[FORM OF INDENTURE]
PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC.
ISSUER,
AND
MARINE MIDLAND BANK
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
Dated as of _________________, 1996
$69,000,000
____% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due _____________, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. Definitions........................................... 1
SECTION 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of TIA..................... 9
SECTION 1.3. Rules of Construction................................. 10
ARTICLE II
THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Form and Dating....................................... 10
SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication.......................... 11
SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent............................ 12
SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust.................. 12
SECTION 2.5. Securityholder List................................... 13
SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange................................. 13
SECTION 2.7. Replacement Debentures................................ 14
SECTION 2.8. Outstanding Debentures................................ 14
SECTION 2.9. Treasury Debentures................................... 15
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Debentures.................................. 15
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.......................................... 15
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.................................... 16
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1. Right of Redemption................................... 18
SECTION 3.2. Notices to Trustee.................................... 18
SECTION 3.3. Selection of Debentures to Be Redeemed................ 18
SECTION 3.4. Notice of Redemption.................................. 19
SECTION 3.5. Effect of Notice of Redemption........................ 20
SECTION 3.6. Deposit of Redemption Price........................... 21
SECTION 3.7. Debentures Redeemed in Part........................... 21
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1. Payment of Debentures................................. 22
SECTION 4.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency....................... 22
SECTION 4.3. Corporate Existence................................... 23
SECTION 4.4. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims..................... 23
SECTION 4.5. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance............... 23
SECTION 4.6. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default............. 24
SECTION 4.7. Reports............................................... 25
SECTION 4.8. Limitation on Status as Investment Company............ 26
SECTION 4.9. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws............... 26
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.1. Limitation on Merger, Sale or Consolidation........... 26
SECTION 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted..................... 27
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1. Events of Default..................................... 28
SECTION 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity Date; Rescission and
Annulment............................................. 30
SECTION 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee................................ 31
SECTION 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...................... 32
SECTION 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of the Debentures..................................... 33
SECTION 6.6. Priorities............................................ 33
SECTION 6.7. Limitation on Suits................................... 34
SECTION 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest....................... 35
SECTION 6.9. Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................ 35
SECTION 6.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.......................... 35
SECTION 6.11. Control by Holders.................................... 36
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Past Default................................ 36
SECTION 6.13. Undertaking for Costs................................. 37
SECTION 6.14. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.................... 37
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee..................................... 38
SECTION 7.2. Rights of Trustee..................................... 39
SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.......................... 40
SECTION 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.................................. 40
SECTION 7.5. Notice of Default..................................... 40
SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders......................... 41
SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity............................ 41
SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee................................ 42
SECTION 7.9. Successor Trustee by Xxxxxx, Etc...................... 43
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification........................ 44
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company........................................... 44
ARTICLE VIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture............... 44
SECTION 8.2. Repayment to the Company.............................. 45
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders............................................... 45
SECTION 9.2. Amendments, Supplemental Indentures and
Waivers with Consent of Holders....................... 46
SECTION 9.3. Compliance with TIA................................... 48
SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents..................... 48
SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Debentures................. 48
SECTION 9.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc....................... 49
ARTICLE X
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 10.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called............ 49
SECTION 10.2. Manner of Calling Meetings........................... 50
SECTION 10.3. Call of Meetings by the Company or Holders........... 50
SECTION 10.4. Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings.................. 51
SECTION 10.5. Regulations May Be Made by Trustee; Conduct
of the Meeting; Voting Rights; Adjournment........ 51
SECTION 10.6. Voting at the Meeting and Record to Be Kept.......... 52
SECTION 10.7. Exercise of Rights of Trustee or
Securityholders May Not Be Hindered or
Delayed by Call of Meeting........................ 53
ARTICLE XI
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
SECTION 11.1. Repurchase of Debentures at Option of the
Holder............................................ 53
ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 12.1. Debentures Subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness...................................... 56
SECTION 12.2. No Payment on Debentures in Certain Circumstances.... 57
SECTION 12.3. Debentures Subordinated to Prior Payment of
All Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization..................... 57
SECTION 12.4. Securityholders to Be Subrogated to Rights of
Holders of Senior Indebtedness.................... 59
SECTION 12.5. Obligations of the Company Unconditional............. 59
SECTION 12.6. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not
Prohibited in Absence of Notice................... 60
SECTION 12.7. Application by Trustee of Assets Deposited
with It........................................... 61
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SECTION 12.8. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or
Omissions of the Company or Holders of Senior
Indebtedness...................................... 61
SECTION 12.9. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination of Debentures....................... 61
SECTION 12.10. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior
Indebtedness...................................... 62
SECTION 12.11. Article XII Not to Prevent Events of
Default........................................... 62
SECTION 12.12. No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of
Senior Indebtedness............................... 63
ARTICLE XIII
CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 13.1. Conversion Privilege................................. 63
SECTION 13.2. Exercise of Conversion Privilege..................... 63
SECTION 13.3. Fractional Interests................................. 65
SECTION 13.4. Conversion Price..................................... 65
SECTION 13.5. Adjustment of Conversion Price....................... 66
SECTION 13.6. Continuation of Conversion Privilege in Case
of Reclassification, Change, Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets................... 70
SECTION 13.7. Notice of Certain Events............................. 72
SECTION 13.8. Taxes on Conversion.................................. 73
SECTION 13.9. Company to Provide Stock............................. 74
SECTION 13.10. Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain
Matters........................................... 74
SECTION 13.11. Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of
Converted Debentures.............................. 75
SECTION 13.12. Certain Distributions................................ 75
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. TIA Controls......................................... 76
SECTION 14.2. Notices.............................................. 76
SECTION 14.3. Communications by Holders with Other Holders......... 77
SECTION 14.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent......................................... 77
SECTION 14.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion........ 78
SECTION 14.6. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar............ 78
SECTION 14.7. Legal Holidays....................................... 78
SECTION 14.8. Governing Law........................................ 79
SECTION 14.9. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements........ 79
SECTION 14.10. No Recourse Against Others........................... 79
SECTION 14.11. Successors........................................... 80
SECTION 14.12. Duplicate Originals.................................. 80
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SECTION 14.13. Severability......................................... 80
SECTION 14.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc..................... 80
SIGNATURES.......................................................... 81
EXHIBIT A........................................................... 1
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
310(a)(1)........................................... 7.10
(a)(2)........................................... 7.10
(a)(3)........................................... N.A.
(a)(4)........................................... N.A.
(a)(5)........................................... 7.10
(b).............................................. 7.8;
7.10;
14.2
(c).............................................. N.A.
311(a).............................................. 7.11
(b).............................................. 7.11
(c).............................................. N.A.
312(a).............................................. 2.5
(b).............................................. 14.3
(c).............................................. 14.3
313(a).............................................. 7.6
(b)(1)........................................... N.A.
(b)(2)........................................... 7.6
(c).............................................. 7.6;
14.2
(d).............................................. 7.6
314(a).............................................. 4.6;
4.7
(b).............................................. N.A.
(c)(1)........................................... 2.2;
7.2;
14.4
(c)(2)........................................... 7.2;
14.4
(c)(3)........................................... N.A.
(d) N.A.
(e) 14.5
(f) N.A.
315(a).............................................. 7.1(b)
(b).............................................. 7.5;
7.6;
14.2
(c).............................................. 7.1(a)
(d).............................................. 6.11;
7.1(b)(c)
(e).............................................. 6.13
316(a)(last sentence)............................... 2.9
(a)(1)(A)........................................ 6.11
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(a)(1)(B)........................................ 6.12
(a)(2)........................................... N.A.
(b).............................................. 6.12;
6.7
317(a)(1)........................................... 6.3
(a)(2)........................................... 6.4
(b).............................................. 2.4
318(a).............................................. 14.1
N.A. means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of _______________, 1996, between PRIDE
PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC., a Louisiana corporation (the "Company"), and MARINE
MIDLAND BANK, as Trustee.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each
other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Company's ___% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due ____________, 2006:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS.
"ACCELERATION NOTICE" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 6.2.
"AFFILIATE" means (i) any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company, (ii) any spouse, immediate family member, or other relative who has the
same principal residence of any person described in clause (i) above, and (iii)
any trust in which any person described in clause (i) or (ii) above has a
beneficial interest. For purposes of this definition, the term "control" means
(a) the power to direct the management and policies of a person, directly or
through one or more intermediaries, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract, or otherwise, or (b) the beneficial ownership of 10% or
more of any class of voting Capital Stock of a person (on a fully diluted basis)
or of any combination of shares, warrants or other rights to acquire such amount
of any class of Capital Stock (whether or not presently exercisable).
"AGENT" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-Registrar.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of
debtors.
"BENEFICIAL OWNER" for purposes of the definition of Change of
Control has the meaning attributed to it in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act (as in effect on the Issue Date), whether or not applicable, except
that a "person" shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of
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all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the occurrence
of certain events.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means, with respect to any Person, the
Board of Directors of such Person or any committee of the Board of Directors of
such Person authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the
power of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means, with respect to any Person, a duly
adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION" means rental obligations under
a lease that are required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations, as determined
in accordance with GAAP.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any corporation, any
and all shares, interests, rights to purchase (other than convertible or
exchangeable Indebtedness), warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests (however designated) in stock issued by that
corporation.
"CASH" means such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means (i) any merger or consolidation of
the Company with or into any person or any sale, transfer or other conveyance,
whether direct or indirect, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, on a consolidated basis, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, if, immediately after giving effect to such transaction, any
"person" or "group" (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable) is or becomes the
"beneficial owner," directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting
power in the aggregate normally entitled to vote in the election of directors,
managers, or trustees, as applicable, of the transferee or surviving
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entity, (ii) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used for purposes of
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable) is or
becomes the "beneficial owner," directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total voting power in the aggregate normally entitled to vote in elections of
directors of the Company, or (iii) during any period of 12 consecutive months
after the Issue Date, individuals who at the beginning of any such 12-month
period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new
directors whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the
shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company then in office.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COMMON STOCK" means the Company's common stock, par value
$.01 per share, or as such stock may be reconstituted from time to time.
"COMPANY" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it pursuant to the Indenture, and thereafter means
such successor.
"CONVERSION PRICE" shall have the meaning speci-
fied in Section 13.5.
"CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"DATE OF CONVERSION" shall have the meaning speci-
fied in Section 13.2.
"DEBENTURES" means, collectively, the ___% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due ____________, 2006, as supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof, issued under this Indenture.
"DEFAULT" means any event or condition that is, or after
notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
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"DEFAULTED INTEREST" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.12.
"DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means (a) except as set forth in
(b), with respect to any person, Capital Stock of such person that, by its terms
or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, exercisable or
exchangeable, is, or upon the happening of an event or the passage of time would
be, required to be redeemed or repurchased (including at the option of the
holder thereof) by such person or any of its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part,
on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the Debentures and (b) with respect to any
Subsidiary of such person (including with respect to any Subsidiary of the
Company), any Capital Stock other than any common stock with no preference,
privileges, or redemption or repayment provisions.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning speci-
fied in Section 6.1.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting
principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
("FASB") as in effect as of the Issue Date.
"HOLDER" or "SECURITYHOLDER" means the Person in whose name a
Debenture is registered on the Registrar's books.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of any Person means, without duplication, the
following (whether currently outstanding or hereafter incurred or created): (i)
all liabilities and obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (a)
in respect of borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to
the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), (b)
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (c) representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
services, except such as would
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constitute trade payables to trade creditors in the ordinary course of business
that are not more than 90 days past their original due date, (d) evidenced by
bankers' acceptances or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks, (e) for
the payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation, or (f)
evidenced by a letter of credit or a reimbursement obligation of such Person
with respect to any letter of credit; (ii) all net obligations of such person
under Interest Swap and Hedging Obligations; (iii) all liabilities of others of
the kind described in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) that such Person has
guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability and all obligations to
purchase, redeem or acquire any Capital Stock; and (iv) any and all deferrals,
renewals, extensions, refinancings, refundings (whether direct or indirect) of,
or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any liability of the kind
described in any of the preceding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), or this clause
(iv), whether or not between or among the same parties.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" means the stated due date
of an installment of interest on the Debentures.
"INTEREST SWAP AND HEDGING OBLIGATION" means any obligation of
any person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate exchange agreement,
currency exchange agreement or any other agreement or arrangement designed to
protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, including,
without limitation, any arrangement whereby, directly or indirectly, such person
is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by
applying either a fixed or floating rate of interest on a stated notional amount
in exchange for periodic payments made by such person calculated by applying a
fixed or floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
"ISSUE DATE" means the date of first issuance of the
Debentures under this Indenture.
"JUNIOR SECURITY" of any Person means any Qualified Capital
Stock of such Person or any Indebtedness of such Person that is subordinated in
right of payment to the Debentures and has no scheduled installment of principal
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due, by redemption, sinking fund payment or otherwise, on or prior to the Stated
Maturity of the Debentures.
"LAST SALE PRICE" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 13.3.
"LEGAL HOLIDAY" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 14.7.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, or other encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any lease deemed to constitute a security
interest and any option or other agreement to give any security interest).
"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.1(3).
"OFFER" shall have the meaning specified in Section 13.5(d).
"OFFICER" means, with respect to the Company, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller,
or the Secretary of the Company.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means, with respect to the Company, a
certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Secretary
of the Company and otherwise complying with the requirements of Sections 14.4
and 14.5.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and which complies with the
requirements of Sections 14.4 and 14.5.
"PAYING AGENT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.3.
"PAYMENT DEFAULT" shall have the meaning specified
in Section 12.2.
"PERSON" or "PERSON" means any corporation, individual,
limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, partnership,
unincorporated association,
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governmental regulatory entity, country, state or political subdivision thereof,
trust, municipality or other entity.
"PRINCIPAL" of any Indebtedness means the principal of such
Indebtedness plus, without duplication, any applicable premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
"PROPERTY" means any right or interest in or to property or
assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether
tangible or intangible.
"QUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK" means any Capital Stock
of the Company that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
"RECORD DATE" means a Record Date specified in the Debentures
whether or not such Record Date is a Business Day.
"REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Debenture to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to Article III of
this Indenture and Paragraph 5 in the form of Debenture.
"REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Debenture to
be redeemed, means the redemption price for such redemption pursuant to
Paragraph 5 in the form of Debenture, which shall include, without duplication,
in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to and including the Redemption Date.
"REGISTRAR" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
"REPURCHASE EVENT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"REPURCHASE OFFER" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"REPURCHASE PAYMENT" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"REPURCHASE PAYMENT DATE" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
"REPURCHASE PUT DATE" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.1.
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"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" of the Company means (i) all
Indebtedness of the Issuer unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or
evidencing such Indebtedness, it is provided that such Indebtedness is not
superior in right of payment to the Debentures or to other Indebtedness which is
pari passu with, or subordinated to the Debentures, and (ii) any modifications,
refunding, deferrals, renewals or extensions of any such Indebtedness or
securities, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness issued in exchange for such
Indebtedness; PROVIDED that in no event shall Senior Indebtedness include (a)
Indebtedness of the Company owed or owing to any Subsidiary of the Company or
any officer, director or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, (c) Indebtedness to trade creditors, or (c) any liability for taxes
owed or owing by the Company.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" shall have the meaning assigned to
that term under Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, as in effect on the Issue
Date.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12.
"STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Debenture,
means ___________, 2006.
"SUBSIDIARY" with respect to any Person, means (i) a
corporation a majority of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary
circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned
by such Person, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, (ii) a partnership in which such Person
or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the time, a general partner or (iii) any
other person (other than a corporation) in which such person, one or more
Subsidiaries of such person, or such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such
person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has at
least majority ownership interest.
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"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S. Code xx.xx. 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the
execution of this Indenture.
"TRADING DAY" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, other than any day on which securities are not traded on the NASDAQ
National Market System (or, if the Common Stock is not admitted to trading
thereon, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock
is listed or admitted to trading).
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter means such successor.
"TRUST OFFICER" means any officer within the corporate trust
division (or any successor group) of the Trustee or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at that time shall be such officers, and also means, with respect to
a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom
such trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
"U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means direct non-callable
obligations of, or noncallable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of
America for the payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged.
SECTION 1.2. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF XXX.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"COMMISSION" means the SEC.
"INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the Debentures.
"INDENTURE SECURITYHOLDER" means a Holder or a Securityholder.
"INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED" means this Indenture.
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"INDENTURE TRUSTEE" or "INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE" means the
Trustee.
"OBLIGOR" on the "INDENTURE SECURITIES" means the
Company and any other obligor on the Debentures.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute, or defined by SEC rule and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them thereby.
SECTION 1.3. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(l) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined
has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and
words in the plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events
and transactions;
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(7) references to Sections or Articles means
reference to such Section or Article in this Indenture,
unless stated otherwise.
ARTICLE II
THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. FORM AND DATING.
The Debentures and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, in respect thereof, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, which Exhibit is part of this Indenture. The Debentures may
have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company shall approve the form of the Debentures and any notation,
legend or endorsement on them. Any such
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notations, legends or endorsements not contained in the form of Debenture
attached as Exhibit A hereto shall be delivered in writing to the Trustee. Each
Debenture shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the forms of Debentures
shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and,
to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to
be bound thereby.
SECTION 2.2. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall sign, or one Officer shall sign and one
Officer shall attest to, the Debenture for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature. The Company's seal shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
reproduced on the Debentures and may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Debenture was an Officer
at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Debenture, the Debenture shall be valid nevertheless
and the Company shall nevertheless be bound by the terms of the Debentures and
this Indenture.
A Debenture shall not be valid until an authorized signatory
of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Debenture
but such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Debenture has been
authenticated pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate the Debentures for original
issue in the aggregate principal amount of up to $69,000,000 upon a written
order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of Debentures to be authenticated and the
date on which the Debentures are to be authenticated. The aggregate principal
amount of Debentures outstanding at any time may not exceed $69,000,000 except
as provided in Section 2.7; PROVIDED, that Debentures in excess of $60,000,000
shall not be issued other than pursuant to the over-allotment option granted by
the Company to the underwriters thereof. Upon the written order of the Company
in the form of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate
Debentures in substitution of Debentures originally issued to reflect any name
change of the Company.
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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Debentures. Unless otherwise provided in the
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Debentures whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company, any Affiliate of the Company,
or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Debentures shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.3. REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, where Debentures may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar") and an office or agency
where Debentures may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures may be served.
The Company may act as Registrar or Paying Agent, except that, for the purposes
of Articles III, VIII and XI and as otherwise specified in the Indenture,
neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent.
The Registrar shall keep a register of the Debentures and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more
additional Paying Agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional Paying
Agent. The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent, and the Trustee hereby initially agrees so to act.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate written agency
agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of
any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such.
SECTION 2.4. PAYING AGENT TO HOLD ASSETS IN TRUST.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee
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all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on, the Debentures (whether such assets have been
distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Debentures), and
shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default in making any such payment.
If either of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it
shall segregate such assets and hold them as a separate trust fund for the
benefit of the Holders or the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for
any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of
any payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying
Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall
have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have no further
liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.5. SECURITYHOLDER LIST.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee on or before the third Business Day preceding each
Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee reasonably may
require of the names and addresses of Holders.
SECTION 2.6. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
When Debentures are presented to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Debentures or to
exchange such Debentures for an equal principal amount of Debentures of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for
such transaction are met; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Debentures surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by
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the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Debentures at the
Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith. The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange of (a) any Debenture
selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the
unredeemed portion of any Debenture being redeemed in part, or (b) any Debenture
for a period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of a notice of an
offer to repurchase pursuant to Article XI or of redemption of Debentures
pursuant to Article III hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing.
SECTION 2.7. REPLACEMENT DEBENTURES.
If a mutilated Debenture is surrendered to the Trustee or if
the Holder of a Debenture claims and submits an affidavit or other evidence,
satisfactory to the Trustee, to the Trustee to the effect that the Debenture has
been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Debenture if the Trustee's requirements
are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder must provide an
indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of both the
Company and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from
any loss which any of them may suffer if a Debenture is replaced. The Company
may charge such Holder for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a
Debenture.
Every replacement Debenture is an additional obligation of the
Company.
SECTION 2.8. OUTSTANDING DEBENTURES.
Debentures outstanding at any time are all the Debentures that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.8 as not
outstanding. A Debenture does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company holds the Debenture, except as provided in
Section 2.9.
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If a Debenture is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 (other than
a mutilated Debenture surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee and the Company receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Debenture is held by a BONA FIDE purchaser. A mutilated Debenture
ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Xxxxxxxxx and replacement
thereof pursuant to Section 2.7.
SECTION 2.9. TREASURY DEBENTURES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Debentures have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, Debentures owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company shall be disregarded, except that, for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Debentures that the Trustee knows
are so owned shall be disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY DEBENTURES.
Until definitive Debentures are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Debentures.
Temporary Debentures shall be substantially in the form of definitive Debentures
but may have variations that the Company reasonably and in good faith considers
appropriate for temporary Debentures. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Debentures in
exchange for temporary Debentures. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
permanent Debentures authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Debentures to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Debentures surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment.
The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying
Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), and no one else,
shall cancel and, at the written direction of the Company, shall dispose of all
Debentures surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. Subject
to Section 2.7, the Company may not issue new Debentures to replace Debentures
that have been paid or delivered
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to the Trustee for cancellation. No Debentures shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Debentures cancelled as provided in this Section
2.11, except as expressly permitted in the form of Debentures and as permitted
by this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
Interest on any Debenture which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
person in whose name that Debenture (or one or more predecessor Debentures) is
registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Debenture which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date plus, to the
extent lawful, any interest payable on the defaulted interest (hereinafter
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered holder on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest may
be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1)
or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make pay-
ment of any Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the
Debentures (or their respective predecessor Debentures) 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 Debenture and the date
of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of Cash 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 Xxxx when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as provided in this clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date
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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
Holder at his address as it appears in the Debenture register not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the persons in whose names the Debentures (or their respective
predecessor Debentures) are registered on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any
Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debentures 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 shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Debenture delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or
in lieu of any other Debenture shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debenture.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1. RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.
Redemption of Debentures, as permitted by any provision of
this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Debentures
and this Article III. The Company will not have the right to redeem any
Debentures prior to _______________, 1999. On or after _______________, 1999,
the Company will have the right to redeem all or any part of the Debentures at
the Redemption Prices specified in Paragraph 5 therein under the caption
"Redemption," in each case including accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date.
SECTION 3.2. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Debentures pursuant to
Paragraph 5 of the Debentures, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of Debentures to be redeemed and
whether it wants the Trustee to give notice of redemption to the Holders.
If the Company elects to reduce the principal amount of
Debentures to be redeemed pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Debentures by crediting
against any such redemption Debentures it has not previously delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, it shall so notify the Trustee of the amount of the
reduction and deliver such Debentures with such notice.
The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for
in this Section 3.2 at least 45 days before the Redemption Date (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Any such notice may be
cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any
Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.3. SELECTION OF DEBENTURES TO BE RE-
DEEMED.
If less than all of the Debentures are to be redeemed pursuant
to Paragraph 5 thereof, the Trustee shall select the Debentures to be redeemed
on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall
determine to be fair and appropriate and in such manner as complies
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with any applicable depositary, legal and stock exchange requirements.
The Trustee shall make the selection from the Debentures
outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify
the Company in writing of the Debentures selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Debenture selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Debentures in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed
only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000
or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of Debentures that have
denominations larger than $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Debentures called for redemption also apply to portions of Debentures called for
redemption.
SECTION 3.4. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Trustee and each Holder whose Debentures are to be redeemed. At
the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company's name and at the Company's expense. Each notice for redemption shall
identify the Debentures to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date, and that the
Debentures called for redemption may not be converted
after the fifth Business Day prior to the Redemption
Date;
(2) the Redemption Price, including the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest to be paid upon
such redemption;
(3) the name, address and telephone
number of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Debentures called for redemp-
tion must be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in such notice to collect the Redemp-
tion Price;
(5) that, unless (a) the Company de-
faults in its obligation to deposit Cash with the Paying Agent in
accordance with Section 3.6 hereof or (b) such redemption payment is
prohibited pursuant to Article XII
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hereof or otherwise, interest on Debentures called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the
only remaining right of the Holders of such Debentures is to receive
payment of the Redemption Price, including accrued and unpaid interest
to the Redemption Date, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the
Debentures called for redemption and to be redeemed;
(6) if any Debenture is being redeemed
in part, the portion of the principal amount, equal to $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof, of such Debenture to be redeemed and that,
after the Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such Debenture, a new
Debenture or Debentures in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued;
(7) if less than all the Debentures are
to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Debentures (or
portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal
amount of such Debentures to be redeemed and the aggregate principal
amount of Debentures to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(8) the CUSIP number of the Debentures
to be redeemed; and
(9) that the notice is being sent pur-
suant to this Section 3.4 and pursuant to the redemption provisions of
Paragraph 5 of the Debentures.
SECTION 3.5. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.4, Debentures called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption
Date and at the Redemption Price, including accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such Debentures
called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price, including interest,
if any, accrued and unpaid to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED that if the
Redemption Date is after a regular Record Date and on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to
the Holder of the redeemed Debentures registered on the relevant Record Date;
and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue
for the period from such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day.
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SECTION 3.6. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company)
Cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, including accrued and unpaid
interest on, all Debentures to be redeemed on such Redemption Date (other than
Debentures or portions thereof called for redemption on that date that have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation). The Paying Agent
shall promptly return to the Company any Cash so deposited which is not required
for that purpose upon the written request of the Company.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph and the
other provisions of this Article III and payment of the Debentures called for
redemption is not prohibited under Article XII or otherwise, interest on the
Debentures to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption
Date, whether or not such Debentures are presented for payment. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if any Debenture surrendered for redemption in
the manner provided in the Debentures shall not be so paid upon surrender for
redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall continue to accrue and be paid from the Redemption
Date until such payment is made on the unpaid principal, and, to the extent
lawful, on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the
rate and in the manner provided in Section 4.1 hereof and the Debenture.
SECTION 3.7. DEBENTURES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Debenture that is to be redeemed in part,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder, without service charge to the Holder, a new Debenture or Debentures
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Debenture
surrendered.
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1. PAYMENT OF DEBENTURES.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the
Debentures on the dates and in the manner provided in the Debentures. An
installment of principal of or interest on the Debentures shall be considered
paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds for the benefit of the Holders, on
or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on that date, Cash deposited and
designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on
overdue installments of interest at the rate specified in the Debentures
compounded semi-annually, to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.2. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, an office or agency where Debentures may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Debentures may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Debentures and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. 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, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set
forth in Section 14.2.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Debentures may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency. The Company hereby initially designates
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the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office.
SECTION 4.3. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article V, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and the corporate or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries in
accordance with the respective organizational documents of each of them and the
rights (charter and statutory) and corporate franchises of the Company and each
of its Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required
to preserve, with respect to itself, any right or franchise, and with respect to
any of its Subsidiaries, any such existence, right or franchise, if (a) the
Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such entity and (b) the
loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.4. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
Except with respect to immaterial items, the Company shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties and assets and
(ii) all lawful claims, whether for labor, materials, supplies, services or
anything else, which have become due and payable and which by law have or may
become a Lien upon the property and assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed
amounts adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 4.5. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES AND INSURANCE.
The Company shall cause all material properties used or useful
to the conduct of its business and the business of each of its Subsidiaries to
be maintained and kept
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in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted)
and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof,
all as in their reasonable judgment may be necessary, so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section 4.5 shall prevent the Company or
any Subsidiary from discontinuing any operation or maintenance of any of such
properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is
(a), in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, desirable in the
conduct of the business of such entity and (b) not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders.
The Company shall provide, or cause to be provided, for itself
and each of its Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance)
against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the reasonable, good faith opinion
of the Company is adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of
the Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with (except for
self-insurance) reputable insurers or with the government of the United States
of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such
deductibles, and by such methods as shall be customary, in the reasonable, good
faith opinion of the Company and adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the
business of the Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner for entities
similarly situated in the industry, unless failure to provide such insurance
(together with all other such failures) would not have a material adverse effect
on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company or such
Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.6. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE; NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee
within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year an Officers' Certificate
complying with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA and stating that a review of their
activities and the activities of their Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
their obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such
Officer signing such certificate, whether or not the signer knows of any failure
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to comply with any conditions or
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covenants in this Indenture and, if such xxxxxx does know of such a failure to
comply, the certificate shall describe such failure with particularity. The
Officers' Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the relevant fiscal
year end on any date other than the current fiscal year end date.
(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the
Debentures are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware
of any Default, Event of Default or fact which would prohibit the making of any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures, an Officers'
Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default or fact and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default, any Event of Default or
any such fact unless one of its Trust Officers receives notice thereof from the
Company or any of the Holders.
SECTION 4.7. REPORTS.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trust-
ee, within 15 days after it is required to file such with the SEC, copies of the
annual and quarterly reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing
as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act.
(b) If the Company is required to furnish
annual or quarterly reports to its stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act,
the Company shall cause any annual report furnished to its stockholders
generally, and any quarterly or other financial reports furnished by it to its
stockholders generally, to be filed with the Trustee and mailed to the Holders
at their addresses appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Registrar promptly.
(c) The Company agrees, at any time it is
not subject to the information and reporting requirements of Sections 13 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish Securityholders, within 90 days following
the end of each fiscal year of the Company, with an annual report containing
audited financial statements and notes thereto, together with an opinion thereon
expressed by an independent public accounting firm of recognized standing, and
to furnish Securityholders, within 60 days following the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the Company, with quarterly
reports containing unaudited
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financial statements and notes thereto. Such reports will contain a management's
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and
such annual report will contain a description of the Company's business and
properties.
SECTION 4.8. LIMITATION ON STATUS AS INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall become
an "investment company" (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended), or otherwise become subject to regulation under the
Investment Company Act.
SECTION 4.9. WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the principal of, premium of, or interest on the
Debentures as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.1. LIMITATION ON MERGER, SALE OR CONSOLIDATION.
(a) The Company shall not, directly or
indirectly, consolidate with or merge with or into another Person or sell,
lease, convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (computed on a
consolidated basis), whether in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, to another Person or group of affiliated Persons, unless (i)
either (a) in the case of a merger or consolidation, the Company is the
surviving entity or (b)
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the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is a corporation organized under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and
expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the
Company in connection with the Debentures and the Indenture; (ii) no Default or
Event of Default shall exist or shall occur immediately before or after giving
effect on a PRO FORMA basis to such transaction; and (iii) the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and, if a supplemental
indenture is required, such supplemental indenture comply with the Indenture and
that all conditions precedent relating to such transactions have been satisfied.
(b) For purposes of clause (a) of this
Section 5.1, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer, or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or
more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the
Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all
of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be
deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company.
SECTION 5.2. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger or any sale, lease,
conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
in accordance with the foregoing, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease,
conveyance or transfer is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor corporation had been named therein as the
Company, and when a successor corporation duly assumes all of the obligations of
the Company pursuant hereto and pursuant to the Debentures, the predecessor
shall be released from such obligations (except with respect to any obligations
that arise from, or are related to, such transaction).
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ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be caused
voluntarily or involuntarily or effected, without limitation, by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) failure to pay any installment of interest upon
the Debentures as and when the same becomes due and payable, or to
perform any conversion of the Debentures required under this Indenture,
and the continuance of such default for a period of 30 days, whether or
not such payment is prohibited by Article XII;
(2) failure to pay all or any part of the principal
of or premium, if any, on the Debentures when and as the same becomes
due and payable at maturity, redemption, by acceleration or otherwise,
including, without limitation, pursuant to any Repurchase Offer or
otherwise, whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article XII;
(3) failure by the Company to observe or perform any
covenant, agreement or warranty contained in the Debentures or this
Indenture (other than a default in the performance of any covenant,
agreement or warranty which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in
this Section 6.1), and continuance of such failure for a period of 60
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Debentures, a written notice specifying such default or
breach, requesting it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder;
(4) a default under Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries with an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$5,000,000.00 (a) resulting from the failure to pay principal at
maturity or
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(b) as a result of which the maturity of such Indebted-
ness has been accelerated prior to its stated maturity;
(5) a decree, judgment, or order by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall have been entered adjudging the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries as bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries under any bankruptcy or
similar law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged
and unstayed for a period of 75 days; or a decree or order of a court
of competent jurisdiction over the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, trustee, or assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of the
Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or of the property of any
such Person, or for the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of any
such Person, shall have been entered, and such decree, judgment, or
order shall have remained in force undischarged and unstayed for a
period of 75 days;
(6) the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a voluntary
bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding
against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization under any bankruptcy or similar law or similar statute,
or shall consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent
to the appointment of a Custodian, receiver, liquidator, trustee, or
assignee in bankruptcy or insolvency of it or any of its assets or
property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or shall, within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law, become insolvent, fail generally to pay its debts as
they become due, or take any corporate action in furtherance of or to
facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or
(7) final unsatisfied judgments not covered by
insurance for the payment of money, or the issuance of any warrant of
attachment against any portion of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, aggregating in excess of $5,000,000.00 at
any one time rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and not stayed, bonded or discharged for a period (during which
execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 75 days (or, in the case
of any such final
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judgment which provides for payment over time, which shall so remain
unstayed, unbonded or undischarged beyond any applicable payment date
provided therein).
Notwithstanding the 60-day period and notice requirement
contained in Section 6.1(3) above, with respect to a default under Article XI
the 60-day period referred to in Section 6.1(3) shall be deemed to have begun as
of the date the Repurchase Event notice is required to be sent in the event that
the Company has not complied with the provisions of Section 11.1 and the Trustee
or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures
thereafter give the Notice of Default referred to in Section 6.1(3) to the
Company and, if applicable, the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the breach
or default is a result of a default in the payment when due of the Repurchase
Payment on the Repurchase Payment Date, such Event of Default shall be deemed,
for purposes of this Section 6.1, to arise no later than on the Repurchase
Payment Date .
If a Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee must,
within 90 days after the occurrence of such default, give to the Holders notice
of such Default.
SECTION 6.2. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY DATE; RESCISSION AND
ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.1(5) or (6) relating to the Company) occurs and is
continuing, then, and in every such case, unless the principal of all of the
Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding
Debentures, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders) (an "Acceleration Notice"), may declare all of the principal of the
Debentures (or the Repurchase Payment if the Event of Default includes failure
to pay the Repurchase Payment), determined as set forth below, including in each
case accrued interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately. In the event a
declaration of acceleration resulting from an Event of Default described in
Section 6.1(4) above has occurred and is continuing, such declaration of
acceleration shall be automatically annulled if such default is cured or waived
or the holders of the Indebtedness which is the subject of such default have
rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness
within 60 days thereof and the Trustee has received written notice of such cure,
waiver or rescission and no other Event of
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Default described in Section 6.1(4) above has occurred that has not been cured
or waived within 60 days of the declaration of such acceleration in respect of
such Indebtedness. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(5) or (6)
relating to the Company occurs, all principal and accrued interest thereon will
be immediately due and payable on all outstanding Debentures without any
declaration or other act on the part of Trustee or the Holders.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration is made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article VI, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Debentures, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind, on behalf of all
Holders, any such declaration of acceleration if all Events of Default, other
than the non-payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
Debentures which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.12. Notwithstanding the
previous sentence of this Section 6.2, no waiver shall be effective against any
Holder for any Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would be an Event of Default with respect to any covenant or provision
which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
outstanding Debenture affected thereby, unless all such affected Holders agree,
in writing, to waive such Event of Default or other event. No such waiver shall
cure or waive any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.3. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS
FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if an Event of Default in payment
of principal, premium, or interest specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.1
occurs and is continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to
it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debentures, the whole amount then due
and payable on such Debentures for principal, premium (if any) and interest,
and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue
interest, at the rate borne by the Debentures, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including compensation to, and expenses,
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disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust in favor
of the Holders, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the
sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final
decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon
the Debentures and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor
upon the Debentures, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights
of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 6.4. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Debentures or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Debentures
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise to take any and
all actions under the TIA, including
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole
amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Debentures and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agent and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
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(2) to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and
to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting
the Debentures or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.5. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT
POSSESSION OF THE DEBENTURES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Debentures may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Debentures or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust in favor of the Holders, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of compensation to,
and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debentures in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 6.6. PRIORITIES.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal,
premium (if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debentures and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
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FIRST: To the Trustee in payment of all amounts
due pursuant to Section 7.7;
SECOND: To the Holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company to the extent provided in Article XII;
THIRD: To the Holders in payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, the Debentures 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 Debentures for principal, premium (if any) and interest,
respectively; and
FOURTH: To whomsoever may be lawfully entitled
thereto, the remainder, if any.
SECTION 6.7. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Debenture shall have any right to order or
direct the Trustee to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(A) such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default;
(B) the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of then outstanding Debentures shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(C) such Holder or Holders have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred or reasonably probable to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(D) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(E) no direction inconsistent with such
written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period
by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures;
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it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 6.8. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
Holder of any Debenture shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, and premium (if any) and
interest on, such Debenture when due (including, in the case of redemption, the
Redemption Price on the applicable Redemption Date, and in the case of the
Repurchase Payment, on the applicable Repurchase Payment Date) and to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment after such respective dates, and
such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures in Section 2.7, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 6.10. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission by the Trustee or by any Holder of any
Debenture to exercise any right or remedy arising upon any Event of Default
shall impair the exercise of any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this Article VI or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed
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expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.11. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of then outstanding Debentures 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 upon the Trustee, PROVIDED,
that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict
with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee shall not determine that the action
so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking
part in such direction, and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.12. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULT.
Subject to Section 6.8, the Holder or Holders of not less than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debentures may, on
behalf of all Holders, prior to the declaration of the maturity of the
Debentures, waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a
default
(A) in the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, any Debenture as
specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 6.01, or
(B) in respect of a covenant or provi-
sion hereof which, under Article IX, cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Debenture
affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair the exercise of any right arising
therefrom.
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SECTION 6.13. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
Debenture by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken 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 6.13 shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debentures, or to any
suit instituted by any Holder for enforcement of the payment of principal of, or
premium (if any) or interest on, any Debenture on or after the respective
Maturity Date expressed in such Debenture (including, in the case of redemption,
on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 6.14. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this
Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
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SECTION 7.1. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no
covenants or obligations shall be implied in or read into this
Indenture which are adverse to the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its
own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section 7.1.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.11.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or to take
or omit to take
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any action under this Indenture or at the request, order or direction of the
Holders or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that
in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d)
and (f) of this Section 7.1.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for
interest on any assets received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing
with the Company. Assets held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other assets except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.2. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Section 7.1:
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from
acting, it may consult with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Sections 14.4 and 14.5. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on such certificate or advice of counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attor-
neys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of
any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be
authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit.
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(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
incurred therein or thereby.
(g) Unless otherwise specifically provided
for in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction as notice from the Company
shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(h) The Trustee shall have no duty to in-
quire as to the performance of the Company's covenants in Article IV hereof. In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections
6.1(1), 6.1(2) and 5.1, or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the
Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge.
SECTION 7.3. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Debentures and may otherwise deal with the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries, or their respective Affiliates with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.4. TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Debentures and it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use of the proceeds from the Debentures, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Debentures, other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, or the use or application of any funds received
by a Paying Agent other than the Trustee.
SECTION 7.5. NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder
notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 90 days after such
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Default or Event of Default occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event
of Default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) of, or interest on, any
Debenture (including the payment of the Repurchase Payment on the Repurchase
Payment Date, and the payment of the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date),
the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Trust Officer in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the
Securityholders.
SECTION 7.6. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
On or about May 15 of each year, beginning with May 15, 1996,
the Trustee shall, if required by law, mail to each Securityholder a brief
report dated as of such date that complies with TIA ss. 313(a). The Trustee also
shall comply with TIA xx.xx. 313(b) and 313(c).
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing if
the Debentures become listed on any stock exchange or automatic quotation
system.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each
stock exchange, if any, on which the Debentures are listed.
SECTION 7.7. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not
be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's
agents, accountants, experts and counsel.
The Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee (in its capacity
as Trustee) and each of its officers, directors, attorneys-in-fact and agents
for, and hold it harmless against, any claim, demand, expense (including but not
limited to reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's
agents and counsel), loss or liability incurred by it without negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of
this trust and its rights or duties hereunder including the reasonable costs and
expenses of defending
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itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify
the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may
seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide
reasonable cooperation at the Company's expense in the defense. The Trustee may
have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of such counsel; PROVIDED, that the Company will not be required to pay such
fees and expenses if they assume the Trustee's defense and there is no conflict
of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such defense.
The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or
liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
7.7, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Debentures on all assets held or
collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets held in
trust to pay principal and premium, if any, of or interest on particular
Debentures.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Company's obligations under this Section 7.7 and any lien
arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the
discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article VIII of this
Indenture and any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any
Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.8. REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing.
The Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Debentures may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee in
writing and may appoint a successor trustee with the Company's consent. The
Company may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
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(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver, Custodian, or other public officer
takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the
Holder or Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debentures may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that
and provided that all sums owing to the trustee provided for in Section 7.7 have
been paid, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as
trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 7.7,
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its
succession to each Holder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holder or Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
outstanding Debentures may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.9. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its
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corporate trust business to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation without any further act shall, if such resulting,
surviving or transferee corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder, be the
successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
ss. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 310(b).
SECTION 7.11. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 8.1. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
The Company may terminate its obligations under this Indenture
(subject to the provisions of this Article VIII) when it shall have delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation all Debentures theretofore authenticated (other
than any Debentures which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Article II hereof) and the
following conditions shall be satisfied:
(1) The Company has paid all sums payable
under the Indenture; and
(2) The Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in the United States,
each stating that all conditions precedent have been complied with as
contemplated by this Section 8.1.
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SECTION 8.2. REPAYMENT TO THE COMPANY.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on any Debenture and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request; and the Holder of such Debenture shall
thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall
thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in the NEW YORK TIMES and THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that,
after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.1. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, when
authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or incon-
sistency, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, PROVIDED, that such action pursuant to this clause (1) does
not adversely affect the interests of any Holder in any respect;
(2) to create additional covenants of the
Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power
herein conferred upon the Company or to make any other change that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Holder, PROVIDED, that the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that such change
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pursuant to this clause (2) does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder;
(3) to provide for collateral for or guarantors
of the Debentures;
(4) to evidence the succession of another
Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the
obligations of the Company herein and in the Debentures in accordance with
Article V; or
(5) to comply with the TIA.
SECTION 9.2. AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
AND WAIVERS WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Subject to Section 6.8 and the last sentence of this
paragraph, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Debentures, by written act of
said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when
authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Debentures or enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or the
Debentures or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this
Indenture or the Debentures. Subject to Section 6.8 and the last sentence of
this paragraph, the Holder or Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of then outstanding Debentures may, in writing, waive
compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the
Debentures. Notwithstanding any of the above, however, no such amendment,
supplemental indenture or waiver shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each outstanding Debenture affected thereby:
(1) reduce the percentage of principal amount of Debentures
whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of any
provision of this Indenture or the Debentures;
(2) reduce the rate or extend the time for pay-
ment of interest on any Debenture;
(3) reduce the principal amount of any Debenture,
or reduce the Repurchase Payment or the Redemption Price;
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(4) change the Stated Maturity of any Debenture;
(5) alter the redemption provisions of Article
III, Article XI or Article XIII, in any case in a manner ad-
verse to any Holder;
(6) make any changes in the provisions concerning waivers of
Defaults or Events of Default by Holders of the Debentures or the rights of
Holders to recover the principal or premium of, interest on, or redemption
payment with respect to, any Debenture, including without limitation any changes
in Section 6.8, 6.12 or this third sentence of this Section 9.2; or
(7) make the principal of, or the interest on, any Debenture
payable with anything or in any manner other than as provided for in this
Indenture (including changing the place of payment where, or the coin or
currency in which, any Debenture or any premium or the interest thereon is
payable) and the Debentures as in effect on the date hereof.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of
the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in
any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or
waiver.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
9.2 or Section 9.4 becomes effective, it shall bind each Holder.
In connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver under
this Article IX, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, offer to any
Holder who consents to such amendment, supplement or waiver, or (at the option
of the Company) to all Holders, consideration for consent to such amendment,
supplement or waiver.
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SECTION 9.3. COMPLIANCE WITH XXX.
Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the
Debentures shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.4. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Debenture or portion of a Debenture that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Xxxxxx's Debenture, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Debenture. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent as to his Debenture or portion of his Debenture by written
notice to the Company or the Person designated by the Company as the Person to
whom consents should be sent if such revocation is received by the Company or
such Person before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers'
Certificate certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Debentures have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent) to the
amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any
amendment, supplement or waiver, which record date shall be the date so fixed by
the Company notwithstanding the provisions of the TIA. If a record date is
fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding
paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date, and only those
Persons (or their duly designated proxies), shall be entitled to revoke any
consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders
after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more
than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of
clauses (1) through (8) of Section 9.2.
SECTION 9.5. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF DEBENTURES.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the
terms of a Debenture, the Trustee may require the Holder of
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the Debenture to deliver it to the Trustee or require the Holder to put an
appropriate notation on the Debenture. The Trustee may place an appropriate
notation on the Debenture about the changed terms and return it to the Holder.
Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in
exchange for the Debenture shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new
Debenture that reflects the changed terms. Any failure to make the appropriate
notation or to issue a new Debenture shall not affect the validity of such
amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.6. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver
authorized pursuant to this Article IX; PROVIDED, that the Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 10.1. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and
from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article X for any of the
following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to
the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to waive or to consent
to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its
consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by
Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VI;
(b) to remove the Trustee or appoint a
successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VII;
(c) to consent to an amendment, supplement
or waiver pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2; or
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(d) to take any other action (i) authorized
to be taken by or on behalf of the Holder or Holders of any specified aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures under any other provision of this Indenture,
or authorized or permitted by law or (ii) which the Trustee deems necessary or
appropriate in connection with the administration of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.2. MANNER OF CALLING MEETINGS.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders
to take any action specified in Section 10.1, to be held at such time and at
such place in the City of New York, New York or elsewhere as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Securityholders, setting forth the time
and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be mailed by the Trustee, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company and to the Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear on
the registration books of the Registrar, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for a meeting.
Any meeting of Securityholders shall be valid without notice
if the Holders of all Debentures then outstanding are present in Person or by
proxy, or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all
Debentures outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by
duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived
notice.
SECTION 10.3. CALL OF MEETINGS BY THE COMPANY OR HOLDERS.
In case at any time the Company or the Holders of not less
than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, shall
have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders to take any
action specified in Section 10.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such
request, then the Company or the Holders of Debentures in the amount above
specified may determine the time and place in The City of New York, New York or
elsewhere for such meeting and may call such meeting for the purpose of taking
such action, by mailing or causing to be mailed notice thereof as provided in
Section 10.2, or by causing notice thereof to be published at least once in each
of two successive calendar
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weeks (on any Business Day during such week) in a newspaper or newspapers
printed in the English language, customarily published at least five days a week
of a general circulation in The City of New York, State of New York, the first
such publication to be not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for the meeting.
SECTION 10.4. WHO MAY ATTEND AND VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a
Person shall (a) be a registered Holder of one or more Debentures, or (b) be a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for the registered Holder
or Holders of Debentures. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present
or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to
vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee
and its counsel and any representatives of the Company, and its counsel.
SECTION 10.5. REGULATIONS MAY BE MADE BY TRUSTEE;
CONDUCT OF THE MEETING; VOTING RIGHTS; ADJOURNMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
action by or any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding
of Debentures and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, and submission and examination of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think appropriate.
Such regulations may fix a record date and time for determining the Holders of
record of Debentures entitled to vote at such meeting, in which case those and
only those Persons who are Holders of Debentures at the record date and time so
fixed, or their proxies, shall be entitled to vote at such meeting whether or
not they shall be such Holders at the time of the meeting.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 10.3, in which case the
Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in
like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a
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majority in principal amount of the Debentures represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote.
At any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Debentures held or represented
by him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting
in respect of any Debentures challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the
chairman of the meeting to be not then outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Debentures held by him or
instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the proxy to vote on
behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2 or Section 10.3 may be adjourned from
time to time by vote of the Holder or Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures represented at the meeting and entitled to
vote, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 10.6. VOTING AT THE MEETING AND RECORD TO BE KEPT.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Securityholders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Debentures or of their representatives by proxy and
the principal amount of the Debentures voted by the ballot. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes, who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts, setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that such notice was mailed as
provided in Section 10.2 or published as provided in Section 10.3. The record
shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and the
secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the
Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter
to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
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Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 10.7. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE OR
SECURITYHOLDERS MAY NOT BE HINDERED OR DELAYED BY CALL OF
MEETING.
Nothing contained in this Article X shall be deemed or
construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of
Securityholders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make
such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders under any of
the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debentures.
ARTICLE XI
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
SECTION 11.1. REPURCHASE OF DEBENTURES AT OPTION
OF THE HOLDER.
(a) In the event that a Repurchase Event oc-
curs, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder's option, pursuant to an
irrevocable and unconditional offer by the Company and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase all or any
part of such Holder's Debentures (provided, that the principal amount of such
Debentures must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) on the date (the
"Repurchase Payment Date") that is no later than 45 Business Days after the
occurrence of such Repurchase Event, at a cash price (the "Repurchase Payment")
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the Repurchase Payment Date.
A "Repurchase Event" will be deemed to have occurred at such
time as (i) there is a Change of Control, or (ii) the Common Stock is not listed
for trading on a United States national securities exchange or the NASDAQ
National Market System.
(b) In the event that, pursuant to this
Section 11.1, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to purchase
Debentures (a "Repurchase Offer"), the Company shall follow the procedures set
forth in this Section 11.1 as follows:
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(1) the Repurchase Offer shall commence
within 15 Business Days following the Repurchase Event;
(2) the Repurchase Offer shall remain open for no
fewer than 10 nor more than 20 Business Days, except to the extent that
a longer period is required by applicable law, but in any case not more
than 45 Business Days following commencement (the "Repurchase
Offer Period");
(3) upon the expiration of a Repurchase Offer, the
Company shall purchase all of the properly tendered Debentures at the
Repurchase Payment, including accrued and unpaid interest to the
Repurchase Payment Date;
(4) if the Repurchase Payment Date is on or after an
interest payment record date and on or before the related Interest
Payment Date, any accrued interest will be paid to the Person in whose
name a Debenture is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and no additional interest will be payable to Securityholders who
tender Debentures pursuant to the Repurchase Offer;
(5) the Company shall provide the Trustee with notice
of the Repurchase Offer at least 5 Business Days before the
commencement of any Repurchase Offer; and
(6) on or before the commencement of any Repurchase
Offer, the Company or the Trustee (upon the request and at the expense
of the Company) shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to each of
the Securityholders, which (to the extent consistent with this
Indenture) shall govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer and shall
state:
(i) that the Repurchase Offer is being
made pursuant to such notice and this Section 11.1 and that all
Debentures, or portions thereof, tendered will be accepted for payment;
(ii) the Repurchase Payment (including
the amount of accrued and unpaid interest), the Repur-
chase Payment Date and the Repurchase Put Date (as
defined below);
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(iii) that any Debenture, or portion
thereof, not tendered or accepted for payment will
continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults
in depositing Cash with the Paying Agent in accordance with the last
paragraph of this clause (b) or such payment is prevented pursuant to
Article XII, any Debenture, or portion thereof, accepted for payment
pursuant to the Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrue interest after
the Repurchase Payment Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a
Debenture, or portion thereof, purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer
will be required to surrender the Debenture, with the form entitled
"Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Debenture
completed, to the Paying Agent (which may not for purposes of this
Section 11.1, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the
contrary, be the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
earlier of (a) the third Business Day prior to the Repurchase Payment
Date and (b) the third Business Day following the expiration of the
Repurchase Offer (such earlier date being the "Repurchase Put Date");
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to
withdraw their election, in whole or in part, if the Paying Agent
(which may not for purposes of this Section 11.1, notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, be the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company) receives, up to the close of business on the
Repurchase Put Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
the Debentures the Holder is withdrawing and a statement that such
Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such principal amount of
Debentures purchased; and
(vii) a brief description of the events
resulting in such Repurchase Event.
Any such Repurchase Offer shall comply with all applicable
provisions of Federal and state laws, including those regulating tender offers,
if applicable, and any provisions of this Indenture which conflict with such
laws shall be deemed to be superseded by the provisions of such laws.
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On or before the Repurchase Payment Date, the Company shall
(i) accept for payment Debentures or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant
to the Repurchase Offer on or before the Repurchase Put Date, (ii) deposit with
the Paying Agent Cash sufficient to pay the Repurchase Payment (including
accrued and unpaid interest) for all Debentures or portions thereof so tendered
and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Debentures so accepted together with an
Officers' Certificate listing the Debentures or portions thereof being purchased
by the Company. The Paying Agent shall on the Repurchase Payment Date mail to
Holders of Debentures so accepted payment in an amount equal to the Repurchase
Payment for such Debentures, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and
mail or deliver to such Holders a new Debenture equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the Debenture surrendered. Any Debentures not so accepted
shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof.
ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 12.1. DEBENTURES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company and each Holder, by its acceptance of Debentures,
agree that (a) the payment of the principal of and interest on the Debentures
and (b) any other payment in respect of the Debentures, including on account of
the acquisition or redemption of the Debentures by the Company (including,
without limitation, pursuant to Article XI) is subordinated, to the extent and
in the manner provided in this Article XII, to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding at the date of this
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and that these
subordination provisions are for the benefit of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
This Article XII shall constitute a continuing offer to all
Persons who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to
hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are made obligees hereunder and
any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.
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SECTION 12.2. NO PAYMENT ON DEBENTURES IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
(a) No payment shall be made by the Company
on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures
(including any repurchases of Debentures) for cash or property (other than
Junior Securities of the Company), or on account of the redemption provisions of
the Debentures in the event of default in payment of any principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company when the same
becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment
or by declaration or otherwise (a "Payment Default"), unless and until such
Payment Default has been cured or waived or otherwise has ceased to exist.
(b) In furtherance of the provisions of Sec-
tion 12.1, in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 12.2, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company (other than
Junior Securities of the Company) shall be received by the Trustee or the
Holders at a time when such payment or distribution was prohibited by the
provisions of this Section 12.2, then, unless such payment or distribution is no
longer prohibited by this Section 12.2, such payment or distribution (subject to
the provisions of Section 12.7) shall be received and held in trust by the
Trustee or such Holder or Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, and shall be paid or delivered by the Trustee or
such Holders or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid or unprovided for or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
of the Company may have been issued, ratably, according to the aggregate amounts
unpaid on account of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company held or represented
by each, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness in full after
giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions to or for the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 12.3. DEBENTURES SUBORDINATED TO PRIOR
PAYMENT OF ALL SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS ON DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION OR
REORGANIZATION.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company or upon any
dissolution, winding up, total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary
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or involuntary, in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding or
upon assignment for the benefit of creditors:
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company shall first be entitled to receive payments in full before the
Holders are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Debentures (other than Junior Securities of
the Company);
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of
the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities
(other than Junior Securities of the Company), to which the Holders or the
Trustee on behalf of the Holders would be entitled, except for the provisions of
this Article XII, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making such a payment or distribution directly to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness or their representative, ratably according to the respective
amounts of Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent
necessary to make payment in full of all such Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid after giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Junior Securities
of the Company), shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders or any Paying
Agent (or, if the Company or any Affiliate of the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, money for any such payment or distribution shall be segregated or
held in trust) on account of the principal of or interest on the Debentures
before all Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, such payment or
distribution (subject to the provisions of Section 12.7) shall be received and
held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder or Paying Agent for the benefit of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or their respective representatives,
ratably according to the respective amounts of such Senior Indebtedness held or
represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment as provided herein
of all such Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid after giving effect to all
concurrent payments and distributions and all provisions therefor to or for the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness, but only to the extent that as to any
holder of such Senior Indebtedness, as promptly as practical following notice
from the Trustee to the holders of
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such Senior Indebtedness that such prohibited payment has been received by the
Trustee, Holder(s) or Paying Agent (or has been segregated as provided above),
such holder (or a representative therefor) notifies the Trustee of the amounts
then due and owing on such Senior Indebtedness, if any, held by such holder and
only the amounts specified in such notices to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 12.4. SECURITYHOLDERS TO BE SUBROGATED TO
RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of
the Company as provided herein, the Holders of Debentures shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness
until all amounts owing on the Debentures shall be paid in full, and for the
purpose of such subrogation no such payments or distributions to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness by the Company, or by or on behalf of the Holders by
virtue of this Article XII, which otherwise would have been made to the Holders
shall, as between the Company and the Holders, be deemed to be payment by the
Company or on account of such Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the
provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to which the Holders would
otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article XII shall
have been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, to the
payment of amounts payable under Senior Indebtedness of the Company, then the
Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness any payments or distributions received by such holders of Senior
Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay all amounts payable under
or in respect of such Senior Indebtedness in full.
SECTION 12.5. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY UNCONDITIONAL.
Nothing contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company and the Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of, premium,
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if any, and interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the
relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent
the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article XII, of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of
cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any
such remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article XII or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures, upon any distribution of
assets of the Company referred to in this Article XII, the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, and the Holders shall be entitled to
rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose
of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII so long as
such court has been apprised of the provisions of, or the order, decree or
certificate makes reference to, the provisions of this Article XII.
SECTION 12.6. TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO ASSUME PAYMENTS
NOT PROHIBITED IN ABSENCE OF NOTICE.
The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee or any Paying
Agent shall have received, no later than one Business Day prior to such payment,
written notice thereof from the Company or from one or more holders of Senior
Indebtedness or from any representative therefor and, prior to the receipt of
any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1
and 7.2, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to assume that no such
fact exists.
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SECTION 12.7. APPLICATION BY TRUSTEE OF ASSETS DEPOSITED
WITH IT.
Amounts deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to and in
accordance with Article VIII shall be for the sole benefit of Securityholders
and, to the extent allocated for the payment of Debentures, shall not be subject
to the subordination provisions of this Article XII. Otherwise, any deposit of
assets with the Trustee or the Agent (whether or not in trust) for the payment
of principal of or interest on any Debentures shall be subject to the provisions
of Sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4; PROVIDED, THAT, if prior to one Business
Day preceding the date on which by the terms of this Indenture any such assets
may become distributable for any purpose (including without limitation, the
payment of either principal of or interest on any Debenture) the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such assets the written
notice provided for in Section 12.6, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall
have full power and authority to receive such assets and to apply the same to
the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date.
SECTION 12.8. SUBORDINATION RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED
BY ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE COMPANY OR HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination provisions contained in this Article XII
shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith,
by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may
have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness may
extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Indebtedness or any
security therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal
freely with the Company, all without affecting the liabilities and obligations
of the parties to this Indenture or the Holders.
SECTION 12.9. SECURITYHOLDERS AUTHORIZE TRUSTEE
TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES.
Each Holder of the Debentures by his acceptance thereof
authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate
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to effectuate the subordination provisions contained in this Article XII
and to protect the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the
event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon
an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company), the immediate filing
of a claim for the unpaid balance of his Debentures in the form required in said
proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not file a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding prior to
30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative are or is hereby
authorized to have the right to file and are or is hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of said Debentures. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee or the holders of
Senior Indebtedness or their representative to authorize or consent to or accept
or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debentures or the rights of
any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee or the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or their representative to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 12.10. RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO HOLD SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth
in this Article XII in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in
this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
SECTION 12.11. ARTICLE XII NOT TO PREVENT EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures by reason of any provision of
this Article XII shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1 or in any way prevent the
Holders from exercising any right hereunder other than the right to receive
payment on the Debentures.
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SECTION 12.12. NO FIDUCIARY DUTY OF TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF
SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such holders
(other than for its willful misconduct or negligence) if it shall in good faith
mistakenly pay over or distribute to the Holders of Debentures or the Company or
any other Person, cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.
Nothing in this Section 12.12 shall affect the obligation of any other such
Person to hold such payment for the benefit of, and to pay such payment over to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative.
ARTICLE XIII
CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 13.1. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article XIII, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Debenture may at any time
be converted, in whole, or in part in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, into
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Debentures, at the conversion price in effect at the Date of Conversion (as
hereinafter defined), until and including, but not after the close of business
on the date of Stated Maturity, or unless such Debenture or some portion thereof
shall have been called for redemption or delivered for repurchase prior to such
date and no default is made in making due provision for the payment of the
redemption price in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, in which case,
with respect to such Debenture or portion thereof as has been so called or
delivered, such Debenture or portion thereof may be so converted until and
including, but not after, the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior
to the Redemption Date or the second Business Day prior to the Repurchase
Payment Date, as applicable, for such Debenture.
SECTION 13.2. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of
any Debenture to be converted shall surrender such Debenture to the Company at
any time during usual business hours at its office or agency maintained for the
purpose as
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provided in this Indenture, accompanied by a fully executed written notice, in
substantially the form set forth on the reverse of the Debenture, that the
Holder elects to convert such Debenture or a stated portion thereof constituting
a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, and, if such Debenture is surrendered for
conversion during the period between the close of business on any Record Date
and the opening of business on the next following Interest Payment Date and has
not been called for redemption on a Redemption Date which occurs within such
period, accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable
on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of the Debenture being
surrendered for conversion, notwithstanding such conversion. Such notice of
conversion shall also state the name or names (with address) in which the
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued.
Debentures surrendered for conversion shall (if reasonably required by the
Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly
executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. As promptly
as practicable after the receipt of such notice and the surrender of such
Debenture as aforesaid, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section
13.8 hereof, issue and deliver at such office or agency to such Holder, or on
his written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares
of Common Stock issuable on such conversion of Debentures in accordance with the
provisions of this Article XIII and Cash, as provided in Section 13.3 hereof, in
respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such
conversion. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately
prior to the close of business on the date (herein called the "Date of
Conversion") on which such Debenture shall have been surrendered as aforesaid,
and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates
for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be
deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the holder or holders of record
of the shares represented thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such surrender on
any date when the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed shall
cause the person or persons in whose name or names the certificate or
certificates for such shares are to be issued to be deemed to have become the
recordholder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening of business on
the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open but such
conversion shall nevertheless be at the conversion price in effect at the close
of business on the date when such Debenture shall have
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been so surrendered with the conversion notice. In the case of conversion of a
portion, but less than all, of a Debenture, the Company shall as promptly as
practicable execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Debenture or Debentures in the
aggregate principal amount of the unconverted portion of the Debenture
surrendered. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, no
payment or adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any Debenture (or
portion thereof) converted or for dividends or distributions on any Common Stock
issued upon conversion of any Debenture.
SECTION 13.3. FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.
No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of
shares shall be issued upon conversion of Debentures. If more than one Debenture
shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number
of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed
on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so surrendered.
If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the foregoing
provisions of this Section 13.3, be issuable on the conversion of any Debenture
or Debentures, the Company shall make payment in lieu thereof in an amount of
Cash equal to the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the last sale
price of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System (or
if not admitted to trading thereon, then on the principal national securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading) on the last
Trading Day prior to the Date of Conversion or if no such sale takes place on
such day, the last sale price for such day shall be the average of the closing
bid and asked prices regular way on the NASDAQ National Market System (or if not
admitted to trading thereon, on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading) for such day (any such
last sale price being hereinafter referred to as the "Last Sale Price"). If on
such Trading Day the Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the
fair value of such Common Stock on such day, as reasonably determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, shall be used.
SECTION 13.4. CONVERSION PRICE.
The conversion price per share of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Debentures shall initially
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be the Conversion Price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus
SECTION 13.5. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.
The conversion price (herein called the "Conversion Price")
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (l) make or
pay a dividend or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock on any class of
Capital Stock of the Company, (2) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares or (3) combine or reclassify its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so
that the holder of any Debenture thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be
entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock which he would have
owned immediately following such action had such Debenture been converted
immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a)
shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subsection (h) below,
after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision or
combination.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe
for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the then
current market price per share of the Common Stock (as determined pursuant to
subsection (f) below) on the record date mentioned below, the Conversion Price
shall be adjusted to a price, computed to the nearest cent, so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying:
(i) the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights, options,
warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities by a fraction,
of which
(ii) the numerator shall be (A) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of
such rights, options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable
securities, immediately prior to such issuance, plus (B) the number of
shares which the aggregate offering price of the total
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number of shares so offered for subscription, purchase or other
acquisition would purchase at such current market price (determined by
multiplying such total number of shares by the exercise price of such
rights, options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable
securities (which exercise price shall be the amount of cash
consideration delivered by the holder thereof upon exercise, but shall
not include the value of, or the amount of the obligation of the
Company under, such right, option, warrant or other convertible or
exchangeable security) and dividing the product so obtained by such
current market price), and of which
(iii) the denominator shall be (A) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of
such rights, options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable
securities, immediately prior to such issuance, plus (B) the number of
additional shares of Common Stock which are so offered for
subscription, purchase or other acquisition.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as
provided in subsection (h) below, after the record date for the determination of
holders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
(c) In case the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock, any of its assets,
evidences of indebtedness, cash or securities other than Common Stock (other
than (x) dividends or distributions exclusively in cash or (y) any dividend or
distribution for which an adjustment is required to be made in accordance with
subsection (b) above) then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by
a fraction of which the numerator shall be the then current market price per
share of the Common Stock (determined as provided in subsection (f) below) on
the record date mentioned below less the then fair market value (as reasonably
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the
portion of the assets so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock,
and of which the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as
provided in subsection (h) below, after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
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(d) In case the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company shall make any distribution consisting exclusively of cash
(excluding any cash portion of distributions for which an adjustment is required
to be made in accordance with (c) above, or cash distributed upon a merger or
consolidation to which Section 13.6 applies) to all holders of Common Stock in
an aggregate amount that, combined together with (i) all other such all-cash
distributions made within the then preceding 12 months in respect of which no
adjustment has been made and (ii) any cash and the fair market value of other
consideration paid or payable in respect of any tender offer by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries for Common Stock (any such tender offer being referred
to as an "Offer") concluded within the preceding 12 months in respect of which
no adjustment has been made, exceeds 12.5% of the Company's market
capitalization (defined as being the product of the then current market price of
the Common Stock (determined as provided in subsection (e) below) times the
number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding) on the record date of such
distribution, in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that
the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in
effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the then current market price per share of the Common
Stock on such record date less the amount of the cash and the fair market value
of the other consideration so distributed within such preceding 12 months
applicable to one share of Common Stock, and of which the denominator shall be
such current market price per share of the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall
become effective immediately, except as provided in subsection (h) below, after
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution.
(e) In case the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company shall complete an Offer that involves an aggregate consideration
that, together with (i) any cash and other consideration paid or payable in an
Offer that expired within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such Offer
in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (ii) the aggregate amount of
all other all-cash distributions made within the 12 months preceding the
expiration of such Offer in respect of which no adjustment has been made (other
than all-cash distributions made upon a merger or consolidation to which Section
13.6 applies), exceeds 12.5% of the Company's market capitalization (defined as
being the product of the then current market price of the Common Stock
(determined as provided in subsection (f) below) times the
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number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding) on the expiration of such
Offer, in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of the commencement of such tender offer by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the then current market price per share
of the Common Stock on such commencement date less the amount of the cash so
distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and of which the
denominator shall be such current market price per share of the Common Stock.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately upon the consummation of the
Offer.
(f) For the purpose of any computation under
subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, the current market price per share of
Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the Last Sale
Prices of a share of Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days selected
by the Company commencing not more than 20 Trading Days before, and ending not
later than, the earlier of the date in question and the date before the "`ex'
date", with respect to the issuance, distribution or Offer requiring such
computation. If on any such Trading Day the Common Stock is not quoted by any
organization referred to in the definition of Last Sale Price in Section 13.3
hereof, the fair value of the Common Stock on such day, as reasonably determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, shall be used. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term "`ex' date," when used with respect to any
issuance, distribution or payments with respect to an Offer, means the first
date on which the Common Stock trades regular way on the NASDAQ National Market
System (or if not listed or admitted to trading thereon, then on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to
trading) without the right to receive such issuance, distribution or Offer.
(g) In addition the foregoing adjustments in
subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, the Company will be permitted to
make such reductions in the Conversion Price as it considers to be advisable in
order that any event treated for Federal income tax purposes as a dividend of
stock or stock rights will not be taxable to the holders of the shares of Common
Stock.
(h) In any case in which this Section 13.5
shall require that an adjustment be made immediately following a record date,
the Company may elect to defer the effectiveness of such adjustment (but in no
event until a date
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later than the effective time of the event giving rise to such adjustment), in
which case the Company shall, with respect to any Debenture converted after such
record date and on and before such adjustment shall have become effective (i)
defer paying any Cash payment pursuant to Section 13.3 hereof or issuing to the
Holder of such Debenture the number of shares of Common Stock and other capital
stock of the Company (or other assets or securities) issuable upon such
conversion in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock and other Capital
Stock of the Company issuable thereupon only on the basis of the Conversion
Price prior to adjustment, and (ii) not later than five Business Days after such
adjustment shall have become effective, pay to such Holder the appropriate Cash
payment pursuant to Section 13.3 hereof and issue to such Holder the additional
shares of Common Stock and other Capital Stock of the Company issuable on such
conversion.
(i) No adjustment in the Conversion Price
shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least 1.0% of the Conversion Price; PROVIDED, that any adjustments which
by reason of this subsection (i) are not required to be made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations
under this Article XIII shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.
(j) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjust-
ed as herein provided, the Company shall promptly (i) file with the Trustee and
each conversion agent an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion
Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of such adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be mailed a notice of
such adjustment to each holder of Debentures at his address as the same appears
on the registry books of the Company.
SECTION 13.6. CONTINUATION OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN CASE
OF RECLASSIFICATION, CHANGE, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.
If any of the following shall occur, namely: (a) any
reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Debentures (other than a change in par value, or from par
value to no par value, or from no par value, to par value, or as a result of a
subdivision or combination), (b) any consolidation
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or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, or the merger of
any other Person with or into the Company (other than a merger which does not
result in any reclassification, change, conversion, exchange or cancellation of
outstanding shares of Common Stock) or (c) sale, transfer or conveyance of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company (computed on a consolidated
basis), then the Company, or such successor or purchasing entity, as the case
may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Debenture then
outstanding shall have the right to convert such Debenture only into the kind
and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash)
receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of such Debenture immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance
assuming such holder of Common Stock of the Company failed to exercise his
rights of an election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and
other property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or conveyance (PROVIDED that if the kind or amount of
securities, cash, and other property receivable upon such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance is not the same for
each share of Common Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance in
respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("non-electing share"), then for the purpose of this Section 13.6 the kind and
amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or conveyance by
each non-electing share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable
per share by a plurality of the non-electing shares). Such supplemental
indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as
may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XIII. If, in
the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the stock or
other securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder
of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other securities and
property (including cash) of a corporation other than the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale
or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other corporation and shall contain such
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additional provisions to protect the interests of the holders of the Debentures
as the Board of Directors of the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by
reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this Section 13.6 shall similarly
apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Notice of the execution of each such supplemental indenture
shall be mailed to each Holder of Debentures at his address as the same appears
on the registry books of the Company.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under
any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in
any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares
of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by holders of
Debentures upon the conversion of their Debentures after any such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any
adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of
Article VII hereof, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any
such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers'
Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior
to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
SECTION 13.7. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.
In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) payable to the holders of Common Stock (other than cash
dividends); or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
Common Stock of rights, warrants, options or convertible or exchangeable
securities to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock
of any class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Company shall authorize any reclassification or change
of the Common Stock (including a subdivision or combination of its outstanding
shares of Common Stock), or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is
a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required,
or the sale or conveyance of all or
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substantially all the property or business of the Company; or
(d) there shall be proposed any voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company; or
(e) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall complete
an Offer;
then, the Company shall cause to be filed at the office or agency maintained for
the purpose of conversion of the Debentures as provided in Section 3.2 hereof,
and shall cause to be mailed to each holder of Debentures, at his address as it
shall appear on the registry books of the Company, at least 20 days before the
date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the dates hereinafter specified,
in the event that more than one date is specified), a notice stating the date on
which (1) a record is expected to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, rights, warrants, options or convertible or exchangeable
securities or Offer, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the
holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution,
rights, warrants, options or convertible or exchangeable securities or to
participate in such Offer are to be determined, or (2) such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up is expected to become effective and the date, if any is to be fixed,
as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
SECTION 13.8. TAXES ON CONVERSION.
The Company will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar
taxes payable to the United States of America or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein in respect of the issue or delivery of
shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debentures pursuant thereto; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares
of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Debentures to be
converted and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the
person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Company the amount of
any
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such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax
has been paid. The Company extends no protection with respect to any other taxes
imposed in connection with conversion of Debentures.
SECTION 13.9. COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK.
The Company shall reserve, free from preemptive rights, out of
its authorized but unissued shares, sufficient shares to provide for the
conversion of the Debentures from time to time as such Debentures are presented
for conversion, PROVIDED, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to
preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the
conversion of Debentures by delivery of repurchased shares of Common Stock which
are held in the treasury of the Company.
If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose
of conversion of Debentures hereunder require registration with or approval of
any governmental authority under any Federal or state law before such shares may
be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company covenants that
it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure such
registration or approval, as the case may be, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in
this Section 13.9 shall be deemed to limit in any way the obligations of the
Company provided in this Article XIII.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common
Stock, the Company will take all corporate action which may, in the Opinion of
Counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion
Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which
may be issued upon conversion of Debentures will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free of preemptive rights.
SECTION 13.10. DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CERTAIN MATTERS.
Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall at any
time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Debentures to
determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the
Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officers' Certificate referred to in
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Section 13.5 hereof, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such
adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in
any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. Neither
the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be accountable with respect to
the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or
of any securities or property (including cash), which may at any time be issued
or delivered upon the conversion of any Debenture; and neither the Trustee nor
any conversion agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the
Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the
Company to issue, register the transfer of or deliver any shares of Common Stock
or stock certificates or other securities or property (including cash) upon the
surrender of any Debenture for the purpose of conversion or, subject to Article
VII hereof, to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this
Article XIII.
SECTION 13.11. RETURN OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR REDEMPTION OF
CONVERTED DEBENTURES.
Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the
Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent for the
purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any of the Debentures and
which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of such
Debentures, as provided in this Article XIII, shall after such conversion be
repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such other Paying Agent.
SECTION 13.12. CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.
In the event that the Company distributes rights, options or
warrants (other than those referred to in Section 13.5(b) hereof) pro rata to
holders of Common Stock, so long as any such rights, options or warrants have
not expired or been redeemed by the Company, the Holder of any Debenture
surrendered for conversion will be entitled to receive upon such conversion, in
addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion (the
"Conversion Shares"), a number of rights, options or warrants to be determined
as follows: (i) if such conversion occurs on or prior to the date for the
distribution to the holders of rights, options or warrants of separate
certificates evidencing such rights, options or warrants (the "Distribution
Date"), the same number of rights, options or warrants to which a holder of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Conversion Shares is
entitled at the time of such conversion
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in accordance with the terms and provisions of and applicable to the rights,
options or warrants, and (ii) if such conversion occurs after such Distribution
Date, the same number of rights, options or warrants to which a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such Debenture was convertible
immediately prior to such Distribution Date would have been entitled on such
Distribution Date in accordance with the terms and provisions of and applicable
to the rights, options or warrants. The conversion price of the Debentures will
not be subject to adjustment on account of any declaration, distribution or
exercise of such rights, options or warrants.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. TIA CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of the TIA, the imposed duties,
upon qualification of this Indenture under the TIA, shall control.
SECTION 14.2. NOTICES.
Any notices or other communications to the Company or the
Trustee required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be
sufficiently given if made by hand delivery, by telex, by telecopier or
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
Pride Petroleum Services, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx.
Houston, Texas 77042
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Vice
President and General Counsel
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
if to the Trustee:
Marine Midland Bank
New York, New York
Attention:
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Telecopy: (212)
Any party by notice to each other party may designate
additional or different addresses as shall be furnished in writing by such
party. Any notice or communication to any party shall be deemed to have been
given or made as of the date so delivered, if personally delivered; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and five
Business Days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have
been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall
be mailed to him by first class mail or other equivalent means at his address as
it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to him if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 14.3. COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH
OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b)
with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
the Debentures. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other Person
shall have the protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
SECTION 14.4. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, such Person shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) stating that, in the opinion
of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
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(2) an Opinion of Counsel (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 14.5. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation upon which
the statements or opinions contained in such certificate
or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of
such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in
the opinion of each such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of
Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of public
officials.
SECTION 14.6. RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Securityholders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable
rules for its functions.
SECTION 14.7. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at such place,
payment may be made at such place on the next succeeding
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day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
SECTION 14.8. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE DEBENTURES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE AND THE DEBENTURES,
AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY
SECURITYHOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO
COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
SECTION 14.9. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF
OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
SECTION 14.10. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
No direct or indirect partner, employee, stockholder, director
or officer, as such, past, present or future of the Company, shall have any
personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the
Debentures or this Indenture by reason of his or its status as such partner,
stockholder, employee, director or officer. Each Securityholder by accepting a
Debenture waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and
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release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Debentures.
SECTION 14.11. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Debentures shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 14.12. DUPLICATE ORIGINALS.
All parties may sign any number of copies or counterparts of
this Indenture. Each signed copy or counterpart shall be an original, but all of
them together shall represent the same agreement.
SECTION 14.13. SEVERABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or
in the Debentures shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any
respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such
provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the
provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
SECTION 14.14. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of
the Articles and the Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall
in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC.,
a Louisiana corporation
[Seal]
By:
Name:
Title:
Attest:
--------------------
Secretary
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF DEBENTURE]
PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC.
____% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE _____________, 2006
CUSIP No. _______________
$ -------
Pride Petroleum Services, Inc., a Louisiana corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company," which term includes any successors under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to __________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $_____ Dollars, on
_______________, 2006.
Interest Payment Dates: ______________ and
_________________, commencing ________________, 1996.
Record Dates: _______________ and
_______________.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Debenture
on the reverse side, which will, for all purposes, have the same effect as if
set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: ____________
PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC., a
Louisiana corporation
[Seal]
By:
Name:
Title: :
Attest:
-----------------
Secretary
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[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
This is one of the Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
Dated: By
Authorized Signatory
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PRIDE PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC.
____% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE ______________, 2006
1. INTEREST.
Pride Petroleum Services, Inc., a Louisiana corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company," which term includes any successors under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), promises to pay interest on the principal
amount of this Debenture at the rate of ____% per annum. To the extent it is
lawful, the Company promises to pay interest on any interest payment due but
unpaid on such principal amount at a rate of ____% per annum compounded
semi-annually.
The Company will pay interest semi-annually on ____________
and ______________ of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing
_____________, 1996. Interest on the Debentures will accrue from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the
Debentures, from ________________, 1996. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT.
The Company shall pay interest on the Debentures (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are the registered Holders at the close
of business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date.
Holders must surrender Debentures to a Paying Agent to collect principal
payments. Any such interest not so punctually paid, and defaulted interest
relating thereto, may be paid to the Persons who are registered Holders at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted
interest, as more fully provided in the Indenture referred to below. Except as
provided below, the Company shall pay principal and interest in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be
legal tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender").
However, the Company may pay principal and interest by wire transfer of Federal
funds, or interest by its check payable in such U.S. Legal Tender. The Company
may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent or the Company may
mail any such interest payment to a Holder at the Holder's registered address.
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3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.
Initially, Marine Midland Bank (the "Trustee") will act as
Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Paying Agent, Registrar
or co-Registrar.
4. INDENTURE.
The Company issued the Debentures under an Indenture, dated as
of ____________, 1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
defined herein. The terms of the Debentures include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The Debentures are
subject to all such terms, and Holders of Debentures are referred to the
Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. The Debentures are general
unsecured obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal amount to
$60,000,000 ($69,000,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment
option in full).
5. REDEMPTION.
The Debentures may be redeemed in whole or from time to time
in part at any time on and after ___________, 1999, at the option of the
Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing
_______________ of the years indicated below, in each case together with any
accrued but unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
1999 . . . . . . . . . %
2000 . . . . . . . . . %
2001 . . . . . . . . . %
2002 and thereafter. . %
100.00%
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The Debentures will not be subject to any sinking fund. Any
such redemption will comply with Article III of the Indenture.
6. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption will be sent by first class mail, at
least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the
Holder of each Debenture to be redeemed at such Xxxxxx's last address as then
shown upon the registry books of the Registrar. Debentures may be redeemed in
part in multiples of $1,000 only.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any
Redemption Date, if monies for the redemption of the Debentures called for
redemption shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent on such Redemption
Date and payment of the Debentures called for redemption is not prohibited under
Article XII of the Indenture, the Debentures called for redemption will cease to
bear interest and the only right of the Holders of such Debentures will be to
receive payment of the Redemption Price, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to
the Redemption Date.
7. DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE.
The Debentures are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register
the transfer of, or exchange Debentures in accordance with, the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer
of or exchange any Debentures selected for redemption.
8. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
The registered Holder of a Debenture may be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
9. UNCLAIMED MONEY.
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent(s) will pay the money
back to the Company at its written request. After that, all liability of the
Trustee and such Paying Agent(s) with respect to such money shall cease.
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10. AMENDMENT; SUPPLEMENT; WAIVER.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Debentures
may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with any provision may be waived, with the written consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures then
outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may
amend or supplement the Indenture or the Debentures to, among other things, cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or make any other change that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Debenture.
11. CONVERSION RIGHTS.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders have
the right to convert the principal amount of the Debentures into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Company at the initial conversion
price per share of Common Stock of ______ (equivalent to a conversion rate of
____ shares per $1000 principal amount of Debentures), or at the adjusted
conversion price then in effect, if adjustment has been made as provided in the
Indenture, upon surrender of the Debenture to the Company, together with a fully
executed notice in substantially the form attached hereto and, if required by
the Indenture, an amount equal to accrued interest payable on such Debenture.
12. RANKING.
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Debentures is subordinated, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the
Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
13. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
If there is a Repurchase Event, the Company shall be required
to offer to purchase on the Repurchase Payment Date all outstanding Debentures
at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the Repurchase Payment Date. Holders of
Debentures will receive a Repurchase Offer from the Company prior to any related
Repurchase Payment Date and may elect to have such Debentures purchased by
completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" appearing
below.
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14. SUCCESSORS.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under the Debentures and the Indenture, the predecessor will be
released from those obligations.
15. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than as
Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization), then in every such case, unless the principal of all of the
Debentures shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the
Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of Debentures then outstanding may
declare all the Debentures to be due and payable immediately in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of Debentures may not enforce
the Indenture or the Debentures except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee
may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the
Debentures. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding may direct the Trustee in
its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of
Debentures notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a
Default in payment of principal or interest), if it determines that withholding
notice is in their interest.
16. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
No stockholder, director, officer or employee, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation shall have any
personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the
Debentures or the Indenture by reason of his or its status as such stockholder,
director, officer or employee. Each Holder of a Debenture by accepting a
Debenture waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issuance of the Debentures.
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18. AUTHENTICATION.
This Debenture shall not be valid until the Trustee or
authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side
of this Debenture.
19. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINED TERMS.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of
a Debenture or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act).
20. CUSIP NUMBERS.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Debenture Identification Procedures, the Company will cause CUSIP
numbers to be printed on the Debentures as a convenience to the Holders of the
Debentures. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Debentures only on the other identification numbers printed
hereon.
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[FORM OF] ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign this Debenture to
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(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other identifying
number of assignee
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and irrevocably appoint __________ agent to transfer this Debenture on the books
of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: __________ Signed: ______________________________
(Sign exactly as name appears on
the other side of this Debenture)
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Debenture purchased by the
Company pursuant to Article XI of the Indenture, check the box: / /
If you want to elect to have only part of this Debenture
purchased by the Company pursuant to Article XI of the Indenture, state the
amount you want to be purchased:
$--------
Date: ________________ Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Debenture)
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[FORM OF] CONVERSION NOTICE
To: Pride Petroleum Services, Inc.
The undersigned owner of this Debenture hereby: (i)
irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Debenture,or the portion hereof
below designated, for shares of Common Stock of Pride Petroleum Services, Inc.
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Debenture and
(ii) directs that such shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion,
together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any Debenture(s)
representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to
the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below.
If shares are to be delivered registered in the name of a person other than the
undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect
thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of
interest accompanies this Debenture.
Dated ___________________
Signature
Fill in for registration of shares if to be delivered, and of
Debentures if to be issued, otherwise than to and in the name of the registered
holder.
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identifying Number
(Name)
(Street Address)
(City, State and Zip Code)
(Please print name and address)
Principal amount to be
converted: (if less than all)
$
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