As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18,
2018.
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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5961
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90-0890517
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(State
or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)
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(Primary
Standard IndustrialClassification Code Number)
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(I.R.S.
EmployerIdentification Number)
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2400 Boswell Road
Chula Vista, California 91914
(619) 934-3980
(Address and telephone number of registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Stephan Wallach
Chief Executive Officer
Youngevity International, Inc.
2400 Boswell Road
Chula Vista, California 91914
(619) 934-3980
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Leslie Marlow, Esq.
Hank Gracin, Esq.
Patrick J. Egan, Esq.
Gracin & Marlow, LLP
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10174
(212) 907-6457
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public:
From time to time after
the effective date of this registration
statement
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the
following box
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If this
Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. ☐
If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall
become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule
462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following
box.
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer,” “smaller reporting company” and
“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
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Large
accelerated filer ☐
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
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Smaller
reporting company ☒
Emerging growth
company ☒
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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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
securities
to be registered
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Amount to
be
registered/
proposed
maximum
offering
price
per
unit/
proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
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Amount
of
registration
fee
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Common
Stock
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(1)(2
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Preferred
Stock
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(1)(2
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Debt
Securities
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(1
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Warrants
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(1
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Units
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(1
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Total
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$
75,000,000
(3)
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$
9,337.50
(4)
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(1)
An
unspecified number of securities or aggregate principal amount, as
applicable, is being registered as may from time to time be offered
at unspecified prices.
(2)
Includes rights
to acquire common stock or preferred stock of the Company under any
shareholder rights plan then in effect, if applicable under the
terms of any such plan.
(3)
Estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. No separate
consideration will be received for shares of common stock or
preferred stock that are issued upon conversion of debt securities
or preferred stock or upon exercise of warrants registered
hereunder. The aggregate maximum offering price of all securities
issued by the registrant pursuant to this registration statement
will not exceed $75,000,000.
(4 )
The
registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such
date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until
the registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this registration statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration
statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and
Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may
determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does it seek
an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the
offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION,
DATED MAY 18, 2018
PROSPECTUS
YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
$75,000,000
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
Units
We may offer and sell, from time to time in one or more offerings,
any combination of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities,
warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt
securities, or any combination of the foregoing, either
individually or as units comprised of one or more of the other
securities, having an aggregate initial offering price not
exceeding $75,000,000.
This prospectus provides a general description of the securities we
may offer.
Each time we sell a
particular class or series of securities, we will provide specific
terms of the securities offered in a supplement to this prospectus.
T
he
prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may
also add, update or change information contained in this
prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing
prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these
offerings. You should read carefully this prospectus, the
applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference
herein or therein before you invest in any of our
securitie
s.
This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell our securities
unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement relating to the
offered securities.
Our
common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the
symbol “YGYI.” On May 15, 2018, the last reported sale
price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market was $3.90
per share.
The applicable
prospectus supplement will contain information, where applicable,
as to any other listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market or any
securities market or other exchange of the securities, if any,
covered by the prospectus supplement.
As
of May 15, 2018, the aggregate market value of our outstanding
common stock held by non-affiliates was $30,935,753, based on
21,536,069 shares of outstanding common stock, of which 14,630,767
shares are held by affiliates, and a per share price of $4.48 based
on the closing sale price of our common stock on March 21, 2018. We
have not offered or sold any securities during the past twelve
months pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 to Form
S-3.
These securities may be sold directly by us, through dealers or
agents designated from time to time, to or through underwriters,
dealers or through a combination of these methods on a continuous
or delayed basis. See “Plan of Distribution” in this
prospectus. We may also describe the plan of distribution for any
particular offering of our securities in a prospectus supplement.
If any agents, underwriters or dealers are involved in the sale of
any securities in respect of which this prospectus is being
delivered, we will disclose their names and the nature of our
arrangements with them in a prospectus supplement. The price to the
public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive
from any such sale will also be included in a prospectus
supplement.
We are
an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in
the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS
Act”), and, as such, elect to comply with certain reduced
public company reporting requirements for future
filings.
Investing in our securities involves various risks. See “Risk
Factors” contained herein for more information on these
risks. Additional risks will be described in the related prospectus
supplements under the heading “Risk Factors.” You
should review that section of the related prospectus supplements
for a discussion of matters that investors in our securities should
consider.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, nor any
state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The
date of this prospectus is _________, 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About
This Prospectus
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1
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Our
Business
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Risk
Factors
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Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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Industry and Market
Data
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Use of
Proceeds
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The
Securities We May Offer
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Description of
Capital Stock
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Description of Debt
Securities
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Description of
Warrants
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Description of
Units
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Legal
Ownership of Securities
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Plan of
Distribution
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Legal
Matters
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Experts
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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Incorporation of
Certain Documents By Reference
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You should rely only on the information we have provided or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus
supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
information different from that contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement. This
prospectus and any prospectus supplement is an offer to sell only
the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in
jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should assume that
the information contained in this prospectus and in any prospectus,
supplement is accurate only as of their respective dates and that
any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only
as of the date of the document incorporated by reference,
regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any
prospective supplement or any sale of securities. The registration
statement, including the exhibits and the documents incorporated
herein by reference, can be read on the Securities and Exchange
Commission website or at the Securities and Exchange Commission
offices mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More
Information.”
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), using a “shelf” registration process.
Under this shelf registration process, we may from time to time
sell common stock, preferred stock, debt securities or warrants to
purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, or any
combination of the foregoing, either individually or as units
comprised of one or more of the other securities, in one or more
offerings up to a total dollar amount of $75,000,000. We have
provided to you in this prospectus a general description of the
securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities under this
shelf registration, we will, to the extent required by law, provide
a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information
about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more
free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain
material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus
supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may
authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change
information contained in this prospectus or in any documents that
we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. To the
extent there is a conflict between the information contained in
this prospectus and the prospectus supplement or any related free
writing prospectus, you should rely on the information in the
prospectus supplement or the related free writing prospectus;
provided that if any statement in one of these documents is
inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later
date — for example, a document incorporated by reference in
this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any related free
writing prospectus — the statement in the document having the
later date modifies or supersedes the earlier
statement.
We have not authorized any dealer, agent or other person to give
any information or to make any representation other than those
contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any
accompanying prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you. You must
not rely upon any information or representation not contained or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus or an accompanying
prospectus supplement, or any related free writing prospectus that
we may authorize to be provided to you. This prospectus, any
accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus, if any, do not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the
registered securities to which they relate, nor do this prospectus,
any accompanying prospectus supplement or any related free writing
prospectus, if any, constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to
whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such
jurisdiction. You should not assume that the information contained
in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any
related free writing prospectus is accurate on any date subsequent
to the date set forth on the front of the document or that any
information we have incorporated by reference is correct on any
date subsequent to the date of the document incorporated by
reference (as our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects may have changed since that date), even
though this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any
related free writing prospectus is delivered or securities are sold
on a later date.
As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the
registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part,
includes additional information not contained in this prospectus.
You may read the registration statement and the other reports we
file with the SEC at the SEC’s web site or at the SEC’s
offices described below under the heading “Where You Can Find
More Information.”
Company References
In this prospectus, “Youngevity,” “the
Company,” “we,” “us,” and
“our” refer to Youngevity International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, unless the context otherwise
requires.
OUR BUSINESS
Overview
We are a leading omni-direct lifestyle company offering a hybrid of
the direct selling business model that also offers e-commerce and
the power of social selling. Assembling a virtual main street of
products and services under one corporate entity, we offer products
from the six top selling retail categories: health/nutrition,
home/family, food/beverage (including coffee), spa/beauty,
apparel/jewelry, as well as innovative services.
We
operate in two segments: the direct selling segment where products
are offered through a global distribution network of preferred
customers and distributors and the commercial coffee segment where
products are sold directly to businesses. During the three months
ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, we derived approximately 82% and
86%, respectively, of our revenue from our direct selling sales and
approximately 18% and 14%, respectively, of our revenue from our
commercial coffee sales and during the years ended December 31,
2017 and 2016, we derived approximately 86% and 89%, respectively,
of our revenue from our direct selling sales and approximately 14%
and 11%, respectively, of our revenue from our commercial coffee
sales.
Direct Selling Segment
- In the
direct selling segment we sell health and wellness, beauty product
and skin care, scrap booking and story booking items, packaged food
products and other service-based products on a global basis and
offer a wide range of products through an international direct
selling network. Our direct sales are made through our network,
which is a web-based global network of customers and distributors.
Our independent sales force markets a variety of products to an
array of customers, through friend-to-friend marketing and social
networking. We consider our company to be an e-commerce company
whereby personal interaction is provided to customers by our
independent sales network. Initially, our focus was solely on the
sale of products in the health, beauty and home care market through
our marketing network; however, we have since expanded our selling
efforts to include a variety of other products in other markets.
Our direct selling segment offers more than 5,500 products to
support a healthy lifestyle.
Since 2010 we have expanded our operations through a series of
acquisitions of the assets of other direct selling companies
including their product lines and sales forces. We have also
substantially expanded our distributor base by merging the assets
that we have acquired under our web-based independent distributor
network, as well as providing our distributors with additional new
products to add to their product offerings.
Set forth below is information regarding each of our acquisitions
since 2012.
Business
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Acquisition
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Product Categories
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ViaViente
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March
1, 2018
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Nutritional
Supplements
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Nature
Direct
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February
12, 2018
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A
manufacturer and distributor of essential-oil based nontoxic
cleaning and care products for personal, home and professional
use
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BeautiControl,
Inc.
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December
13, 2017
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Cosmetic and Skin
Care Products
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Future
Global Vision, Inc.
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November
6, 2017
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Nutritional
Supplements and Automotive Fuel Additive
Products
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Sorvana
International, LLC
(FreeLife
International, Inc.)
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July 1,
2017
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Health
and wellness products
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Ricolife,
LLC
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March
1, 2017
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Teas
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Bellavita
Group, LLC
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March
1, 2017
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Health
and Beauty Products
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Legacy
for Life, LLC
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September
1, 2016
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Nutritional
Supplements
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Nature’s
Pearl Corporation
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September
1, 2016
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Nutritional
Supplements and Skin Care Products
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Renew
Interest, LLC (SOZO Global, Inc.)
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July
29, 2016
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Nutritional
Supplements and Skin Care Products
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South
Hill Designs Inc.
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January
20, 2016
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Jewelry
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PAWS
Group, LLC
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July 1,
2015
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Pet
treats
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Mialisia
& Co., LLC
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June 1,
2015
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Jewelry
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JD
Premium LLC
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March
4, 2015
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Dietary
Supplement Company
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Sta-Natural,
LLC
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February
23, 2015
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Vitamins, Minerals
and Supplements for families and their pets
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Restart
Your Life, LLC
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October
1, 2014
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Dietary
Supplements
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Beyond
Organics, LLC
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May 1,
2014
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Organic
Food and Beverages
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Good
Herbs, Inc.
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April
28, 2014
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Herbal
Supplements
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Biometics
International, Inc.
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November
19, 2013
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Liquid
Supplements
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GoFoods
Global, LLC
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October
1, 2013
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Packaged
Foods
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Heritage
Markers, LLC
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August
14, 2013
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Digital
Products
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Livinity,
Inc.
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July
10, 2012
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Nutritional
Products
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GLIE,
LLC (DBA True2Life)
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March
20, 2012
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Nutritional
Supplements
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Coffee Segment
- We engage in
the commercial sale of one of our products, our coffee through our
subsidiary CLR Roasters, LLC (“CLR”). We own a
traditional coffee roasting business that produces coffee under its
own Café La Rica brand, Josie’s Java House Brand and
Javalution brands. CLR produces a variety of private labels through
major national sales outlets and to major customers including
cruise lines and office coffee service operators, as well as
through our distributor network. CLR was established in 2001 and is
our wholly-owned subsidiary. CLR produces and markets a unique line
of coffees with health benefits under the JavaFit® brand which
is sold directly to consumers. In April 2017, CLR reached an
agreement with Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins to feature
CLR’s Café La Rica Gourmet Espresso coffee as the
“Official Cafecito of the Miami Marlins” at Marlins
Park in Miami, Florida.
Our roasting facility is located in Miami, Florida, is 50,000
square foot and is SQF Level 2 certified, which is a stringent food
safety process that verifies the coffee bean processing plant and
distribution facility is in compliance with Certified HACCP (Hazard
Analysis, Critical Control Points) food safety plans.
In March 2014, we expanded our coffee segment and started our new
green coffee business with CLR’s acquisition of Siles
Plantation Family Group, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CLR
located in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Siles Plantation Family Group
includes “La Pita,” a dry-processing facility on
approximately 26 acres of land and “El Paraiso,” a
coffee plantation consisting of approximately 500 acres of land and
thousands of coffee plants which produces 100 percent Arabica
coffee beans that are shade grown, Organic, Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ and Fair Trade Certified™.
The plantation and dry-processing facility allows CLR to control
the coffee production process from field to cup. The dry-processing
plant allows CLR to produce and sell green coffee to major coffee
suppliers in the United States and around the world. CLR has
engaged a husband and wife team to operate the Siles Plantation
Family Group by way of an operating agreement. The agreement
provides for the sharing of profits and losses generated by the
Siles Plantation Family Group after certain conditions are met. CLR
has made substantial improvements to the land and facilities since
2014. The 2018 harvest season started in November 2017 and will
continue through the end of May 2018.
Industry Overview
We are engaged in two industries, the direct selling industry and
the coffee industry.
Direct Selling Industry
Direct selling is a business distribution model that allows a
company to market its products directly to consumers by means of
independent contractors and relationship referrals. Independent,
unsalaried salespeople, referred to as distributors, represent us
and are awarded a commission based upon the volume of product sold
through each of their independent business operations.
The
Direct Selling Association (“DSA”) reported in its
“2016 An Overview” that the fastest growing product was
Wellness followed by Services & Other, the two categories alone
representing approximately $20 billion in sales in 2016. Top
product categories that continue to gain market share: home and
family care/durables, personal care, jewelry, clothing,
leisure/educations. Wellness products include weight-loss products
and dietary supplements. In the United States, as reported by the
DSA, a record 20.5 million people were involved in direct selling
in 2016, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2015. Estimated direct
retail sales for 2016 was reported by the 2017 Growth & Outlook
Report to be $35.54 billion compared to $36.12 billion in
2015.
Coffee Industry
Our coffee segment includes coffee bean roasting and the sales of
green coffee beans. Our roasting facility, located in Miami,
Florida, procures coffee primarily from Central America. Our green
coffee business procures coffee from Nicaragua by way of growing
our own coffee beans and purchasing green coffee beans directly
from other farmers. CLR sells coffee to domestic and international
customers, both green and roasted coffee.
The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”)
reported in its June 2017 “Coffee: World Markets and
Trade” report for the 2017/18 Forecast Overview that world
coffee production is forecasted at 159 million bags (60 kilograms
or approximately 132 pounds), which is unchanged from the previous
year. World exports of green coffee are expected to remain steady
totaling 111 million bags in 2018, with global consumption
forecasted at a record 158 million bags. For 2018, Central America
and Mexico are forecasted to contribute 18.1 million bags of coffee
beans and approximately 40 percent of the exports are destined to
the United States and 35 percent to the European Union. The United
States imports the second-largest amount of coffee beans worldwide
and is forecasted at 26 million bags.
The Securities We May Offer
We may offer shares of our common stock and preferred stock,
various series of debt securities and warrants to purchase any of
such securities, either individually or in units, with a total
value of up to $75,000,000 from time to time under this prospectus,
together with any applicable prospectus supplement and related free
writing prospectus, at prices and on terms to be determined by
market conditions at the time of offering. If we issue any debt
securities at a discount from their original stated principal
amount, then, for purposes of calculating the total dollar amount
of all securities issued under this prospectus, we will treat the
initial offering price of the debt securities as the total original
principal amount of the debt securities. Each time we offer
securities under this prospectus, we will provide offerees with a
prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts,
prices and other important terms of the securities being offered,
including, to the extent applicable:
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designation or
classification;
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aggregate
principal amount or aggregate offering price;
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maturity, if
applicable;
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original issue
discount, if any;
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rates and times
of payment of interest or dividends, if any;
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redemption,
conversion, exchange or sinking fund terms, if any;
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conversion or
exchange prices or rates, if any, and, if applicable, any
provisions for changes to or adjustments in the conversion or
exchange prices or rates and in the securities or other property
receivable upon conversion or exchange;
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restrictive
covenants, if any;
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voting or other
rights, if any; and
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important United
States federal income tax considerations.
A prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus
that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or
change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we
have incorporated by reference. However, no prospectus supplement
or free writing prospectus will offer a security that is not
registered and described in this prospectus at the time of the
effectiveness of the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part.
We may sell the securities to or through underwriters, dealers or
agents or directly to purchasers. We, as well as any agents acting
on our behalf, reserve the sole right to accept and to reject in
whole or in part any proposed
purchase of securities. Each
prospectus supplement will set forth the names of any underwriters,
dealers or agents involved in the sale of securities described in
that prospectus supplement and any applicable fee, commission or
discount arrangements with them, details regarding any
over-allotment option granted to them, and net proceeds to us. The
following is a summary of the securities we may offer with this
prospectus.
Authorized Capital
Our
authorized capital consists of 50 million shares of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, and 5 million shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of May 15, 2018, 21,536,069
shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and 542,308
shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
We may
issue shares of our common stock from time to time. Holders of
shares of common stock have the right to cast one vote for each
share of common stock in their name on our books, whether
represented in person or by proxy, on all matters submitted to a
vote of holders of common stock, including election of directors.
There is no right to cumulative voting in election of directors.
Except where a greater requirement is provided by statute, by our
certificate of incorporation, or by our bylaws, the presence, in
person or by proxy duly authorized, of the one or more holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock constitutes
a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote by the holders
of a majority of outstanding shares is required to effect certain
fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger, or
amendment of our certificate of incorporation. Upon our
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock
are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment
of liabilities and the liquidation preferences of any outstanding
shares of preferred stock.
There
are no restrictions in our certificate of incorporation or bylaws
that prevent us from declaring dividends. We have not declared any
cash dividends on our common stock, and we do not plan to declare
any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
future.
Holders
of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive or
subscription or conversion rights, and no redemption or sinking
fund provisions are applicable to our common stock. All outstanding
shares of common stock are, and the shares of common stock sold in
the offering when issued will be fully paid and
non-assessable.
Preferred Stock
Our Board of Directors has the authority, without action by our
stockholders, to designate and issue up to 5 million shares of
preferred stock in one or more series or classes and to designate
the rights, preferences and privileges of each series or class,
which may be greater than the rights of our common stock. Of the 5
million shares of preferred stock, 161,135 have been designated as
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A
Preferred”) and
1,052,631
have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
(“Series B Preferred”). It is not possible to state the
actual effect of the issuance of any shares of preferred stock upon
the rights of holders of our common stock until our Board of
Directors determines the specific rights of the holders of the
preferred stock. However, the effects might
include:
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dividends on our common stock;
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the voting power of our common stock;
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impairing
liquidation rights of our common stock; or
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delaying
or preventing a change in control of us without further action by
our stockholders.
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The
Board of Directors’ authority to issue preferred stock
without stockholder approval could make it more difficult for a
third-party to acquire control of our company and could discourage
such attempt. We have no present plans to issue any shares of
preferred stock.
Series A Preferred
As of May 15, 2018, we have 161,135 shares of Series A Preferred
issued and outstanding.
The holders of
the Series A Preferred are entitled to receive a cumulative
dividend at a rate of 8.0% per year, payable annually either in
cash or shares of our Company's common stock at our
election. Each share of Series A Preferred is initially
convertible into one-tenth of a share of common stock, subject to
adjustment. The holders of Series A Preferred are entitled to
receive payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up
before any amount is paid to the holders of common stock. The
holders of Series A Preferred have no voting rights, except as
required by law.
Series B Preferred
As of May 15, 2018, we have 381,173 shares of Series B Preferred
issued and outstanding. The shares of Series B Preferred have a
stated value of $.001 per share and are initially
convertible at any time, in whole or in part, at the option of
the holders, at an initial conversion price of $4.75 per share,
into two shares of our common stock, have no voting rights, and is
entitled to cumulative dividends from the date of original
issue at a rate of 5.0% per annum and a liquidation
preference, ranking senior to our outstanding Series A
Preferred and the common stock.
Debt Securities
We may offer general debt obligations,
which may be secured or unsecured, senior or subordinated and
convertible into shares of our common stock. In this prospectus, we
refer to the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt
securities together as the “debt securities.” We may
issue debt securities under a note purchase agreement or under an
indenture to be entered between us and a trustee; forms of the
senior and subordinated indentures are included as an exhibit to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The
indentures do not limit the amount of securities that may be issued
under them and provide that debt securities may be issued in one or
more series. The senior debt securities will have the same rank as
all of our other indebtedness that is not subordinated. The
subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to our senior
debt on terms set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. In
addition, the subordinated debt securities will be effectively
subordinated to creditors and preferred stockholders of our
subsidiaries. Our Board of Directors will
determine the terms of each series of debt
securities being offered. This prospectus contains only general
terms and provisions of the debt securities. The applicable
prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of the
debt securities offered thereby. You should read any prospectus
supplement and any free writing prospectus that we mayauthorize to
be provided to you related to the series of debt securities being
offered, as well as the complete note agreements and/or indentures
that contain the terms of the debt securities. Forms of indentures
have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of
debt securities containing the terms of debt securities being
offered will be incorporated by reference into the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part from reports we file
with the SEC.
Warrants
We may offer warrants for the purchase of shares of our common
stock or preferred stock or of debt securities. We may issue the
warrants by themselves or together with common stock, preferred
stock or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached to or
separate from any offered securities. Each series of warrants will
be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into
between us and the investors or a warrant agent. Our Board of
Directors will determine the terms of the warrants. This prospectus
contains only general terms and provisions of the warrants. The
applicable prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms
of the warrants being offered thereby. You should read any
prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may
authorize to be provided to you related to the series of warrants
being offered, as well as the complete warrant agreements that
contain the terms of the warrants. Specific warrant agreements will
contain additional important terms and provisions and will be
incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part from reports we file with the
SEC.
Units
We may offer units consisting of our common stock or preferred
stock, debt securities and/or warrants to purchase any of these
securities in one or more series. We may evidence each series of
units by unit certificates that we will issue under a separate
agreement. We may enter into unit agreements with a unit agent.
Each unit agent will be a bank or trust company that we select. We
will indicate the name and address of the unit agent in the
applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of
units. This prospectus contains only a summary of certain general
features of the units. The applicable prospectus supplement will
describe the particular features of the units being offered
thereby. You should read any prospectus supplement and any free
writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you
related to the series of units being offered, as well as the
complete unit agreements that contain the terms of the units.
Specific unit agreements will contain additional important terms
and provisions and will be incorporated by reference into the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part from
reports we file with the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company
We are an emerging growth company under the JOBS ACT, which was
enacted in April 2012. We shall continue to be deemed an emerging
growth company until the earliest of:
(a)
the
last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross
revenues of $1.07 billion or more;
(b)
the
last day of the fiscal year of the issuer following the fifth
anniversary of the date of the first sale of common equity
securities of the issuer pursuant to an effective registration
statement;
(c)
the
date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in
non-convertible debt, during the previous 3-year period, issued;
or.
(d)
the
date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated
filer.
As an emerging growth company we are subject to reduced public
company reporting requirements and are exempt from Section 404(b)
of Sarbanes Oxley. Section 404(a) requires issuers to publish
information in their annual reports concerning the scope and
adequacy of the internal control structure and procedures for
financial reporting. Section 404(b) requires that the registered
accounting firm shall, in the same report, attest to and report on
the assessment on the effectiveness of the internal control
structure and procedures for financial reporting.
As an emerging growth company we are also exempt from Section 14A
(a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), which requires the shareholder
approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation and
golden parachutes.
We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying
with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of
the Jobs Act, that allows us to delay the adoption of new or
revised accounting standards that have different effective dates
for public and private companies until those standards apply to
private companies. As a result of this election, our financial
statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with
public company effective dates.
Our Corporate History
Youngevity International, Inc., formerly AL International, Inc.,
founded in 1996, operates through two segments including the
following wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries: AL Global
Corporation, which operates our direct selling networks, CLR
Roasters, LLC (“CLR”), our commercial coffee business,
2400 Boswell LLC, MK Collaborative LLC, Youngevity Global LLC and
the wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries: Youngevity Australia Pty.
Ltd., Youngevity NZ, Ltd., Siles Plantation Family Group S.A.
(“Siles”), located in Nicaragua, Youngevity Mexico S.A.
de CV, Youngevity Israel, Ltd., Youngevity Russia, LLC, Youngevity
Colombia S.A.S, Youngevity International Singapore Pte. Ltd.,
Mialisia Canada, Inc. and Legacy for Life Limited (Hong Kong). We
also operate through the BellaVita Group LLC, with operations in
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan.
We
also operate subsidiary branches of
Youngevity Global LLC in the Philippines and
Taiwan.
On July 11, 2011, AL Global Corporation, a privately held
California corporation (“AL Global”), merged with and
into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Javalution Coffee Company, a
publicly traded Florida corporation (“Javalution”).
After the merger, Javalution reincorporated in Delaware and changed
its name to AL International, Inc. In connection with this merger,
CLR, which had been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Javalution prior
to the merger, continued to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of AL
International, Inc. CLR operates a traditional coffee roasting
business, and through the merger we were provided access to
additional distributors, as well as added the JavaFit® product
line to our network of direct marketers.
Effective July 23, 2013, we changed our name from AL International,
Inc. to Youngevity International, Inc.
On
June 7, 2017, an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
became effective which effectuated: (i) a 1-for-20 reverse stock
split (the “Reverse Split”) of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock; (ii) a decrease in the number
of shares of (a) common stock authorized from 600,000,000 to
50,000,000 and (b) preferred stock authorized from 100,000,000 to
5,000,000.
Our Corporate Headquarters
Our corporate headquarters are located at 2400 Boswell Road, Chula
Vista, California 91914. This is also the location of our
operations and distribution center
.
The facility consists of a 59,000 square foot
Class A single use building that is comprised 40% of office space
and the balance is used for distribution.
Our telephone number is (619) 934-3980 and our facsimile number is
(619) 934-3205.
Available Information
Since June 21, 2017, our common stock has been listed on the NASDAQ
Capital Market under the symbol “YGYI.” From June 2013
until June 2017, the common stock has been traded on the OTCQX
Marketplace operated by the OTC Markets Group under the symbol
“YGYI.”
Additional information about our company is contained at our
website, http://www.youngevity.com. Information contained on our
website is not incorporated by reference into, and does not form
any part of, this registration statement. We have included our
website address as a factual reference and do not intend it to be
an active link to our website. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge
through the investor relations page of our internet website as soon
as reasonably practicable after those reports are electronically
filed with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The following Corporate
Governance documents are also posted on our website: Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics and the Charters for the Audit
Committee and Compensation Committee. Our phone number is (619)
934-3980 and our facsimile number is (619) 934-3205.
RISK FACTORS
You should consider carefully the risks discussed under the section
captioned “Risk Factors” contained in our annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and in our
subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as updated by our
subsequent filings under Exchange Act, each of which is
incorporated by reference in this prospectus in its entirety,
together with other information in this prospectus, and the
information and documents incorporated by reference in this
prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing
prospectus that we have authorized for use in connection with this
offering before you make a decision to invest in our securities. If
any of these events actually occur, our business, operating
results, prospects or financial condition could be materially and
adversely affected. This could cause the trading price of our
common stock to decline and you may lose all or part of your
investment.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference
herein
contain forward-looking statements that are based on
current management expectations. Statements other than statements
of historical fact included in this prospectus, including
statements about us and the future growth and anticipated operating
results and cash expenditures, are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section
21E of the Exchange Act. When used in this prospectus the words
“anticipate,” “objective,”
“may,” “might,” “should,”
“could,” “can,” “intend,”
“expect,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “predict,”
“potential,” “plan” or the negative of
these and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
These statements reflect our current views with respect to
uncertain future events and are based on imprecise estimates and
assumptions and subject to risk and uncertainties. Given these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. While we believe our plans, intentions
and expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are
reasonable, these plans, intentions or expectations may not be
achieved. Our actual results, performance or achievements could
differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements contained in, or incorporated by
reference into, this prospectus for a variety of
reasons.
We urge
investors to review carefully risks contained in the section of
this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors”
above as well as other risks and
factors identified from time to time in our SEC filings
in
evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this
prospectus. We caution investors not to place significant reliance
on forward-looking statements contained in this document; such
statements need to be evaluated in light of all the information
contained herein.
All
forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on
our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the risk
factors and other cautionary statements set forth, or incorporated
by reference, in this prospectus. Other than as required by
applicable securities laws, we are under no obligation, and we do
not intend, to update any forward-looking statement, whether as
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA
This
prospectus contains estimates and other statistical data made by
independent parties and by us relating to market size and growth
and other data about our industry. We obtained the industry and
market data in this prospectus from our own research as well as
from industry and general publications, surveys and studies
conducted by third parties. This data involves a number of
assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates
of the future performance of the industries in which we operate
that are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. We caution you
not to give undue weight to such projections, assumptions and
estimates. Further, industry and general publications, studies and
surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources
believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the
accuracy or completeness of such information. In addition, while we
believe that the results and estimates from our internal research
are reliable, such results and estimates have not been verified by
any independent source.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as described in any prospectus supplement and any free
writing prospectus in connection with a specific offering, we
currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the
securities offered under this prospectus for working capital
purposes. Our management will have broad discretion in the
allocation of the net proceeds and investors will be relying on the
judgment of our management regarding the application of the
proceeds of any sale of the securities. Pending use of the net
proceeds, we intend to invest the proceeds in short-term,
investment-grade, interest-bearing instruments.
Each time we offer securities under this prospectus, we will
describe the intended use of the net proceeds from that offering in
the applicable prospectus supplement. The actual amount of net
proceeds we spend on a particular use will depend on many factors,
including, our future capital expenditures, the amount of cash
required by our operations, and our future revenue growth, if any.
Therefore, we will retain broad discretion in the use of the net
proceeds.
THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER
We may offer shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock,
debt securities or warrants to purchase common stock, preferred
stock or debt securities, or any combination of the foregoing,
either individually or as units comprised of one or more of the
other securities. We may offer up to $75,000,000 of securities
under this prospectus. If securities are offered as units, we will
describe the terms of the units in a prospectus
supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Authorized Capital
Our
authorized capital consists of 50 million shares of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, and 5 million shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of May 15, 2018, 21,536,069
shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and 542,308
shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding, of which
161,135 are shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
(“Series A Preferred”) and 381,173 are shares of Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B
Preferred”).
Common Stock
We may
issue shares of our common stock from time to time. Holders of
shares of common stock have the right to cast one vote for each
share of common stock in their name on our books, whether
represented in person or by proxy, on all matters submitted to a
vote of holders of common stock, including election of directors.
There is no right to cumulative voting in election of directors.
Except where a greater requirement is provided by statute, by our
certificate of incorporation, or by our bylaws, the presence, in
person or by proxy duly authorized, of the one or more holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock constitutes
a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote by the holders
of a majority of outstanding shares is required to effect certain
fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger, or
amendment of our certificate of incorporation. Upon our
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock
are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment
of liabilities and the liquidation preferences of any outstanding
shares of preferred stock.
There are no restrictions in our certificate of incorporation or
bylaws that prevent us from declaring dividends. We have not
declared any dividends on our common stock, and we do not plan to
declare any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable
future.
Holders
of shares of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive or
subscription or conversion rights, and no redemption or sinking
fund provisions are applicable to our common stock. All outstanding
shares of common stock are, and the shares of common stock sold in
the offering when issued will be fully paid and
non-assessable.
Preferred Stock
Our Board of Directors has the authority, without action by our
stockholders, to designate and issue up to 5 million shares of
preferred stock in one or more series or classes and to designate
the rights, preferences and privileges of each series or class,
which may be greater than the rights of our common stock. Of the 5
million shares of preferred stock, 161,135 have been designated as
Series A Preferred and 1,052,631 have been designated as Series B
Preferred, of which 381,173 shares of Series B Preferred are
issued. It is not possible to state the actual effect of the
issuance of any shares of preferred stock upon the rights of
holders of our common stock until our Board of Directors determines
the specific rights of the holders of the preferred stock. However,
the effects might include:
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dividends on our common stock;
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diluting
the voting power of our common stock;
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impairing
liquidation rights of our common stock; or
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delaying
or preventing a change in control of us without further action by
our stockholders.
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The
Board of Directors’ authority to issue preferred stock
without stockholder approval could make it more difficult for a
third-party to acquire control of our company and could discourage
such attempt. We have no present plans to issue any shares of
preferred stock.
Series A
Preferred
Stock
As of
May 15, 2018, we have 161,135 shares of Series A Preferred issued
and outstanding.
The holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a cumulative
dividend at a rate of 8.0% per year, payable annually either in
cash or shares of our common stock at our election. Each
share of Series A Preferred is initially convertible into one-tenth
of a share of common stock, subject to adjustment. The holders of
Series A Preferred are entitled to receive payments upon our
liquidation, dissolution or winding up before any amount is paid to
the holders of common stock. The holders of Series A Preferred have
no voting rights, except as required by
law.
Series B Preferred Stock
As of May 15, 2018, we had 381,173 shares of Series B Preferred
issued and outstanding. The holders of the Series B Preferred are
entitled to receive a cumulative dividend
at a rate of 5% per annum
payable in cash quarterly in arrears on or about
the last day of March, June, September and December of each year
beginning June 30, 2018.
Each share of Series B Preferred is
initially convertible, at the option of the holders, at an initial
conversion price of $4.75 per share, into two shares of our common
stock and automatically converts into two shares of our common
stock on its two-year anniversary of issuance. The holders of
Series B Preferred are entitled to receive dividends and payments
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up before any amount is
paid to holders of the Series A Preferred and of our common stock.
The holders of Series B Preferred have no voting rights, except as
required by law.
As of
May 15, 2018, we had issued and outstanding warrants to purchase
2,748,183 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $2.00 to
$10.00. All warrants are currently exercisable and expire at
various dates through February 2023.
Included
in the warrants are (i) warrants to purchase 1,149,712 shares of
our common stock that were issued in our 2017 Private Placement and
have an exercise price of $5.56 per share of common stock and
expire three years after issuance; (ii) warrants to purchase
247,916 shares of our common stock that were issued in our 2015
Private Placement and have an exercise price of $9.00 per share of
common stock and expire five years after issuance; (iii) warrants
to purchase 102,678 shares of our common stock that were issued in
our 2015 Private Placement and have an exercise price of $7.00 per
share of common stock and expire three years after issuance; (iv)
warrants to purchase 67,857 shares of our common stock that were
issued in our 2014 Private Placement and have an exercise price of
$7.00 per share of common stock and expire five years after
issuance; (v) warrants to purchase 1,022,279 shares of our common
stock that were issued in our 2014 Private Placement and have an
exercise price of $4.60 per share of common stock and expire five
years after issuance; (vi) warrants to purchase 44,624 shares of
our common stock issuable upon exercise and have an exercise price
of $10.00 per share of common stock and expire in December 2018;
(viii) warrants to purchase 75,000 shares of our common stock
issuable upon exercise and have an exercise price of $2.00 per
share of common stock and expire in May 2020; and (ix) warrants to
purchase 38,117 shares of our common stock that were issued to the
underwriter’s in our 2018 preferred stock offering and have
an exercise price of $5.70 per share of common stock and expire in
February 2023.
The
Warrants contain cashless exercise provisions in the event a
registration statement registering the common stock underlying the
Warrants is not effective at the time of exercise and customary
anti-dilution protection and registration rights.
As of
May 15, 2018, we had issued and outstanding options to purchase
1,458,342 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise
price of $4.29. There are currently 862,522 options available for
exercise at various dates through 2027.
Restricted Stock Units
As of
May 15, 2018, we had issued and outstanding restricted stock units
of 487,500 shares of common stock that are issuable upon being
vested which were issued under our 2012 Equity Incentive
Plan.
Convertible Notes
In
August 2014, we completed the 2014 Private Placement and issued
notes (the “2014 Notes”) in the aggregate principal
amount of $4,750,000 together with warrants to purchase 929,346
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.60 per share. The
2014 Notes are currently convertible into 678,568 shares of our
common stock at a conversion price of $7.00 per share. The 2014
Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum. We have the right to
prepay the 2014 Notes at any time after the one-year anniversary
date of the issuance of the 2014 Notes at a rate equal to 110% of
the then outstanding principal balance and accrued interest. The
2014 Notes rank senior to all of our debt other than certain senior
debt. CLR, our wholly-owned subsidiary, has provided collateral to
secure the repayment of the Notes and has pledged its assets (which
lien is junior to CLR’s equipment leases but senior to all of
its other obligations), all subject to the terms and conditions of
a security agreement among us, CLR and the investors. Stephan
Wallach, our Chief Executive Officer, has also personally
guaranteed the repayment of the 2014 Notes, subject to the terms of
a Guaranty executed by him with the investors. In addition, Mr.
Wallach has agreed not to sell, transfer or pledge 1.5 million
shares of the common stock that he owns so long as his personal
guaranty is in effect. As of the date hereof, notes in the
principal amount of $4,750,000 remain outstanding.
In
November 2015, we completed the 2015 Private Placement and entered
into Note Purchase Agreements with three (3) accredited investors
pursuant to which we sold senior secured convertible notes (the
“2015 Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of
$7,187,500 (which includes $4,000,000 owed on a prior debt that was
applied to the purchase of units in this offering), that are
convertible into 1,026,784 shares of common stock at a conversion
price of $7.00 per share and warrants exercisable to purchase an
aggregate of 479,166 shares of common stock from us at a price per
share of $9.00. The 2015 Notes are due in October 2018 if the
option to convert has not been exercised. The 2015 Notes bear
interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum. We have the
right to prepay the 2015 Notes at any time after the one-year
anniversary date of the issuance of the 2015 Notes at a rate equal
to 110% of the then outstanding principal balance and accrued
interest. The 2015 Notes rank senior to all of our debt other than
certain debt owed to Crestmark Bank, the investors in our prior
private placements, a mortgage on property, and any
refinancing’s thereof. We and CLR, have provided collateral
to secure the repayment of the 2015 Notes and have pledged our
assets (which liens are junior to CLR’s equipment leases and
junior to the rights of note holders in our prior financings but
senior to all of their other obligations), all subject to the terms
and conditions of a security agreement among us, CLR and the
investors. Stephan Wallach, our Chief Executive Officer, has also
personally guaranteed the repayment of the 2015 Notes, subject to
the terms of a Guaranty executed by him with the investors. In
addition, Mr. Wallach has agreed not to sell, transfer or pledge
the 1.5 million shares of the common stock that are currently
pledged as collateral to a previous financing so long as his
personal guaranty is in effect. As of the date hereof, the 2015
Notes in the principal amount of $3,000,000 remain
outstanding.
Registration Rights
In connection with our 2017 Private Placement, we also entered into
the “Registration Rights Agreement” with the investors
in the 2017 Private Placement. The Registration Rights Agreement
requires that we file a registration statement (the “Initial
Registration Statement”) with the SEC within 90 days of the
final closing date of the 2017 Private Placement for the resale by
the investors of all of the shares common stock underlying the
senior convertible notes and warrants and all shares of common
stock issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other
distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect
thereto (the “Registrable Securities”) and that the
Initial Registration Statement be declared effective by the SEC
within 180 days of the final closing date of the 2017 Private
Placement or if the registration statement is reviewed by the SEC
210 days after the final closing date or the 2017 Private
Placement. Upon the occurrence of certain events (each an
“Event”), we will be required to pay to the investors
liquidated damages of 1.0% of their respective aggregate purchase
price upon the date of the Event and then monthly thereafter until
the Event is cured. In no event may the aggregate amount of
liquidated damages payable to each of the investors exceed in the
aggregate 10% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such investor
for the Registrable Securities. The registration statement was
declared effective by the SEC on September 27,
2017.
Potential Anti-Takeover Effects
Certain
provisions set forth in our Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, in our bylaws and in Delaware law, which are summarized
below, may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay,
deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a
stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including
attempts that might result in a premium being paid over the market
price for the shares held by stockholders.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision that permits us
to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders,
up to five million shares of preferred stock in one or more series
and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares
constituting the series and the designation of the series, the
voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series, and the
preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or
restrictions, of the shares of such series.
In
particular our bylaws and Delaware General Corporate Law, as
applicable, among other things:
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Provide the
board of directors with the ability to alter the bylaws without
stockholder approval; and
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Provide that
vacancies on the board of directors may be filled by a majority of
directors in the office, although less than a quorum.
While
the foregoing provision of our certificate of incorporation, and
provisions of Delaware law may have an anti-takeover effect, these
provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and
stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and in the
policies formulated by the Board of Directors and to discourage
certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or
threatened change of control. In that regard, these provisions are
designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition
proposal. The provisions also are intended to discourage certain
tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions
could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender
offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit
fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that could
result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions
also may have the effect of preventing changes in our
management.
Delaware Takeover Statute
In
general, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
prohibits a Delaware corporation that is a public company from
engaging in any “business combination” (as defined
below) with any “interested stockholder” (defined
generally as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of
the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or
person affiliated with such entity or person) for a period of three
years following the date that such stockholder became an interested
stockholder, unless: (1) prior to such date, the board of directors
of the corporation approved either the business combination or the
transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested
stockholder; (2) on consummation of the transaction that resulted
in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the
interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of
the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced,
excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares
outstanding those shares owned (x) by persons who are directors and
also officers and (y) by employee stock plans in which employee
participants do not have the right to determine confidentially
whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a
tender or exchange offer; or (3) on or subsequent to such date, the
business combination is approved by the board of directors and
authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not
by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested
stockholder.
Section
203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law defines “business
combination” to include: (1) any merger or consolidation
involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; (2) any
sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of ten percent or more
of the assets of the corporation involving the interested
stockholder; (3) subject to certain exceptions, any transaction
that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any
stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; (4) any
transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of
increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or
series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested
stockholder; or (5) the receipt by the interested stockholder of
the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other
financial benefits provided by or through the
corporation.
Listing of Common Stock
Our common stock is currently listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market
under the trading symbol
“YGYI.”
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with the additional information
we include in any applicable prospectus supplements or free writing
prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the
debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. We may
issue debt securities, in one or more series, as either senior or
subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt.
While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to
any future debt securities we may offer under this prospectus, we
will describe the particular terms of any debt securities that we
may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement or
free writing prospectus. The terms of any debt securities we offer
under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms we describe
below. However, no prospectus supplement shall fundamentally change
the terms that are set forth in this prospectus or offer a security
that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time
of its effectiveness. As of the date of this prospectus, we have no
outstanding registered debt securities. Unless the context requires
otherwise, whenever we refer to the “indentures,” we
also are referring to any supplemental indentures that specify the
terms of a particular series of debt securities.
We will issue any senior debt securities under the senior indenture
that we will enter into with the trustee named in the senior
indenture. We will issue any subordinated debt securities under the
subordinated indenture and any supplemental indentures that we will
enter into with the trustee named in the subordinated indenture. We
have filed forms of these documents as exhibits to the registration
statement, of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental
indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of the
debt securities being offered will be filed as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will
be incorporated by reference from reports that we file with the
SEC.
The indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). We use
the term “trustee” to refer to either the trustee under
the senior indenture or the trustee under the subordinated
indenture, as applicable.
The following summaries of material provisions of the senior debt
securities, the subordinated debt securities and the indentures are
subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of
the provisions of the indenture and any supplemental indentures
applicable to a particular series of debt securities. We urge you
to read the applicable prospectus supplements and any related free
writing prospectuses related to the debt securities that we may
offer under this prospectus, as well as the complete indentures
that contains the terms of the debt securities. Except as we may
otherwise indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the
subordinated indenture are identical.
General
The terms of each series of debt securities will be established by
or pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors and set forth
or determined in the manner provided in an officers’
certificate or by a supplemental indenture. Debt securities may be
issued in separate series without limitation as to aggregate
principal amount. We may specify a maximum aggregate principal
amount for the debt securities of any series. We will describe in
the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of
debt securities being offered, including:
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the principal amount being offered, and if a series, the total
amount authorized and the total amount outstanding;
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any limit on the amount that may be issued;
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whether or not we will issue the series of debt securities in
global form, and, if so, the terms and who the depositary will
be;
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whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay
additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who is
not a United States person for tax purposes, and whether we can
redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional
amounts;
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the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the
method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to
accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record
dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such
dates;
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whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured,
and the terms of any secured debt;
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the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated
debt;
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the place where payments will be made;
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restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if
any;
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our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum
length of any such deferral period;
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the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may, at
our option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to any
optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms of
those redemption provisions;
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provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if
any, including the date, if any, on which, and the price at which
we are obligated, pursuant thereto or otherwise, to redeem, or at
the holder’s option, to purchase, the series of debt
securities and the currency or currency unit in which the debt
securities are payable;
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whether the indenture will restrict our ability or the ability of
our subsidiaries to:
o
incur additional indebtedness;
o
issue
additional securities;
o
pay
dividends or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or
the capital stock of our subsidiaries;
o
place
restrictions on our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends,
make distributions or transfer assets;
o
make
investments or other restricted payments;
o
sell
or otherwise dispose of assets;
o
enter
into sale-leaseback transactions;
o
engage
in transactions with stockholders or affiliates;
o
issue or sell stock of our subsidiaries; or
o
effect a consolidation or merger;
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whether the indenture will require us to maintain any interest
coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based, asset-based or other
financial ratios;
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a discussion of certain material or special United States federal
income tax considerations applicable to the debt
securities;
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information describing any book-entry features;
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the applicability of the provisions in the indenture on
discharge;
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whether the debt securities are to be offered at a price such that
they will be deemed to be offered at an “original issue
discount” as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 1273 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
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the denominations in which we will issue the series of debt
securities, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof;
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the currency of payment of debt securities if other than U.S.
dollars and the manner of determining the equivalent amount in U.S.
dollars; and
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or
restrictions on, the debt securities, including any additional
events of default or covenants provided with respect to the debt
securities, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable
under applicable laws or regulations.
Conversion or Exchange Rights
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms
under which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or
exchangeable for our common stock, our preferred stock or other
securities (including securities of a third party). We will include
provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at
the option of the holder or at our option. We may include
provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of our common
stock, our preferred stock or other securities (including
securities of a third party) that the holders of the series of debt
securities receive would be subject to adjustment.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable
to a particular series of debt securities, the indentures will not
contain any covenant that restricts our ability to merge or
consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of our assets. However, any successor to or
acquirer of such assets must assume all of our obligations under
the indentures or the debt securities, as appropriate. If the debt
securities are convertible into or exchangeable for our other
securities or securities of other entities, the person with whom we
consolidate or merge or to whom we sell all of our property must
make provisions for the conversion of the debt securities into
securities that the holders of the debt securities would have
received if they had converted the debt securities before the
consolidation, merger or sale.
Events of Default under the Indenture
Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable
to a particular series of debt securities, the following are events
of default under the indentures with respect to any series of debt
securities that we may issue:
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if we fail to pay interest when due and payable and our failure
continues for 90 days and the time for payment has not been
extended;
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if we fail to pay the principal, premium or sinking fund payment,
if any, when due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or
repurchase or otherwise, and the time for payment has not been
extended;
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if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in
the debt securities or the indentures, other than a covenant
specifically relating to another series of debt securities, and our
failure continues for 90 days after we receive notice from the
trustee or we and the trustee receive notice from the holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of the applicable series; and
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if specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
occur.
We will describe in each applicable prospectus supplement any
additional events of default relating to the relevant series of
debt securities.
If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, other than an event of default
specified in the last bullet point above, the trustee or the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series, by notice to us in
writing, and to the trustee if notice is given by such holders, may
declare the unpaid principal, premium, if any, and accrued
interest, if any, due and payable immediately. If an event of
default arises due to the occurrence of certain specified
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events, the unpaid
principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, of each
issue of debt securities then outstanding shall be due and payable
without any notice or other action on the part of the trustee or
any holder.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of an affected series may waive any default or
event of default with respect to the series and its consequences,
except defaults or events of default regarding payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless we have cured the
default or event of default in accordance with the indenture. Any
waiver shall cure the default or event of default.
Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default
under an indenture shall occur and be continuing, the trustee will
be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers
under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the
holders of the applicable series of debt securities, unless such
holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity or security
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. The
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of any series will have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the trustee, with respect to the debt securities of
that series, provided that:
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the direction so given by the holder is not in conflict with any
law or the applicable indenture; and
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subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee
need not take any action that might involve it in personal
liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not
involved in the proceeding.
The indentures provide that if an event of default has occurred and
is continuing, the trustee will be required in the exercise of its
powers to use the degree of care that a prudent person would use in
the conduct of its own affairs. The trustee, however, may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or the indenture, or
that the trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of
any other holder of the relevant series of debt securities, or that
would involve the trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking
any action under the indentures, the trustee will be entitled to
indemnification against all costs, expenses and liabilities that
would be incurred by taking or not taking such action.
A holder of the debt securities of any series will have the right
to institute a proceeding under the indentures or to appoint a
receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies only
if:
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the holder has given written notice to the trustee of a continuing
event of default with respect to that series;
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the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series have made a written
request and such holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the
trustee or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability
or expense or to be incurred in compliance with instituting the
proceeding as trustee; and
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the trustee does not institute the proceeding and does not receive
from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of that series other conflicting
directions within 90 days after the notice, request and
offer.
These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of
debt securities if we default in the payment of the principal,
premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities, or other
defaults that may be specified in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
We will periodically file statements with the trustee regarding our
compliance with specified covenants in the indentures.
The indentures provide that if a default occurs and is continuing
and is actually known to a responsible officer of the trustee, the
trustee must mail to each holder notice of the default within the
earlier of 90 days after it occurs and 30 days after it is known by
a responsible officer of the trustee or written notice of it is
received by the trustee, unless such default has been cured or
waived. Except in the case of a default in the payment of principal
or premium of, or interest on, any debt security or certain other
defaults specified in an indenture, the trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of
Directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors, or responsible officers of the trustee, in good faith
determine that withholding notice is in the best interests of
holders of the relevant series of debt securities.
Modification of Indenture; Waiver
Subject to the terms of the indenture for any series of debt
securities that we may issue, we and the trustee may change an
indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to the
following specific matters:
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to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the
indenture;
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to comply with the provisions described above under
“Description of Debt Securities — Consolidation, Merger
or Sale;”
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to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the
qualification of any indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
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to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of debt securities, as set forth in the
indenture;
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to provide for the issuance of, and establish the form and terms
and conditions of, the debt securities of any series as provided
under “Description of Debt Securities — General,”
to establish the form of any certifications required to be
furnished pursuant to the terms of the indenture or any series of
debt securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any
series of debt securities;
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to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor trustee;
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to provide for uncertificated debt securities and to make all
appropriate changes for such purpose;
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to add such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
for the benefit of the holders, to make the occurrence, or the
occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional
covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an event of
default or to surrender any right or power conferred to us in the
indenture; or
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to change anything that does not adversely affect the interests of
any holder of debt securities of any series in any material
respect.
In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a
series of debt securities may be changed by us and the trustee with
the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
each series that is affected. However, subject to the terms of the
indenture for any series of debt securities that we may issue or
otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement applicable to a
particular series of debt securities, we and the trustee may only
make the following changes with the consent of each holder of any
outstanding debt securities affected:
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extending the stated maturity of the series of debt
securities;
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reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending
the time of payment of interest, or reducing any premium payable
upon the redemption or repurchase of any debt securities;
or
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reducing the percentage of debt securities, the holders of which
are required to consent to any amendment, supplement, modification
or waiver.
Discharge
Each indenture provides that, subject to the terms of the indenture
and any limitation otherwise provided in the prospectus supplement
applicable to a particular series of debt securities, we may elect
to be discharged from our obligations with respect to one or more
series of debt securities, except for specified obligations,
including obligations to:
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register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the
series;
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replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the
series;
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maintain paying agencies;
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hold monies for payment in trust;
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recover excess money held by the trustee;
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compensate and indemnify the trustee; and
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appoint any successor trustee.
In order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must deposit
with the trustee money or government obligations sufficient to pay
all the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt
securities of the series on the dates payments are
due.
Form, Exchange and Transfer
We will issue the debt securities of each series only in fully
registered form without coupons and, unless we otherwise specify in
the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. The indentures provide that we
may issue debt securities of a series in temporary or permanent
global form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company or another
depositary named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement
with respect to that series. See “Legal Ownership of
Securities” below for a further description of the terms
relating to any book-entry securities.
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indentures
and the limitations applicable to global securities described in
the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of the debt
securities of any series can exchange the debt securities for other
debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denomination
and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations
applicable to global securities set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement, holders of the debt securities may present
the debt securities for exchange or for registration of transfer,
duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly
executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the
office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer
agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless otherwise provided
in the debt securities that the holder presents for transfer or
exchange, we will make no service charge for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but we may require payment of any taxes or
other governmental charges.
We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the security
registrar, and any transfer agent in addition to the security
registrar, that we initially designate for any debt securities. We
may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the
designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office
through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will be
required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for
the debt securities of each series.
If we elect to redeem the debt securities of any series, we will
not be required to:
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issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any debt securities of
that series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any
debt securities that may be selected for redemption and ending at
the close of business on the day of the mailing; or
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register the transfer of or exchange any debt securities so
selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any debt securities we are redeeming in
part.
Information Concerning the Trustee
The trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an
event of default under an indenture, undertakes to perform only
those duties as are specifically set forth in the applicable
indenture and is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers
given it by the indentures at the request of any holder of debt
securities unless it is offered reasonable security and indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
However, upon an event of default under an indenture, the trustee
must use the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise
or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus
supplement, we will make payment of the interest on any debt
securities on any interest payment date to the person in whose name
the debt securities, or one or more predecessor securities, are
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
the interest payment.
We will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the debt
securities of a particular series at the office of the paying
agents designated by us, except that unless we otherwise indicate
in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make interest
payments by check that we will mail to the holder or by wire
transfer to certain holders. Unless we otherwise indicate in the
applicable prospectus supplement, we will designate the corporate
trust office of the trustee as our sole paying agent for payments
with respect to debt securities of each series. We will name in the
applicable prospectus supplement any other paying agents that we
initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series.
We will maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the
debt securities of a particular series.
All money we pay to a paying agent or the trustee for the payment
of the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt
securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after
such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will
be repaid to us, and the holder of the debt security thereafter may
look only to us for payment thereof.
Governing Law
The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is
applicable.
Ranking Debt Securities
The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be
subordinate and junior in priority of payment to certain other
indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus supplement.
The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of
subordinated debt securities that we may issue. It also does not
limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt. The
senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank equally in
right of payment to all our other senior unsecured debt. The senior
indenture does not limit the amount of senior debt securities that
we may issue. It also does not limit us from issuing any other
secured or unsecured debt.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The following description, together with the additional information
we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements and free
writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions
of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, which may
consist of warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or
debt securities and may be issued in one or more series. Warrants
may be offered independently or together with common stock,
preferred stock or debt securities offered by any prospectus
supplement and may be attached to or separate from those
securities. While the terms we have summarized below will apply
generally to any warrants that we may offer under this prospectus,
we will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants
that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus
supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus. The terms of
any warrants offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from
the terms described below. However, no prospectus supplement will
fundamentally change the terms that are set forth in this
prospectus or offer a security that is not registered and described
in this prospectus at the time of its effectiveness.
We will issue the warrants under a warrant agreement that we will
enter into with a warrant agent to be selected by us. The warrant
agent will act solely as an agent of ours in connection with the
warrants and will not act as an agent for the holders or beneficial
owners of the warrants. We will file as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will
incorporate by reference from a current report on Form 8-K that we
file with the SEC, the form of warrant agreement, including a form
of warrant certificate, that describes the terms of the particular
series of warrants we are offering before the issuance of the
related series of warrants. The following summaries of material
provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are subject
to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the
provisions of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate
applicable to a particular series of warrants. We urge you to read
the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free
writing prospectus related to the particular series of warrants
that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete warrant
agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the
warrants
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms
relating to a series of warrants, including:
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the offering price and aggregate number of warrants
offered;
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the currency for which the warrants may be purchased;
●
if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with
which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued
with each such security or each principal amount of such
security;
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if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the
related securities will be separately transferable;
●
in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal
amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of one warrant
and the price at, and currency in which, this principal amount of
debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise;
●
in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
stock, the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock, as
the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and
the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such
exercise;
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the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition
of our business on the warrant agreements and the
warrants;
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the terms of any rights to redeem or call the
warrants;
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any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price
or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the
warrants;
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the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence
and expire;
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the manner in which the warrant agreements and warrants may be
modified;
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United States federal income tax consequences of holding or
exercising the warrants;
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the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;
and
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or
restrictions on the warrants.
Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have
any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon
such exercise, including:
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in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right to
receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on, the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce
covenants in the applicable indenture; or
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in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or, payments upon
our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting
rights, if any.
Exercise of Warrants
Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities
that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the
exercise price that we describe in the applicable prospectus
supplement. Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the
warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration
date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised
warrants will become void.
Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the
warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised
together with specified information, and paying the required amount
to the warrant agent in immediately available funds, as provided in
the applicable prospectus supplement. We will set forth on the
reverse side of the warrant certificate and in the applicable
prospectus supplement the information that the holder of the
warrant will be required to deliver to the warrant
agent.
Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate
properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office
of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the
applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the
securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the
warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, then
we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of
warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus
supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all
or part of the exercise price for warrants.
Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Warrants
Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the
applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A
single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than
one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or
responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable
warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility
to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any
demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of
the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant,
enforce by appropriate legal action its right to exercise, and
receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its
warrants.
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
The following description, together with the additional information
we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements and free
writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions
of the units that we may offer under this prospectus. While the
terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any units
that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the
particular terms of any series of units in more detail in the
applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any units offered
under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described
below. However, no prospectus supplement will fundamentally change
the terms that are set forth in this prospectus or offer a security
that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time
of its effectiveness.
We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from a
current report on Form 8-K that we file with the SEC, the form of
unit agreement that describes the terms of the series of units we
are offering, and any supplemental agreements, before the issuance
of the related series of units. The following summaries of material
terms and provisions of the units are subject to, and qualified in
their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the unit
agreement and any supplemental agreements applicable to a
particular series of units. We urge you to read the applicable
prospectus supplements related to the particular series of units
that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the complete unit
agreement and any supplemental agreements that contain the terms of
the units.
General
We may issue units comprised of one or more debt securities, shares
of common stock, shares of preferred stock and warrants in any
combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the
unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit.
Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of
a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which
a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the
unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at
any time before a specified date.
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms
of the series of units, including:
●
the designation and terms of the units and of the securities
comprising the units, including whether and under what
circumstances those securities may be held or transferred
separately;
●
any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from
those described below; and
●
any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or
exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the
units.
The provisions described in this section, as well as those
described under “Description of Capital Stock,”
“Description of Debt Securities” and “Description
of Warrants” will apply to each unit and to any common stock,
preferred stock, debt security or warrant included in each unit,
respectively.
Issuance in Series
We may issue units in such amounts and in numerous distinct series
as we determine.
Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Units
Each unit agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable
unit agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship
of agency or trust with any holder of any unit. A single bank or
trust company may act as unit agent for more than one series of
units. A unit agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of
any default by us under the applicable unit agreement or unit,
including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at
law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a
unit may, without the consent of the related unit agent or the
holder of any other unit, enforce by appropriate legal action its
rights as holder under any security included in the
unit.
We, the unit agents and any of their agents may treat the
registered holder of any unit certificate as an absolute owner of
the units evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and as the
person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the units so
requested, despite any notice to the contrary. See “Legal
Ownership of Securities.”
LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
We can issue securities in registered form or in the form of one or
more global securities. We describe global securities in greater
detail below. We refer to those persons who have securities
registered in their own names on the books that we or any
applicable trustee or depositary or warrant agent maintain for this
purpose as the “holders” of those securities. These
persons are the legal holders of the securities. We refer to those
persons who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in
securities that are not registered in their own names, as
“indirect holders” of those securities. As we discuss
below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in
securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be
indirect holders.
Book-Entry Holders
We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will specify
in the applicable prospectus supplement. This means securities may
be represented by one or more global securities registered in the
name of a financial institution that holds them as depositary on
behalf of other financial institutions that participate in the
depositary’s book-entry system. These participating
institutions, which are referred to as participants, in turn, hold
beneficial interests in the securities on behalf of themselves or
their customers.
Only the person in whose name a security is registered is
recognized as the holder of that security. Global securities will
be registered in the name of the depositary or its participants.
Consequently, for global securities, we will recognize only the
depositary as the holder of the securities, and we will make all
payments on the securities to the depositary. The depositary passes
along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn
pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial
owners. The depositary and its participants do so under agreements
they have made with one another or with their customers; they are
not obligated to do so under the terms of the
securities.
As a result, investors in a global security will not own securities
directly. Instead, they will own beneficial interests in a global
security, through a bank, broker or other financial institution
that participates in the depositary’s book-entry system or
holds an interest through a participant. As long as the securities
are issued in global form, investors will be indirect holders, and
not legal holders, of the securities.
Street Name Holders
We may terminate a global security or issue securities that are not
issued in global form. In these cases, investors may choose to hold
their securities in their own names or in “street
name.” Securities held by an investor in street name would be
registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial
institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would hold
only a beneficial interest in those securities through an account
he or she maintains at that institution.
For securities held in street name, we or any applicable trustee or
depositary will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and
other financial institutions in whose names the securities are
registered as the holders of those securities, and we or any such
trustee or depositary will make all payments on those securities to
them. These institutions pass along the payments they receive to
their customers who are the beneficial owners, but only because
they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they
are legally required to do so. Investors who hold securities in
street name will be indirect holders, not legal holders, of those
securities.
Legal Holders
Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable
trustee or third party employed by us or a trustee, run only to the
legal holders of the securities. We do not have obligations to
investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in
street name or by any other indirect means. This will be the case
whether an investor chooses to be an indirect holder of a security
or has no choice because we are issuing the securities only in
global form.
For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder,
we have no further responsibility for the payment or notice even if
that holder is required, under agreements with its participants or
customers or by law, to pass it along to the indirect holders but
does not do so. Similarly, we may want to obtain the approval of
the holders to amend an indenture, to relieve us of the
consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply with a
particular provision of an indenture, or for other purposes. In
such an event, we would seek approval only from the legal holders,
and not the indirect holders, of the securities. Whether and how
the legal holders contact the indirect holders is up to the legal
holders.
Special Considerations for Indirect Holders
If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial
institution, either in book-entry form because the securities are
represented by one or more global securities or in street name, you
should check with your own institution to find out:
●
how it handles securities payments and notices;
●
whether it imposes fees or charges;
●
how it would handle a request for the holders’ consent, if
ever required;
●
whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities
registered in your own name so you can be a legal holder, if that
is permitted in the future;
●
how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were a
default or other event triggering the need for holders to act to
protect their interests; and
●
if the securities are in book-entry form, how the
depositary’s rules and procedures will affect these
matters.
Global Securities
A global security is a security that represents one or any other
number of individual securities held by a depositary. Generally,
all securities represented by the same global securities will have
the same terms.
Each
security issued in book-entry form will typically be represented by
a global security that we issue to, deposit with and register in
the name of a financial institution or its nominee that we select.
The financial institution that we select for this purpose is called
the depositary. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable
prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, known as DTC, will be the depositary for all securities
issued in book-entry form.
A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the
name of anyone other than the depositary, its nominee or a
successor depositary, unless special termination situations arise.
We describe those situations below under “— Special
Situations When A Global Security Will Be Terminated.” As a
result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will
be the sole registered owner and legal holder of all securities
represented by a global security, and investors will be permitted
to own only beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial
interests must be held by means of an account with a broker, bank
or other financial institution that in turn has an account with the
depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor
whose security is represented by a global security will not be a
legal holder of the security, but only an indirect holder of a
beneficial interest in the global security.
If the prospectus supplement for a particular security indicates
that the security will be issued as a global security, then the
security will be represented by a global security at all times
unless and until the global security is terminated. If termination
occurs, we may issue the securities through another book-entry
clearing system or decide that the securities may no longer be held
through any book-entry clearing system.
Special Considerations For Global Securities
As an indirect holder, an investor’s rights relating to a
global security will be governed by the account rules of the
investor’s financial institution and of the depositary, as
well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We do not
recognize an indirect holder as a holder of securities and instead
deal only with the depositary that holds the global
security.
If securities are issued only as global securities, an investor
should be aware of the following:
●
an investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his or
her name, and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his or her
interest in the securities, except in the special situations we
describe below;
●
an investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her
own bank or broker for payments on the securities and protection of
his or her legal rights relating to the securities, as we describe
above;
●
an investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities to
some insurance companies and to other institutions that are
required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry
form;
●
an investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in the
global security in circumstances where certificates representing
the securities must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary
of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective;
●
the depositary’s policies, which may change from time to
time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters
relating to an investor’s interest in the global security. We
and any applicable trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of
the depositary’s actions or for its records of ownership
interests in the global security. We and the trustee also do not
supervise the depositary in any way;
●
the depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require that
those who purchase and sell interests in the global security within
its book-entry system use immediately available funds, and your
broker or bank may require you to do so as well; and
●
financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s
book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its interest
in the global security, may also have their own policies affecting
payments, notices and other matters relating to the securities.
There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of
ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not
responsible for the actions of any of those
intermediaries
Special Situations When A Global Security Will Be
Terminated
In a few special situations described below, a global security will
terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for physical
certificates representing those interests. After that exchange, the
choice of whether to hold securities directly or in street name
will be up to the investor. Investors must consult their own banks
or brokers to find out how to have their interests in securities
transferred to their own names, so that they will be direct
holders. We have described the rights of holders and street name
investors above.
A global security will terminate when the following special
situations occur:
●
if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no
longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security
and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary
within 90 days;
●
if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate that
global security; or
●
if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities
represented by that global security and has not been cured or
waived.
The applicable prospectus supplement may also list additional
situations for terminating a global security that would apply only
to the particular series of securities covered by the prospectus
supplement. When a global security terminates, the depositary, and
neither we, nor any applicable trustee, is responsible for deciding
the names of the institutions that will be the initial direct
holders.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more of
the following ways from time to time:
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through agents to the public or to investors;
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to underwriters for resale to the public or to
investors;
●
in negotiated transactions;
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directly to investors; or
●
through a combination of any of these methods of sale.
As set forth in more detail below, the securities may be
distributed from time to time in one or more
transactions:
●
at a
fixed
price or prices, which may be changed;
●
at market
prices prevailing at the time of
sale;
●
at prices
related to such prevailing market prices;
or
We will set forth in a prospectus supplement the terms of that
particular offering of securities, including:
●
the name or names of any agents or underwriters;
●
the purchase price of the securities being offered and the proceeds
we will receive from the sale;
●
any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase
additional securities from us;
●
any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items
constituting agents’ or underwriters’
compensation;
●
any public offering price;
●
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to
dealers; and
●
any securities exchanges or markets on which such securities may be
listed.
Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are
underwriters of the securities offered by the prospectus
supplement.
If underwriters are used in an offering, we will execute an
underwriting agreement with such underwriters and will specify the
name of each underwriter and the terms of the transaction
(including any underwriting discounts and other terms constituting
compensation of the underwriters and any dealers) in a prospectus
supplement. The securities may be offered to the public either
through underwriting syndicates represented by managing
underwriters or directly by one or more investment banking firms or
others, as designated. If an underwriting syndicate is used, the
managing underwriter(s) will be specified on the cover of the
prospectus supplement. If underwriters are used in the sale, the
offered securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their
own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public
offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale.
Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed
or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
Unless otherwise set forth in the prospectus supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities
will be subject to conditions precedent and the underwriters will
be obligated to purchase all of the offered securities if any are
purchased.
We may grant to the underwriters options to purchase additional
securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering
price, with additional underwriting commissions or discounts, as
may be set forth in a related prospectus supplement. The terms of
any over-allotment option will be set forth in the prospectus
supplement for those securities.
If we use a dealer in the sale of the securities being offered
pursuant to this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, we will
sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may
then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be
determined by the dealer at the time of resale. The names of the
dealers and the terms of the transaction will be specified in a
prospectus supplement.
We may sell the securities directly or through agents we designate
from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering
and sale of securities and we will describe any commissions we will
pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus
supplement states otherwise, any agent will act on a best-efforts
basis for the period of its appointment.
We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by
institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the
public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and
delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the
conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for
solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus
supplement.
In connection with the sale of the securities, underwriters,
dealers or agents may receive compensation from us or from
purchasers of the common stock for whom they act as agents in the
form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may
sell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may
receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or
commissions from the underwriters or commissions from the
purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers
and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities,
and any institutional investors or others that purchase common
stock directly and then resell the securities, may be deemed to be
underwriters, and any discounts or commissions received by them
from us and any profit on the resale of the common stock by them
may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under
the Securities Act.
We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification against
particular civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the
agents or underwriters may make with respect to such liabilities.
Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform
services for, us in the ordinary course of business.
We may engage in at the market offerings into an existing trading
market in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act. In
addition, we may enter into derivative transactions with third
parties (including the writing of options), or sell securities not
covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated
transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in
connection with such a transaction, the third parties may, pursuant
to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, sell
securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus
supplement. If so, the third party may use securities borrowed from
us or others to settle such sales and may use securities received
from us to close out any related short positions. We may also loan
or pledge securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement to third parties, who may sell the loaned
securities or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell
the pledged securities pursuant to this prospectus and the
applicable prospectus supplement. The third party in such sale
transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the
applicable prospectus supplement or in a post-effective
amendment.
To facilitate an offering of a series of securities, persons
participating in the offering may engage in transactions that
stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the market price of the
securities. This may include over-allotments or short sales of the
securities, which involves the sale by persons participating in the
offering of more securities than have been sold to them by us. In
those circumstances, such persons would cover such over-allotments
or short positions by purchasing in the open market or by
exercising the over-allotment option granted to those persons. In
addition, those persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the
securities by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open
market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions
allowed to underwriters or dealers participating in any such
offering may be reclaimed if securities sold by them are
repurchased in connection with stabilization transactions. The
effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the
market price of the securities at a level above that which might
otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions, if
commenced, may be discontinued at any time. We make no
representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of
any effect that the transactions described above, if implemented,
may have on the price of our securities.
Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each
class or series of securities will be a new issue with no
established trading market, other than our common stock, which is
listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. We may elect to list any other
class or series of securities on any exchange or market, but we are
not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more
underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities,
but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may
discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot
give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for
any of the securities.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if
applicable, the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will
be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers
or dealers. In addition, in some states securities may not be sold
unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the
applicable state or an exemption from the registration or
qualification requirement is available and complied
with.
Any underwriter may engage in overallotment, stabilizing
transactions, short covering transactions and penalty bids in
accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Overallotment
involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short
position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the
underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a
specified maximum. Short covering transactions involve purchases of
the securities in the open market after the distribution is
completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the
underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the
securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a
covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may
cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would
otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of
these activities at any time.
Any underwriters who are qualified market makers on the NASDAQ
Capital Market may engage in passive market making transactions in
the securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market in accordance with Rule
103 of Regulation M, during the business day prior to the pricing
of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of the
securities. Passive market makers must comply with applicable
volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive
market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its
bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for
such security. If all independent bids are lowered below the
passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market
maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits
are exceeded.
The specific terms of any lock-up provisions in respect of any
given offering will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
The underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions
with us, or perform services for us, in the ordinary course of
business for which they receive compensation.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the issuance of the securities offered hereby will
be passed upon for us by Gracin & Marlow, LLP, New York, New
York. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any
underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in
the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements of Youngevity International, Inc. as of
December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 2017 incorporated by reference in this
prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of
Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., an independent registered accounting
firm, given on authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file
annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we
file at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F
Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the
public reference room. Our public filings are also available to the
public at the SEC’s web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we
have filed with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus
does not contain all of the information in the registration
statement. We have omitted certain parts of the registration
statement, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
You may inspect and copy the registration statement, including
exhibits, at the SEC’s public reference room or Internet
site.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC
allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information
we file with it which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to those documents instead of
having to repeat the information in this prospectus. The
information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of
this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede this information. We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future
filings made with the SEC (other than any portions of any such
documents that are not deemed “filed” under the
Exchange Act in accordance with the Exchange Act and applicable SEC
rules) under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
including those made after (i) the date of the initial filing of
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and
prior to the termination of this offering
and (ii) the date of this prospectus and
before the completion of the offerings of the shares of our common
stock included in this prospectus
:
●
Our
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2017 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2017 (File No.
001-38116);
●
Our
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31,
2018 filed with the SEC on May 14, 2018 (File No.
001-38116);
●
Our
current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 23, 2018,
February 14, 2018, March 8, 2018, March 16, 2018 and April 2, 2018
(File No. 001-38116);
●
The
description of our common stock set forth in our registration
statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2017 (File
No. 001-38116); and
●
The
description of our preferred stock set forth in our registration
statement on Form 8-A12G, filed with the SEC on February 12, 2018
(File No. 000-54900).
You may
obtain, free of charge, a copy of any of these documents (other
than exhibits to these documents unless the exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into these documents or
referred to in this prospectus) by writing or calling us at the
following address and telephone number: Youngevity International,
Inc., 2400 Boswell Road, Chula Vista, California 91914, (619)
934-3980.
PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The
following table sets forth all expenses, other than the
underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by the registrant
in connection with the sale of the common stock being registered.
All the amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration
fee.
SEC registration
fee
|
$
9,338
|
FINRA filing
fee
|
$
11,750
|
Transfer agent and
registrar fees
|
$
(1
)
|
Accounting fees and
expenses
|
$
(1
)
|
Legal fees and
expenses
|
$
(1
)
|
Printing and
engraving expenses
|
$
(1
)
|
Trustee’s
fees and expenses
|
$
(1
)
|
Miscellaneous
|
$
(1
)
|
Total
|
$
(1
)
|
(1)
These
fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number
of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a
court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to
grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently
broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances
for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred,
arising under the Securities Act.
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for
indemnification of our directors and executive officers to the
maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
and our amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification of
our directors and executive officers to the maximum extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
In any
selling agency or similar agreement we enter into in connection
with the sale of the securities being registered hereby, the
selling agent will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions,
us, our directors, our officers and persons who control us, within
the meaning of the Securities Act, against certain
liabilities.
In any underwriting agreement we enter into in connection with the
sale of common stock being registered hereby, the underwriters will
agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, us, our directors,
our officers and persons who control us, within the meaning of the
Securities Act, against certain liabilities.
In any at the market offering sales agreement, controlled equity
offering sales agreement, or similar agreement that we enter into
in connection with the sale of common stock being registered
hereby, the sales agent or sales agents will agree to indemnify,
under certain conditions, us, our directors, our officers and
persons who control us, within the meaning of the Securities Act,
against certain liabilities.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Title of Document
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1.1*
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Form
of Underwriting Agreement
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Certificate of
Incorporation Dated July 15, 2011 (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Bylaws
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-12G, File
No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 12, 2013)
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Certificate of
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation dated June 5, 2017
(Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K, File
No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 7, 2017)
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Certificate of
Designations for Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-38116,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8,
2018)
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Certificate of
Correction to Certificate of Designation of Powers, Preferences and
Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Form 8-K, File No. 001-38116,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16,
2018)
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Specimen Common
Stock certificate (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 12, 2013)
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Warrant for
Common Stock issued to David Briskie (Incorporated by reference to
the Company’s Form 1012G, File No. 000-54900, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to Stephan Wallach (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 1012G, File No. 000-54900, Filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to Michelle Wallach (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, Filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to David Briskie (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, Filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to William Andreoli (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, Filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to Richard Renton (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G, File No. 000-54900, Filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
2013)
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Stock Option
issued to John Rochon (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-12G,
File
No. 000-54900, Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 12, 2013)
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Form
of Purchase Note Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2014)
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Form
of Secured Convertible Notes (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2014)
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Form
of Series A Warrants (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2014)
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2014)
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Form
of Note Purchase Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on January 7, 2015)
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Form
of Secured Note (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 7, 2015)
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Form
of Purchase Note Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s 8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2015)
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Form
of Secured Note (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s
8-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 16, 2015)
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Form
of Warrant (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s 8-K,
File No. 000-54900, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 16, 2015)
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Form
of Notice of Award of Restricted Stock Units (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Form S-8 Registration Statement,
File No. 333-219027 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 29, 2017)
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Form
of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Incorporated by reference
to the Company’s Form S-8 Registration Statement, File No.
333-219027 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 29, 2017)
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Form
of Note Purchase Agreement (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-38116,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3,
2017)
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Form
of Convertible Note (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-38116,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3,
2017)
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Form
of Series D Warrant (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 001-38116,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3,
2017)
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Form
of Selling Agent’s Warrant (Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1, File No. 333-221847,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7,
2018)
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Form
of First Amendment to Series D Warrant Agreement (Incorporated by
reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, File
No. 001-38116, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 23, 2018)
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Form
of Senior Indenture
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Form
of Subordinated Indenture
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4.27*
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Form
of Senior Note
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4.28*
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Form
of Subordinated Note
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4.29*
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Form
of Warrant
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4.30*
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Form
of Warrant Agreement
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4.31*
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Form
of Unit Agreement
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Opinion of
Gracin & Marlow, LLP
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Subsidiaries of
Youngevity International, Inc. Incorporated by reference to the
Company’s Form 10-K, File No. 000-54900, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018)
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Consent of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consent
of Gracin & Marlow, LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
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Statement
of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended.
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# Filed
herewith
*
To the extent applicable, to be filed by an
amendment or as an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated by reference
herein.
Item 17. Undertakings
(a)
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in
the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), and
(a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is a part of the
registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities
Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the
date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included
in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such
form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described
in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes
of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
Provided
,
however
, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a
time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant
under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities:
The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used
to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or
on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by
the undersigned registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned
registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by
the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
(j)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to
act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act
(the “Act”) in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the SEC under section 305(b)(2) of the
Act.
(6) If
this registration statement is permitted by Rule 430A,
that:
(i) For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of
the time it was declared effective.
(ii) For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chula
Vista, State of California, May 18, 2018.
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YOUNGEVITY
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Stephan Wallach
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/
David Briskie
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President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the
undersigned hereby severally constitute and appoint each of Stephan
Wallach and David Briskie our true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power to each to sign for us, and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this
registration statement, any subsequent registration statements
pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This power of attorney may be executed in
counterparts.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act 1933, this report has
been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/
Stephan Wallach
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Stephan
Wallach
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and Director
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May 18,
2018
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/
David Briskie
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President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director
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David
Briskie
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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May 18,
2018
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/s/
Michelle Wallach
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Director
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May 18,
2018
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Michelle
Wallach
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/s/
Richard Renton
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Director
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May 18,
2018
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Richard
Renton
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/s/
William Thompson
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Director
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May 18,
2018
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William
Thompson
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/s/
Kevin Allodi
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Director
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May 18,
2018
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Kevin
Allodi
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/s/
Paul Sallwasser
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Director
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May 18,
2018
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Paul
Sallwasser
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Exhibit 4.25
YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
ISSUER
AND
[TRUSTEE],
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
,
20
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
Definitions of Terms
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ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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Section 2.1
Designation and Terms of Securities
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Section 2.2
Form of Securities and Trustee’s
Certificate
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Section 2.3
Denominations: Provisions for Payment
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Section 2.4
Execution and Authentications
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Section 2.5
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section 2.6
Temporary Securities
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Section 2.7
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
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Section 2.8
Cancellation
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Section 2.9
Benefits of Indenture
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Section 2.10
Authenticating Agent
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Section 2.11
Global Securities
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
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Section 3.1
Redemption
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Section 3.2
Notice of Redemption
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Section 3.3
Payment Upon Redemption
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Section 3.4
Sinking Fund
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Section 3.5
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Section 3.6
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
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Section 4.1
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 4.2
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 4.3
Paying Agents
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Section 4.4
Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
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Section 4.5
Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
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ARTICLE V
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 5.1
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders
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Section 5.2
Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders
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Section 5.3
Reports by the Company
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Section 5.4
Reports by the Trustee
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ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
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Section 6.1
Events of Default
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Section 6.2
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee
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Section 6.3
Application of Moneys Collected
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Section 6.4
Limitation on Suits
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Section 6.5
Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 6.6
Control by Securityholders
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Section 6.7
Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 7.1
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section 7.2
Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section 7.3
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or
Securities
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Section 7.4 May Hold
Securities
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Section 7.5
Moneys Held in Trust
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Section 7.6
Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section 7.7
Reliance on Officer’s Certificate
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Section 7.8
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
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Section 7.9
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Section 7.10
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Section 7.11
Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
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Section 7.12
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
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Section 7.13
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
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Section 7.14
Notice of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 8.1
Evidence of Action by Securityholders
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Section 8.2
Proof of Execution by Securityholders
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Section 8.3
Who May be Deemed Owners
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Section 8.4
Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded
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Section 8.5
Actions Binding on Future Securityholders
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.1
Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 9.2
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 9.3
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4
Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.5
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
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Section 10.1
Company May Consolidate, Etc
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Section 10.2
Successor Entity Substituted
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Section 10.3
Evidence of Consolidation, Etc
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ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 11.1
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 11.2
Discharge of Obligations
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Section 11.3
Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust
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Section 11.4
Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents
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Section 11.5
Repayment to Company
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ARTICLE XII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
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Section 12.1
No Recourse
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 13.1
Effect on Successors and Assigns
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Section 13.2
Actions by Successor
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Section 13.3
Surrender of Company Powers
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Section 13.4
Notices
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Section 13.5
Governing Law
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Section 13.6
Treatment of Securities as Debt
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Section 13.7
Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent
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Section 13.8
Payments on Business Days
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Section 13.9
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 13.10
Counterparts
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Section 13.11
Separability
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Section 13.12
Compliance Certificates
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE,
dated as of [
●
],
among Youngevity International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and [TRUSTEE], as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
WHEREAS,
for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the
“Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in
this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons,
to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders
of Securities:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions of Terms
.
The
terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or
any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section and shall
include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in
this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein or any
indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
instrument.
“Authenticating
Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or
any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 2.10.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of such Board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification.
“Business
Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day
other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in
the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in the city of
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close.
“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not
comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.
“Company”
means Youngevity International, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject
to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors
and assigns.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at .
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.03.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the
Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a
Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing
agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in
each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
“Event
of Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular
series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the
period of time, if any, therein designated.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Global
Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a
Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to
the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction,
all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“Governmental
Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct obligations
of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof
at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities, and
shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust
company as custodian with respect to any such Governmental
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced
by such depositary receipt.
“herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and other words
of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date
specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the
fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to
Securities of that series is due and payable.
“Officer”
means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of
Directors, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief
financial officer, a chief operating officer, any executive vice
president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the
treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the controller or any
assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant
secretary.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer. Each
such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions
thereof.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means an opinion in writing subject to customary
exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel
for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
“Outstanding”,
when used with reference to Securities of any series, means,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular
time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a)
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent,
or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or
that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or
Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other
than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying
agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in
Article Three, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or
in substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section
2.07.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, limited liability company, association, trust,
unincorporated organization, any other entity or organization,
including a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman of its board of directors, the chief executive officer,
the president, any vice president, the secretary, the treasurer,
any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any other officer
or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities”
means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Securityholder”,
“holder of Securities”, “registered
holder”, or other similar term, means the Person or Persons
in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on
the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the
meanings as set forth in Section 2.05.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a
majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of
its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or
similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding
partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such
Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person
and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a
general partner.
“Trustee”
means , and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also
include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder,
“Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term
“Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series
of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that
series.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“Voting
Stock”, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity
interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Designation and Terms of Securities.
(a) The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may
be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:
(i) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that series from all other Securities);
(ii)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of that series);
(iii)
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable, any original issue discount that may apply to
the Securities of that series upon their issuance, the principal
amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;
(iv)
the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if
any;
(v) the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner
of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of
payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the
manner of determination of such record dates;
(vi)
the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;
(vii)
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(viii)
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory
redemption, or analogous provisions (including payments made in
cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the
option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which,
the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(ix)
the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the
Certificate of Authentication for such series;
(x) if
other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or
any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(xi)
any and all other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable,
relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that
series and any security for the obligations of the Company with
respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture,
as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which
may be required by or advisable under United States laws or
regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of
Securities of that series;
(xii)
whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in
such case, the terms and the identity of the Depositary for such
series;
(xiii)
whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the
Company or any other Person and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable,
including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how
it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or
optional (at the Company’s option or the holders’
option) conversion or exchange features, and the applicable
conversion or exchange period;
(xiv)
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 6.01;
(xv)
any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
covenants (which may include, among other restrictions,
restrictions on the Company’s ability or the ability of the
Company’s Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness;
issue additional securities; create liens; pay dividends or make
distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or the
Company’s Subsidiaries; redeem capital stock; place
restrictions on the Company’s Subsidiaries’ ability to
pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; make
investments or other restricted payments; sell or otherwise dispose
of assets; enter into sale- leaseback transactions; engage in
transactions with stockholders or affiliates; issue or sell stock
of the Company’s Subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or
merger) or financial covenants (which may include, among other
financial covenants, financial covenants that require the Company
and its Subsidiaries to maintain specified interest coverage, fixed
charge, cash flow-based, asset-based or other financial ratios)
provided for with respect to the Securities of the
series;
(xvi)
if other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities
of the series are denominated (including, but not limited to,
foreign currency);
(xvii)
the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay
amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and
principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any
Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for
federal tax purposes; and
(xviii)
any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities
of the series.
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such
Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
hereto.
If any
of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at
or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the
Company setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities
of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any installment of
principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or
different methods by which rates of interest may be determined,
with different dates on which such interest may be payable and with
different redemption dates.
Section 2.2 Form of Securities and Trustee’s
Certificate
.
The
Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be
substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, and
they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that
series may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Section 2.3 Denominations: Provisions for
Payment
.
The
Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the
denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(10).
The
Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on
the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that series.
Subject to Section 2.01(a)(16), the principal of and the interest
on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in
case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in
the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the
time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose. Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the
Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
composed of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose
name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a
particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and
the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with
respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest
Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon
presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section
3.03.
Any
interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Securities of the same series (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of
having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or
clause (2) below:
(i) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to
the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15
nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to
be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at
his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as
hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such special record
date.
(ii)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless
otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular
record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series
of Securities and any Interest Payment Date for such series shall
mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding
the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such
Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month, or the first day
of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such
Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or
not such date is a Business Day.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a
series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall
carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue,
that were carried by such other Security.
Section 2.4 Execution and Authentications
.
The
Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its
Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile
signature.
The
Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall
have been an Officer, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the
Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such
Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of the Company. The
Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication by the
Trustee.
A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent.
Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a written order of the Company for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee
in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and
deliver such Securities.
In
authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested,
and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.
The
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if
the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 2.5 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a)
Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose,
for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations,
and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in
relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of
any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency
shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of
the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall
be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b) The
Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency
designated for such purpose a register or registers (herein
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of
Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable
times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of
Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by
Board Resolution (the “Security
Registrar”).
Upon
surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of
the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute,
the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security
or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a
like aggregate principal amount.
All
Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so
required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered
holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in
writing.
(c)
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities
in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register
the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of
the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption,
other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being
redeemed in part. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with
respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
Section 2.6 Temporary Securities.
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any
authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any
series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such
series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will
furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or
all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or
agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in
exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company
advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need
not be executed and furnished until further notice from the
Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.7 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Securities
.
In case
any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s
request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and
deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant
for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss
or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership
thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security
and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of
any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted
Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
In case
any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of
the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they
may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction,
loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of
the ownership thereof.
Every
replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of
the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same
series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and
owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
Section 2.8 Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption,
exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the
Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled
by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender,
the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held
by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may
dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard
procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.
If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 2.9 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and the holders of the Securities any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or
under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all
such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole
benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the
Securities.
Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent.
So long
as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may
be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities
which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said
Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this
Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall
be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for
such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and
surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient
under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or
in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that
is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business
and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign
immediately.
Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The
Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall)
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility
of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible
successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
Section 2.11 Global Securities.
(a) If
the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the
Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global
Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered
by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of
the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.”
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security
of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the
Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such
series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(c) If
at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for
such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a
successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or
becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company has
received a request from the Depositary or from the Trustee, this
Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of
such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section
2.04, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series
in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may
at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no
longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions
of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of
such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to
Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will
authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange
for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security
for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons,
in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled
by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form
issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section
2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the
Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the
Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 3.1 Redemption.
The
Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on
and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established
for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 3.2 Notice of Redemption
.
(a) In
case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all
or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series
in accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do
so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall
cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of
the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first
class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30
days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption
of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is
specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is
mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder
receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice
to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing
compliance with any such restriction.
Each
such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that
series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the
redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at
the office or agency of the Company, upon presentation and
surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that
from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the
redemption is from a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less
than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice
to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part
shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed.
In case
any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that
relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after
the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If
less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate
principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and
thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner
as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that
may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to
one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a
denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and
shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The
Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of
instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the
Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice
of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice
to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or
such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice
of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying
agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or
permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the
case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other
records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to
enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail
that may be required under the provisions of this
Section.
Section 3.3 Payment Upon Redemption.
(a) If
the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as
above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the
series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and
payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or
portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date
fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect
to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for
redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said
Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption
price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to
the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption
is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on
such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of
business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section
2.03).
(b)
Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is
presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized
denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of the Security so presented.
Section 3.4 Sinking Fund.
The
provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to
any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series,
except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of such series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in
excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking
fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section
3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
Section 3.5 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.
The
Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii)
may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the
terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series
required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at
the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 3.6 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not
less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms
of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied
by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with
such Officer’s Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each
such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of
the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be
made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section
3.03.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest.
The
Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities
of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided
herein and established with respect to such Securities. Payments of
principal on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein
and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar
check drawn on and mailed to the address of the Securityholder
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account
(such wire transfer to be made only to a Securityholder of an
aggregate principal amount of Securities of the applicable series
in excess of U.S. $2,000,000 and only if such Securityholder shall
have furnished wire instructions to the Trustee no later than 15
days prior to the relevant payment date). Payments of interest on
the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and
established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check
mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar
wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account (such a wire transfer to be
made only to a Securityholder of an aggregate principal amount of
Securities of the applicable series in excess of U.S. $2,000,000
and only if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire
instructions in writing to the Security Registrar and the Trustee
no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment
date.
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long
as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company
agrees to maintain an office or agency with respect to each such
series and at such other location or locations as may be designated
as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that
series may be presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series
may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of
transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with
respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by
written notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an
Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, designate
some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially
appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its paying
agent with respect to the Securities.
Section 4.3 Paying Agents.
(a) If
the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any
series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will
cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section:
(i)
that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it
by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(ii)
that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series when the same shall be due and
payable;
(iii)
that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(iv)
that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth
in this Indenture.
(b) If
the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any
series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of
that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on
Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it
or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is
subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which
such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon
such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the
Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
Section 4.4 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of
Trustee.
The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section
7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder.
Section 4.5 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The
Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding,
consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case
where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other
Person unless the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied
with.
ARTICLE V
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
Section 5.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a)
within 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in
Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series
of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the
Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such
list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from
the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided,
however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for
any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar.
Section 5.2 Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders
.
(a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished
to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses
of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).
(b) The
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c)
Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in
connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy
its obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in
accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 5.3 Reports by the Company.
The
Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via
electronic mail) to the Trustee, after the Company files the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Securities
and Exchange Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) that the Company files with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be
required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the
Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and provided further, so long
as such filings by the Company are available on the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System (EDGAR), such filings shall be deemed to have been
filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 5.03 without
any further action required by the Company.
Section 5.4 Reports by the Trustee.
(a) If
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee,
within sixty (60) days after each May 1, shall transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report
dated as of such May 1, which complies with Section 313(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The
Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) A
copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with
each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if
so listed) and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become
listed on any securities exchange.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
Section 6.1 Events of Default.
(a)
Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular
series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the
following events that has occurred and is continuing:
(i) the
Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon
any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall
become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of
90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest
payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest for this purpose;
(ii)
the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and
when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity,
upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment
required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect
to that series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the
maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of principal or premium, if any;
(iii)
the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants
or agreements with respect to that series contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant
or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture
solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other
than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by
registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by
the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities
of that series at the time Outstanding;
(iv)
the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an
order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially
all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors; or
(v) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all
or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the
liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 90 days.
(b) In
each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified
in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the
Securities of that series shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then
Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid
interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
and shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above occurs, the principal
of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that
series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities.
(c) At
any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of that series shall
have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained
or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then
Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series
that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon
overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed
in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or
deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06,
and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with
respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on
(and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on
Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their
terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section
6.06.
No such
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(d) In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with
respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of
such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company
and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
Section 6.2 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
(a) The
Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment
of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a
series, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund
established with respect to that series as and when the same shall
have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued
for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the
Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or
upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand
of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole
amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or
both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue
installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the
Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section
7.06.
(b) If
the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the
Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out
of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities
of that series, wherever situated.
(c) In
case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property,
the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and
take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and
shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to
file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the
entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at
the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional
amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such
date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the
same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy
or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of
Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee,
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.
(d) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of
that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts
due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders
of the Securities of such series.
In case
of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by
law.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the
rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceeding.
Section 6.3 Application of Moneys Collected.
Any
moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with
respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if
only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
FIRST:
To the payment of reasonable costs and expenses of collection and
of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section
7.06;
SECOND:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities
of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively;
and
THIRD:
To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any
other Person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 6.4 Limitation on Suits.
No
holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue
or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such
holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of
an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to
the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as
hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered
to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such
90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions
of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates
or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is
expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker
and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of
Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner
whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders
of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce
any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as
can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 6.5 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and
remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies
available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by
judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such
Securities.
(b) No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any
such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any
such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
Section 6.6 Control by Securityholders.
The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in
accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section
7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any
such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible
Officer or officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding
so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust
Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or
might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in
the proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may
on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series
waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants
contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with
respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in
the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall
become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by
acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in
accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default
covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of
this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Securities of such series shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.7 Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities
by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to
any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit
instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this
Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
.
(a) The
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all
Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series
that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to
the Securities of such series such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series
has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall
exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1)
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to that series that may have
occurred: (A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with
respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not
be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such series
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(2) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of that series; and
(4)
none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not
reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.2 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) Any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an
instrument signed in the name of the Company by any authorized
officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
specifically prescribed herein);
(c) The
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or, if requested, any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(d) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;
nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the
obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to a series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived),
to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs;
(e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(f) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless
requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in
Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms
of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so
proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall
be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid
by the Company upon demand; and
(g) The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default except (1) any Event of Default
occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a)(1) and 6.01(a)(2) or (2) any
Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have
received written notification in the manner set forth in this
Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and
documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational
purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt
of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein, or determinable from information
contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any
of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on an Officer’s
Certificate).
Section 7.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or
Securities.
(a) The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Indenture or of the Securities.
(c) The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such
Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over
by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture
or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or
application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than
the Trustee.
Section 7.4 May Hold Securities.
The
Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee
of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.
Section 7.5 Moneys Held in Trust.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the
Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with
the Company to pay thereon.
Section 7.6 Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of
a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may
from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it
in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly
in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as the
Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers,
agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence
or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim of liability in the premises.
(b) The
obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness
shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Securities.
Section 7.7 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to
take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part
of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions
of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the
Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest”
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 7.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities
issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as
trustee by the Securities and Exchange Commission, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia
authority.
If such
corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in Section 7.10.
Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor.
(a) The
Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign
with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving
written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of
resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and
one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days
after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of
such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a
bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six
months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In
case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08
after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months; or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder;
or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy
proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then,
in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time
remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the
Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for
such series with the consent of the Company.
(d) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 7.11.
(e) Any
successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or
all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular
series.
Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.
(a) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on
the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights,
powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions
as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the
retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for
or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in
such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee
and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to
act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee
shall with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no
further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for
the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee
under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the
extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor trustee relates.
(c)
Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such
rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No
successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
(e)
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit
such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to
be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the
trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the
Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under
the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by
the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the
same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated
such Securities.
Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Company.
The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section
311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the extent included therein.
Section 7.14 Notice of Default
If any
Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act notice of the Default or Event of Default
within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs and 30 days after it
is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice
of it is received by the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of
Default has been cured; provided, however, that, except in the case
of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Securityholders.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 8.1 Evidence of Action by
Securityholders
.
Whenever
in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series may take any action (including
the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice,
consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that
at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority
or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be
evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar
tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in
person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the
Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such
series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to
do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
may be given before or after the record date, but only the
Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record
date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the
record date; provided, however, that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after
the record date.
Section 8.2 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require
notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any
Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the
following manner:
(a) The
fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument
may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.
(b) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of
such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar
thereof.
The
Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to
in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
Section 8.3 Who May be Deemed Owners.
Prior
to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any
Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such
Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall
be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of,
premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 8.4 Certain Securities Owned by Company
Disregarded.
In
determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Securities of a particular series have
concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture,
the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of
that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities
of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of
this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case
of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken
upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.
Section 8.5 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.
At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the
holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of a particular series specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security
of that series 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, and upon proof of
holding as provided in Section 8.02, 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 Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective
of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such
Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a
particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with
such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the
Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that
series.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders
.
In
addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for
one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the
Securities of any series;
(b) to
comply with Article Ten;
(c) to
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of
certificated Securities;
(d) to
add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the
occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional
covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of
Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company;
(e) to
add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue,
authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set
forth;
(f) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder in any material respect;
(g) to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and
conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section
2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be
furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of
Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of
Securities;
(h) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor trustee; or
(i) to
comply with any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor in connection with the qualification of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
The
Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any
such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders.
With
the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture
or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any
manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the
Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of
the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby,
(a) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to
consent to any such supplemental indenture.
It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of
any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.
Section 9.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture
shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under
this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of
Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be
deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for
any and all purposes.
Section 9.4 Securities Affected by Supplemental
Indentures.
Securities
of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated
and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may
bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form
meets the requirements of any securities exchange upon which such
series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for
the Securities of that series then Outstanding.
Section 9.5 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the
Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such
supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.01, may receive an Officer’s Certificate or, if
requested, an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is
authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions
of this Article to join in the execution thereof; provided,
however, that such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a
supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a
notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series
affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
Section 10.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc
.
Except
as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the
Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or
not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors)
authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, (a)
the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such
consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the
survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all
series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to
their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of
all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to
each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be
expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect)
reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and
delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or
by the entity which shall have acquired such property and (b) in
the event that the Securities of any series then Outstanding are
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or
other securities of the Company, such entity shall, by such
supplemental indenture, make provision so that the Securityholders
of Securities of that series shall thereafter be entitled to
receive upon conversion or exchange of such Securities the number
of securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares
of common stock or other securities of the Company deliverable upon
conversion or exchange of those Securities would have been entitled
had such conversion or exchange occurred immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition.
Section 10.2 Successor Entity Substituted.
(a) In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor
entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations
set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all
series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been
named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities.
(b) In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not
in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as may be appropriate.
(c)
Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the
Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into
the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction,
or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all
or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not
affiliated with the Company).
Section 10.3 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to
Trustee.
The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an
Officer’s Certificate and, if requested, an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such
assumption, comply with the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
.
If at
any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated
and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any
Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and
Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the Company and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such
Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are
by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to
be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption,
and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental
Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of
that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date
fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with
respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture shall
thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02,
4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or
redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05,
that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on
demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture with respect to such
series.
Section 11.2 Discharge of Obligations.
If at
any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become
due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid
by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust
funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to
pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that
series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to
become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption,
as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to
be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with
respect to such series, then after the date such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with
the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture
with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02,
4,03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such
Securities shall mature and be paid.
Thereafter,
Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.
Section 11.3 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
All
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and
shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through
any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying
agent), to the holders of the particular series of Securities for
the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
Section 11.4 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying
agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of
the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 11.5 Repayment to Company.
Any
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent
or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment
of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by
the holders of such Securities for at least two years after the
date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable,
or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company
on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s request or (if
then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and
thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from
all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental
Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to
receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look
only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE XII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
Section 12.1 No Recourse
.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of
this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon
or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or
future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever
shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of
any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because
of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or
by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability of every name and
nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or
statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every
such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied
therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Securities.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.1 Effect on Successors and Assigns
.
All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.2 Actions by Successor
.
Any act
or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or
required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer
of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force
and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any
corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the
Company.
Section 13.3 Surrender of Company Powers.
The
Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board
of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the
powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so
surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
successor corporation.
Section 13.4 Notices.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or
demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or
permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or by the
holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this
Indenture to or on the Company may be given or served by being
deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Company with the
Trustee), as follows:
Any
notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any
Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to
or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given
or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
Section 13.5 Governing Law.
This
Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said
State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is
applicable.
Section 13.6 Treatment of Securities as Debt.
It is
intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and
not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of
this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
intention.
Section 13.7 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions
Precedent.
(a)
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to
Section 13.12) relating to the proposed action have been complied
with and, if requested, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically
required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or demand, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
(b)
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant 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
has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him 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.
Section 13.8 Payments on Business Days.
Except
as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or
principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security
shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date
of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the
period after such nominal date.
Section 13.9 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and
to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to
317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
Section 13.10 Counterparts.
This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 13.11 Separability.
In case
any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in
the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this
Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid
or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein or therein.
Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were
outstanding, an officer’s certificate stating whether or not
the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred
during such fiscal year. Such 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 13.12, such compliance
shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer
of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a
Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any
such Default or Event of Default and its status.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed all as of the day and year first above
written.
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YOUNGEVITY
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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Title:
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[TRUSTEE], as Trustee
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Exhibit 4.26
YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
ISSUER
AND
[TRUSTEE],
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF , 20
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01 Definitions of Terms
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ARTICLE
2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE
OF SECURITIES
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Section
2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities
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Section
2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s
Certificate
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Section
2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment
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Section
2.04 Execution and Authentications
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Section
2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section
2.06 Temporary Securities
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Section
2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
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Section
2.08 Cancellation
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Section
2.09 Benefits of Indenture
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Section
2.10 Authenticating Agent
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Section
2.11 Global Securities
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ARTICLE
3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
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Section
3.01 Redemption
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Section
3.02 Notice of Redemption
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Section
3.03 Payment Upon Redemption
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Section
3.04 Sinking Fund
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Section
3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities
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Section
3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE
4 COVENANTS
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Section
4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section
4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section
4.03 Paying Agents
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Section
4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
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Section
4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions
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ARTICLE
5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders
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Section
5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders
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Section
5.03 Reports by the Company
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Section
5.04 Reports by the Trustee
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ARTICLE
6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
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Section
6.01 Events of Default
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Section
6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee
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Section
6.03 Application of Moneys Collected
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Section
6.04 Limitation on Suits
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Section
6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section
6.06 Control by Securityholders
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Section
6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE
7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section
7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section
7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section
7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or
Securities
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Section
7.04 May Hold Securities
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Section
7.05 Moneys Held in Trust
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Section
7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section
7.07 Reliance on Officer’s Certificate
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Section
7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
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Section
7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Section
7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Section
7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
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Section
7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
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Section
7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Company
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Section
7.14 Notice of Default
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ARTICLE
8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section
8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders
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Section
8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders
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Section
8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners
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Section
8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded
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Section
8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders
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ARTICLE
9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section
9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders
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Section
9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders
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Section
9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section
9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures
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Section
9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE
10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY
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Section
10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc
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Section
10.02 Successor Entity Substituted
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Section
10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc
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ARTICLE
11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section
11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section
11.02 Discharge of Obligations
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Section
11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust
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Section
11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents
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Section
11.05 Repayment to Company
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ARTICLE
12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
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Section
12.01 No Recourse
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ARTICLE
13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns
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Section
13.02 Actions by Successor
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Section
13.03 Surrender of Company Powers
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Section
13.04 Notices
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Section
13.05 Governing Law
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Section
13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt
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Section
13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions
Precedent
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Section
13.08 Payments on Business Days
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Section
13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section
13.10 Counterparts
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Section
13.11 Separability
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Section
13.12 Compliance Certificates
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ARTICLE
14 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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Section
14.01 Subordination Terms
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(1)
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This
Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and
shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its
terms or provisions.
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INDENTURE
INDENTURE
, dated as of [
●
],
among
Youngevity International,
Inc.
, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and
[
TRUSTEE
], as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
WHEREAS,
for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of subordinated debt securities (hereinafter referred to
as the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more
series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities
without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the
Trustee;
WHEREAS,
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders
of Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms
.
The
terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or any
indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this
Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the
plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein or any
indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
instrument.
“Authenticating
Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or
any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 2.10.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of such Board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification.
“Business
Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day
other than a day on which federal or state banking institutions in
the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in the city of
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close.
“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not
comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.
“Company”
means Youngevity International, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject
to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors
and assigns.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at .
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.03.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the
Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a
Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing
agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in
each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
“Event
of Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular
series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the
period of time, if any, therein designated.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Global
Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a
Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to
the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction,
all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“Governmental
Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct obligations
of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof
at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities, and
shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust
company as custodian with respect to any such Governmental
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced
by such depositary receipt.
“herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and other words
of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date
specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the
fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to
Securities of that series is due and payable.
“Officer”
means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of
Directors, a chief executive officer, a president, a chief
financial officer, a chief operating officer, any executive vice
president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the
treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the controller or any
assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant
secretary.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer. Each
such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions
thereof.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means an opinion in writing subject to customary
exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel
for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
“Outstanding”,
when used with reference to Securities of any series, means,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular
time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a)
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent,
or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or
that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or
Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other
than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying
agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in
Article Three, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or
in substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section
2.07.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, limited liability company, association, trust,
unincorporated organization, any other entity or organization,
including a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman of its board of directors, the chief executive officer,
the president, any vice president, the secretary, the treasurer,
any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any other officer
or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities”
means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Securityholder”,
“holder of Securities”, “registered
holder”, or other similar term, means the Person or Persons
in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on
the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the
meanings as set forth in Section 2.05.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a
majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of
its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or
similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding
partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such
Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person
and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a
general partner.
“Trustee”
means , and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also
include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder,
“Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term
“Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series
of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that
series.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“Voting
Stock”, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity
interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of
Securities
.
(a) The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may
be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that series from all other Securities);
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of that series);
(3) the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable, any original issue discount that may apply to
the Securities of that series upon their issuance, the principal
amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;
(4) the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if
any;
(5) the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner
of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of
payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the
manner of determination of such record dates;
(6) the
right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;
(7) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption,
or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in
satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option
of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which,
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the
form of the Securities of the series including the form of the
Certificate of Authentication for such series;
(10) if
other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or
any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11)
any and all other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable,
relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that
series and any security for the obligations of the Company with
respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture,
as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which
may be required by or advisable under United States laws or
regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of
Securities of that series;
(12)
whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in
such case, the terms and the identity of the Depositary for such
series;
(13)
whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the
Company or any other Person and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable,
including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how
it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or
optional (at the Company’s option or the holders’
option) conversion or exchange features, and the applicable
conversion or exchange period;
(14) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 6.01;
(15)
any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
covenants (which may include, among other restrictions,
restrictions on the Company’s ability or the ability of the
Company’s Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness;
issue additional securities; create liens; pay dividends or make
distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or the
Company’s Subsidiaries; redeem capital stock; place
restrictions on the Company’s Subsidiaries’ ability to
pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; make
investments or other restricted payments; sell or otherwise dispose
of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in
transactions with stockholders or affiliates; issue or sell stock
of the Company’s Subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or
merger) or financial covenants (which may include, among other
financial covenants, financial covenants that require the Company
and its Subsidiaries to maintain specified interest coverage, fixed
charge, cash flow-based, asset-based or other financial ratios)
provided for with respect to the Securities of the
series;
(16) if
other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of
the series are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign
currency);
(17)
the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay
amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and
principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any
Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for
federal tax purposes;
(18)
any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities
of the series; and
(19)
the subordination terms of the Securities of the
series.
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such
Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
hereto.
If any
of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at
or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the
Company setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities
of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any installment of
principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or
different methods by which rates of interest may be determined,
with different dates on which such interest may be payable and with
different redemption dates.
Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s
Certificate
.
The
Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be
substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, and
they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that
series may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for
Payment
.
The
Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the
denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(10). The Securities of
a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at
the rate specified with respect to that series. Subject to Section
2.01(a)(16), the principal of and the interest on the Securities of
any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption
thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency
of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender
for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day
months.
The
interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose
name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a
particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and
the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with
respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest
Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon
presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section
3.03.
Any
interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Securities of the same series (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of
having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or
clause (2) below:
(1) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to
the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15
nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to
be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at
his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as
hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such special record
date.
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless
otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular
record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series
of Securities and any Interest Payment Date for such series shall
mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding
the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such
Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month, or the first day
of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such
Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or
not such date is a Business Day.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a
series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall
carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue,
that were carried by such other Security.
Section 2.04 Execution and Authentications
.
The
Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its
Officers. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile
signature.
The
Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall
have been an Officer, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the
Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such
Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of the Company. The
Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication by the
Trustee.
A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent.
Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a written order of the Company for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee
in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and
deliver such Securities.
In
authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested,
and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.
The
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if
the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
.
(a)
Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose,
for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations,
and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in
relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of
any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency
shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of
the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall
be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b) The
Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency
designated for such purpose a register or registers (herein
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of
Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable
times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of
Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by
Board Resolution (the “Security
Registrar”).
Upon
surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of
the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute,
the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall
deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security
or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a
like aggregate principal amount.
All
Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so
required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the
Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered
holder or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in
writing.
(c)
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities
in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register
the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of
the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption,
other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being
redeemed in part. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with
respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
Section 2.06 Temporary Securities
.
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any
authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any
series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such
series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will
furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or
all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or
agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in
exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company
advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need
not be executed and furnished until further notice from the
Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Securities
.
In case
any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s
request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and
deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant
for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss
or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership
thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security
and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of
any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted
Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
In case
any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of
the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they
may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction,
loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of
the ownership thereof.
Every
replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of
the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same
series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and
owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
Section 2.08 Cancellation
.
All
Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption,
exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the
Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled
by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender,
the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities held
by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may
dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard
procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.
If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture
.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and the holders of the Securities (and, with respect to the
provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of any indebtedness of
the Company to which the Securities of any series are subordinated)
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect
of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision
herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions
being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders
of the Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article
Fourteen, the holders of any indebtedness of the Company to which
the Securities of any series are subordinated).
Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent
.
So long
as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may
be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities
which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said
Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this
Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall
be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for
such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and
surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient
under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or
in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that
is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business
and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign
immediately.
Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The
Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall)
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility
of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible
successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
Section 2.11 Global Securities
.
(a) If
the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the
Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global
Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered
by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of
the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.”
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security
of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the
Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such
series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(c) If
at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for
such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a
successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or
becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company has
received a request from the Depositary or from the Trustee, this
Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of
such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section
2.04, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series
in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may
at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no
longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions
of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of
such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to
Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will
authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange
for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security
for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons,
in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled
by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form
issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section
2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the
Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the
Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 3.01 Redemption.
The
Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on
and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established
for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption
.
(a) In
case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all
or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series
in accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do
so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall
cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of
the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first
class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30
days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption
of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is
specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is
mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder
receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice
to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing
compliance with any such restriction.
Each
such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that
series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the
redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at
the office or agency of the Company, upon presentation and
surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that
from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the
redemption is from a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less
than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice
to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part
shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed.
In case
any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that
relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after
the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If
less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate
principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and
thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner
as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that
may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to
one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a
denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and
shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The
Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of
instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the
Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice
of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice
to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or
such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice
of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying
agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or
permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the
case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other
records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to
enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail
that may be required under the provisions of this
Section.
Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption
.
(a) If
the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as
above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the
series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and
payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or
portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date
fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect
to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for
redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said
Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption
price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to
the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption
is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on
such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of
business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section
2.03).
(b)
Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is
presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized
denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of the Security so presented.
Section 3.04 Sinking Fund
.
The
provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to
any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series,
except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of such series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in
excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking
fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section
3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities
.
The
Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii)
may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the
terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series
required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at
the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund
.
Not
less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms
of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied
by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with
such Officer’s Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each
such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of
the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be
made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section
3.03.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
.
The
Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities
of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided
herein and established with respect to such Securities. Payments of
principal on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein
and established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar
check drawn on and mailed to the address of the Securityholder
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register, or U.S. dollar wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account
(such wire transfer to be made only to a Securityholder of an
aggregate principal amount of Securities of the applicable series
in excess of U.S. $2,000,000 and only if such Securityholder shall
have furnished wire instructions to the Trustee no later than 15
days prior to the relevant payment date). Payments of interest on
the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and
established with respect to such Securities by U.S. dollar check
mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Security Register, or U.S. dollar
wire transfer to, a U.S. dollar account (such a wire transfer to be
made only to a Securityholder of an aggregate principal amount of
Securities of the applicable series in excess of U.S. $2,000,000
and only if such Securityholder shall have furnished wire
instructions in writing to the Security Registrar and the Trustee
no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment
date.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
.
So long
as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company
agrees to maintain an office or agency with respect to each such
series and at such other location or locations as may be designated
as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that
series may be presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series
may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of
transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with
respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by
written notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an
Officer’s Certificate and delivered to the Trustee, designate
some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially
appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its paying
agent with respect to the Securities.
Section 4.03 Paying Agents
.
(a) If
the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any
series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will
cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section:
(1)
that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it
by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(2)
that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series when the same shall be due and
payable;
(3)
that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(4)
that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth
in this Indenture.
(b) If
the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any
series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of
that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on
Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it
or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is
subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which
such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon
such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the
Company or such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of
Trustee
.
The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section
7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder.
Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation
Provisions
.
The
Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding,
consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case
where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other
Person unless the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied
with.
ARTICLE 5
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders
.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a)
within 15 days after each regular record date (as defined in
Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series
of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the
Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such
list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from
the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided,
however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for
any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar.
Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders
.
(a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished
to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses
of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).
(b) The
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c)
Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in
connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy
its obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in
accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 5.03 Reports by the Company
.
The
Company covenants and agrees to provide (which delivery may be via
electronic mail) to the Trustee, after the Company files the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Securities
and Exchange Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) that the Company files with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be
required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the
Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and provided further, so long
as such filings by the Company are available on the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System (EDGAR), such filings shall be deemed to have been
filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 5.03 without
any further action required by the Company.
Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee
.
(a) If
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee,
within sixty (60) days after each May 1, shall transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report
dated as of such May 1, which complies with Section 313(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The
Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) A
copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with
each securities exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if
so listed) and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become
listed on any securities exchange.
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Events of Default
.
(a)
Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular
series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the
following events that has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the
Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon
any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall
become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of
90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest
payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) the
Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same
shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption,
by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any
sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series;
provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such
Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment
of principal or premium, if any;
(3) the
Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or
agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture
or otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement
that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series)
for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall
have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or
certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series
at the time Outstanding;
(4) the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i)
commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order
for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of
its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors; or
(5) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all
or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the
liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 90 days.
(b) In
each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified
in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the
Securities of that series shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then
Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid
interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
and shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above occurs, the principal
of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that
series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities.
(c) At
any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of that series shall
have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained
or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then
Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series
that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon
overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed
in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or
deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06,
and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with
respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on
(and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on
Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their
terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section
6.06.
No such
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(d) In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with
respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of
such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company
and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee
.
(a) The
Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment
of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a
series, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund
established with respect to that series as and when the same shall
have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued
for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the
Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or
upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand
of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole
amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or
both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue
installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the
Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section
7.06.
(b) If
the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to
judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the
Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out
of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities
of that series, wherever situated.
(c) In
case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property,
the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and
take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and
shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to
file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the
entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at
the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional
amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such
date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the
same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy
or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of
Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee,
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.
(d) All
rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of
that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial
or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts
due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders
of the Securities of such series.
In case
of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion
proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by
law.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the
rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceeding.
Section 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected
.
Any
moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with
respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if
only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
FIRST:
To the payment of all indebtedness of the Company to which such
series of Securities is subordinated to the extent required by
Section 7.06 and Article Fourteen;
SECOND:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities
of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively;
and
THIRD:
To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any
other Person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits
.
No
holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue
or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such
holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of
an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to
the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as
hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered
to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such
90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions
of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates
or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the
consent of such holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is
expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker
and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of
Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner
whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders
of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce
any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as
can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and
remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies
available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by
judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such
Securities.
(b) No
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any
such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any
such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders
.
The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in
accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section
7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any
such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible
Officer or officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding
so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust
Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or
might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in
the proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may
on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series
waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants
contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with
respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in
the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall
become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by
acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in
accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default
covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of
this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Securities of such series shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs
.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities
by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have
agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to
any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit
instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this
Indenture.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
.
(a) The
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all
Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series
that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to
the Securities of such series such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series
has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall
exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i)
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to that series that may have
occurred:(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with
respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not
be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for
the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such series
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(ii)
the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii)
the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of that series; and
(iv)
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not
reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee
.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) Any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an
instrument signed in the name of the Company by any authorized
officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
specifically prescribed herein);
(c) The
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or, if requested, any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(d) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;
nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the
obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to a series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived),
to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs;
(e) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(f) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless
requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in
Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms
of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so
proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall
be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid
by the Company upon demand; and
(g) The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default except (1) any Event of Default
occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a)(1) and 6.01(a)(2) or (2) any
Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have
received written notification in the manner set forth in this
Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and
documents to the Trustee under Section 5.03 is for informational
purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt
of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein, or determinable from information
contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any
of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on an Officer’s
Certificate).
Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or
Securities
.
(a) The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Indenture or of the Securities.
(c) The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such
Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over
by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture
or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or
application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than
the Trustee.
Section 7.04 May Hold Securities
.
The
Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee
of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.
Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust
.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the
Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with
the Company to pay thereon.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement
.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of
a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may
from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it
in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise
and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly
in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may arise from its negligence or bad faith and except as the
Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers,
agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence
or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim of liability in the premises.
(b) The
obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities are
subordinated. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a
lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds
held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in
trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Securities.
Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer’s
Certificate
.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the
administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to
take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part
of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions
of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
.
If the
Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest”
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities
issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as
trustee by the Securities and Exchange Commission, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia
authority.
If such
corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in Section 7.10.
Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor
.
(a) The
Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign
with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving
written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of
resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and
one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days
after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of
such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a
bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six
months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In
case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(i) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08
after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months; or
(ii)
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder;
or
(iii)
the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy
proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation;
then,
in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and
appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time
remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the
Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for
such series with the consent of the Company.
(d) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 7.11.
(e) Any
successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or
all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular
series.
Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By
Successor
.
(a) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on
the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights,
powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions
as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the
retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for
or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in
such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee
and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to
act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee
shall with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no
further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for
the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee
under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the
extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor trustee relates.
(c)
Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such
rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No
successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
(e)
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit
such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to
be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business
.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
trust business of the Trustee, including the administration of the
trust created by this Indenture, shall be the successor of the
Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under
the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by
the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the
same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated
such Securities.
Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the
Company
.
The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section
311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the extent included therein.
Section 7.14 Notice of Default
If any
Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if
such Default or Event of Default is known to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act notice of the Default or Event of Default
within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs and 30 days after it
is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice
of it is received by the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of
Default has been cured; provided, however, that, except in the case
of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Securityholders.
ARTICLE 8
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by
Securityholders
.
Whenever
in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series may take any action (including
the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice,
consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that
at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority
or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be
evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar
tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in
person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the
Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officer’s Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such
series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to
do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
may be given before or after the record date, but only the
Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record
date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of
determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the
record date; provided, however, that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after
the record date.
Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require
notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any
Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the
following manner:
(a) The
fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument
may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.
(b) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of
such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar
thereof.
The
Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to
in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.
Prior
to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any
Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such
Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall
be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of,
premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company
Disregarded.
In
determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Securities of a particular series have
concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture,
the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of
that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities
of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of
this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case
of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken
upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.
Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future
Securityholders.
At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the
holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of a particular series specified in this
Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security
of that series 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, and upon proof of
holding as provided in Section 8.02, 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 Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective
of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such
Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a
particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with
such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the
Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that
series.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of
Securityholders
.
In
addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for
one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the
Securities of any series;
(b) to
comply with Article Ten;
(c) to
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of
certificated Securities;
(d) to
add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
relating to the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the
occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional
covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of
Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company;
(e) to
add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue,
authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set
forth;
(f) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder in any material respect;
(g) to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and
conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section
2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be
furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of
Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of
Securities;
(h) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor trustee; or
(i) to
comply with any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor in connection with the qualification of
this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
The
Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein
contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any
such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any
supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders.
With
the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture
or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
(which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any
manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the
Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of
the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby,
(a) extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to
consent to any such supplemental indenture.
It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of
any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.
Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture
shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified
and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under
this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of
Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be
deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for
any and all purposes.
Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental
Indentures.
Securities
of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated
and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may
bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form
meets the requirements of any securities exchange upon which such
series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for
the Securities of that series then Outstanding.
Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the
Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such
supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.01, may receive an Officer’s Certificate or, if
requested, an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is
authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions
of this Article to join in the execution thereof; provided,
however, that such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a
supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a
notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series
affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc
.
Except
as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the
Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or
substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or
not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors)
authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, (a)
the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such
consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the
survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all
series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to
their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of
all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to
each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be
expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect)
reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and
delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or
by the entity which shall have acquired such property and (b) in
the event that the Securities of any series then Outstanding are
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or
other securities of the Company, such entity shall, by such
supplemental indenture, make provision so that the Securityholders
of Securities of that series shall thereafter be entitled to
receive upon conversion or exchange of such Securities the number
of securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares
of common stock or other securities of the Company deliverable upon
conversion or exchange of those Securities would have been entitled
had such conversion or exchange occurred immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition.
Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.
(a) In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor
entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the
Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations
set forth under Section 10.01 on all of the Securities of all
series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been
named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities.
(b) In
case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not
in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as may be appropriate.
(c)
Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the
Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into
the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction,
or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all
or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not
affiliated with the Company).
Section 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to
Trustee.
The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an
Officer’s Certificate and, if requested, an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such
assumption, comply with the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
.
If at
any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated
and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any
Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and
Securities for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust
by the Company and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such
Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are
by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to
be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption,
and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental
Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of
that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date
fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with
respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture shall
thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02,
4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or
redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05,
that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on
demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture with respect to such
series.
Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.
If at
any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become
due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid
by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust
funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to
pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that
series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to
become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption,
as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to
be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with
respect to such series, then after the date such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with
the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture
with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect
except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02,
4,03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such
Securities shall mature and be paid.
Thereafter,
Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.
Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
All
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and
shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through
any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying
agent), to the holders of the particular series of Securities for
the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying
agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of
the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 11.05 Repayment to Company.
Any
moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent
or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment
of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by
the holders of such Securities for at least two years after the
date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable,
or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company
on May 31 of each year or upon the Company’s request or (if
then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and
thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from
all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental
Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to
receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look
only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
Section 12.01 No Recourse
.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of
this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon
or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or
future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever
shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of
any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because
of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or
by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability of every name and
nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or
statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every
such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied
therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of such Securities.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns
.
All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.
Any act
or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or
required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer
of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force
and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any
corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the
Company.
Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers.
The
Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board
of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the
powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so
surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
successor corporation.
Section 13.04 Notices.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or
demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or
permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or by the
holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this
Indenture to or on the Company may be given or served by being
deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Company with the
Trustee), as follows:. Any notice, election, request or demand by
the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant
to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made
in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
Section 13.05 Governing Law.
This
Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said
State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is
applicable.
Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt.
It is
intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and
not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of
this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
intention.
Section 13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions
Precedent.
(a)
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture (other than the certificate to be delivered pursuant to
Section 13.12) relating to the proposed action have been complied
with and, if requested, an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically
required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or demand, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
(b)
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant 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
has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him 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.
Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days.
Except
as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or
principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security
shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date
of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the
period after such nominal date.
Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and
to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to
317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
Section 13.10 Counterparts.
This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 13.11 Separability.
In case
any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in
the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this
Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid
or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein or therein.
Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were
outstanding, an officer’s certificate stating whether or not
the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred
during such fiscal year. Such 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 13.12, such compliance
shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer
of the Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a
Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any
such Default or Event of Default and its status.
ARTICLE 14
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 14.01 Subordination Terms
.
The
payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on any series of Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture supplemental
hereto relating to such series.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first
above written.
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YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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Trustee
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HANK GRACIN
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LESLIE MARLOW
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PATRICK EGAN
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† Admitted in New York only
†† Admitted in New York, Florida
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Exhibit 5.1
May 18,
2018
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
The
Board of Directors
Youngevity
International, Inc.
2400
Boswell Road
Chula
Vista, California 91914
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Registration
Statement on Form S-3
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We have
acted as special counsel to Youngeity International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection
with the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the
“Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof by
the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration
Statement relates to, among other things, the offer and sale from
time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and
Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, of the following
securities of the Company: (i) shares of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), including shares of
Common Stock as may from time to time be issued upon conversion or
exchange of Debt Securities or Preferred Stock (each as defined
below) or the exercise of Warrants or Units (each as defined
below); (ii) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share
(“Preferred Stock”), in one or more series; (iii) debt
securities (“Debt Securities”), which, unless otherwise
provided in any supplement to the prospectus forming a part of the
Registration Statement relating to a particular series of the Debt
Securities, may be in the form of (a) senior debt securities to be
issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Senior
Indenture”) proposed to be entered into between the Company
and a trustee (the “Senior Trustee”), a form of which
indenture is being filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or (b) subordinated debt securities to be issued pursuant
to an indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture” and,
together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indentures”,
and each individually, an “Indenture”) proposed to be
entered into between the Company and a trustee (the
“Subordinated Trustee” and, together with the Senior
Trustee, the “Trustees”, and each individually, a
“Trustee”), a form of which indenture is being filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (iv) warrants for the
purchase of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities
(“Warrants”) pursuant to one or more warrant agreements
(each, a “Warrant Agreement”) proposed to be entered
into between the Company and one or more warrant agents to be named
in the applicable Warrant Agreement (each, a “Warrant
Agent”); and (v) units consisting of one or more of the
Company’s Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or
Warrants, or any combination of those securities
(“Units”), pursuant to one or more unit agreements
(each, a “Unit Agreement”) proposed to be entered into
between the Company and one or more unit agents to be named in the
applicable Unit Agreement (each, a “Unit Agent”). The
Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Warrants and Units
are collectively referred to herein as the
“Securities.”
In
rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied
upon the following: (a) the Registration Statement; (b) the forms
of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture, both of
which are being filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement;
(c) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and
in effect as of the date hereof; (d) the Bylaws of the Company, as
in effect as of the date hereof; and (e) a copy of certain
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board of Directors”) relating to the registration of
the Securities.
We have
examined the certificates and other documents delivered on the date
hereof and such other corporate records, certificates and other
documents and have had such conversations as we have deemed
necessary or appropriate.
GRACIN
& MARLOW, LLP
GRACIN
& MARLOW, LLP
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Youngevity
International, Inc.
May 18,
2018
Page 2
We have
assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness
of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of documents
submitted to us as certified, facsimile, conformed, electronic or
photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such
copies. As to all matters of fact, we have relied with your consent
upon certificates or comparable documents, and oral and written
statements and representations, of officers and representatives of
the Company and of public officials, and, in certain instances,
upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
the Transaction Documents (as defined below). We have not
independently verified such information and
assumptions.
In
expressing the opinions set forth below, we have assumed with your
consent that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any
Securities, (i) the Board of Directors and any appropriate
committee appointed thereby, shall have duly approved the specific
sale and issuance of such Securities (including the terms thereof
and including the sale and issuance, and terms of, any related
securities for which such Securities may be exchanged, converted or
exercised) and shall not have modified or rescinded the duly
authorized issuance and sale of such Securities; (ii) the
Registration Statement, as finally amended (including all necessary
post-effective amendments), has become effective under the
Securities Act and continues to be so effective; (iii) the
prospectus will describe the Securities offered thereby or an
appropriate prospectus supplement or term sheet will have been
prepared, delivered and filed in compliance with the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and will
describe the Securities offered thereby; (iv) all Securities will
be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration
Statement and, if applicable, the prospectus supplement; (v) the
Registration Statement, the Securities and any definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement with respect to such Securities
(collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) with
respect to any Securities offered will have been duly authorized
and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other
parties thereto; (vi) with respect to shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock offered, there will be sufficient shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock authorized under the Company’s
organizational documents and not otherwise reserved for issuance;
(vii) the organizational documents of the Company, each as amended
to the date hereof, will not have been amended from the date hereof
in a manner that would affect the validity of the opinion rendered
herein and (viii) any Securities issuable upon conversion,
exchange, redemption or exercise of any Securities being offered
will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for
issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or
exercise.
We have
also assumed that the execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents will not (i) violate, conflict with or result
in a breach of, or require any consent under, the charters, bylaws
or equivalent organizational documents of any party to any such
Transaction Document or the laws of the jurisdictions of
organization or applicable laws with respect to such parties; (ii)
violate any requirement or restriction imposed by any order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court
or governmental body having jurisdiction over it or any of its
assets or (iii) constitute a breach or violation of any agreement
or instrument that is binding upon such parties, and we have
assumed that each party (in the case of parties which are not
natural persons) has been duly organized and is validly existing
and in good standing under its jurisdiction of organization, that
each such party has the legal capacity, power and authority
(corporate or otherwise) to enter into, deliver and perform its
obligations thereunder and that each of the Transaction Documents
constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of all such
parties, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms. As
to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did
not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon
statements and representations of officers and other
representatives of the Company and others.
We have
assumed that each Indenture, in substantially the form reviewed by
us, any supplemental indenture to each such Indenture, each Warrant
Agreement and each Unit Agreement will be duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the applicable Trustee, Warrant Agent or Unit
Agent, as the case may be, and that any Debt Securities, Warrants
or Units that may be issued will be manually authenticated, signed
or countersigned, as the case may be, by duly authorized officers
of the applicable Trustee, Warrant Agent or Unit Agent, as the case
may be.
We have
assumed that the choice of New York law to govern the Indentures
and any supplemental indentures thereto and the Debt Securities is
a valid and legal provision. We have also assumed that New York law
will be chosen to govern the Warrant Agreements, the Warrants, the
Unit Agreements and the Units, and that such choice in each case is
a valid and legal provision. We have also assumed that the choice
of currency in which any Offered Debt Securities (as defined below)
are denominated does not contravene any exchange control or other
laws of the nation issuing such currency. As to any facts relevant
to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently
establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and
representations of officers and other representatives of the
Company and others and of public officials.
GRACIN
& MARLOW, LLP
GRACIN & MARLOW, LLP
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Youngevity
International, Inc.
May 18,
2018
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Based
upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications,
exceptions and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion
that:
1. With
respect to any shares of Common Stock offered by the Company (the
“Offered Common Stock”), when (i) terms of the issuance
and sale of the Offered Common Stock have been duly established and
are then in conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation and
the Bylaws so as not to violate any applicable law, the Certificate
of Incorporation or the Bylaws or result in a default under or
breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and
so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any
court or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the
Company; (ii) if the Offered Common Stock is to be certificated,
certificates in the form required under Delaware corporate law
representing the shares of Offered Common Stock have been duly
executed and countersigned and (iii) the shares of Common Stock are
registered in the Company’s share registry and delivered upon
payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor, the shares of
Offered Common Stock, when issued and sold or otherwise distributed
in accordance with the applicable underwriting agreement, if any,
or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and
binding agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, and
the shares of Offered Common Stock, when issued and sold or
otherwise distributed in accordance with the applicable
underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized,
executed and delivered valid and binding agreement, will be fully
paid and nonassessable, in each case provided that the
consideration therefor is not less than $0.001 per share of Common
Stock.
2. With
respect to the shares of any series of Preferred Stock offered by
the Company (the “Offered Preferred Stock”), when (i) a
Certificate of Designations for the Offered Preferred Stock in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Delaware corporate law
(the “Certificate of Designations”) has been filed
with, and accepted for record by, the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, in the form to be filed as an exhibit to a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other applicable report
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), in the manner contemplated in the
Registration Statement or any prospectus supplement relating
thereto; (ii) the terms of the Offered Preferred Stock and of their
issuance and sale have been duly established and are then in
conformity with the Certificate of Incorporation, including the
Certificate of Designations relating to the Offered Preferred
Stock, and the Bylaws so as not to violate any applicable law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or result in a default
under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the
Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction
imposed by any court or other governmental authority having
jurisdiction over the Company; (iii) if the Offered Preferred Stock
is to be certificated, certificates in the form required under
Delaware corporate law representing the shares of Offered Preferred
Stock have been duly executed and countersigned and (iv) the shares
of Offered Preferred Stock are registered in the Company’s
share registry and delivered upon payment of the agreed-upon
consideration therefor, the shares of Offered Preferred Stock, when
issued and sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with the
applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly
authorized, executed and delivered valid and binding agreement,
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, provided that the consideration therefor is not less
than $0.001 per share of Preferred Stock.
3. With
respect to any series of Company Debt Securities offered by the
Company (the “Offered Debt Securities”), when (i) the
applicable Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”); (ii) the terms of
the Offered Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have
been duly established in conformity with the applicable Indenture
and any supplemental indenture relating to such Offered Debt
Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, the Certificate
of Incorporation or the Bylaws, or result in a default under or
breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and
so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any
court or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the
Company and (iii) the Offered Debt Securities, in a form compliant
with the applicable Indenture and any supplemental indenture
relating to such Offered Debt Securities and to be filed as an
exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other
applicable report under the Exchange Act in the manner contemplated
in the Registration Statement or any prospectus supplement relating
thereto, have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance
with the provisions of the applicable Indenture and any
supplemental indenture relating to such Offered Debt Securities and
delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon
consideration therefor, the Offered Debt Securities, when issued
and sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with the applicable
Indenture and any supplemental indenture relating to such Offered
Debt Securities and the applicable underwriting agreement, if any,
or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and
binding agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms under the laws of the State of New
York.
GRACIN
& MARLOW, LLP
GRACIN & MARLOW, LLP
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Youngevity
International, Inc.
May 18,
2018
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4
4. With
respect to any series of Warrants offered by the Company (the
“Offered Warrants”), when (i) a Warrant Agreement
relating to the Offered Warrants has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (ii)
the terms of the Offered Warrants and of their issuance and sale
have been duly established and are then in conformity with the
applicable Warrant Agreement so as not to violate any applicable
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or result in a
default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon
the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction
imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Company and (iii) the Offered Warrants have been duly executed,
delivered, countersigned, issued and sold in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable Warrant Agreement to be filed as an
exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other
applicable report under the Exchange Act in the manner contemplated
in the Registration Statement or any prospectus supplement relating
thereto, the Offered Warrants, when issued and sold or otherwise
distributed in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement and
the applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly
authorized, executed and delivered valid and binding purchase or
agency agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms under the laws of the State of New
York.
5. With
respect to any Units offered by the Company (the “Offered
Units”), when (i) a Unit Agreement relating to the Offered
Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and the other parties thereto; (ii) the terms of the
Offered Units and of their issuance and sale have been duly
established and are then in conformity with the applicable Unit
Agreement of which the Offered Units are a component so as not to
violate any applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the
Bylaws, or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or
instrument binding upon the Company, and so as to comply with any
requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental
body having jurisdiction over the Company and (iii) the Offered
Units have been duly executed, delivered, countersigned, issued and
sold in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Unit
Agreement to be filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit to a Current Report
on Form 8-K or other applicable report under the Exchange Act in
the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement or any
prospectus supplement relating thereto, the Offered Units, when
issued and sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with the
applicable Unit Agreement and the applicable underwriting
agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized, executed and
delivered valid and binding agreement, will be duly authorized and
validly issued and will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms under the laws of the State of New
York.
The
opinions set forth above are each subject to the effects of: (a)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors’ rights generally, (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), (c) public policy
considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain
remedies, (d) the waivers of any usury defense contained in the
applicable Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the Offered
Debt Securities which may be unenforceable, (e) requirements that a
claim with respect to any Offered Debt Securities denominated in a
currency, currency unit or composite currency other than United
States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United
States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United
States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date
determined pursuant to applicable law and (f) governmental
authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments
outside the United States or in foreign currencies, currency units
or composite currencies.
This
opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the
Delaware General Corporation Law, and we express no opinion as to
the effect on the matters covered by this opinion of the laws of
any other jurisdiction.
This
opinion letter speaks only as of its date and is delivered in
accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
S-K under the Securities Act. We hereby consent to the filing of
this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement
and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal
Matters” in the prospectus contained therein. In giving such
consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an expert within the
meaning of Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder. We assume no obligation to advise the
Company or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to
any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the
date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed
herein.
Sincerely,
/s/
GRACIN & MARLOW, LLP
GRACIN & MARLOW, LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
We
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 30,
2018, relating to the consolidated financial statements of
Youngevity International, Inc. and Subsidiaries (which report
includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the uncertainty of
Youngevity International Inc. and Subsidiaries’ ability to
continue as a going concern) included on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2017, and to the reference to us under the
heading “Experts” in this Registration
Statement.
/s/
Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
San
Diego, California
May 18,
2018