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): July 25, 2017

 

 

TEAM, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-08604   74-1765729

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600

Sugar Land, Texas 77478

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 331-6154

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On July 31, 2017, Team, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) completed a private unregistered offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $230 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”).

The Purchase Agreement

On July 25, 2017, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named therein (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), to issue and sell $200 million aggregate principal amount of Notes in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company also granted the Initial Purchasers a 30-day option to purchase an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of Notes, which the Initial Purchasers exercised in full on July 26, 2017.

The Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Initial Purchasers against certain liabilities.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

The Notes and the Indenture

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated July 31, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee, establishing the terms and providing for the issuance of the Notes. The Indenture includes customary covenants and sets forth certain events of default after which the Notes may be declared immediately due and payable and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company after which the Notes become automatically due and payable.

The net proceeds from the Notes Offering to the Company were approximately $222.6 million, after deducting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses. The Company used $160.0 million of the net proceeds to repay in full all amounts outstanding borrowings under the term loan portion of its banking credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), and $62.6 million of the net proceeds to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the revolving portion of the Credit Facility, which may be subsequently reborrowed for general corporate purposes.

The Notes will be the Company’s general unsecured obligations, and will bear interest at a rate of 5.00% per year until maturity. Interest will be payable in cash on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning February 1, 2018. The Notes will mature on August 1, 2023, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased in accordance with their terms prior to such date. The initial conversion rate is 46.0829 shares of common stock of the Company, $0.30 par value per share (“Common Stock”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $21.70 per share of Common Stock, and representing an initial conversion premium of 40% to the last reported sale price of $15.50 per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2017). The conversion rate, and thus the conversion price, may be adjusted under certain circumstances as described in the Indenture.


Holders may convert their Notes at their option prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding May 1, 2023, but only under the following circumstances:

 

    during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2017 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day;

 

    during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each trading day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Common Stock and the conversion rate on such trading day;

 

    if the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the redemption date; or;

 

    upon the occurrence of specified corporate events described in the Indenture.

On or after May 1, 2023 until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may, at their option, convert their Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances.

Upon conversion of a Note, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election, except that the Company’s right to settle its conversion obligation in shares of Common Stock will be limited prior to obtaining stockholder approval of the issuance (as described below) . If the Company satisfies its conversion obligation solely in cash or through payment and delivery, as the case may be, of a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, the amount of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, due upon conversion will be based on a daily conversion value (as described in the Indenture) calculated on a proportionate basis for each trading day in a 40-day trading day observation period. The Company’s payment or delivery, as the case may be, to the holder of a Note of the amount of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock into which such Note is convertible will be deemed to satisfy in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the conversion date.

Because the Notes could be convertible in full into more than 19.99 percent of the Company’ s outstanding Common Stock, the Company is required by the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange to obtain the approval of the holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock before the Notes may be converted into more than approximately 5,964,858 shares of Common Stock. The Notes (inclusive of the $30 million additional aggregate principal amount of Notes exercised pursuant to the 30-day option described above) are initially convertible into 10,599,067 shares of Common Stock.

If holders elect to convert the Notes in connection with certain fundamental change transactions described in the Indenture, the Company will, under certain circumstances described in the Indenture, increase the conversion rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion.

The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to August 5, 2021. The Company, at its option, may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes on or after August 5, 2021, if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), including the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change at any time, subject to certain conditions, holders will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the fundamental change repurchase date, subject to the terms of the Indenture.


The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Credit Agreement Amendment

Reference is made to the disclosure provided in response to Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Sixth Amendment (as defined in such Item 2.03) , which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

On July 31, 2017, the Company delivered written notice to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (collectively, the “Agents”) that is was terminating its ATM Equity Offering SM Sales Agreement, dated November 28, 2016 (the “Sales Agreement”), pursuant to Section 9(a) thereof. The Sales Agreement is terminable by the Company or the Agents for any reason at any time without penalty upon three days’ written notice to the other party. Under the Sales Agreement, the Company was entitled to issue and sell, from time to time, through or to the Agents, shares of its Common Stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $150 million in an “at-the-market” offering program (the “ATM Program”). From November 28, 2016, when the ATM Program was announced, until December 2016, approximately 168,000 shares of Common Stock were sold under the ATM Program, generating approximately $6 million in proceeds. No shares of Common Stock were sold under the ATM Program during 2017.

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 1.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2016.

 

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

Credit Agreement Amendment

On July 31, 2017, the Company entered into that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 21, 2017 (but effective as of June 30, 2017) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Sixth Amendment”) The Sixth Amendment amends certain portions of the Credit Facility (a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2015), which was amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated December 2, 2015, that certain Second Amendment and Commitment Increase to Credit Agreement dated February 29, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 17, 2016, that certain Fourth Amendment and Limited Waiver to Credit Agreement dated December 19, 2016, and that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated May 5, 2017 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). The Sixth Amendment, among other things, changes the maximum total leverage ratio covenant through the remainder of 2017, reduces the aggregate revolving commitment to $300 million, subject to a borrowing availability test (based on eligible accounts, inventory and fixed assets) and further amends the financial covenants under the Credit Facility.


The financial covenants, as amended, require the Company, effective as of June 30, 2017, to maintain a maximum ratio of consolidated funded debt to consolidated EBITDA (as defined the Credit Agreement) (the “Maximum Total Leverage Ratio”) and a maximum ratio of senior secured debt to consolidated EBITDA (the “Maximum Senior Secured Leverage Ratio”) as set forth in the tables below:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

  

Maximum Total
Leverage Ratio

June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017

   N/A

March 31, 2018

   4.50 to 1.00

June 30, 2018

   4.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2018 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter

   4.00 to 1.00

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

  

Maximum Senior
Secured Leverage
Ratio

September 30, 2017

   4.75 to 1.00

December 31, 2017

   4.25 to 1.00

March 31, 2018

   3.75 to 1.00

June 30, 2018

   3.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2018 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter

   3.00 to 1.00

Additionally, effective June 30, 2017, and as of the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter, the Company must maintain an interest coverage ratio of not less than 3.00 to 1.00. The Sixth Amendment eliminates the Maximum Total Leverage Ratio covenant until the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

The Sixth Amendment provides for payment of an amendment consent fee to those lenders executing the Sixth Amendment.

The foregoing summary of the Sixth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Sixth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes and the Indenture

Reference is made to the disclosure provided in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Reference is made to the disclosure provided in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, with respect to the issuance by the Company of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 31, 2017, the Company issued $230 million principal amount of the Notes, pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Purchaser of the Notes received an aggregate commission of approximately $6.9 million.

Based on the initial conversion rate of the Notes of 46.0829 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes is 10,599,067 shares of Common Stock. Because conversion in full of the Notes would result in the issue by the Company of more than 19.99% of its outstanding shares of Common


Stock, the Company is required by the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange to obtain the approval of the holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock before the Notes may be converted into more than approximately 5,964,858 million shares of Common Stock.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Risk Factors Supplement

As part of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company intends to revise and supplement its risk factors, including those contained in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, including those under the heading, “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed on March 16, 2017 (the “2016 Form 10-K”) and those included under the heading “Risk Factors Supplement” in Item 8.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed on July 24, 2017 (the “July 24, 2017 Form 8-K”). The risk factors below should be considered together with the other risk factors described in the 2016 Form 10-K and the July 24, 2017 Form 8-K. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Item 8.01 have the meanings ascribed to them in the 2016 Form 10-K and the July 24, 2017 Form 8-K.

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be, or may be required to be, settled in cash, such as the Notes, may have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, which we refer to as ASC 470-20, an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments (such as the Notes) that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The effect of ASC 470-20 on the accounting for the Notes is that the equity component is required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on our consolidated balance sheet, and the value of the equity component would be treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the Notes. As a result, we will be required to record a greater amount of non-cash interest expense in current periods presented as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the Notes to their face amount over the term of the Notes. We will report lower net income (or greater net loss) in our financial results because ASC 470-20 requires interest to include both the current period’s amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the market price of our common stock and the trading price of the Notes.

Also, because the Notes could be convertible in full into more than 19.99% of our outstanding common stock, we have agreed to seek the approval of the holders of our outstanding shares of common stock at our next annual shareholders’ meeting for the issuance of more than 20% of our outstanding common stock upon conversion of the Notes. Unless and until the Company receives shareholder approval, holders may only surrender their Notes for conversion for cash or a combination of cash and common stock upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. Accordingly, these circumstances could require us to cash-settle a portion of the convertible feature of the Notes. Because of this cash settlement requirement, until such time that we receive stockholder approval, if at all, we may be required to record an embedded derivative liability for the conversion feature for all or a portion of the Notes pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging, with changes in fair value of the embedded derivative liability reflected in our results of operations. The valuation of such derivative liability would be based on various inputs, including the price of our common stock. Changes in our stock price or changes to the inputs used to value the derivative liability could materially and adversely affect our financial results, including our net income (loss) as well as increase the volatility of our financial results from period to period.

In addition, convertible debt instruments (such as the Notes) that may be settled entirely or partly in cash are currently accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method if we have the ability and intent to settle in cash, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value of the Notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle such excess in shares, are issued. We cannot be sure that we will be able to demonstrate the ability or intent to settle the Notes in cash in any future reporting period or that future accounting standards will continue to permit the use of the treasury stock method. If we are


unable to use the treasury stock method in accounting for the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, then we would utilize the if-converted method, which would require us to assume the Notes would be settled entirely in shares of common stock for purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share. In such case, our diluted earnings per share would be adversely affected.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated July 31, 2017, between Team, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee, relating to the Company’s 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2017, between Team, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Company’s 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
10.2    Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2017 (but effective as of June 30, 2017), among Team, Inc., certain Team, Inc. Subsidiary Guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and other Lenders party thereto.


SIGNATURES

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

 

TEAM, Inc.

By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Greg L. Boane
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: July 31, 2017


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated July 31, 2017, between Team, Inc. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee, relating to the Company’s 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2017, between Team, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers named in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Company’s 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023
10.2    Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2017 (but effective as of June 30, 2017), among Team, Inc., certain Team, Inc. Subsidiary Guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and other Lenders party thereto.

 

 

TEAM, INC.

5.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF JULY 31, 2017

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,

AS TRUSTEE

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

         P AGE  

ARTICLE 1 D EFINITIONS A ND I NCORPORATION B Y R EFERENCE

 

Section 1.01 .

  Definitions      1  

Section 1.02 .

  Other Definitions      9  

Section 1.03 .

  Rules of Construction      10  

Section 1.04.

  References to Additional Interest      10  

ARTICLE 2 T HE S ECURITIES

 

Section 2.01 .

  Designation and Amount      10  

Section 2.02.

  Form and Dating      10  

Section 2.03 .

  Execution and Authentication; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts      11  

Section 2.04 .

  Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent      13  

Section 2.05 .

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      14  

Section 2.06 .

  Holder      14  

Section 2.07 .

  Transfer and Exchange; Transfer Restrictions      14  

Section 2.08 .

  Replacement Securities      18  

Section 2.09 .

  Outstanding Securities      19  

Section 2.10 .

  Treasury Securities      19  

Section 2.11 .

  Temporary Securities      19  

Section 2.12 .

  Cancellation; Repurchase      20  

Section 2.13 .

  Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements      20  

Section 2.14 .

  CUSIP Numbers      22  

Section 2.15.

  Additional Securities      22  

ARTICLE 3 R EDEMPTION ; R EPURCHASE U PON A F UNDAMENTAL C HANGE

 

Section 3.01 .

  Optional Redemption      23  

Section 3.02.

  Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Securities      23  

Section 3.03.

  Payment of Securities Called for Redemption      24  

Section 3.04.

  Restrictions on Redemption      25  

Section 3.05 .

  Repurchase At Option of The Holder Upon A Fundamental Change      25  

Section 3.06 .

  Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities      28  

Section 3.07.

  No Repurchase Upon Acceleration      28  

Section 3.08 .

  Repayment to the Company      28  

Section 3.09.

  Partial Repurchase      28  

ARTICLE 4 C ONVERSION

 

Section 4.01 .

  Conversion Rights      28  

Section 4.02 .

  Settlement Upon Conversion; Conversion Procedures      31  

Section 4.03.

  Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change      36  


Section 4.04 .

  Conversion Rate Adjustments      38  

Section 4.05 .

  Adjustments of Prices      46  

Section 4.06.

  Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock      46  

Section 4.07 .

  Cancellation of Converted Securities      48  

Section 4.08 .

  Stockholders Rights      49  

Section 4.09.

  Trustee’s Disclaimer      49  

Section 4.10 .

  Exchange in Lieu of Conversion      50  

ARTICLE 5 C OVENANTS

 

Section 5.01 .

  Payment on the Securities      50  

Section 5.02 .

  SEC Reports and Rule 144A Information Requirement      51  

Section 5.03 .

  Compliance Certificates      52  

Section 5.04 .

  Further Instruments and Acts      53  

Section 5.05 .

  Maintenance of Corporate Existence      53  

Section 5.06 .

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      53  

ARTICLE 6 C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , A SSIGNMENT , T RANSFER , L EASE OR O THER D ISPOSITION

 

Section 6.01 .

  Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms:      53  

Section 6.02 .

  Successor Substituted      54  

ARTICLE 7 D EFAULT AND R EMEDIES

 

Section 7.01 .

  Events of Default      54  

Section 7.02 .

  Acceleration      56  

Section 7.03 .

  Other Remedies      56  

Section 7.04

  Additional Interest      56  

Section 7.05 .

  Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default      57  

Section 7.06.

  Control by Majority      57  

Section 7.07 .

  Limitations on Suits      57  

Section 7.08 .

  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert      58  

Section 7.09 .

  Collection Suit By Trustee      58  

Section 7.10 .

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      58  

Section 7.11 .

  Application of Monies Collected by Trustee      59  

Section 7.12 .

  Undertaking For Costs      60  

ARTICLE 8 T RUSTEE

 

Section 8.01 .

  Duties of Trustee      60  

Section 8.02 .

  Rights of Trustee      61  

Section 8.03 .

  Individual Rights of Trustee      63  

Section 8.04 .

  Trustee’s Disclaimer      63  

Section 8.05 .

  Notice of Default or Events of Default      63  

Section 8.06 .

  Compensation and Indemnity      63  

Section 8.07 .

  Replacement of Trustee      64  

 

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Section 8.08 .

  Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.      65  

Section 8.09 .

  Eligibility; Disqualification      65  

ARTICLE 9 S ATISFACTION AND D ISCHARGE OF I NDENTURE

 

Section 9.01 .

  Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture      65  

Section 9.02 .

  Application of Trust Money      66  

Section 9.03 .

  Repayment to Company      66  

Section 9.04 .

  Reinstatement      66  

ARTICLE 10 A MENDMENTS , S UPPLEMENTS AND W AIVERS

 

Section 10.01 .

  Without Consent of Holders      67  

Section 10.02 .

  With Consent of Holders      68  

Section 10.03 .

  Revocation and Effect of Consents      69  

Section 10.04 .

  Notation on or Exchange of Securities      69  

Section 10.05 .

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.      70  

Section 10.06 .

  Effect of Supplemental Indentures      70  

ARTICLE 11 C ONCERNING THE H OLDERS

 

Section 11.01 .

  Action by Holders      70  

Section 11.02 .

  Proof of Execution by Holders      70  

Section 11.03 .

  Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners      70  

Section 11.04 .

  Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound      71  

ARTICLE 12 H OLDERS ’ M EETINGS

 

Section 12.01 .

  Purpose of Meetings      71  

Section 12.02 .

  Call of Meetings by Trustee      72  

Section 12.03 .

  Call of Meetings by Company or Holders      72  

Section 12.04 .

  Qualifications for Voting      72  

Section 12.05 .

  Regulation      72  

Section 12.06 .

  Voting      73  

Section 12.07 .

  No Delay of Rights by Meeting      73  

ARTICLE 13 M ISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01 .

  Notices      74  

Section 13.02 .

  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      75  

Section 13.03 .

  Business Days      75  

Section 13.04

  Governing Law      76  

Section 13.05 .

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      76  

Section 13.06 .

  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders      76  

Section 13.07

  Successors      76  

Section 13.08 .

  Multiple Counterparts      76  

Section 13.09 .

  Separability      76  

Section 13.10 .

  Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.      76  

 

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Section 13.11 .  

Waiver of Jury Trial

   76
Section 13.12 .  

Calculations

   76

EXHIBIT

 

Exhibit A    Form of Security    A-1

 

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of July 31, 2017 between TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (as are issued under this Indenture, and as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Securities ”).

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS A ND I NCORPORATION B Y R EFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions .

Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 5.02(d), Section 5.02(e) or Section 7.04.

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

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer, exchange, surrender or withdrawal of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, in each case to the extent applicable to such transfer, exchange, surrender or withdrawal.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

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

Board of Directors ” means either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of the Board of Directors authorized to act for it with respect to this Indenture.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.


Capital Stock ” of any Person means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock of such Person, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock of such Person, (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) of such Person and (d) in the case of any other legal form, any other interest or participation of such Person that confers the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, such Person.

Cash ” or “ cash ” means such coin or currency of the United States as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Cash Settlement ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Certificated Security ” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that does not include the text or the schedule called for by footnotes 1 through 5 thereof.

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

Combination Settlement ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Common Equity ” of any Person means any class of common stock or an equivalent interest in such Person.

Common Stock ” means the Common Stock of the Company, $0.30 par value per share, subject to Section 4.06.

Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “ Company ” shall mean such successor Company.

Company Order ” means a written order of the Company, signed by one of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), and delivered to the Trustee.

Conversion Obligation ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).

Conversion Price ” means as of any date $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at the address specified in Section 13.01 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

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

Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period, one-fortieth of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day.

 

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Daily Measurement Value ” means the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 40.

Daily Settlement Amount ,” for each of the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist of:

(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day; and

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

Daily VWAP ” means, for each of the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “TISI <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “ Daily VWAP ” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

Default ” or “ default ” means, when used with respect to the Securities, any event that is or, after notice or passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default.

Defaulted Amounts ” means any amounts on any Securities (including, without limitation, the consideration due upon conversion, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price, principal and interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.

Effective Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.03(c), except that, as used in Section 4.04, “ Effective Date ” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the relevant stock exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

Ex-Dividend Date ” means the first date on which the shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company 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 ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

 

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

(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its wholly owned Subsidiaries and any employee benefit plan of the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of Common Equity of the Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Equity of the Company;

(b) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets (or any combination thereof); or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person other than one of the Company’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);

(c) the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(d) the Common Stock (or other common stock interests underlying the Securities) ceases to be listed or quoted on any Permitted Exchange;

provided , however , that a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or clause (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Company’s Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any Permitted Exchange or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration becomes the Reference Property as described in Section 4.06; provided further any event, transaction or series of related transactions that constitute a Fundamental Change under both clause (a) and clause (b) above will be deemed to be a Fundamental Change solely under clause (b) above.

Global Security ” means a permanent Global Security that is in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that includes the text and the schedule called for by footnotes 1 through 5 thereof and that is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

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Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Interest Payment Date ” means each February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2018.

Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date means:

(a) the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the Relevant Stock Exchange;

(b) if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange on such date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on such date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization; and

(c) if the Common Stock is not so quoted, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on such date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

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

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

Maturity Date ” means August 1, 2023.

Observation Period ” with respect to any Security surrendered for conversion means: (a) subject to clause (b), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to May 1, 2023, the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second VWAP Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date; (b) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date of the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Securities pursuant to Section 3.03 and prior to the relevant Redemption Date, the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 42nd Scheduled Trading Day

 

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immediately preceding such Redemption Date; and (c) subject to clause (b), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 1, 2023, the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 42nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

Offering Memorandum ” means the preliminary offering memorandum dated July 24, 2017 relating to the offering and sale of the Securities, together with the related pricing term sheet dated July 25, 2017.

Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers, at least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 13.02.

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

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion that meets the requirements of Section 13.02 from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee.

Optional Redemption ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01.

Permitted Exchange ” means any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors).

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

Physical Settlement ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Principal ” or “ principal ” of a debt security, including the Securities, means the principal of the security, plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on such security.

Record Date ” means, 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 is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).

Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.

Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.

 

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Redemption Price ” means, for any Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01, 100% of the principal amount of such Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Securities as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities).

Regular Record Date ,” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, shall mean the January 15 or July 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable February 1 or August 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

Relevant Stock Exchange ” means The New York Stock Exchange, or, if the Common Stock is not listed on The New York Stock Exchange on the relevant date, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed.

Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act.

Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange, “ Scheduled Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

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

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

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

Settlement Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a)(iii).

 

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Significant Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary,” as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

Specified Dollar Amount ” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice related to any converted Securities.

Subsidiary ” means, in respect of any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

TIA ” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

Trading Day ” means a day on which (a) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a Relevant Stock Exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (b) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, “ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

Trading Price ” per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained in writing by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers the Company selects for this purpose; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of Securities from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate. If the Company does not, when it is required to do so, instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids, or if the Company gives such instruction to the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to make such determination, then, in either case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each Trading Day of such failure.

 

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Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means the successor.

VWAP Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) there is no “Market Disruption Event” and trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading on any Relevant Stock Exchange, “ VWAP Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

Section 1.02 . Other Definitions.

 

Term    Where
Defined
 

“Additional Shares”

     4.03 (c) 

“Agent Members”

     2.02 (b) 

“Aggregate Share Cap”

     4.02 (a) 

“Clause A Distribution”

     4.04 (d) 

“Clause B Distribution”

     4.04 (d) 

“Clause C Distribution”

     4.04 (d) 

“Conversion Agent”

     2.04  

“Conversion Consideration”

     4.10  

“Conversion Date”

     4.02 (c) 

“Conversion Notice”

     4.02 (b) 

“Conversion Obligation”

     4.01 (a) 

“Conversion Rate”

     4.01 (a) 

“Distributed Property”

     4.04 (d) 

“DTC”

     2.02 (b) 

“Depositary”

     2.02 (b) 

“Event of Default”

     7.01  

“Exchange Election”

     4.10  

“Expiration Date”

     4.04 (f) 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”

     3.05 (d) 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”

     3.05 (a) 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice”

     3.05 (b) 

“Measurement Period”

     4.01 (d) 

“Original Issuance Date”

     5.02 (d) 

“Paying Agent”

     2.04  

“Reference Property”

     4.06 (a) 

“Repurchase Exercise Notice”

     3.05 (c) 

“Registrar”

     2.04  

“Resale Restriction Termination Date”

     2.07 (c) 

“Restricted Securities”

     2.07 (c) 

“Securities”

     Recitals  

“Specified Transaction”

     4.06 (a) 

“Spin-Off”

     4.04 (d) 

“Stock Price”

     4.03 (c) 

“transfer”

     2.07 (c) 

“Trigger Event”

     4.08  

“Valuation Period”

     4.04 (d) 

 

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Section 1.03 . Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(c) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(d) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

(e) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments thereto; and

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

Section 1.04. References to Additional Interest . Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of Section 5.02(d), Section 5.02(e) or Section 7.04, as applicable. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

ARTICLE 2

T HE S ECURITIES

Section 2.01 . Designation and Amount. The Securities shall be designated as the “5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.” The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $230,000,000, subject to Section 2.15, and except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 2.08, Section 2.11, Section 2.13, Section 3.09, Section 4.02 and Section 10.04.

Section 2.02. Form and Dating . (a) The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A , which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Security conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

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(b) All of the Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) (such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “ Depositary ”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co., duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, purchases or conversions of such Securities. Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.13 and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or under the Global Security, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (1) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or (2) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

Section 2.03 . Execution and Authentication; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts. (a) The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof. An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless. A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

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(b) The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities, without any further action by the Company hereunder.

(d) Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, or in the case of a partial month, the number of days elapsed over a 30-day month. The Person in whose name any Security (or its predecessor) is registered on the register of the Registrar at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the continental United States, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office. The Company shall pay interest (i) on any Certificated Securities (A) to Holders holding Certificated Securities having an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Securities at their address as it appears in the register of the Registrar and (B) to Holders holding Certificated Securities having an aggregate principal amount of more than $1,000,000, either by check mailed to each such Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to the Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Security by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

(e) Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date by virtue of its having been such Holder but shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Securities plus one percent, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in subsection (i) or (ii) below:

(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided.

 

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Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following subsection (ii) of this Section 2.03(e).

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

Section 2.04 . Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served, such offices and agencies to be maintained in the continental United States. The Company will at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served in the continental United States. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their registration of transfer and exchange. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or agent for service of notices and demands in any place required by this Indenture, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as the Paying Agent (except for the purposes of Section 5.01 and Article 9).

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities Custodian and Conversion Agent and each of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

 

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Section 2.05 . Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall, on or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, segregate the money and hold it as a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders. The Company at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any default, upon written request to the Paying Agent, require the Paying Agent to pay forthwith to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.

Section 2.06 . Holder. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders.

Section 2.07 . Transfer and Exchange; Transfer Restrictions. (a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.13, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided , however , that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.04, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or registration of transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed as a result of the name of the Holder of new Securities issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Securities surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer.

Neither the Company, any Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Securities or portions thereof in respect of which a Repurchase Exercise Notice pursuant to Section 3.05(c) has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased) (ii) any Securities selected for redemption in accordance with Article 3, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

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

(b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.04 shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.

(c) Every Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.07(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.07(c) (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.07(d), collectively, the “ Restricted Securities ”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.07(c) (including the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.07(c) and Section 2.07(d), the term “ transfer ” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.

Until the date (the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the last date of original issuance of the Securities, or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such other date, if any, as may be required by applicable law, any certificate evidencing such Security (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.07(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Securities have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):

THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

 

  1. REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

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  2. AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEAM, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW EXCEPT:

 

    TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

    PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY THAT COVERS THE RESALE OF THIS SECURITY OR SUCH COMMON STOCK;

 

    TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

    PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOURTH BULLET POINT ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

No transfer of any Security prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date will be registered by the Security Registrar unless the applicable box on the Assignment Form has been checked.

Any Security (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.07, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.07(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall be entitled to instruct the Securities Custodian in writing to so surrender any Global Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms for exchange, and, upon such instruction, the Securities Custodian shall so surrender such Global Security for exchange; and any new Global Security so exchanged therefor shall not bear the restrictive legend specified in this Section 2.07(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

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The Company shall not, and shall use its reasonable efforts not to permit any of its Affiliates to, sell any Security, unless upon such sale such Security will no longer be a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act). The Securities shall initially be issued with a restricted CUSIP.

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

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

(d) Until the Resale Restriction Termination Date any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):

THE SALE OF THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT:

(A) TO TEAM, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

(B) PURSUANT TO, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH, A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER;

(C) TO A PERSON THAT YOU REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

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(D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, IF AVAILABLE, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).

THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE” MEANS THE LATER OF:

(1) THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES OF SECURITIES UPON THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME PERMITTED BY RULE 144 OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO; AND (2) SUCH OTHER DATE AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (D), PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such Shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.07(d).

Section 2.08 . Replacement Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or repurchase such Security, as the case may be.

No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, any Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Security, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Security being different from the name of the Holder of the old Security that became mutilated or was destroyed, lost or stolen.

 

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Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.08 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.09 . Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those converted pursuant to Article 4 and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.12, those delivered to it for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange, those repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 2.12 and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on any date on which any Security (or portion thereof) shall have become due and payable monies in the necessary amount, then on and after such date such Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and interest on it shall cease to accrue.

Section 2.10 . Treasury Securities. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

Section 2.11. Temporary Securities . Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Certificated Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Holders of temporary Securities shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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Section 2.12 . Cancellation; Repurchase. Subject to Section 4.10, the Company shall cause all Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s Agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. Subject to Section 4.10, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, payment or conversion. Subject to Section 4.10, the Trustee and no one else shall promptly cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, registration of transfer, exchange, conversion or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act), in accordance with its standard procedures, and no Securities shall be authenticated in exchange thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Company may not hold or resell such Securities or issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has purchased or otherwise acquired or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Securities are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Securities in the open market, by public or private tender or exchange offer, by private agreement through counterparties or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives and, in each case, at any price. The Company shall cause any Securities so purchased (other than Securities repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with this Section 2.12, and they shall no longer be considered outstanding under this Indenture upon their repurchase.

Section 2.13 . Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements. (a) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.13.

(b) The provisions of subsections (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) below shall apply only to Global Securities:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof; provided that a Global Security may be exchanged for Certificated Securities registered in the names of any Person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary

 

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has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or the Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner requests that its Securities be exchanged for Certificated Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

(ii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in fully-registered book-entry form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any applicable legend provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as Securities Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof; p rovided , however , that any Global Security surrendered for exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in accordance with the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 2.07(a).

(iii) Subject to the provisions of subsection (v) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in subsection (i) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(v) Neither Agent Members nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,

 

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proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.

(c) In the event that Certificated Securities are issued in exchange for beneficial interests in Global Securities and, thereafter, the events or conditions specified in Section 2.13(b)(i) that required such exchange shall cease to exist, the Company shall deliver notice to the Trustee and to the Holders stating that Holders may exchange Certificated Securities for interests in Global Securities by complying with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and briefly describing such procedures and the events or circumstances requiring that such notice be given. Thereafter, if Certificated Securities are presented by a Holder to a Registrar with a request:

(i) to register the transfer of such Certificated Securities to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Security; or

(ii) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal amount of beneficial interests in a Global Security, which beneficial interests will be owned by the Holder transferring such Certificated Securities,

the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested by canceling such Certificated Securities and causing, or directing the Securities Custodian to cause, the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Security to be increased accordingly and, if no such Global Security is then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver a new Global Security; provided , however , that the Certificated Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in accordance with the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 2.07(a).

Section 2.14 . CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such notice or related action by the Company contemplated thereby shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.15. Additional Securities . The Company may, without the consent of the Holders and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen this Indenture and issue additional Securities hereunder with the same terms as the Securities initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date, if any, of such additional Securities) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Securities are not fungible with the Securities initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax and securities law purposes, such additional Securities shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Securities, the Company shall deliver to

 

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the Trustee a Company Order, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters, in addition to those required by Section 13.02, as the Trustee shall reasonably request, including, without limitation, that the form and terms of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture and that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and general principles of equity.

ARTICLE 3

R EDEMPTION ; R EPURCHASE U PON A F UNDAMENTAL C HANGE

Section 3.01 . Optional Redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities shall not be redeemable by the Company at its option prior to August 5, 2021. On or after August 5, 2021, the Company may redeem (an “ Optional Redemption ”) for cash all or any portion of the Securities, at its option and at the Redemption Price, if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive), including the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides a Redemption Notice, during any 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 3.02.

Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Securities . (a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “ Redemption Date ”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a notice of such Optional Redemption (a “ Redemption Notice ”) not less than 45 nor more than 55 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and each Holder of Securities so to be redeemed as a whole or in part. The Company may not give a notice of Redemption during the final 45 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Maturity Date.

(b) The Redemption Notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice by mail or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

(c) Each Redemption Notice shall specify:

(i) the Redemption Date;

 

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(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(iv) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(v) that Holders may surrender their Securities for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

(vi) the procedures a converting Holder must follow to convert its Securities and the Settlement Method and Specified Cash Amount, if applicable;

(vii) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of additional shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 4.03;

(viii) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Securities; and

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

A Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.

(d) If fewer than all of the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities or portions thereof of a Global Security or the Securities in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers to be fair and appropriate in accordance with and subject to DTC’s customary procedures. If any Security selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of the Security submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption.

Section 3.03. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption . (a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Securities in accordance with Section 3.02, the Securities shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Securities at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Securities shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.

(b) No later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05 an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay

 

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the Redemption Price of all of the Securities to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Securities to be redeemed shall be made on the Redemption Date for such Securities and interest on Securities redeemed shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate (other than the right to receive the applicable Redemption Price). The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.

Section 3.04. Restrictions on Redemption . The Company may not redeem any Securities on any date if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Securities).

Section 3.05 . Repurchase At Option of The Holder Upon A Fundamental Change. (a) Subject to the satisfaction of the requirements of this Article 3, if a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of the Holder’s Securities, or any portion of the principal thereof that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000, at a repurchase price (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ”) equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, in which case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder of record at the close of business on such Regular Record Date and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased).

(b) On or before the 20th day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a notice of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice ”). The Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice shall state, among other things:

(i) the events causing a Fundamental Change;

(ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

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

 

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(vii) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;

(viii) that the Securities with respect to which a Repurchase Exercise Notice has been given by the Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Repurchase Exercise Notice as described below in Section 3.05(c); and

(ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Securities.

Simultaneously with providing the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice, the Company shall issue a press release and publish the information on its website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

(c) Repurchases of Securities under this Section 3.05 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (a “ Repurchase Exercise Notice ”) substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, if the Securities are Certificated Securities, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for surrendering interests in Global Securities, if the Securities are Global Securities, in each case prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

(ii) delivery of the Securities, if the Securities are Certificated Securities, to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer), or book-entry transfer of the Securities, if the Securities are Global Securities, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.

The Repurchase Exercise Notice must state:

(i) if the Securities are Certificated Securities, the certificate numbers of the Securities to be delivered for repurchase;

(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, which must be equal to $1,000 or a multiple thereof; and

(iii) that the Securities are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities and this Indenture.

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A Holder may withdraw any Repurchase Exercise Notice (in whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The notice of withdrawal must state:

(i) the principal amount of the Securities for which the Repurchase Exercise Notice has been withdrawn;

(ii) if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Securities; and

(iii) the principal amount, if any, that remains subject to the Repurchase Exercise Notice, which must be equal to $1,000 or a multiple thereof.

If the Securities are Global Securities, the withdrawal notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures.

(d) The Company must repurchase on a date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”) chosen by the Company that is no less than 20 and no more than 35 days after the date of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right Notice with respect to the occurrence of the relevant Fundamental Change, subject to extension to comply with applicable law. The Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.05) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Securities to be repurchased at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for Securities surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) shall be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ( provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 3.05(c)) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.05(c) by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Securities entitled thereto as they shall appear in the register of the Registrar; provided , however , that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. If the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or any applicable extension thereof, then with respect to the Securities that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and have not been validly withdrawn:

(i) such Securities will cease to be outstanding and interest, if any, will cease to accrue on such Securities on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or any applicable extension thereof (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Securities is made or whether or not the Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent); and

(ii) all other rights of the Holder of such Securities will terminate on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (other than (x) the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the Securities and (y) if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date to receive the accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date).

 

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Section 3.06 . Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase the Securities under Section 3.05, the Company shall (a) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-l (or any successor to either such Rule) and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (b) file a Schedule TO, if so required, or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act and (c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer by the Company to purchase the Securities upon a Fundamental Change, in each case, so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Section 3.05 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein.

Section 3.07. No Repurchase Upon Acceleration . No Securities may be repurchased on any date at the option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Securities). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Certificated Securities held by it following the acceleration of the Securities (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Securities), and any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Securities in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been cancelled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Section 3.08 . Repayment to the Company. To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.05 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.

Section 3.09. Partial Repurchase . Upon surrender of a Security that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 3.05, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Security surrendered.

ARTICLE 4

C ONVERSION

Section 4.01. Conversion Rights . (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 4, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) of such Security (i) subject to satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in subsections (b) through (f) of this Section 4.01, at any time prior to May 1, 2023, under the circumstances and during the periods set forth in subsections (b) through (f) of this Section 4.01,

 

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and (ii) irrespective of the conditions set forth in subsections (b) through (f) of this Section 4.01, on or after May 1, 2023, and prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, in each case at an initial conversion rate of 46.0829 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.04, the “ Conversion Rate ”) per $1,000 principal amount of Securities (subject to the payment provisions of Section 4.02, the “ Conversion Obligation ”). In no event may any Security be surrendered for conversion after the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

(b) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 1, 2023, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2017 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day. The Company shall determine whether the Securities are convertible because the Sale Price condition has been met and provide written notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee).

(c) Prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 1, 2023, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time during the five Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Measurement Period ”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures and conditions described below, for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each such Trading Day. The Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities unless the Company has requested such determination; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price) unless a Holder of at least $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Securities requests in writing that the Company make such a determination and provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities would be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day. At such time, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) to determine, or if the Company is acting as the Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall determine, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Day on which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate. If the trading price condition has been met, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee). If, at any time after the trading price condition has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate for such Trading Day, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee).

 

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(d) If, prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 1, 2023, the Company elects to:

(i) issue to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance; or

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

then, in either case, the Company shall notify the Holders at least 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time until the earlier of the close of business on Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place.

(e) If, prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 1, 2023:

(i) a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change occurs (or is anticipated to occur, as described below);

(ii) a transaction or event that constitutes a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs (or is anticipated to occur, as described below); or

(iii) the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or other combination, statutory share exchange or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets taken as a whole, in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof),

then, in each case, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time from or after the open of business on the date that is 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction (or, if later, the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the day the Company gives notice of such transaction) until the close of business on the 35th Trading Day after the actual effective date of such transaction or, if such transaction also constitutes a Fundamental Change, until the close of business on the

 

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Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Company shall notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) as promptly as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces such transaction, but in no event less than 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction; or if the Company does not have knowledge of such transaction at least 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction, within one Business Day of the date upon which the Company receives notice, or otherwise become aware, of such transaction, but in no event later than the actual effective date of such transaction.

(f) If the Company gives a Redemption Notice with respect to any or all of the Securities for redemption pursuant to Article 3, then a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date, even if the Securities are not otherwise convertible at such time. After that time, the right to convert shall expire pursuant to this clause, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case a Holder of Securities may convert all or any portion of its Securities until the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for.

Section 4.02 . Settlement Upon Conversion; Conversion Procedures. (a) Subject to this Section 4.02, Section 4.03 and Section 4.06, upon conversion of any Security, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, cash (“ Cash Settlement ”), shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (h) of this Section 4.02 (“ Physical Settlement ”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (h) of this Section 4.02 (“ Combination Settlement ”), at its election, as set forth in this Section 4.02.

(i) All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 1, 2023, and all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Securities and prior to the related Redemption Date, shall be settled using the same Settlement Method (including the same relative proportion of cash and/or shares of Common Stock).

(ii) Except for any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 1, 2023 and conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice and prior to the related Redemption Date, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method (including the same relative proportion of cash and/or shares of Common Stock) for all conversions with the same Conversion Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions with different Conversion Dates.

(iii) If, in respect of any Conversion Date (or, in the case of any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period (x) after the date of issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Securities and prior to the related Redemption Date or (y) on or after May 1, 2023), the Company elects to deliver a notice

 

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(the “ Settlement Notice ”) of the relevant Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or all Conversion Dates during such period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee, shall deliver such Settlement Notice to converting Holders no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (or, in the case of any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the period (x) after the date of issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Securities and prior to the related Redemption Date, in such Redemption Notice or (y) on or after May 1, 2023, no later than May 1, 2023). If, with respect to any conversion, the Company does not elect a Settlement Method prior to the deadline set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement with respect to such conversion and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be equal to $1,000. Such Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant Settlement Method and in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation but does not indicate a Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities in such Settlement Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be deemed to be $1,000.

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

(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date;

(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and

(C) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 40 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Observation Period.

 

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

Notwithstanding the above, unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time the Securities are initially issued (the “ Aggregate Share Cap ”) upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, the Company will be required to settle all conversions of Securities using Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount such that the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion, if any, will not exceed the Aggregate Share Cap. This limitation will apply until either (x) the elimination of the Aggregate Share Cap is approved by the stockholders of the Company or (y) the Aggregate Share Cap is no longer required under the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to include for vote by its stockholders during its next annual stockholder meeting and will endorse in the proxy materials for such meeting the approval, in accordance with the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, of the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Aggregate Share Cap upon conversion of the Securities.

In addition, the Company will not enter into any transaction, or take any other action, that would result in any increase to the Conversion Rate (whether under clauses (b)-(e) of Section 4.04 or under Section 4.03) that would result, in the aggregate, in the Securities being convertible into a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of any limitations imposed by the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, without complying, if applicable, with the shareholder approval rules contained in such listing standards.

(b) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert a Security as set forth above, such Holder shall (i) in the case of a Certificated Security (A) complete, manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Conversion Notice attached to the Form of Security set forth in Exhibit A hereto (a “ Conversion Notice ”) or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice, at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein the principal amount of Securities to be converted, (B) deliver such Security, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), to the Conversion Agent and (C) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date as set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 4.02 and (ii) in the case of a Global Security, comply with the Depositary’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date as set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 4.02. The Trustee (and, if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article 4 on the Conversion Date for such conversion. If a Holder has already delivered a

 

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Repurchase Exercise Notice with respect to a Security, the Holder may not surrender that Security for conversion until the Holder has withdrawn the Repurchase Exercise Notice in accordance with Section 3.05(c). If a Holder submits its Securities for required repurchase, the Holder’s right to withdraw the Repurchase Exercise Notice and convert the Securities that are subject to repurchase will terminate at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

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

(c) A Security shall be deemed to have been converted on the date (the “ Conversion Date ”) that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (b) above. Except as set forth in Section 4.03 or Section 4.06, the Company shall deliver the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects Physical Settlement, or on the third Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement.

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

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

(f) Except as described below, the Company shall not make any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, upon conversion of Securities. The Company’s settlement of the Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Security and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, attributable to the period to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Securities are submitted for conversion after the close of business on a Regular Record Date, Holders of such Securities as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest payable on such Securities on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion, and Securities surrendered for conversion after the close of business on a Regular

 

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Record Date and prior to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the principal amount of the Securities being converted; provided that no such payment need be made:

(i) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date;

(ii) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date;

(iii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (or, if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day); or

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

For the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date shall receive the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date, if any, regardless of whether their Securities have been converted following such Regular Record Date.

Upon a conversion of Securities, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Securities surrendered for conversion.

(g) The Person in whose name the shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion shall be deemed to be a stockholder of record as of the close of business on the relevant Conversion Date (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement) or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Combination Settlement), as the case may be. Upon a conversion of Securities, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Securities surrendered for conversion.

(h) The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities and shall instead pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion based on the Daily VWAP for the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP for the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). For each Security surrendered for conversion, if the Company has elected Combination Settlement, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period and any fractional shares remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.

(i) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof. The Company further covenants that if at

 

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any time the Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities (it being understood that as long as the Aggregate Share Cap is applicable in accordance with Section 4.02(a), only the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued in accordance with the Aggregate Share Cap need be so listed).

Section 4.03 . Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change. (a) If, prior to the Maturity Date, the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, and a Holder elects to convert its Securities in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under the circumstances set forth in this Section 4.03, increase the Conversion Rate for the Securities so surrendered for conversion as described below.

(b) Upon surrender of Securities for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy its Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement. However, if the consideration for the Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of the Securities following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount in cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment described in this Section 4.03), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the third Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date and publish the information on its internal website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

(c) The number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Shares ”), if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be determined by reference to the table set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 4.03, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (in each case, the “ Effective Date ”) and the price paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (the “ Stock Price ”). If holders of Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. In the case of any other Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

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(d) A conversion of Securities by a Holder shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent (or, in the case of a Global Note, in compliance with the relevant Depositary’s procedures for conversion) on or after the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change and up to, and including the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the actual Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change).

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

(f) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate will increase as described in this Section 4.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:

 

    Stock Price  

Effective Date

  $15.50     $17.50     $20.00     $21.70     $23.00     $25.00     $28.21     $30.00     $32.50     $35.00     $40.00     $45.00     $50.00     $55.00     $60.00  

July 31, 2017

    18.4332       14.8729       11.7588       10.2007       9.2320       8.0192       6.5789       5.9401       5.2511       4.7006       3.8802       3.2998       2.8775       2.5477       2.2805  

August 1, 2018

    18.4332       14.0252       10.7486       9.1407       8.1529       6.9364       5.5378       4.9286       4.2950       3.8024       3.0933       2.6157       2.2746       2.0121       1.8025  

August 1, 2019

    18.4332       13.1610       9.6290       7.9257       6.8972       5.6568       4.2953       3.7216       3.1593       2.7429       2.1805       1.8286       1.5886       1.4066       1.2620  

August 1, 2020

    18.4332       12.3752       8.4164       6.5198       5.3968       4.0822       2.7358       2.2115       1.7588       1.4620       1.1213       0.9420       0.8231       0.7339       0.6619  

August 1, 2021

    18.4332       11.9843       7.5742       5.3484       3.9452       2.1738       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

August 1, 2022

    18.4332       11.2783       6.6155       4.4699       3.2062       1.7079       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

August 1, 2023

    18.4332       11.0599       3.9171       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

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

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

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $60.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), the Conversion Rate shall not be increased; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $15.50 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table), the Conversion Rate shall not be increased.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities exceed 64.5161 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 4.04.

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

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

 

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where,

 

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

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

 

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(c) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

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

Any increase made under this Section 4.04(c) 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. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 4.04(c) and for the purpose of Section 4.01(d)(i), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance,

 

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and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(d) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other of its assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or Section 4.04(c), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 4.04(c) below shall apply, (iii) any dividends and distributions in connection with a specified corporate event as described below under Section 4.06 and (iv) Spin-Offs, as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 4.04(d)(i) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire shares of Capital Stock or other securities of the Company distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock, the “ Distributed Property ”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP 0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 4.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of such Holder’s Securities, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

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

 

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where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
FMV 0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as if references therein to the Common Stock were to such capital stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and
MP0    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will occur on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the portion of this Section 4.04(d) related to Spin-Offs shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off and such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the portion of this Section 4.04(d) related to Spin-Offs shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. In addition, if the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off is after the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation Period in respect of a conversion of Securities, references in the portion of this Section 4.04(d) related to Spin-Offs to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period. If such Spin-Off does not occur, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared, effective as of the date on which the Board of Directors (or its designee) determines not to consummate such Spin-Off.

 

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

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

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

then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 4.04(d) is applicable (the “ Clause C Distribution ”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 4.04(d) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.04(c) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(b) or “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 4.04(c).

(e) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

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

 

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Any increase pursuant to this Section 4.04(e) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(f) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the average of Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Date ”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
CR 1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
AC    =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS 0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
OS 1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP 1    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.

 

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The increase to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(f) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references in the preceding paragraph with respect to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date and such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references in the preceding paragraph with respect to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. In addition, if the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date is after the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation Period in respect of a conversion of Securities, references in the preceding paragraph and this portion of this Section 4.04(f) to 10 consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period.

In the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company, or such Subsidiary is, permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been effected.

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

 

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(h) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities. In addition, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for guarantees issued in respect of any of its outstanding securities.

(i) In addition to those adjustments required by subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 4.04, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the Relevant Stock Exchange, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors has determined that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the Relevant Stock Exchange, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate, as the Board of Directors considers advisable, to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for tax purposes. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall mail to the Holder of each Security at its last address appearing on the register of the Registrar a notice of the increase 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.

(j) Except as stated in this Section 4.04, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection (i) and outstanding as of the date the Securities were first issued;

(iv) for ordinary course of business stock repurchases that are not tender offers referred to in clause (f) of this Section 4.04, including structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors;

(v) solely for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

(vi) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

(k) All calculations and other determinations in respect of the Conversion Rate shall be made by the Company to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share. Notwithstanding this Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture, in no event shall the Conversion Rate be adjusted such that the Conversion Price is less than the par value per share of the Common Stock.

 

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(l) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.04, the Company shall compute the adjusted Conversion Rate in accordance with this Section 4.04 and shall prepare an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the adjusted Conversion Rate, (ii) the subsection of this Section 4.04 pursuant to which such adjustment has been made, showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, (iii) the calculation of such adjustment and (iv) the date as of which such adjustment is effective, and such Officers’ Certificate shall promptly be delivered to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) (which certificates shall be conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such adjustment absent manifest error). As soon as practicable after each such adjustment, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall receive an Officers’ Certificate with respect to an adjustment of the Conversion Rate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge remains in effect. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate or the information and calculations contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any Holder of Securities desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business hours. Simultaneously with an adjustment of the Conversion Rate, the Company shall disseminate a press release detailing the new Conversion Rate and other relevant information.

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

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

Section 4.06. Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock. (a) In the case of:

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

(ii) any consolidation, merger or other combination involving the Company,

 

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(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition to a third party of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or

(iv) any statutory share exchange,

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “ Specified Transaction ”), then the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 10.01(g), providing that, at and after the effective time of such Specified Transaction, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Securities 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 Specified Transaction would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “ Reference Property ”) upon the occurrence of such Specified Transaction; provided , however , that at and after the effective time of the Specified Transaction (i) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Securities, as set forth under Section 4.02 and (ii)(x) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Securities as set forth under Section 4.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (y) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Securities as set forth under Section 4.02 shall instead be deliverable in units of Reference Property (with a “unit of Reference Property” being the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Specified Transaction and (z) the value of any Common Equity included in a unit of Reference Property that is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange or market shall be calculated using a volume weighted price (determined in a manner reasonably consistent with the definition of Daily VWAP) of such Common Equity. The value of any other property (other than cash) included in a unit of Reference Property shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. If the Specified 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 shareholder election), then the Reference Property into which the Securities will be convertible shall be deemed to be (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election or (ii) if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the weighted average as soon as practicable after the determination is made.

If the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Specified Transaction, then for all conversions of Securities that occur after the effective date of such Specified Transaction (x) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased pursuant to Section 4.03), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Specified Transaction and (y) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying such cash amount to converting Holders on the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date.

 

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Such supplemental indenture described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for (x) anti-dilution adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4.04, with respect to any Reference Property consisting of Common Equity and (y) with respect to any other Reference Property, such adjustments (if any) that the Board of Directors or the board of directors of the successor determines in good faith are appropriate. If, in the case of any Specified Transaction, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Specified Transaction, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the extent required by the Board of Directors and practicable the provisions providing for the repurchase rights set forth in Article 3.

(b) In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 4.06, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise the Reference Property after any such Specified Transaction, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly mail notice thereof to all Holders and issue a press release containing such information and publish the same on the Company’s internal website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at its address appearing on the register of the Registrar provided for in this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

(c) The Company shall not become a party to any Specified Transaction unless its terms are consistent with this Section 4.06. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Securities as set forth in Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 prior to the effective date of such Specified Transaction.

(d) The above provisions of this Section 4.06 shall similarly apply to successive Specified Transactions.

Section 4.07 . Cancellation of Converted Securities. All Certificated Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee or its agent to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as provided in this Indenture. Upon conversions of beneficial interests in any Global Security, the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, shall reduce the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented by such Global Security to reflect the conversion.

 

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Section 4.08. Stockholders Rights . Rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company pursuant to a stockholder rights plan to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“ Trigger Event ”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of Section 4.04(d) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under Section 4.04(d) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under Section 4.04(d). If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under Section 4.04(d) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued. A distribution of rights pursuant to such a stockholder rights plan shall not trigger a Conversion Rate adjustment pursuant to Section 4.04(d) if Holders participate in such distribution on an as-converted basis in accordance with the first paragraph of Section 4.04.

Section 4.09. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall have no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article 4 should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive evidence of that fact or the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate that the Company is obligated to deliver to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(l). The Trustee makes no representation as to the amount of any cash paid upon conversion of Securities, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with any provisions of this Article 4. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for determination of the Daily Conversion Values. In addition, in no event shall the Trustee or Conversion Agent be responsible for making any calculations under this Indenture or for determining amounts to be paid or for monitoring any Stock Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and Conversion Agent shall rely conclusively on the calculations and

 

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information provided to them by the Company as to the Daily VWAP, Trading Price, Daily Conversion Value and Last Reported Sale Price and as to any other matter that the Company is to calculate. Nor shall the Trustee or Conversion Agent be charged with knowledge of or have any duties to monitor any Measurement Period or Observation Period.

The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 6.01, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.01.

Section 4.10 . Exchange in Lieu of Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, when a Holder surrenders Securities for conversion, the Company may, at its election, (an “ Exchange Election ”) direct the Conversion Agent in writing to surrender, on or prior to the second Business Day following the Conversion Date, such Securities to a financial institution designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Securities surrendered for conversion, the designated financial institution must agree to timely deliver, to such Holder, in exchange for such Securities, the cash, shares of Common Stock or combination thereof, that would otherwise be due upon conversion, as provided under Section 4.01 (the “ Conversion Consideration ”). If the Company makes an Exchange Election, the Company shall, by the close of business on the second Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify the Holder surrendering Securities for conversion that it has made the Exchange Election and shall notify the designated financial institution of the settlement method the Company has elected with respect to such conversion and the relevant deadline for delivery of the relevant Conversion Consideration.

Any Securities exchanged by the designated financial institution will remain outstanding, subject to the applicable procedures of DTC. If the designated financial institution agrees to accept any Securities for exchange but does not timely deliver the related conversion consideration, or if such designated financial institution does not accept the Securities for exchange, the Company shall deliver the relevant conversion consideration as if the Company had not made an Exchange Election.

The Company’s designation of a financial institution to which the Securities may be submitted for exchange does not require the financial institution to accept any Securities (unless the financial institution has separately made an agreement with the Company). The Company may, but is not obligated to, enter into a separate agreement with any designated financial institution that would compensate it for any such transactions.

A RTICLE 5

C OVENANTS

Section 5.01 . Payment on the Securities. The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. Principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) of and interest on the Securities shall be considered paid on the

 

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date it is due, if the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or an Affiliate thereof) holds as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the due date money, deposited by the Company or an Affiliate thereof in immediately available funds, designated for and sufficient to pay all principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) and interest then due on the Securities.

Section 5.02 . SEC Reports and Rule 144A Information Requirement. (a) The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the SEC, copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Any such document or report that the Company files with the SEC via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 5.02 at the time such documents are filed via EDGAR (or such successor).

(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with the covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC or on EDGAR or any website hereunder, or participate in any conference calls.

(c) At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Securities or any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof shall, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly furnish to the Trustee and shall, upon written request, provide to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Securities or any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Securities the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Securities or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company shall take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Securities or Common Stock may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Securities or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time.

(d) If, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the last date of original issuance of the Securities, (the “ Original Issuance Date ”), the Company fails to timely file any report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than reports on Form 8-K), or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradeable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the immediately preceding three months (as a result of restrictions under U.S. securities laws or the terms of the Securities or this Indenture), the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities. Such Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for each day during such period for which

 

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the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the immediately preceding three months (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of the Securities or this Indenture). As used in this Section 5.02(d), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file” with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act do not include documents or reports that the Company furnishes to the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(e) If, and for so long as, the restrictive legend on the Securities specified in Section 2.07(c) has not been removed, the Securities are assigned a restricted CUSIP or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradeable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the immediately preceding three months (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of the Securities or this Indenture), as of the 365th day after the Original Issuance Date, the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Securities outstanding until the restrictive legend has been removed from the Securities, the Securities are assigned an unrestricted CUSIP and the Securities are freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the immediately preceding three months.

(f) Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Securities.

(g) The Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with Section 5.02(d) or Section 5.02(e), will be in addition to any Additional Interest payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to Section 7.04.

(h) If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02(d) or Section 5.02(e), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

Section 5.03. Compliance Certificates . (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities were outstanding, an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such Officers’ Certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s performance under this Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 5.03, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If any Officer of the Company signing such Officers’ Certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the Officers’ Certificate shall describe any such Default or Event of Default and its status and what actions the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, an Officers’ Certificate specifying any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 5.04 . Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

Section 5.05 . Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 6, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

Section 5.06 . Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 6

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , A SSIGNMENT , T RANSFER , L EASE OR O THER

D ISPOSITION

Section 6.01 . Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into or otherwise combine with, any other Person or sell, lease or otherwise transfer or dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets, taken as a whole, to another Person, unless:

(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such corporation (if not the Company) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture; and

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.

 

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The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger, combination, sale, lease or other transfer or disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture, and such Opinion of Counsel shall state that this Indenture and the Securities constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of any resulting, surviving or transferee Person, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

For purposes of the foregoing, any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition of the assets of one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries to a third party that would, if the Company had held such assets directly, have constituted the sale, lease or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets, taken as a whole, shall be treated as such under this Indenture.

Section 6.02 . Successor Substituted. Upon such consolidation, merger, combination or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the Company shall be discharged from the its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture except in the case of any such lease.

ARTICLE 7

D EFAULT AND R EMEDIES

Section 7.01 . Events of Default. Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ” with respect to the Securities:

(a) default in payment of interest on any Security when due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Security when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon any required repurchase, upon any Optional Redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Securities in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right;

(d) failure by the Company to provide timely notice pursuant to Section 3.05(b), Section 4.01(d), Section 4.01(e) or Section 4.03(b), in each case when due;

(e) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations set forth in Article 6;

(f) failure by the Company to perform any other agreement required of it in this Indenture or the Securities and such failure continues for 60 days after written notice is given in accordance with the immediately succeeding paragraph;

(g) default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $7,500,000 (or the

 

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foreign currency equivalent thereof) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

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

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

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

(i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $7,500,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent thereof) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate is rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which judgment is not paid, discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished.

A default under Section 7.01(f) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee, in writing of the default, and the Company does not cure the default within 60 days after receipt of such notice. The notice given pursuant to this Section 7.01 must specify the default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” When any default under this Section 7.01 is cured, it ceases.

The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default unless written notice thereof shall have been actually received by a Responsible Officer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the Company, the Paying Agent, any Holder or any agent of any Holder.

 

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Section 7.02 . Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(h) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, declare all unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of acceleration on the Securities then outstanding (if not then due and payable) to be due and payable upon any such declaration, and the same shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(h) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs, all unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of the Securities then outstanding shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. After any acceleration, but before a judgment or decree for the payment of moneys due shall have been obtained or entered, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may rescind and annul such acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences by written notice to the Company and the Trustee if (a) the recission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (b) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived pursuant to Section 7.05. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 7.03 . Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 7.04 . Additional Interest. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default during the first 180 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 5.02(a) shall after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for each day during which such Event of Default is continuing during the 60-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which such an Event of Default first occurs and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which such Event of Default is cured or validly waived and (ii) the 60 th day immediately following, and including, the date on which such Event of Default first occurred. The Additional Interest that is payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall be in addition to any Additional Interest payable in accordance with Section 5.02(d) or Section 5.02(e).

 

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(b) If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Securities. On the 61st day after such Event of Default (if such Event of Default is not cured or waived prior to such 61st day), such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 7.02. This Section 7.04 shall not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. If the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 7.04, or if it so elects but fails to pay the Additional Interest when due, the Securities shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 7.02. To elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 60 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 7.04 and this subsection (b), the Company must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such election no later than five Business Days after the beginning of such 60-day period. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice or if the Company gives such notice but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Securities shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 7.02. In no event shall Additional Interest payable pursuant to the foregoing election accrue at a rate per year in excess of the applicable rate specified in subsection (a) of this Section 7.04, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to requirements to pay such Additional Interest pursuant to this subsection (b) of this Section 7.04.

Section 7.05 . Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default. Subject to Section 7.08 and Section 10.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing default or Event of Default and its consequences, except with respect to (a) nonpayment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Security, (b) a failure by the Company to pay the cash due upon conversion in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, (c) any default or Event of Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities that, under Section 10.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each affected Holder, or (d) a failure by the Company to make any repurchase of Securities when required by this Indenture. When a default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases.

Section 7.06. Control by Majority. Subject to the Trustee’s right to request a reasonable indemnity from the relevant Holders as described in Section 7.07 and Section 8.01(d), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 7.07 . Limitations on Suits. Subject to Section 8.01, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders

 

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have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity against all losses and expenses. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

(a) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default with respect to the Securities is continuing;

(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c) such Holders have offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against all loss, liability and expenses;

(d) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of such security or indemnity; and

(e) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction that in the opinion of the Trustee is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

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

Section 7.08 . Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert. Each Holder shall have the contractual right to receive payment of (a) the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, (b) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (c) the consideration due upon conversion of, its Securities, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, and such right to receive such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates shall not be amended without the consent of such Holder.

Section 7.09 . Collection Suit By Trustee. If an Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest specified in Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or another obligor on the Securities for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue principal and on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by the Securities and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 7.10 . Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities), its

 

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creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.06, and to the extent that such payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other property which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or, on behalf of any Holder, to authorize, accept or adopt any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 7.11 . Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 with respect to the Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the Securities, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First , to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.06;

Second , in case the principal of the outstanding Securities shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on, and the cash due upon any conversion of, the Securities in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon conversion, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate borne by the Securities at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

Third , in case the principal of the outstanding Securities shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the cash due upon any conversion) then owing and unpaid upon the Securities for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the cash due upon any conversion) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security over any other Security, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the cash due upon any conversion) and accrued and unpaid interest; and

 

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Fourth , to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

Section 7.12 . Undertaking For Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 7.12 does not apply to a suit made by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.

ARTICLE 8

T RUSTEE

Section 8.01 . Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

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

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

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

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

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 8.01;

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

 

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(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.06.

(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability unless the Company or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such cost or liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.01.

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

Section 8.02. Rights of Trustee . Subject to Section 8.01:

(a) The Trustee may rely conclusively on any resolution, certificate, opinion or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section 13.02. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

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

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

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any such action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

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

 

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(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the 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.

(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

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

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

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

(l) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuer’s compliance with or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.

(m) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 5.02 or 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an Officers’ Certificate). The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or other documents to ensure compliance with the provision of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein.

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

 

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(o) In no event shall the Trustee be required to provide any bond or surety in the performance of its duties or powers.

(p) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Securities.

Section 8.03 . Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Section 8.09.

Section 8.04 . Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities or any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 8.05 . Notice of Default or Events of Default. If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail (or transmit in accordance with the notice procedures of the Depositary) to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. However, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of Holders, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in (a) payment of the principal of or interest on any Security (including a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) or (b) payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion.

Section 8.06 . Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation (as agreed to from time to time by the Company and the Trustee in writing) for its services (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses may include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their officers, directors, employees and agents (each an “ Indemnified Party ”) against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including taxes, other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by an Indemnified Party arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this

 

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Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section 8.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee, upon receiving written notice thereof, shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

The Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 8.06, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except such money or property held in trust to pay the principal of, interest on, and amounts due upon conversion of, the Securities.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(h) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The obligations of the Company under this Section 8.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

Section 8.07 . Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing and may, with the Company’s written consent, appoint a successor Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.09;

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

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

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. The resignation or removal of a Trustee shall not be effective until a successor Trustee shall have delivered the written acceptance of its appointment as described below.

 

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If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee at the expense of the Company.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.09, any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee ( provided that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid) and be released from its obligations (exclusive of any liabilities that the retiring Trustee may have incurred while acting as Trustee) hereunder, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.

A retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Trustee after its succession.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 8.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 8.08 . Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another corporation, by sale or otherwise, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee, provided such transferee corporation shall qualify and be eligible under Section 8.09. Such successor Trustee shall promptly mail notice of its succession to the Company and each Holder.

Section 8.09 . Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA to act as such and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to satisfy any such requirements, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 8.

A RTICLE 9

S ATISFACTION AND D ISCHARGE OF I NDENTURE

Section 9.01 . Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon request of the Company contained in an Officers’ Certificate cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (a) (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

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or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee (or, with respect to Common Stock, given irrevocable instructions to the Company’s transfer agent for such Common Stock to provide for such Common Stock) after the Securities have become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, at any Redemption Date, upon conversion (after the applicable settlement consideration has been determined) or otherwise, cash or cash and/or shares of Common Stock, solely to satisfy outstanding conversions, as applicable, sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Securities and all other sums due and payable under this Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 8.06 shall survive and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 9.01, the provisions of Section 9.02 and Section 9.04 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.

Section 9.02 . Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.03, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, all money deposited with it pursuant to Section 9.01 and shall apply the deposited money in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, and the amount of cash due upon conversion of, the Securities; provided that such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 9.03 . Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money (i) deposited with them pursuant to Section 9.01 and (ii) held by them at any time.

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, interest or amounts due upon conversion that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such money has matured; provided , however , that the Trustee or the Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person. In the absence of a written request from the Company to return unclaimed funds to the Company, the Trustee may from time to time deliver all unclaimed funds to or as directed by applicable escheat authorities, as determined by the Trustee in its sole discretion, in accordance with the customary practices and procedures of the Trustee. Any unclaimed funds held by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 9.03 shall be held uninvested and without any liability for interest.

Section 9.04 . Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 9.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the

 

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Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 9.02; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of the principal of, interest on, or amounts due upon conversion of, any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive any such payment from the money held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 10

A MENDMENTS , S UPPLEMENTS AND W AIVERS

Section 10.01 . Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to, or the consent of, any Holder:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or in the Securities in a manner that does not adversely affect any Holder in any material respect as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate;

(b) to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Securities pursuant to Article 6;

(c) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities;

(d) to secure the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities;

(e) to add to the covenants of the Company or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or make changes that would provide additional rights to the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

(g) in connection with any Transaction described under Section 4.06, to provide that the Securities are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, and make such related changes to the terms of the Securities to the extent expressly required by Section 4.06;

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee; provided that the successor Trustee is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate;

(i) to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of Notes” section in the Offering Memorandum; or

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Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 10.05 and Section 13.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 10.02 . With Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities). The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities) may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder. However, notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 10.03, without the written consent of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 7.05, may not:

(a) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Security;

(c) reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any Security;

(d) reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the Securities;

(e) impair or adversely affect the right of Holders to convert Securities or otherwise modify the provisions with respect to conversion, or reduce the Conversion Rate (subject to such modifications as are required under this Indenture);

(f) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price of any Security, or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligation or right, as applicable, to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

(g) make any Security payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in the Security;

(h) change the ranking of the Securities;

(i) amend the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or the Securities of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the consideration due upon conversion of its Securities, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for herein; or

 

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(j) modify provisions of this Section 10.02 or Section 7.05 in any manner.

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

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 10.05 and Section 13.02, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

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

Section 10.03 . Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (a) through (j) of Section 10.02. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

Section 10.04 . Notation on or Exchange of Securities. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Security thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Securities may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate new Securities that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Section 10.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 10 if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with and, subject to Section 8.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon in addition to the documents required by Section 13.02, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement indenture until the Board of Directors approves it.

Section 10.06 . Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 10, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

ARTICLE 11

C ONCERNING THE H OLDERS

Section 11.01 . Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 12, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders, the Company or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 11.02 . Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, Section 8.02 and Section 12.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the register of the Registrar or by a certificate of the Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 12.06.

Section 11.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and the Registrar shall deem the Person in whose name a Security shall be registered upon the register of the Registrar to be, and shall treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any

 

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Person other than the Company or the Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Security, for conversion or redemption of such Security and for all other purposes under this Indenture; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor the Paying Agent nor the Conversion Agent nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any such Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities following an Event of Default, any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such Holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Security in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 11.04 . Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 11.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 11.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.

ARTICLE 12

H OLDERS ’ M EETINGS

Section 12.01 . Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12 for any of the following purposes:

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 7;

(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 8;

(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or

 

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(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 12.02 . Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 12.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 11.01, shall be sent to Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the register of the Registrar. Such notice shall also be sent to the Company. Such notices shall be sent not less than twenty nor more than ninety days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived in writing before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Securities then outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.

Section 12.03 . Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors, or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have sent the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 12.01, by sending notice thereof as provided in Section 12.02.

Section 12.04 . Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 12.05 . Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 12.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

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Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him or her; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 12.06 . Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was sent as provided in Section 12.02. The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

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

Section 12.07 . No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 12 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 13

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01. Notices. Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee under this Indenture shall be given in writing and delivered in Person or by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission (confirmed by delivery in Person or by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested)) or guaranteed overnight courier, as follows:

If to the Company, to:

Team, Inc.

13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600

Sugar Land, Texas 77478

Facsimile: (281) 388-5664

Attention: André C. Bouchard, Executive Vice President, Administration, Chief

Legal Officer & Secretary

If to the Trustee, to:

BB&T Corporate Trust Services

223 West Nash Street

Mail Code 100-01-02-25

Wilson, NC 27893

Telephone: (252) 246-4974

Facsimile: (252) 246-4303

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, if mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested); upon acknowledgment of receipt, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by guaranteed overnight courier.

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail or delivered by guaranteed overnight courier or by other electronic means to it at its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

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

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions from the Company pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including pdf files) but only if the Company responds to the Trustee’s request for verification of the instructions or directions. If the Company elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of

 

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such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company upon providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk that the Trustee does not receive the transmission, the risk that the Company does not verify the instructions, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Section 13.02 . Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

(a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:

(i) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(ii) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.

(b) Each Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

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

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with;

provided , however , that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 13.03. Business Days . If an Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or other payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a Regular Record Date is a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.

 

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Section 13.04 . Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 13.05 . No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.06 . No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

Section 13.07 . Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

Section 13.08 . Multiple Counterparts. The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 13.09 . Separability. In case any provisions in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 13.10 . Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.11 . Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO, THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 13.12 . Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Securities or this Indenture. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Stock Price, Trading Price, Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Daily Settlement Amounts, accrued interest payable on the Securities and the Conversion Rate of

 

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the Securities. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Securities. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall not be liable for but will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of Securities upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of the date and year first above written.

 

TEAM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Name:  Greg L. Boane
 

Title:    Executive Vice President, Chief

             Financial Officer and Treasurer

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
By:  

/s/ Pamela B. McGee

  Name: Pamela B. McGee
  Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.] 1

[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A RESTRICTED SECURITY]

THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

 

  1. REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

1  

This bracketed text should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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  2. AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEAM, INC. (THE “ COMPANY ”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW EXCEPT:

 

    TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

    PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY THAT COVERS THE RESALE OF THIS SECURITY OR SUCH COMMON STOCK;

 

    TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

    PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOURTH BULLET POINT ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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TEAM, INC.

5.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

No. [        ]    [Initially] 2 $                     
CUSIP No.: [            ]   

Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”, which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] 3 [            ], or registered assigns, the principal sum [of             DOLLARS ($            )] [or such lesser amount as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Securities” attached hereto] 4 on August 1, 2023, and interest thereon as set forth below.

This Security shall bear interest at the rate of 5.00% per year from July 31, 2017, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until August 1, 2023. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each February 1 and August 1, commencing on February 1, 2018, to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding January 15 and July 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 5.02(d), Section 5.02(e) and Section 7.04 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of Section 5.02(d), Section 5.02(e) or Section 7.04 and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months or, in the case of a partial month, the number of days elapsed over a 30-day month.

Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Securities, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(e) of the Indenture.

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on this Security so long as such Security is a Global Security, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Securities (other than Securities that are Global Securities) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities Custodian and Conversion Agent and each of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

 

 

2   This bracketed text should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.
3   This bracketed text should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.
4   This bracketed text should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

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Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Security the right to convert this Security into cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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

 

TEAM, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Attest:

 

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Dated: [            ], 20[    ]

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF         AUTHENTICATION

 

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

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

TEAM, INC.

5.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

This Security is one of a duly authorized issuance of Securities of the Company, designated as its 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Securities ”), limited in aggregate principal amount of up to $230,000,000, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 31, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), 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 Securities. Additional Securities may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all Securities may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture. In case an Event of Default occurs as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, the principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Securities then outstanding shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder,

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Security to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Security. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Securities as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.

The Securities are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the

 

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Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Securities issued upon such exchange of Securities being different from the name of the Holder of the old Securities surrendered for such exchange.

The Securities shall be redeemable at the Company’s option on or after August 5, 2021 in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Indenture. No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Securities or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, prior to May 1, 2023, only upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, and on or after May 1, 2023, until the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date regardless of the occurrence of such conditions, to convert any of its Securities or portion thereof that is $1,000 or a multiple thereof as provided in the Indenture (which may be settled, at the Company’s election, subject to certain limitations, as provided in the Indenture, in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable) based on the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

All terms used in this Security but not specifically defined herein are defined in the Indenture and are used herein as so defined.

In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Security.

THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE INDENTURE OR THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Team, Inc., 13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the Holder or an assignee, such as:

TEN COM (= tenants in common)

TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties)

JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)

CUST (= Custodian)

UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to:

 

 
(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)
 
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
 
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

In connection with any transfer of the within Security occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Security, the undersigned confirms that such Security is being transferred:

☐ To Team, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or

☐ Pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

☐ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

☐ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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Date:      Your Signature:

 

    

 

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

 

* Signature guaranteed by:

 

By:

 

 

 

* The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.

To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (which must be $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000): $            

 

Date:      Your Signature:

 

    

 

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

 

* Signature guaranteed by:

 

By:  

 

 

* The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

To: Team, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from Team, Inc. (the “ Company ”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the entire principal amount of this Security, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, to the registered Holder hereof.

 

Dated:                                                                                                              

 

      Signature(s)
      Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a qualified guarantor institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     

 

      Signature Guaranty

Certificate number(s) of Security(ies) delivered for repurchase:

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Principal amount to be repurchased (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):                 

NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES 5

The following exchanges, repurchases or conversions of a part of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Exchange,

Repurchase,

Redemption or Conversion

  

Amount of Decrease

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Amount of Increase

in Principal Amount

of this Global

Security

  

Principal Amount of this
Global Security Following
Such Decrease or

Increase

  

Signature of Authorized

Signatory of

Securities Custodian

<S>    <C>    <C>    <C>    <C>

 

5   This schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

 

Exhibit 10.1

Team, Inc.

$200,000,000

5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023

Purchase Agreement

July 25, 2017

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      As Representatives of the

      several Initial Purchasers listed

      in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                           Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $200,000,000 principal amount of its 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Initial Purchasers, up to an additional $30,000,000 principal amount of its 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Option Securities”) if and to the extent that the Initial Purchasers shall have determined to exercise the option to purchase such 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 granted to the Initial Purchasers in Section 2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.30 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of July 31, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Branch Banking & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”).


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

1.     Offering Memorandum and Transaction Information . The Securities will be sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. The Company has prepared and will deliver a preliminary offering memorandum dated July 24, 2017 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare and deliver an offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company and the Securities. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this purchase agreement (this “Agreement”). The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date and incorporated by reference therein.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto.

2.     Purchase and Resale of the Securities .

(a)    The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 97.0% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined).

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date to the date of payment and delivery.

 

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If any Option Securities are to be purchased, the principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Initial Purchaser shall be the principal amount of Option Securities that bears the same ratio to the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities being purchased as the principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto (or such amount increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities being purchased from the Company by the several Initial Purchasers, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate Securities in denominations other than $1,000 as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.

The Initial Purchasers may exercise the option to purchase the Option Securities at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities plus accrued interest as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Securities are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

(b)    The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i)    it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”);

(ii)    it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; and

(iii)    it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except: to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.

(c)    Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 6(e) and 6(f), counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements, contained in paragraph (b) above, and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.

 

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(d)    The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser.

(e)    Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives, in the case of the Underwritten Securities, at the offices of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on July 31, 2017, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Securities, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Initial Purchasers’ election to purchase such Option Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”

Payment for the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers of the Securities to be purchased on such date of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(f)    The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Initial Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Initial Purchaser of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Initial Purchaser and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.

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

(a)     Preliminary Offering Memorandum . The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which

 

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they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b)     Time of Sale Information . The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Offering Memorandum has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Offering Memorandum has been omitted therefrom.

(c)     Additional Written Communications . Other than the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum, (iii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c) hereof. Each such Issuer Written Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Time of Sale Information, and, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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

(e)     Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and such documents did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(f)     Financial Statements . The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby.

(g)     No Material Adverse Change . Except as stated in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, management, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class or series of its capital stock.

 

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(h)     Organization and Good Standing . The Company and each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X), if any, and each other “subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) listed on Schedule 2 hereto under the caption “Significant Subsidiaries” (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, management, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed under the caption “Subsidiaries” in Schedule 2 to this Agreement.

(i)     Capitalization . The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization” as of the date referred to therein and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, except as may secure obligations under that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2015 by and among the Company, as borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors, the lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A., administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

(j)     Stock Options . With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which

 

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the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, (iv) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date, (v) no Stock Option provides for a deferral of compensation under Section 409A of the Code and (vi) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and, if and as required, disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinate the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

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

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

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

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

(o)     The Underlying Securities . Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon

 

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conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(p)     Descriptions of the Transaction Documents . Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(q)     No Violation or Default . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for such violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(r)     No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon the conversion thereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other financing instrument (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of the related refinancing by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(s)     No Consents Required . No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of

 

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Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers.

(t)     Legal Proceedings . Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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

(v)     Title to Real and Personal Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property, if any, owned by them and good title to all other properties, if any, owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (i) are described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. All of the leases and subleases of real property, if any, material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any written notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(w)     Intellectual Property . (i) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including, without limitation, trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them in all material respects; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its subsidiaries’ conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe on any

 

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Intellectual Property of any person; and, in the case of clause (ii) and (iii) such infringement or conflict (if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(x)     No Undisclosed Relationships . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors or officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that would be required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement on Form S-1 to be filed with the Commission and that is not so described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(y)     Investment Company Act . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(z)     Taxes . The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

(aa)     Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb)     No Labor Disputes . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(cc)     Compliance With Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are or have been 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 or safety, 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, asbestos-containing materials or mold (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 its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are and have been each in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no pending or, to the 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 of its subsidiaries and (iv) there are no events or circumstances that, to the knowledge of the Company, would 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 Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(dd)     Compliance with ERISA . (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Code) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA), and no Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Sections 304 and 305 of ERISA); (v) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (vi) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c)

 

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of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (viii) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (ix) none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (1) an increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company or its Controlled Group affiliates in the current fiscal year of the Company and its Controlled Group affiliates compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s and its Controlled Group affiliates’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (2) an increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year, except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i) through (ix) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee)     Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 of the Exchange Act) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (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; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the required information and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 of the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

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such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. In the past five years, neither of the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied that, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg)     No Unlawful Payments . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

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

(ii)     No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any, director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions, including by being owned or controlled or otherwise by acting on behalf of any individual or entity that is the subject or the target of any sanctions, administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without

 

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limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimean region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions where such funding or facilitation would result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Sanctioned Country or with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions where such dealing or transaction did or will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(jj)     Solvency . On and immediately after the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company (after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular date and entity, that on such date (i) the fair value of the assets of such entity is not less than the total amount required to pay the liability of such entity on its total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) such entity is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, such entity is not incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (iv) such entity is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that such entity is or would become unable to satisfy.

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

 

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

(mm)     Rule 144A Eligibility . On the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale and the Offering Memorandum, as of its date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(nn)     No Integration . None of the Company or any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(oo)     No General Solicitation . None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

(pp)     Securities Law Exemptions . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 2(b) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

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

(rr)     Margin Rules . Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(ss)     Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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(tt)     Statistical and Market Data . Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(uu)     Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended 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.

(vv)     No Ratings . There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act.

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

(a)     Delivery of Copies . The Company will deliver, without charge, to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(b)     Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements . Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or filing with the Commission any document that will be incorporated by reference therein, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement or document to be incorporated by reference therein for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement or file any such document with the Commission to which the Representatives reasonably object.

(c)     Additional Written Communications . Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representatives reasonably object.

(d)     Notice to the Representatives . The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence or development of any

 

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event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e)     Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum and Time of Sale Information . (i) If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities (1) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (2) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (or including such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law and (ii) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (1) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (2) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading.

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

 

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(g)     Clear Market . For a period of 60 days after the date of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, other than (1) the Securities to be sold hereunder; (2) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Time of Sale Information or Offering Memorandum; (3) any shares of Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock or stock units issued or granted to employees or directors of the Company under existing benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Time of Sale Information or Offering Memorandum or (4) any rights to purchase shares of Common Stock or any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan existing on the date hereof and referred to in the Time of Sale Information or Offering Memorandum.

(h)     Use of Proceeds . The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of proceeds.”

(i)     No Stabilization . The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities and will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.

(j)     Underlying Securities . The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be listed on the NYSE.

(k)     Supplying Information . While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities, prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders and securities analysts, in each case upon request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

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(l)     DTC . The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(m)     No Resales by the Company . During the period from the Closing Date until one year after the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, if applicable, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of its affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.

(n)     No Integration . Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(o)     No General Solicitation . None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

5.     Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers . Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (a) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (b) any written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, (c) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), (d) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company and the Representatives in advance in writing or (e) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Securities and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum.

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

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

 

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

(c)     Officers’ Certificate . The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraph (b) above.

(d)     Comfort Letters . (i) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; provided , that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(ii)    On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives certificates, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of its chief financial officer with respect to certain financial data contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(e)     Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company . Locke Lord LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex C hereto.

 

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(f)     Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers . The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

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

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

(i)     DTC . The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(j)     Credit Agreement Amendment . Concurrently with or prior to the Closing Date, the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement shall have become effective (or with respect to conditions of such effectiveness requiring the payment of money, adequate provision has been made in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives for such conditions to be satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date) and the terms thereof shall be consistent in all material respects with the terms described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and the Representatives shall have received conformed counterparts thereof.

(k)     Exchange Listing . An application for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to the NYSE.

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

(m)     Additional Documents . On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

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

7.     Indemnification and Contribution .

(a)     Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b)     Indemnification of the Company . Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information (including any of the other Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the following information in the “Plan of Distribution” heading of the Offering Memorandum furnished on behalf of each Initial Purchaser: the fourth paragraph, the first paragraph under “Commissions, Discounts and Expenses” and “Price Stabilization, Short Positions.”

(c)     Notice and Procedures . If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that

 

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the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for any fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all

 

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liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

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

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

 

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

8.     Effectiveness of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.

9.     Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date (a) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Stock Market; (b) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (c) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (d) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

10.     Defaulting Initial Purchaser .

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

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that remains unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made.

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

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

11.     Payment of Expenses .

(a)    Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, which fees and expenses shall not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate); (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (vii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities on the NYSE.

 

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

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

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

14.     Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

15.     Compliance with 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 Initial Purchasers 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 Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.

16.     Miscellaneous .

(a)     Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices shall be given as follows.

 

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If to the Initial Purchasers, notices shall be given to the Representatives:

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                           Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Facsimile: (646) 855-3073

Attention: Syndicate Department

with a copy to:

Facsimile: (212) 230-8730

Attention: ECM Legal

and:

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Facsimile: (212) 622-8358)

Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk

with a copy to:

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, Texas 77002

Facsimile: (713) 615-5962

Attention: James M. Prince

If to the Company, notices shall be given to:

13131 Dairy Ashford, Suite 600

Sugar Land, Texas 77478

Facsimile: (281) 388-5664

Attention: André C. Bouchard, Executive Vice President, Administration, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

with a copy to:

Locke Lord LLP

2800 JPMorgan Chase Tower

600 Travis Street

Houston, Texas 77002

Facsimile: (713) 223-3717

Attention: David F. Taylor, Esq. and Michelle A. Earley, Esq.

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

 

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(c)     Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

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

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

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

(g)     Xtract Research LLC . The Company hereby agrees that the Initial Purchasers may provide copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the final Offering Memorandum relating to the offering of the Securities and any other agreements or documents relating thereto to Xtract Research LLC (“Xtract”) following the completion of the offering for inclusion in an online research service sponsored by Xtract, access to which is restricted to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

Very truly yours,
TEAM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Andre C. Bouchard

Name:   Andre C. Bouchard
Title:   Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Legal Officer

Accepted: As of the date first written above

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                               INCORPORATED

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

For themselves and on behalf of the

several Initial Purchasers listed

in Schedule 1 hereto.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                               INCORPORATED

 

By:  

/s/ Clemence Rasigni

  Authorized Signatory
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Eugene Y. Sohn

  Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]


Schedule 1

 

Initial Purchaser

   Principal Amount  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

   $ 80,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     80,000,000  

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC

     20,000,000  

BBVA Securities Inc.

     20,000,000  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

   $ 200,000,000  

 

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Schedule 2

Significant Subsidiaries

 

C OMPANY

   J URISDICTION  / S TATE   OF  O RGANIZATION

Team Industrial Services, Inc

   Texas

TISI Canada Inc.

   Ontario, Canada

Team QualSpec, LLC

   Delaware

Quest Integrity USA, LLC

   Texas

QualSpec LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite America, LLC

   Virginia

Furmanite Australia Pty. Ltd.

   Australia

Furmanite Worldwide, LLC

   Delaware

Subsidiaries

 

C OMPANY

   J URISDICTION  / S TATE   OF  O RGANIZATION

TISI Pipelines, Inc.

   Delaware

TQ Acquisition, Inc.

   Texas

Quest Integrity Group, LLC

   Delaware

Quest Integrity CAN Ltd.

   Canada

Quest Integrity NZL Limited

   New Zealand

Quest Integrity MYS Sdn Bhd

   Malaysia

Quest Integrity AUS Pty Limited

   Australia

Quest Integrity EU Holdings B.V.

   Netherlands

Quest Integrity NLD B.V.

   Netherlands

Quest Integrity Saudi Arabia Co. LTD

   Saudi Arabia

Quest Integrity Deutschland GmbH

   Germany

Quest Integrity USA, LLC

   Texas

Quest Integrity MEX S.A. de C.V.

   Mexico

Team Industrial Services, Inc.

   Texas

Global Ascent, LLC

   California

TCI Services Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

TCI Services, LLC

   Oklahoma

Tank Consultants, LLC

   Oklahoma

Tank Consultants Mechanical Services, LLC

   Oklahoma

Team Industrial Services International, Inc.

   Delaware

Team Mexico Holdings, LLC

   Texas

Team Industrial Services Latin America, S. de R.L. de C.V.

   Mexico

TISI Acquisition Inc.

   Canada

TISI Canada Inc.

   Canada

TISI VI, LLC

   USVI

Team Industrial Services Asia Private Ltd.

   Singapore

Team Industrial Services Trinidad, Ltd.

   Trinidad, West Indies

T.I.S.I. Trinidad Limited

   Trinidad, West Indies

 

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C OMPANY

   J URISDICTION  / S TATE   OF  O RGANIZATION

Team Industrial Services Europe B.V.

   Netherlands

Team Industrial Services Netherlands B.V.

   Netherlands

Teaminc Europe B.V.

   Netherlands

Team Industrial Services Belgium BVBA

   Belgium

Team Industrial Services (UK) Limited

   United Kingdom

Team Valve Repair Services B.V.

   Netherlands

Team Industrial Services Deutschland GmbH

   Germany

Team Industrial Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd

   Malaysia

Team Industrial Services (UK) Holding Limited

   United Kingdom

Team Valve and Rotating Services Limited

   United Kingdom

TISI do Brasil—Servicos Industriais Ltda.

   Brazil

DK Valve & Supply, LLC

   California

Team Technical School, LLC

   Texas

Rocket Acquisition, LLC

   Delaware

Team Qualspec, LLC

   Delaware

Qualspec LLC

   Delaware

Quantapoint, LLC

   Delaware

A&M Beheer, B.V.

   Netherlands

Turbinate International, B.V.

   Netherlands

RETESO International, B.V.

   Netherlands

Quality Inspection Services BV

   Netherlands

Quality Inspection Services BVBA

   Belgium

Threshold Inspection & Application Training Europe BV

   Netherlands

Furmanite, LLC

   Delaware

Xanser Services LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite Germany, LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite GmBH

   Germany

Furmanite Worldwide, LLC

   Delaware

Xtria LLC

   Delaware

Kaneb Financial, LLC

   Delaware

Aggressive Equipment Leasing Company

   Delaware

Xanser Investment, LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite Offshore Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Self Leveling Machines, LLC

   Texas

Furmanite International Finance Limited

   United Kingdom

Furmanite America, LLC

   Virginia

Advanced Integrity Solutions, LLC

   Texas

Furmanite Canada Corp.

   Canada

Furmanite Louisiana LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite Arub II, N.V.

   Aruba

Furmanite B.V.

   Netherlands

Furmanite GSG BVBA

   Belgium

Furmanite AB

   Sweden

 

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C OMPANY

   J URISDICTION  / S TATE   OF  O RGANIZATION

Furmanite A/S

   Denmark

Furmanite Limited

   United Kingdom

Furmanite 1986

   United Kingdom

Furmanite GSG Limited

   United Kingdom

TeamFurmanite Ltd.

   United Kingdom

Furmanite West Africa Ltd.

   Nigeria

Furmanite Middle East SPC

   Bahrain

Aggressive Equipment Company Ltd.

   United Kingdom

Furmanite Kazakhstan LLP

   Kazakhstan

Furmanite SAS

   France

Furmanite AS

   Norway

Furmanite Malaysia LLC

   Delaware

Furmanite Australia Pty. Ltd.

   Australia

Furmanite Holding B.V.

   Netherlands

Furmanite NZ Limited

   New Zealand

Furmanite Mechanical Technology Services Co., Ltd.

   China

Furmanite Singapore PTE Ltd.

   Singapore

 

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ANNEX A

a. Additional Time of Sale Information

Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.

 

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ANNEX B

PRICING TERM SHEET

Dated July 25, 2017

 

LOGO

Team, Inc.

5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023

The information in this pricing term sheet supplements Team, Inc.’s preliminary offering memorandum, dated July 24, 2017 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. In all other respects, this pricing term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.

 

Issuer:    Team, Inc. (“TISI”)
Ticker / Exchange:    TISI / The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
Title of Securities:    5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes Offered:    $200,000,000 (increased from $175,000,000)
Offering Price:    The Notes will be issued at a price of 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from July 31, 2017.
Initial Purchasers’ Option to Purchase Additional Notes:    $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes
Interest Rate:    The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 5.00% per year from July 31, 2017.
Interest Payment Dates:    February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2018
Maturity Date:    August 1, 2023, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of TISI common stock on July 25, 2017:    $15.50 per share
Conversion Premium:    40% above the NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of TISI common stock on July 25, 2017
Initial Conversion Rate:    46.0829 shares of TISI common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes

 

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Initial Conversion Price:
   Approximately $21.70 per share of TISI common stock
Settlement Upon Conversion:    Conversions of the Notes will be settled in cash, shares of TISI common stock or a combination thereof, at TISI’s election.
Trade Date:    July 26, 2017
Settlement Date:    July 31, 2017
Joint Book-running Managers:    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                         Incorporated
   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Co-Managers:    BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC BBVA Securities Inc.
CUSIP Number:    878155 AD2
ISIN:    US878155AD23
Optional Redemption:    TISI may not redeem the Notes prior to August 5, 2021. TISI may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at its option, on or after August 5, 2021 if the last reported sale price of TISI common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive), including the trading day immediately preceding the date on which TISI provides notice of redemption, during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which TISI provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
   No “sinking fund” is provided for the Notes, which means that TISI is not required to redeem or retire the Notes periodically.
   TISI will give notice of any redemption not less than 45 nor more than 55 scheduled trading days before the redemption date by mail or electronic delivery to the trustee, the paying agent and each holder of the Notes. See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption On or After August 5, 2021” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
Fundamental Change:    If TISI undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under “Description of the Notes—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes”), subject to certain conditions, holders of the Notes may require TISI to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the fundamental change repurchase date. See “Description of the Notes—Fundamental Change Permits Holders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

 

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Increase in Conversion Rate Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change:    The following table sets forth the amount by which the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will be increased upon conversion of the Notes in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for each stock price and effective date set forth below (subject to adjustment as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum).

 

    Stock Price  

Effective Date

  $15.50     $17.50     $20.00     $21.70     $23.00     $25.00     $28.21     $30.00     $32.50     $35.00     $40.00     $45.00     $50.00     $55.00     $60.00  

July 31, 2017

    18.4332       14.8729       11.7588       10.2007       9.2320       8.0192       6.5789       5.9401       5.2511       4.7006       3.8802       3.2998       2.8775       2.5477       2.2805  

August 1, 2018

    18.4332       14.0252       10.7486       9.1407       8.1529       6.9364       5.5378       4.9286       4.2950       3.8024       3.0933       2.6157       2.2746       2.0121       1.8025  

August 1, 2019

    18.4332       13.1610       9.6290       7.9257       6.8972       5.6568       4.2953       3.7216       3.1593       2.7429       2.1805       1.8286       1.5886       1.4066       1.2620  

August 1, 2020

    18.4332       12.3752       8.4164       6.5198       5.3968       4.0822       2.7358       2.2115       1.7588       1.4620       1.1213       0.9420       0.8231       0.7339       0.6619  

August 1, 2021

    18.4332       11.9843       7.5742       5.3484       3.9452       2.1738       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

August 1, 2022

    18.4332       11.2783       6.6155       4.4699       3.2062       1.7079       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

August 1, 2023

    18.4332       11.0599       3.9171       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

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

 

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

 

    If the stock price is greater than $60.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), the conversion rate will not be increased.

 

    If the stock price is less than $15.50 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), the conversion rate will not be increased.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes exceed 64.5161 shares of TISI common stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of the Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion Rate Adjustments” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

Amendments to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum

Use of Proceeds

The first two paragraphs under “Use of Proceeds” on pages 9 and 32 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum are amended to read:

We estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting initial purchasers’ discounts and the estimated offering expenses payable by us, will be approximately $193.5 million (or approximately $222.6 million if the initial purchasers exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes).

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay all outstanding borrowings under the term loan portion of our Credit Facility and to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the revolver portion of our Credit Facility, which may be subsequently reborrowed for general corporate purposes .

Risk Factors

The following sentence that appears on pages 6, 19, 23 and 39 in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum is amended to read as follows:

As of March 31, 2017, we would have had unused availability of approximately $115.6 million under the revolving credit facility portion of our Credit Facility after giving effect to the reduction of the revolving credit facility to $300.0 million following the issuance of the notes pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to our Credit Agreement.

 

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The first paragraph on page 26 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum is amended to read as follows:

The adjustment to the conversion rate for notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change may not adequately compensate you for any lost option value of your notes as a result of such transaction. In addition, if the price of our common stock is less than $15.50 per share or more than $60.00 per share, no further adjustment will be made to the conversion rate.

In addition, the title to the first risk factor on page 27 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum is amended to read as follows:

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be, or may be required to be, settled in cash, such as the notes, may have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Further, the first risk factor on page 27 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum is amended to add the following as the second paragraph of such risk factor:

Also, because the notes could be convertible in full into more than 19.99% of our outstanding common stock, we have agreed to seek the approval of the holders of our outstanding shares of common stock at our next annual shareholders’ meeting for the issuance of more than 20% of our outstanding common stock upon conversion of the notes. Until such time that we receive shareholder approval, if at all, we may be required to record an embedded derivative liability for the conversion feature for all or a portion of the notes pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”), with changes in fair value of the embedded derivative liability reflected in our results of operations. The valuation of such derivative liability would be based on various inputs, including the price of our common stock. Changes in our stock price or changes to the inputs used to value the derivative liability could materially and adversely affect our financial results, including our net income (loss) as well as increase the volatility of our financial results from period to period.

Capitalization

The following items appearing in the “As Adjusted” column under “Capitalization” on page 33 of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum are amended to read as follows:

 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 23,740  

Credit Facility (revolver)

   $ 163,688  

5.00% Convertible Senior Notes offered hereby

   $ 200,000  

Total debt

   $ 363,688  

Total capitalization

   $ 894,310  

In addition, footnote (2) to this table is amended to add the following as the penultimate sentence to such footnote:

Also, we may be required, pursuant ASC 815, to record an embedded derivative liability for the embedded conversion feature for all or a portion of the notes and record changes in fair value of such embedded derivative in our results of operations until such time that our shareholders approve, if at all, the issuance of more than 20% of the Company’s outstanding common stock for conversion of the notes. The effect of such accounting treatment, to the extent it may be applicable, is not reflected in the table above.

Further, the third sentence of footnote (3) to this table is amended to read as follows:

After giving effect to the issuance of the notes and the reduction of the revolving credit facility to $300.0 million following the issuance of the notes pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to our Credit Facility, we would have had unused availability of $80.3 million under the revolving credit facility.

Description of Notes

The following is added following the third paragraph of the section “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Settlement Upon Conversion” on page 46 the Preliminary Offering Memorandum:

Notwithstanding the above, certain listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange potentially limit the number of shares of our common stock that we may issue upon conversion of the notes. These standards generally require us to obtain the approval of our stockholders before entering into certain transactions that potentially result in the issuance of 20% or more of the common stock outstanding at the time the notes are initially issued unless we obtain stockholder approval of issuances in excess of such limitations. In accordance with these listing standards, these restrictions will apply at any time when the notes are outstanding, regardless of whether we then have a class of securities listed on The New York Stock Exchange.

 

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Accordingly, unless and until we obtain stockholder approval to issue more than 19.99% of our common stock outstanding at the time the notes are initially issued (the “aggregate share cap”) upon conversion of the notes in accordance with the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, we will be required to settle all conversions using cash settlement or combination settlement with a specified dollar amount such that the number of shares of our common stock deliverable upon conversion, if any, will not exceed the aggregate share cap. This limitation will apply until either (x) the elimination of the aggregate share cap is approved by our stockholders or (y) the aggregate share cap is no longer required under the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange. We will agree in the indenture to use our reasonable best efforts to include for vote by our stockholders during the next annual stockholder meeting and will endorse in the proxy materials for such meeting the approval, in accordance with the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, of the issuance of shares of our common stock in excess of the aggregate share cap upon conversion of the notes.

In addition, we will agree in the indenture not to enter into any transaction, or take any other action, that would result in any increase to the conversion rate (whether under clauses (2) through (5) under “—Conversion Rate Adjustments” below or “Increase in Conversion Rate Upon Conversions in Connection with a Make Whole Fundamental Change” below) that would result, in the aggregate, in the notes being convertible into a number of shares of our common stock in excess of any limitations imposed by the continued listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange, without complying, if applicable, with the shareholder approval rules contained in such listing standards.

General Amendments

All other financial information on pages 6, 19 and 39 in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum that is affected by the changes of the net proceeds from the offering and the use of proceeds described above shall be correspondingly amended.

ANNEX CGeneral

This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the sender.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification of these securities under the laws of any such state.

The Notes and any shares of TISI common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. The Notes and any shares of TISI common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes may be offered only in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Accordingly, TISI is offering the Notes only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Sellers of the Notes may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. For further details about eligible offerees and resale restrictions, see the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

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

 

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ANNEX D

Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company


Exhibit A

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

            , 2017

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    Incorporated

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

As Representatives of the

several Initial Purchasers listed

in Schedule 1 to the Purchase

Agreement referred to below

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

          Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Re:    Team, Inc. – Rule 144A Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers, propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Team, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the purchase and resale (the “Placement”) by the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial Purchasers”), of Convertible Senior Notes due 2023, of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the Initial Purchasers’ agreement to purchase and make the Placement of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, the undersigned will not, during the period (the “Lock-Up Period”) ending 60 days after the date of the final offering memorandum relating to the Placement (the “Offering Memorandum”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, $0.30 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or


exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case other than (A) (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) transfers of shares of Common Stock to any immediate family member, any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family members of the undersigned or any of their successors, and in each case such transfer does not involve a disposition for value (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin), (iii) the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock to its affiliate, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, (iv) transfers of shares of Common Stock during the undersigned’s lifetime or on death to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will, other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent (v) the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan (a “Plan”) that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act, provided , however , that no sales of Common Stock shall be made pursuant to a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and no public announcement or filing shall be required or voluntarily made by any person in connection therewith ; provided that each donee or transferee described in this clause (A) shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided , further , no public filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period) or establishment of such Plan and the Company does not otherwise voluntarily effect any such public filing regarding such Plan other than general disclosure in Company periodic reports to the effect that Company directors and officers may enter into such trading plans from time to time; and (B) the cashless surrender, forfeiture or other disposition to the Company, in each such case to reimburse or pay income tax in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards outstanding on the date hereof; provided that any report pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any transaction described in clause (B) shall indicate that (i) any change in ownership of securities by the undersigned relates to the satisfaction of a tax withholding obligation and (ii) in the event of a “cashless” disposition, the purpose for any such transfer and (C) the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to employee stock option plans of the Company disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum, which options are outstanding on the date hereof.

In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

 

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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Purchase Agreement does not become effective by August 31, 2017, or if the Purchase Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Initial Purchasers are entering into the Purchase Agreement and proceeding with the Placement in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

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

 

Very truly yours,
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER]
By:  

 

  Name:  

                                                                                    

  Title:                                                                                       

 

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Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Sixth Amendment ”), dated as of July 21, 2017 (but effective as of June 30, 2017), is by and among TEAM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement referenced below), the banks listed as Lenders on the signature pages hereof (the “ Lenders ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (in said capacity as Administrative Agent, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

BACKGROUND

A.    The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2015, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2015, that certain Second Amendment and Commitment Increase to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2016, that certain Fourth Amendment and Limited Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2016, and that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2017 (said Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”; the terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall be used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement).

B.    The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, as more fully set forth herein, and the Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are all hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

1.     AMENDMENTS .

(a)     Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following defined terms thereto in proper alphabetical order:

2017 Senior Convertible Notes ” means the unsecured senior convertible notes of the Borrower issued on or immediately prior to the Sixth Amendment Date that are convertible into shares of common stock of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock or such other securities).

Accounts ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.102 of the UCC.

Available Borrowing Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) 80% of Eligible Accounts, plus (b) 25% of Inventory, plus (c) 40% of the net book value of property, plant and equipment of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, in each case as of such date.


Available Borrowing Assets Report ” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit  P , prepared and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

Borrowing Availability ” means, the excess, if any, of the amount by which (a) the Available Borrowing Assets as set forth in the most recent Available Borrowing Assets Report delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(f) exceed (b) the Total Revolving Outstandings.

Borrowing Availability Determination Date ” means the earlier of (i) the date that the first Available Borrowing Assets Report is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(f) and (ii) August 20, 2017.

Eligible Accounts ” means all Accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis created in the ordinary course of business that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and satisfy the following conditions:

(a)    The Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary has good and indefeasible title to the Account and the Account is not subject to any Lien except Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent;

(b)    The account debtor is not insolvent or currently the subject of any Debtor Relief Law, and has not made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, suspended normal business operations, dissolved, liquidated, terminated its existence, ceased generally to pay its debts as they become due, or suffered a receiver or trustee to be appointed for any of its assets or affairs; and

(c)    The Account is not owed by an Affiliate, employee, officer, director or shareholder of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Inventory ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.102 of the UCC.

Sixth Amendment ” means that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2017, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

Sixth Amendment Date ” means the date that all of the conditions of effectiveness set forth in Section 3 of the Sixth Amendment are satisfied.

 

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(b)    The definition of “ Applicable Rate ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Applicable Rate ” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  6.02(b) :

 

Pricing
Level

 

Total Leverage Ratio

  Commitment
Fee
  Eurocurrency Rate
for Loans and
Letters of Credit
  Base
Rate for
Loans
I   Less than 1.25 to 1.00   0.200   1.250   0.250
II   Greater than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00   0.250   1.500   0.500
III   Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.75 to 1.00   0.300   1.750   0.750
IV   Greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 but less than 3.50 to 1.00   0.350   2.000   1.000
V   Greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but less than 4.00 to 1.00   0.400   2.250   1.250
VI   Greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 but less than 4.50 to 1.00   0.450   2.500   1.500
VII   Greater than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00   0.500   3.000   2.000

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered for any Fiscal Quarter pursuant to Section  6.02(b) ; provided , however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section  6.02(b) , then Pricing Level VII shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the first Business Day immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate is actually delivered to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Rate in effect from and after June 30, 2017 through and including the date the Compliance Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2017 is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) shall be Pricing Level VII and (b) until such time as a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) that indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, (i) the Eurocurrency Rate for Loans and Letters of Credit and the Base Rate for Loans set forth above shall each be increased by 0.750% and (ii) the Commitment Fee set forth above shall be increased by 0.250% from the then existing Pricing Level.

In the event that any financial statement delivered pursuant to Section  6.01(a) or 6.01(b) or any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to a higher Applicable Rate for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Rate shall be determined using the Pricing Level applicable for such Applicable Period based upon the corrected Compliance Certificate, and (iii) the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the

 

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Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under any provision of this Agreement to payment of any Obligations hereunder at the Default Rate or under Article  VIII . The obligations of the Borrower under this paragraph shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

(c)     Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the defined term “ Permitted Debt Incurrence Date ” therefrom.

(d)    The definition of “ Equity Interests ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination, but excluding in all cases any debt securities convertible into or referencing any of the foregoing, including, to the extent applicable, the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes.

(e)    The proviso in the definition of “ Consolidated EBITDA ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

provided that the aggregate amount for any cash fees, expenses, charges and costs that are included in clauses (i) and (j) with respect to any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters (A) through and including September 30, 2017, shall not exceed $30,000,000 for such period, (B) thereafter and through and including December 31, 2017, shall not exceed $25,000,000 for such period, (C) thereafter and through and including December 31, 2018, shall not exceed $16,000,000 for such period, and (D) thereafter, shall not exceed 3% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period, in each case as approved by the Administrative Agent in writing, provided further that the aggregate amounts set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall exclude up to $7,000,000 in restructuring expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any reduction in force

(f)    The definition of “ Financial Covenants ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Financial Covenants ” means the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Section  7.13 .

 

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(g)    Clause (b) of the definition of “ Net Cash Proceeds ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

(b)    with respect to the issuance of Indebtedness pursuant to Section  7.03(f) , the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received by the Borrower in connection with such issuance over (ii) reasonable underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by the Borrower in connection therewith.

(h)    The definition of “ Revolving Commitment ” set forth in Section  1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending the penultimate sentence thereof to read as follows:

The Revolving Commitment of all of the Revolving Lenders as of the Sixth Amendment Date shall be $300,000,000.

(i)    The first sentence of Section  2.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “ Revolving Loan ”) to the Borrower, in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies, from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided , however , that after giving effect to any Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, (ii) the Revolving Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit, and (iv) from and after the Borrowing Availability Determination Date until such time as a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) that indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, the Borrowing Availability shall not be less than zero.

(j)    The first sentence of Section  2.03(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section  2.03 , (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section  2.03(b) , and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (w) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility, (x) the Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and (z) from and after the Borrowing Availability Determination Date until such time as a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) that indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, the Borrowing Availability shall be greater than zero.

 

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(k)    The third sentence of Section  2.04(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

During the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swingline Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided , however , that (i) after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (A) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Facility at such time, (B) the Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Lender at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (C) from and after the Borrowing Availability Determination Date until such time as a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section  6.02(b) that indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, the Borrowing Availability shall be greater than zero, (ii) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any outstanding Swingline Loan, and (iii) the Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure.

(l)    The first sentence of Section  2.05(a)(ii)(A) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Upon the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section  7.03(f) , the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans of no less than 100% of Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom concurrently with the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds by the Borrower less the amount of Equity Interest Repurchases permitted to be made pursuant to Section  7.06(d) with any proceeds from such issuance.

(m)     Section  2.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (f) thereto to read as follows:

(f)    From and after the Borrowing Availability Determination Date, until such time as a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) that indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, if for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the lesser of (i) the Available Borrowing Assets and (ii) the Revolving Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Borrowings (together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

 

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(n)     Section  2.09(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (iii) thereto to read as follows:

(iii)    The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender executing the Sixth Amendment on the last Business Day of September 2017 an amount in immediately available funds equal to the product of (A) 0.30% and (B) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment on such date.

(o)     Article  V of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section  5.31 to the end thereof to read as follows:

Section  5.31      Borrower ERISA Representations . The Borrower represents and warrants as of the Sixth Amendment Date that the Borrower is not and will not be (a) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA; (b) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code; (c) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for purpose of ERISA or the Code; or (d) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA.

(p)     Section  6.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting “and” after subsection (e) thereof, (ii) relettering subsection (f) thereof as subsection “(g)” and (iii) adding a new subsection (f) thereto to read as follows:

(f)    no later than twenty (20) days after the last day of each calendar month (commencing with the month ended July 31, 2017), an Available Borrowing Assets Report until such time, if any, that the Borrower has delivered a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section  6.02(b) which indicates that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, provided , that if such 20 th day is not a Business Day, the Available Borrowing Base Assets Report shall be required to be delivered on or before the succeeding Business Day; and

(q)     Section  7.03(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

(f)    (i) so long as there exists no Default after giving effect to such transaction, the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes and replacements or refinancings thereof containing terms and provisions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) so long as there exists no Default immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction, (A) the Permitted Notes and (B) unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (e) above (and replacements or refinancings thereof) and containing terms, covenants and provisions no more restrictive than this Agreement and having no scheduled amortization or mandatory prepayments prior to the Maturity Date;

(r)     Section  7.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section  7.06      Restricted Payments . Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(a)    each Subsidiary may make Dividends to the Borrower and to Guarantors (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Guarantor and to each other owner of Equity Interest of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);

 

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(b)    the Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make Dividends payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;

(c)    the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Equity Interest Repurchases with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock;

(d)    to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment or an obligation to declare or make a Restricted Payment, the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments in respect of, and otherwise perform its obligations under, the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes or any Equity Interests issued upon the conversion of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, making payments of interest and principal thereon, making payments due upon the required or voluntary repurchase thereof and/or making any payments and deliveries due upon the conversion thereof), provided that with respect to any Restricted Payment made in cash (other than cash in lieu of fractional shares and other than making regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal with respect to the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes) pursuant to this Section  7.06(d) , (i) no Default exists immediately before and after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment and (ii) at the time of such Restricted Payment, after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Financial Covenants as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower;

(e)    the Borrower may make Equity Interest Repurchases to its stockholders in an aggregate amount up to $50,000,000 with the Net Cash Proceeds of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes, provided , (i) with respect to any such Equity Interest Repurchase made on the date of the issuance of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes, after giving effect to such Equity Interest Repurchase no Default exists or would result therefrom, (ii) with respect to any such Equity Interest Repurchase made after the date of the issuance of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes, before and after giving effect to such Equity Interest Repurchase no Default exists or would result therefrom, and (iii) after giving pro forma effect to any such Equity Interest Repurchase, (A) the Borrower shall be in compliance with each of the Financial Covenants and (B) Liquidity will be at least $15,000,000; and

(f)    the Borrower may make other Equity Interest Repurchases and declare or pay cash Dividends to its stockholders, provided , (i) before and after giving effect to such proposed action, no Default exists or would result therefrom, and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to any such proposed action, (A) the Borrower shall be in compliance with each of the Financial Covenants as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, (B) Liquidity will be at least $15,000,000 and (C) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower is less than 2.50 to 1.00; provided, however, notwithstanding clause (C) immediately preceding, if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower is greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 and the Total Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the proposed Equity Interest Purchase and payment of cash Dividends is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00, Equity Interest Purchases and declaration and payment of cash Dividends may be made, provided that such Equity Interest Purchases and payment of cash Dividends that may be made during all such times that such conditions are in effect shall not exceed $50,000,000 in aggregate amount.

 

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(s)    Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section  7.12      Prepayment of Indebtedness . Make any prepayment of principal or interest on account of any Indebtedness for borrowed money or make any repurchase thereof other than (a) the Obligations, (b) provided no Default exists or would result from the prepayment thereof, the Indebtedness permitted under Section  7.03 (e), (c) provided (i) no Default exists or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to any such prepayment or repurchase, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Financial Covenants as of the most recent Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower, the Indebtedness permitted under Section  7.03(f) , and (d) to the extent constituting a prepayment of principal or interest on account of Indebtedness for borrowed money or a repurchase thereof, payments or deliveries in shares of common stock (or other securities or property following a merger or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) and cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes and replacements or refinancings thereof permitted under Section  7.03(f) .

(t)     Section  7.13(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

(b)     Total Leverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

   Maximum Total Leverage
Ratio

June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017

   N/A

March 31, 2018

   4.50 to 1.00

June 30, 2018

   4.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2018 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter

   4.00 to 1.00

(u)     Section  7.13(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

(c)     Senior Secured Leverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of any Fiscal Quarter set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

   Maximum Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2017    4.75 to 1.00
December 31, 2017    4.25 to 1.00
March 31, 2018    3.75 to 1.00
June 30, 2018    3.25 to 1.00
September 30, 2018 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter    3.00 to 1.00

 

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(v)     Section 8.01(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

(e)     Cross-Default . (i) The Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Material Foreign Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $7,500,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee described in the foregoing clause (A) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower, such other Loan Party or any Material Foreign Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $7,500,000; provided , that notwithstanding the foregoing, a conversion of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes shall not by itself trigger an Event of Default under this Section  8.01(e) ; or

(w)     Article  XI of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section  11.24 to the end thereof to read as follows:

Section  11.24     Lender ERISA Representations . Each Lender as of the Sixth Amendment Date represents and warrants as of the Sixth Amendment Date to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that such Lender is not and will not be (a) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA; (b) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code; (c) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for purposes of ERISA or the Code; or (d) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA.

(x)     Schedule  1.01(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Commitments and Applicable Percentages, is hereby amended to be in the form of Schedule  1.01(b) to this Sixth Amendment, and the Revolving Commitment of each Lender is amended to be in the amount set forth under the column “Revolving Commitment” in such Schedule  1.01(b) .

 

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(y)     Exhibit  A to the Credit Agreement, the form of Assignment and Assumption, is hereby amended to be in the form of Exhibit  A to this Sixth Amendment.

(z)     Exhibit  B to the Credit Agreement, the form of the Compliance Certificate, is hereby amended to be in the form of Exhibit  B to this Sixth Amendment.

(aa)    The Available Borrowing Assets Report is hereby added to the Credit Agreement to be in the form of Exhibit  P to this Sixth Amendment.

2.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TRUE; NO EVENT OF DEFAULT . By its execution and delivery hereof, the Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, and immediately after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment:

(a)    the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article  II , Article  V and each other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document that has been furnished under or in connection herewith or therewith, are (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, true and correct and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification, are true and correct in all material respects, and except that for purposes hereof, except (x) to the extent Administrative Agent has been previously notified of any changes in the facts on which such representations and warranties were based in a certificate delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  6.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, (y) the representations and warranties contained in Sections  5.05(a) and (b)  shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Sections  6.01(a) and (b) , respectively, and (z) any representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, is true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of such representations and warranties that are subject to a materiality qualification, in all respects) as of such earlier date;

(b)    no Default exists;

(c)    (i) the Borrower and each Guarantor has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Sixth Amendment, (ii) this Sixth Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Guarantor and (iii) this Sixth Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnity may be limited by federal or state securities laws;

(d)    neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Sixth Amendment or the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, nor the consummation of any transactions contemplated herein or therein, will (i) conflict with any Organization Documents of the Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii) violate any Applicable Law applicable to the Borrower or any Guarantor in any material respect (other than failures to obtain governmental

 

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authorizations, make filings or provide notices, etc. which do not violate Section  5.03 of the Credit Agreement), or (iii) conflict with any Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower or a Guarantor is a party or affecting the Borrower, any Guarantor or the properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Borrower, any Guarantor or their property is subject, except in each case referred to in this clause (iii) for such violations, breaches and defaults that, individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(e)    no authorization, approval, consent, or other action by, notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person not previously obtained is required to be obtained or made by (i) the Borrower as a condition to the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Sixth Amendment or (ii) any Guarantor as a condition to the acknowledgement by any Guarantor of this Sixth Amendment.

3.     CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. All provisions of this Sixth Amendment shall be effective upon satisfaction of, or completion of, the following:

(a)    the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Borrower shall have received no less than $150,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes (after taking into account the amount of any Equity Interest Repurchases made with any proceeds from such issuance), which Net Cash Proceeds shall be concurrently applied as required pursuant to Section  2.05(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement;

(b)    the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Sixth Amendment executed by Lenders comprising the Required Lenders;

(c)    the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Sixth Amendment executed by the Borrower and acknowledged by each Guarantor;

(d)    the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Sixth Amendment shall be true and correct;

(e)    the Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, such other documents, certificates and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall require;

(f)    all fees and expenses of Winstead PC, counsel to the Administrative Agent, shall have been paid in immediately available funds; and

(g)    the Administrative Agent shall have received in immediately available funds for the account of each Lender executing this Sixth Amendment an amount equal to the product of (a) 0.10% and (b) the sum of (i) the amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment after giving effect to the reduction thereof pursuant to this Sixth Amendment plus (ii) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan owed to each Lender after giving effect to any prepayment of the Term Loans with the proceeds of the 2017 Senior Convertible Notes referenced in Section 3(a) above.

 

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4.     GUARANTOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT . By signing below, each Guarantor (a) acknowledges, consents and agrees to the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Sixth Amendment, (b) acknowledges and agrees that its obligations in respect of its Guaranty are not released, diminished, waived, modified, impaired or affected in any manner by this Sixth Amendment or any of the provisions contemplated herein, (c) ratifies and confirms its obligations under its Guaranty, and (d) acknowledges and agrees that it has no claim or offsets against, or defenses or counterclaims to, its Guaranty.

5.     REFERENCE TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT .

(a)    Upon and during the effectiveness of this Sixth Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as affected and amended by this Sixth Amendment.

(b)    Except as expressly set forth herein, this Sixth Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and shall not alter, modify, amend, or in any way affect the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants, or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all of which are hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.

6.     COSTS AND EXPENSES . The Borrower shall be obligated to pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Sixth Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder.

7.     EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS . This Sixth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Sixth Amendment, a counterpart hereof (or signature page thereto) signed and transmitted by any Person party hereto to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) is to be treated as an original. The signature of such Person thereon, for purposes hereof, is to be considered as an original signature, and the counterpart (or signature page thereto) so transmitted is to be considered to have the same binding effect as an original signature on an original document.

8.     GOVERNING LAW; BINDING EFFECT . This Sixth Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such state; provided that the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall retain all rights arising under federal law. This Sixth Amendment shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

9.     HEADINGS . Section headings in this Sixth Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Sixth Amendment for any other purpose.

 

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10.     ENTIRE AGREEMENT . THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT, AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREIN AND HEREIN AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Sixth Amendment as of the date above written.

 

TEAM, INC.
By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Greg L. Boane
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.

TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

            INTERNATIONAL, INC.

TQ ACQUISITION, INC.

TEAM QUALSPEC, LLC

QUALSPEC LLC

FURMANITE, LLC

FURMANITE WORLDWIDE, LLC

FURMANITE AMERICA, LLC

FURMANITE OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Greg L. Boane
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
QUEST INTEGRITY GROUP, LLC
QUEST INTEGRITY USA, LLC
By:  

/s/ Ted W. Owen

  Ted W. Owen
  Treasurer
ROCKET ACQUISITION, LLC
By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Greg L. Boane
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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TCI SERVICES, LLC
TANK CONSULTANTS, LLC
DK VALVE & SUPPLY, LLC
TCI SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Greg L. Boane

  Greg L. Boane
  Senior Vice President

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

By:  

/s/ Patrick Devitt

Name:   Patrick Devitt
Title:   Vice President

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender

By:  

/s/ Adam Rose

Name:   Adam Rose
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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LENDERS:   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
  By:  

/s/ Laurie C. Tuzo

  Name:   Laurie C. Tuzo
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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COMPASS BANK
By:  

/s/ Collis Sanders

Name:   Collis Sanders
Title:   Executive Vice President

 

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BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Matt McCain

Name:   Matt McCain
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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SUNTRUST BANK
By:  

/s/ Justin Lien

Name:   Justin Lien
Title:   Director

 

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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Suzannah Valdivia

Name:   Suzannah Valdivia
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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BOKF, NA dba Bank of Texas
By:  

/s/ Kenna Garinger

Name:   Kenna Garinger
Title:   Relationship Manager

 

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