the Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Notes and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article 4 or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Notes to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.

Section 4.09 . No Right to Rely on Other Covenants. The holders of Senior Indebtedness shall not have any rights under the Indenture to enforce any of the covenants contained in any of the other Articles of this Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, the covenants contained in Section 8.02 hereof.

 

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ARTICLE 5

F ORM OF N OTE

Section 5.01 . Form of Note. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof:

ARTICLE 6

S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES

Section 6.01 . Without Holder Consent. As set forth in Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or to the Indenture for the purpose of adding certain provisions or changing certain provisions of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Notes. Solely with respect to the Notes, in addition to clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to modify the terms of the Notes:

(a) to add any additional Events of Default to the Notes;

(b) to change or eliminate any provision of this Supplemental Indenture or to add any new provision to this Supplemental Indenture that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes;

(c) to provide security for the Notes;

(d) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment of a separate or successor Trustee;

(e) to change any place or places where

(i) the Company may pay principal, premium or interest on the Notes,

(ii) the Notes may be surrendered for transfer or exchange, and

(iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company may be served; or

(f) to make any other changes to the terms of the Notes that do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect; provided, however, that any supplemental indenture made solely to conform the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture to the description of the Notes contained in the

 

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preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 1, 2010 (as supplemented by the related term sheet dated November 1, 2010) relating to the Units under the sections entitled “Description of the Convertible Preferred Units,” “Description of the Purchase Contracts,” “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” and “Description of the Notes” shall be deemed not to adversely affect the interests of the Holders.

Section 6.02 . Amendments to the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trust Indenture Act is amended after the date of this Supplemental Indenture so as to require changes to the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture so as to permit changes to, or the elimination of, provisions which, as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture or at any time thereafter, were required by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained in the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, will be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to such amendment or to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into one or more Supplemental Indentures to effect or evidence such amendment.

Section 6.03 . With Holder Consent. As set forth in Section 9.02 of the Indenture, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in the aggregate principal amount of Notes (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02 of the Indenture), the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided that in addition to subclauses (i) and (ii) of Section 9.02 of the Indenture, no amendment or modification may without consent of the Holder of each Note directly affected thereby:

(a) change the stated maturity of any principal or interest on the Notes (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) or reduce the principal amount, interest, or premium payable or change the currency in which the Notes are payable;

(b) impair the right to bring suit to enforce any payment on the Notes;

(c) reduce the percentages of Holders whose content is required for any supplemental indenture or waiver or reduce the requirements for quorum and voting under the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture;

(d) modify the provisions of Section 9.02 of the Indenture and this Section 6.03;

(e) cause a “significant modification” of the Notes with the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.1001-3;

 

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(f) modify the Put Right of Holders of the Notes upon a Failed Final Remarketing or a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing in a manner adverse to the Holders;

(g) modify the Remarketing provisions of the Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders, it being understood that the modification of the ranking provisions (along with the related modification of the covenants and the Events of Default), elimination of the interest deferral provisions, any reset of the Interest Rate of the Notes in connection with a Successful Remarketing is permitted under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and does not require any modification to the provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any provision of the Indenture expressly included solely for the benefit of Holders shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Indenture of the holders of indenture securities of any other series.

ARTICLE 7

R EMARKETING

Section 7.01 . Remarketing Procedures.

(a) In the case of an Optional Remarketing, unless a Termination Event or a Trigger Event has occurred prior to the Optional Remarketing Period; or in the case of a Final Remarketing, unless a Successful Optional Remarketing, a Triggered Early Settlement or a Termination Event has occurred prior to the Final Remarketing Period; or in the case of a Triggered Early Remarketing, if a Trigger Event has occurred prior to the first day in the Optional Remarketing Window, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement for the Remarketing of the Notes. The Company shall, no later than (i) in the case of an Optional Remarketing, fifteen days prior to the first day of the Optional Remarketing Period, (ii) in the case of a Final Remarketing, the later of October 21, 2015 and the Business Day following the last day of any Optional Remarketing Period ending on or prior to October 23, 2015 or (iii) in the case of a Triggered Early Remarketing Event, fifteen calendar days prior to the first day of the Triggered Early Remarketing Period, request that the Depositary or its nominee notify the Beneficial Owners or Depositary Participants holding Separate 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 Optional Remarketing, of the Company’s intent to attempt an Optional Remarketing in the Applicable Remarketing Period, and in all cases, of the proposed Remarketing Dates and the procedures to be followed in each Remarketing, including the procedures to be followed by Holders of Separate 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, as the case may be, the applicable procedures for Holders of

 

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Corporate Units to effect an Early Settlement and, in the case of a Final Remarketing or a Triggered Early Remarketing, applicable procedures for Holders of Corporate Units to create Cash Settled Units and the applicable procedures that must be followed by a Holder of Separate 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) At any time prior to a Remarketing, other than during a Blackout Period, each Holder of Separate Notes may elect to have Separate 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 Notes to the Custodial Agent 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 established in the Remarketing. Any such notice and delivery may be withdrawn by notifying the Custodial Agent on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding an Optional Remarketing Period, a Triggered Early Remarketing Period or the Final Marketing Period, as applicable. Any such notice and delivery not withdrawn by such time will be irrevocable with respect to each Remarketing to occur during the Optional Remarketing Period. Pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, in the case of an Optional Remarketing, or promptly after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, in the case of a Final Remarketing or a Triggered Early 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(s) of the aggregate principal amount of Separate Notes tendered for Remarketing. Pursuant and subject to Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, Notes that underlie Applicable Ownership Interests in 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 Notes to have such Notes remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that (i)(A) the Remarketing Agent(s) conducts any Optional Remarketing or (B) in the case of a Final Remarketing, that no Successful Optional Remarketing or Triggered Early Settlement Date 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 Notes at the Remarketing Price based on the Reset Rate and (iv) the purchaser or purchasers of the Remarketed Notes deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent(s) as and when required.

 

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(d) None of the Trustee, the Company nor the Remarketing Agent(s) shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Notes for remarketing.

Section 7.02 . Remarketing. Unless a Termination Event has occurred prior to such date, if the Company elects to conduct an Optional Remarketing during an Optional Remarketing Period selected by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Remarketing Agent(s) shall use its reasonable best efforts to remarket the Remarketed Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price.

(a) In the case there is no Successful Optional Remarketing during an Optional Remarketing Period, either because the Remarketing Agent(s) is unable to remarket the 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, during the Triggered Early Remarketing Period or the Final Remarketing Period, as applicable, the Remarketing Agent(s) shall use its reasonable best efforts to remarket the Remarketed Notes at the applicable Remarketing Price. The Remarketing on any Remarketing Date will be considered successful if the resulting proceeds are at least equal to the applicable Remarketing Price. The Company has the right to postpone the Final Remarketing or the Triggered Early Remarketing, as applicable, in the Company’s absolute discretion on any day prior to the last three Business Days of the Final Remarketing Period or the Triggered Early Remarketing Period, as applicable.

Section 7.03 . Reset Rate.

(a) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent(s) 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 and shall not be a floating rate or a contingent rate.

(c) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Interest Rate shall be reset on the Remarketing Settlement Date to the Reset Rate as determined by the Remarketing Agent(s) under the Remarketing Agreement, and the Company shall (i) notify the Trustee by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and (ii) request the Depositary to notify its Depositary Participants holding Notes, in each case, of the Reset Rate, Interest Payment Dates, ranking and any other modified terms established for the Notes during the Remarketing on the Business Day following the date of the Successful Remarketing.

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Corporate Units and none of the Holders of the Separate Notes elect to have their Notes remarketed in any Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Notes will not be reset and will continue to be the Interest Rate.

(e) If there is a Failed Remarketing, the Company shall cause a notice of the unsuccessful Remarketing to be published before 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the Business Day following the Applicable Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

Section 7.04 . Put Right.

(a) Subject to Section 7.04(b) below, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the last day of the Final Remarketing Period or a Triggered Early Remarketing Period, as applicable, Holders of Notes will, subject to this Section 7.04, have the right (the “ Put Right ”) to require the Company to purchase such Notes for cash on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, at a price per Note to be purchased equal to the principal amount of the applicable Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including all accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon, but excluding all accrued but unpaid Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon which is to be paid in cash, or, in the case of a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, cash or Deferral Securities at the Company’s election on the Triggered Early Settlement Date) to, but excluding, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable (the “ Put Price ”).

(b) The Put Right of Holders of Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are part of Corporate Units will be deemed to be automatically exercised, in whole but not in part, in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

(c) The Put Right of a Holder of a Separate 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 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 or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable. Such Put Right for a Holder of a Separate Note may be exercised with respect to all or a portion of such Holder’s Separate Notes (so long as such portion is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount). On or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, the aggregate Put Price of all Separate Notes with respect to which a Holder has exercised a Put Right. In exchange for any Separate Notes surrendered pursuant to the Put Right, the Trustee shall then distribute such amount to the Holders of such Separate Notes.

 

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

Section 7.05 . Other Modification of Terms in Connection with a Successful Remarketing.

(a) In connection with a Successful Remarketing of the Notes, without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes, the interest deferral provisions of the Notes set forth in Section 2.06 shall no longer apply.

ARTICLE 8

A DDITIONAL E VENTS OF D EFAULT AND C ERTAIN R ESTRICTIONS

Section 8.01 . Additional Events of Default in Connection with the Put Right. Solely with respect to the Notes, in addition to the events listed as Events of Default in Section 6.01 of the Indenture, each of the following events shall also constitute an Event of Default:

(a) if the Company has not paid all the Deferred Interest (including Compounded Interest thereon) in cash or by issuing Deferral Securities as described in Section 2.06 above, on or prior to the 30th day following the end of the Deferral Period; or

(b) if the Company has not paid, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, the Put Price of any Note following the exercise or deemed exercise of the Put Right by any Holder of Notes.

In connection with a Successful Remarketing, so that the Notes will rank senior to all of the Company’s existing and future junior subordinated obligations and junior to all of the Company’s existing and future Senior Indebtedness, the Events of Default with respect to the Notes may be modified as the Company deems appropriate.

Section 8.02 . Dividend and other Payment Stoppage During Interest Deferral and Under Certain Other Circumstances.

(a) The Company hereby agrees that until the earliest of (1) the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, (2) the Triggered Early Settlement Date and (3) the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date, if: (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (y) the Company has given notice of its election to defer Interest Payments but the related Deferral Period has not yet commenced; or

 

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(z) a Deferral Period is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Company shall not:

(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company’s Capital Stock;

(ii) make any payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, purchase or redeem any of the Company’s debt securities that upon the Company’s liquidation rank pari passu with, or junior in interest to, the Notes (as of their date of issuance and not taking into account any modifications to the terms of the Notes in connection with a Successful Remarketing);

(iii) make any Contract Adjustment Payments; or

(iv) make any guarantee payments regarding any guarantee by the Company of securities of any of its subsidiaries if the guarantee ranks pari passu with, or junior in interest to, the Notes (as of their date of issuance and not taking into account any modifications to the terms of the Notes in connection with a Successful Remarketing).

(b) Notwithstanding the above provisions of Section 8.02(a), the restrictions therein contemplated shall not apply to:

(i) any exchange, redemption or conversion of any class or series of the Company’s Capital Stock (or any Capital Stock of any of its subsidiaries) for or to any class or series of the Company’s Capital Stock;

(ii) any purchase of, or payment in cash in lieu of, fractional interests in shares of the Company’s Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Capital Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged; and

(iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks pari passu with or junior to such stock.

ARTICLE 9

S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION

Section 9.01. Company May Consolidate, Reincorporate, Etc. on Certain Conditions . Section 10.01 of the Indenture shall apply to the Notes, provided that Section 10.01(a) shall read “the successor or transferee entity is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof” solely for purposes of the terms of the Notes issued hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE 10

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.01 . Ratification of Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 10.02 . 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 Supplemental Indenture.

Section 10.03 . Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State, except to the extent the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

Section 10.04 . Separability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by the law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 10.05 . Counterparts. This 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.

The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on the date or dates indicated in the acknowledgements and as of the day and year first above written.

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

By:

 

/c/ Craig A. Douglas

  Name: Craig A. Douglas
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Not in Its Individual Capacity But Solely as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Ignazio Tamburello

  Name:  Ignazio Tamburello
  Title:    Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

(FORM OF FACE OF NOTE)

[If the Note is to be a Global Note, insert: THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

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No.                                                 $                     
CUSIP No. 854502 AB7  

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

4.25% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2018

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., a Connecticut corporation (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 [of                      Dollars ($          )] 1 [as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto, which amount shall not exceed $[          ]] 2 , on November 17, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”) and to pay interest thereon from the original issuance date hereof or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, subject to deferral at the Company’s election as set forth in Section 2.06 of the Supplemental Indenture (defined herein), quarterly in arrears on February 17, May 17, August 17, and November 17 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on February 17, 2011, at the rate of 4.25% per annum (the “ Initial Interest Rate ”). On and after a Remarketing Settlement Date, interest on this Note will be payable at the relevant Reset Rate per annum. The Reset Rate and Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates, if any, shall be established pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as such term is defined on the reverse of this Note) and the Remarketing Agreement.

The amount of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full month will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment except that interest payable on the Maturity Date of the Notes shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. The principal of and the interest (including Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon) on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which

 

 

1 Include in certificated Notes.

2 Include in Global Notes and Pledged Note.

 

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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 registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Payments with respect to any Global Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depositary.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder upon said provisions.

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

The provisions of this Note are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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

Dated:

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

Attest:

 

By:

 

 

  Assistant Secretary

 

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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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(FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the “ Notes ”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 22, 2005, duly executed and delivered between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of November 5, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ,” and the Indenture, as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $632,500,000.

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

Pursuant to Section 7.04 of the Supplemental Indenture, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the end of the Final Remarketing Period or a Triggered Early Remarketing Period, as applicable, Holders of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase such Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable.

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

In case an Acceleration Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions 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 of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture or the 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 Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any 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 Note.

 

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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(b)of the Supplemental Indenture.

Except as provided in Section 2.04 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and such Notes will be exchangeable for 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 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 Supplemental Indenture, Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are no longer a component of the Corporate Units and are released from the Collateral Account will be issued as Global Notes. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, or except upon recreation of Corporate Units, Notes represented by Global Notes will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Notes in certificated form. Unless and until such Global Notes are exchanged for Notes in certificated form, Global Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the 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.

Subject to Sections 2.03 and 8.01 of the Indenture, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this 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 Note, each Holder (or beneficial owner) will be deemed to have agreed for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to treat the Notes as indebtedness.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE 3

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

 

Date

  Amount of
decrease in
principal
amount of this
Note
    Amount of
increase  in

principal
amount of this
Note
    Principal
amount of this
Note following
such decrease
(or increase)
    Signature  of
authorized

signatory of
Trustee or
Custodial Agent
 
       
       
       

 

3 Insert in Global Notes and Pledged Notes

 

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EXHIBIT B

PUT NOTICE

 

TO: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
   HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Please refer to the Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee, as amended and supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 5, 2010, 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 Note designated below, which is being delivered to the Trustee herewith, hereby requests and instructs the Company to purchase such Note or the portion thereof specified below (so long as such portion is in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, at the price of 100% of the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including all accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon, but excluding all accrued but unpaid Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon which is to be paid in cash, or, in the case of a Failed Triggered Early Remarketing, cash or Deferral Securities at the Company’s election on the Triggered Early Settlement Date) to, but excluding, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable. The Note (or portion thereof) shall be purchased by the Company as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable, 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 Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature Guarantee:

Note Certificate Number (if applicable):

Principal Amount:

Portion to be purchased if other than the Principal Amount set forth above:

 

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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 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 4.9

(FORM OF FACE OF NOTE)

 

No.                                         

CUSIP No. 854502 AB7

   $                             

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

4.25% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2018

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., a Connecticut corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for holders of Corporate Units (as defined in the Indenture hereinafter referred to), the principal sum [of                      Dollars ($          )] 1 [as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note attached hereto, which amount shall not exceed $[          ]] 2 , on November 17, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”) and to pay interest thereon from the original issuance date hereof or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, subject to deferral at the Company’s election as set forth in Section 2.06 of the Supplemental Indenture (defined herein), quarterly in arrears on February 17, May 17, August 17, and November 17 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on February 17, 2011, at the rate of 4.25% per annum (the “ Initial Interest Rate ”). On and after a Remarketing Settlement Date, interest on this Note will be payable at the relevant Reset Rate per annum. The Reset Rate and Semi-Annual Interest Payment Dates, if any, shall be established pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (as such term is defined on the reverse of this Note) and the Remarketing Agreement.

The amount of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full month will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment except that interest payable on the Maturity Date of the Notes shall be paid to the Person

 

 

1 Include in certificated Notes.

2 Include in Global Notes and Pledged Note.

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to whom principal is payable. The principal of and the interest (including Deferred Interest, if any, and Compounded Interest thereon) on this Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which 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 registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register. Payments with respect to any Global Note will be made by wire transfer to the Depositary.

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Note is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder upon said provisions.

This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.

The provisions of this Note are continued on the reverse side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

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

Dated: November 5, 2010

 

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:  Craig A. Douglas
  Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

Attest:

 

By:  

 

  Assistant Secretary

 

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(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,
Not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Authorized Officer

Dated:

 

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(FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the “ Notes ”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 22, 2005, duly executed and delivered between the Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of November 5, 2010, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ,” and the Indenture, as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $632,500,000.

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

Pursuant to Section 7.04 of the Supplemental Indenture, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the end of the Final Remarketing Period or a Triggered Early Remarketing Period, as applicable, Holders of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase such Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Triggered Early Settlement Date, as applicable.

The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

In case an Acceleration Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions 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 of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture or the 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 Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all 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 Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any 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 Note.

 

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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(b) of the Supplemental Indenture.

Except as provided in Section 2.04 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable, and such Notes will be exchangeable for 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 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 2.04of the Supplemental Indenture, Notes corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Notes that are no longer a component of the Corporate Units and are released from the Collateral Account will be issued as Global Notes. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, or except upon recreation of Corporate Units, Notes represented by Global Notes will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Notes in certificated form. Unless and until such Global Notes are exchanged for Notes in certificated form, Global Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the 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.

Subject to Sections 2.03 and 8.01 of the Indenture, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this 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 Note, each Holder (or beneficial owner) will be deemed to have agreed for U.S. Federal income tax purposes to treat the Notes as indebtedness.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

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

 

Date

   Amount of
decrease in
principal
amount of this
Note
     Amount of
increase in
principal
amount of this
Note
     Principal
amount of this
Note following
such decrease
(or increase)
     Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodial Agent
 
           
           
           

 

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