FORM 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2007
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-26224
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51-0317849 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
incorporation or organization) |
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311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (609) 275-0500
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 1.01. ENTRY
INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
Indentures
On
June 11, 2007, Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the Company), issued
$165 million aggregate principal amount of its
2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010 (the
2010 Notes) and $165 million aggregate principal
amount of its 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due
2012 (the 2012 Notes and together with the 2010 Notes, the Notes). The 2010 Notes were issued
pursuant to an indenture (the 2010 Indenture), dated as of June 11, 2007, among the Company,
Integra LifeSciences Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Subsidiary Guarantor), and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. The 2010 Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company,
will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 2.75% per annum and mature on June 1, 2010. The 2012
Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the 2012 Indenture and, together with the 2010
Indenture, the Indentures), dated as of June 11, 2007, among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. The 2012 Notes are senior, unsecured obligations
of the Company, will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 2.375% per annum and mature on June 1,
2012. The Notes were jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by the
Subsidiary Guarantor. The principal amount of each series of Notes
included $15 million in aggregate principal amount related to
the initial purchasers options to purchase additional Notes, which
were exercised in full.
Holders of the 2010 Notes may convert their notes based on an initial conversion rate of 15.0917
shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equal to an initial conversion price of approximately
$66.2616 per share) only under the following circumstances: (1) during specified periods, if the
price of the Companys common stock reaches specified thresholds; (2) if the trading price of the
2010 Notes is below a specified threshold; (3) at any time after
December 15, 2009, or (4) upon the
occurrence of certain corporate transactions. The initial conversion rate will be adjusted for
certain events. The Company will satisfy any conversion of the 2010 Notes with cash
up to the principal amount of the 2010 Notes pursuant to the net share settlement mechanism set
forth in the 2010 Indenture and, with respect to any excess conversion value, with shares of the
Companys common stock. However, the Company has the option, at any time before December 15,
2009, to irrevocably elect to satisfy its conversion obligations entirely in shares of its common
stock.
Holders of the 2012 Notes may convert their notes based on an initial conversion rate of 15.3935
shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equal to an initial conversion price of approximately
$64.9625 per share) only under the following circumstances: (1) during specified periods, if the
price of the Companys common stock reaches specified thresholds; (2) if the trading price of the
2012 Notes is below a specified threshold; (3) at any time after December 15, 2011, or (4) upon the
occurrence of certain corporate transactions. The initial conversion rate will be adjusted for
certain events. The Company will satisfy any conversion of the 2012 Notes with cash
up to the principal amount of the 2010 Notes pursuant to the net share settlement mechanism set
forth in the 2012 Indenture and, with respect to any excess conversion value, with shares of the
Companys common stock. However, the Company has the option, at any time before December 15,
2011, to irrevocably elect to satisfy its conversion obligations entirely in shares of its common
stock.
The Notes will not be redeemable at the Companys option. Holders of the Notes will not have the
right to require the Company to repurchase their Notes prior to maturity except in connection with
the occurrence of certain fundamental change transactions. The Notes may be accelerated upon an
event of default as described in the Indenture and will be accelerated upon bankruptcy, insolvency,
appointment of a receiver, and similar events with respect to the Company.
The Notes and the shares of the Companys common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common
Stock), issuable in certain circumstances upon conversion of the Notes, have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act). The initial purchasers of the Notes resold
the Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
The description of each of the Indentures and the Notes in this Current Report is a summary and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the documents, which are included as exhibits
hereto and are incorporated herein.
The
proceeds to the Company from the offering of the Notes, after deducting commissions and its estimated
offering expenses, are estimated to be $319.5 million (including the proceeds received from the
initial purchasers relating to their exercise in full of their options to purchase additional Notes).
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Notes and the approximately
$21.7 million of proceeds
from the warrant transactions described below to fund the approximately $46.8 million cost of the note
hedge transactions described below, to repurchase shares of its common stock, to repay amounts
outstanding under its bank credit facility and for general corporate purposes. Concurrently with
the closing of the sale of the Notes, the Company repurchased approximately $75 million of its
common stock in private transactions.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the issuance of the 2010 Notes, on June 11, 2007, the Company entered into a
registration rights agreement with respect to the 2010 Notes with the representatives for the initial purchasers (the 2010 Registration Rights Agreement) and in
connection with the issuance of the 2012 Notes, on June 11, 2007, the Company entered into a
registration rights agreement with respect to the 2012 Notes with the Representatives, as
representatives for the Initial Purchasers (the 2012 Registration Rights Agreement and together
with the 2010 Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements). Under each
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a shelf registration statement
providing for the resale of the Common Stock, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Notes (the
Transfer Restricted Securities) by holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who satisfy certain
conditions, by the 150th day after the original issuance of the
Notes and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to
be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but in any event by the
180th day after the original issuance of the Notes. The Company also has agreed, with respect to
each of the 2010 Notes and the 2012 Notes, as applicable, to use its reasonable best efforts to
keep the registration statement effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) the
90th calendar day immediately following the maturity date for such series of Notes,
which period shall be extended by the length of time of any applicable suspension period accruing
after the relevant maturity date, and (ii) the date on which there are no longer any Notes of such
series or restricted shares (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of such series of Notes remaining
outstanding or unsold. Neither
registration statement will register the resale of the Notes.
The Company will be required to pay specified additional interest to the holders of the Notes if it
fails to comply with its obligations to register the Transfer Restricted Securities within
specified time periods, if the registration statement ceases to be effective or if the use of the
prospectus is suspended or the prospectus is unusable for specified time periods. The Company will
not be required to pay additional interest with respect to any Note after it has been exchanged for
any shares of Common Stock. If a holder of Notes converts some or all of its Notes into Common
Stock when there exists a registration default, the holder will not be entitled to receive
additional interest on such Common Stock, and the Company will increase the exchange rate for those
Notes so exchanged.
The description of each of the Registration Rights Agreements in this Current Report is a summary
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the documents, which are included as
exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein.
Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions
On June 6, 2007 the Company entered into (i) call transactions in connection with the 2010 Notes
with each of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (MS), Deutsche Bank AG (DB) and Citibank,
N.A. (Citi), (ii) call transactions in connection with the 2012 Notes with each of DB, Citi and
Wachovia Bank, National Association (WB and together with Citi, DB and MS, the Hedge
Participants), (iii) amended and restated warrant transactions in connection with the 2010 Notes
with each of MS, DB and Citi and (iv) warrant
transactions in connection with the 2012 Notes with each of DB, WB and Citi
(the transactions referenced in clauses (i) and (ii), the Call Transactions and the transactions
referenced in clauses (iii) and (iv), the Warrant
Transactions). The Company received approximately
$21.7 million of proceeds from the Warrant Transactions. The
cost of the Call Transactions to the Company was approximately
$46.8 million.
The Call Transactions involve the Company purchasing call options from the Hedge Participants, and
the Warrant Transactions involve the Company selling call options to the Hedge Participants with a
higher strike price than the purchased call options.
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initial strike price of the Call Transactions is (i) for the
2010 Notes, $66.2616 per share of Common Stock and (ii) for the
2012 Notes, $64.9625, in each case subject to anti-dilution
adjustments substantially similar to those in the Notes. The
Expiration Date for the Call Transactions is as set forth in the
terms of the Call Transactions. The aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock that are subject to the Call Transactions is equal to
the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes.
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initial strike price of the Warrant Transactions is (i) for the
2010 Notes, $77.955 per share of Common Stock and (ii) for the
2012 Notes, $90.9475, in each case subject to customary anti-dilution
adjustments. The Warrant Transactions in connection with the 2010
Notes will expire over a period beginning on August 30, 2010 and
ending on January 20, 2011. The Warrant Transactions in
connection with the 2012 Notes will expire over a period beginning on
August 30, 2012 and ending on January 23, 2013. The
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that are subject to the
Warrant Transactions is equal to the number of shares of Common Stock
underlying the Notes.
The initial purchasers exercised their option to purchase additional notes and the Company has
ratably increased the size of the Call Transactions and the Warrant Transactions, effective as of
June 6, 2007. The Call Transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution to the Companys
common stock upon conversion of the Notes. Because the Company sold the warrants to the Hedge
Participants, the mitigating effect on dilution of the Call Transactions will be capped, which
means that the Call Transactions may not completely mitigate dilution from conversion of the Notes.
The exercise of the warrants by the Hedge Participants under the Warrant Transactions could have a
dilutive effect on the Companys common stock to the extent the market price per share of the
Companys common stock at the time of exercise exceeded the higher strike price of the warrants.
Further, the extent to which the Call Transactions mitigate dilution will also depend on the
Companys choice of settlement method.
The description of the Call Transactions and the Warrant Transactions in this Current Report is a
summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Call Transactions and
Warrant Transactions contained in the Forms of Call Transaction
Confirmation and Forms of Warrant Transfer
Confirmation, which are attached as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein.
ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.
The information included in Item 1.01 above regarding the Indentures is incorporated by reference
into this Item 2.03.
ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
The
information included in Item 1.01 above regarding the Indentures
and the Notes issued thereunder and the Warrant Transactions
is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Additional information pertaining to the Notes, the Common Stock and the Closing is contained in
Items 1.01 and 2.03 of this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
As
disclosed above, the Company offered and sold the Notes to the initial purchasers in reliance upon the exemption
from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act. The initial purchasers of the Notes then
resold the Notes only to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance upon the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
The Notes and the underlying shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes have not
been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
This Current Report does
not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be
unlawful.
Furthermore, the Warrants were issued by the Company to the Hedge Participants in a private
placement in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On June 11, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing the initial purchasers exercise of
their options to purchase additional shares in full, and the closing
of its sale of the Notes. A copy of the press release is included
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities. The Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, and unless so
registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.1
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Indenture, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. |
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4.2
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Form of 2.75% Senior Convertible Note due 2010 (included in Exhibit 4.1). |
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4.3
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Indenture, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. |
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4.4
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Form of 2.375% Senior Convertible Note due 2012 (included in Exhibit 4.3). |
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4.5
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers. |
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4.6
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers. |
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10.1
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Form of 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007, between Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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10.2
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Form of 2012 Convertible Bond Hedge
Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007, between Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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Description of Exhibit |
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10.3
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Form of 2010 Amended and Restated
Issuer Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007,
between
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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10.4
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Form of 2012 Amended and Restated
Issuer Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007,
between
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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99.1
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Press release issued by Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation dated June 11, 2007. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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Date: June 11, 2007 |
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/s/ Stuart M. Essig
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Stuart M. Essig |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Number |
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.1
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Indenture, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. |
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4.2
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Form of 2.75% Senior Convertible Note due 2010 (included in Exhibit 4.1). |
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4.3
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Indenture, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. |
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4.4
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Form of 2.375% Senior Convertible Note due 2012 (included in Exhibit 4.3). |
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4.5
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers. |
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4.6
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley &
Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers. |
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10.1
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Form of 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007, between Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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10.2
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Form of 2012 Convertible Bond Hedge
Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007, between Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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10.3
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Form of 2010 Amended and Restated
Issuer Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007,
between
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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10.4
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Form of 2012 Amended and Restated
Issuer Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated June 6, 2007,
between
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and dealer. |
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99.1
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Press release issued by Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation dated June 11, 2007. |
EX-4.1
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 11, 2007
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
TRUSTEE
Cross-Reference Table*
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
Indenture Section |
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7.10 |
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7.10 |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(5) |
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Not Applicable |
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(b) |
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7.08, 7.10 |
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(c) |
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Not Applicable |
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7.11 |
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(b) |
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7.11 |
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Not Applicable |
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312 |
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2.05 |
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(b) |
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12.03 |
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(c) |
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12.03 |
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313 |
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7.06 |
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7.06 |
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(b)(2) |
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7.06 |
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(c) |
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7.06,12.02 |
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7.06 |
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4.02 |
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Not Applicable |
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12.04 |
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12.04 |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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12.05 |
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(f) |
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4.04 |
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315 |
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7.01(b) |
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(b) |
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7.05 |
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(c) |
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7.01(a) |
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(d) |
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7.01(c) |
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6.11 |
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6.05 |
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6.04 |
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Not Applicable |
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6.07 |
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6.08 |
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6.09 |
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(b) |
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2.04 |
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12.01 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 |
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Definitions and Incorporation by Reference |
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Section 1.01. Definitions |
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions |
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.05. Acts of Holders |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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The Securities |
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Section 2.01. Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent |
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Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust |
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Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists |
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Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07. Replacement Securities |
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Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders Action |
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Section 2.09. Temporary Securities |
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Section 2.10. Cancellation |
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Section 2.11. Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 2.12. Global Securities |
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Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers |
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Section 2.14. Payment |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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Repurchases |
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Section 3.01. Companys Right to Redeem |
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Section 3.02. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Section 3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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Section 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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Section 3.05. Securities Purchased in Part |
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Section 3.06. Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities |
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Section 3.07. Repayment to the Company |
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ARTICLE 4 |
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Covenants |
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Section 4.01. Payment of Securities |
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Section 4.02. SEC and Other Reports |
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Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate |
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Section 4.04. Further Instruments and Acts |
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Section 4.05. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 4.06. Delivery of Certain Information |
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Section 4.07. Additional Amounts Notice |
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Section 4.08. Resale of the Securities |
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ARTICLE 5 |
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Successor Company |
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Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets |
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ARTICLE 6 |
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Defaults and Remedies |
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Section 6.01. Events of Default |
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Section 6.02. Acceleration |
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies |
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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.05. Control by Majority |
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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.10. Priorities |
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Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee |
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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.04. Trustees Disclaimer |
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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults |
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Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger |
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Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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EXHIBIT B Form of Certificated Security |
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INDENTURE dated as of June 11, 2007 among INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (Company), INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(Guarantor), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking association (Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Companys 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01
Definitions.
144A Global Security means a permanent Global Security in the form of the Security attached
hereto as Exhibit A, and that is deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary,
representing Securities sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Additional Amounts means the interest that is payable by the Company (i) pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement upon a Registration Default (as defined in such agreement) and (ii)
as additional interest pursuant to Section 6.01.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified person means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Applicable Conversion Price means, at any given time, $1,000 divided by the Applicable
Conversion Rate at such time.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global
Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such
Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such board.
Board Resolution means a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Business Day means, with respect to any Security, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks
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are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of New
York.
Capital Stock for any corporation means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in stock (however
designated) issued by that corporation.
cash means U.S. legal tender.
Cash Settlement Averaging Period with respect to any Security means the 50 consecutive
Trading Days beginning on the second Trading Day after the Conversion Date for such Security,
except that with respect to any Security with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15,
2009, the Cash Settlement Averaging Period means the 50 consecutive Trading Days beginning on,
and including, the 52nd Scheduled Trading Day before Stated Maturity.
Certificated Securities means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share
(or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and asked prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average asked prices) on such date as
reported by NASDAQ or, if the Common Stock is not reported by NASDAQ, in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded.
If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange,
the Closing Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the Closing Sale Price
will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the
relevant date from each of at least three independent nationally recognized investment banking
firms selected by the Company for this purpose.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company existing on
the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such
Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed, including, subject to Section 10.06 below, in the
event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is
otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving person, the common stock of
such surviving corporation.
Company means the party named as the Company in the preamble of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter,
shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
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Company Notice means a notice to Holders delivered pursuant to Section 3.02(b).
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any Officer.
Continuing Director means a director who either was a member of the board of directors of
the Company on the date of original issuance of the Securities or who becomes a member of the board
of directors of the Company subsequent to that date and whose appointment, election or nomination
for election by the Companys shareholders is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors on the board of directors of the Company at the time of such approval, either by specific
vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the board of
directors of the Company in which such individual is named as nominee for director, it being
understood that any director appointed or nominated to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of
the Company (without regard to the cause of such vacancy) by any Continuing Director shall be
deemed a Continuing Director until the next annual meeting of the Companys shareholders at which
directors are elected.
Conversion Settlement Date means (A) in the event the Company has not validly made a
Physical Settlement Election, with respect to the Settlement Amount owing by the Company as set
forth in Section 10.03(a), the third Business Day immediately following the date that the
Settlement Amount is determined and (B) with respect to Settlement Shares owing by the Company in
the event the Company has validly made a Physical Settlement Election as set forth in Section
10.03(b), the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Securities,
except that, in the case of clause (B) only, (i) in respect of Securities with a Conversion Date on
or after December 15, 2009 the Conversion Settlement Date shall be on Stated Maturity and (ii) in
respect of Securities as to which Additional Shares will be added to the Applicable Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.01(b)(3) with a Conversion Date prior to December 15, 2009 the Conversion
Settlement Date for the Settlement Shares (other than the Additional Shares) shall be the third
Business Day following the Conversion Date, and the Conversion Settlement Date for the Additional
Shares shall be the third Business Day following the relevant effective date described in Section
10.01(b)(3) on which the number of Additional Shares is determined.
Corporate Trust Office means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such
other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and
the Company).
Daily Conversion Value means, for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period, one-fiftieth (1/50) of the product of (1) the
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Applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (2) the Daily VWAP on such Trading Day.
Daily VWAP means, for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash Settlement
Averaging Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading
Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if
such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the
scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on that Trading Day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Companys Common
Stock on that Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally
recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The
Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of
the regular trading session trading hours.
Default means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, would be, an Event of
Default.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Ex-Dividend Date means the first date upon which a sale of the Common Stock does not
automatically transfer the right to receive the relevant distribution from the seller of the Common
Stock to its buyer.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Fair Market Value or fair market value means the amount which a willing buyer would pay a
willing seller in an arms-length transaction.
Fundamental Change means the occurrence at such time after the original issuance of the
Securities of any of the following:
(1) a person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act files a
Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or
group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, of shares of Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
Companys common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(2) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors does not
consist of Continuing Directors; or
(3) a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, or any conveyance, transfer, sale,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys properties and assets to
another person, other than:
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(a) any transaction (i) that does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the Companys Capital Stock or
(ii) pursuant to which holders of the Companys Capital Stock immediately prior to
such transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or
more of the total Voting Stock of the continuing or surviving or successor person
immediately after giving effect to such issuance; or
(b) any merger, share exchange, transfer of assets or similar transaction solely
for the purpose of changing the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation and
resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding Common
Stock, if at all, solely into common stock, ordinary shares or American Depositary
Shares of the surviving entity or a direct or indirect parent of the surviving
corporation; or
(c) any consolidation or merger with or into any Subsidiary, so long as such merger
or consolidation is not part of a plan or a series of transactions designed to or
having the effect of merging or consolidating with any other person; or
(4) a Termination of Trading.
The term person as used in this definition includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Fundamental Change will not be deemed to have occurred with
respect to a transaction or transactions described in clause (3) above if at least 90% of the
consideration in the transaction or transactions consists of common stock, depositary receipts or
other certificates representing common equity interests traded or to be traded immediately
following the change of control on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, and, as a
result of the transaction or transactions, the notes become convertible into such common stock,
depositary receipts or other certificates representing common equity interests (and any rights
attached thereto), subject to the settlement provisions of Section 10.03.
Global Securities means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached hereto as
Exhibit A, and that are registered in the register of Securities in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof, and to the extent that such Securities are required to bear the Legend required by
Section 2.06(g), such Securities shall be in the form of a 144A Global Security.
Guarantee means the Guarantee, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, provided by the
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Article 11.
Guarantor means the party named as the Guarantor in the preamble of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter,
shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
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Holder or Securityholder means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrars books.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part hereof.
Interest means interest payable on each Security pursuant to Section 1 of the Securities.
Interest Payment Date means June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the May 15 and
November 15 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Issue Date of any Security means the date on which the Security was originally issued or
deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
Market Disruption Event means (i) a failure by NASDAQ or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on NASDAQ, by the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or
regional securities exchange, by the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then
traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session, or (ii) the occurrence or existence
before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day for the Common Stock for an aggregate one
half hour period of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in
price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any
options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock.
NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Notes Share Cap means the amount equal to the quotient of (x) 20% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock as of the date of this Indenture (subject to appropriate adjustment for share
dividends or distributions, in either case, made in shares of Common Stock, share splits or share
combinations) divided by (y) 330,000 (which reflects the issuance of the Securities and the
Companys 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 on the date hereof, collectively).
Offering Memorandum means the offering memorandum of the Company dated June 6, 2007 relating
to the offering of the Securities.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior
Vice President or Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Officers Certificate means a written certificate containing the information specified in
Sections 12.04 and 12.05, signed in the name of the Company or the
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Guarantor, as the case may be, by any Officer (solely in his or her capacity as such), and
delivered to the Trustee. An Officers Certificate given pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be signed
by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, but need not contain the information specified in
Sections 12.04 and 12.05.
opening of business means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion containing the information specified in Sections
12.04 and 12.05, from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company
who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other
entity including, without limitation, any syndicate or group that would be deemed a person under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Physical Settlement Election means the irrevocable election by the Company prior to December
15, 2009, to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of conversions of Securities with a
Conversion Date after the Physical Election Date solely in shares of Common Stock (plus cash in
lieu of fractional shares) in accordance with Section 10.03(b) hereof.
Physical Settlement Election Date means the date on which a Physical Settlement Election
Notice is delivered to the Trustee and Holders.
Physical Settlement Election Notice means a written notice of a Physical Settlement Election
provided by the Company to the Trustee and each Holder of Securities.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement dated June 6, 2007 among the Company, the
Guarantor and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.,
Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers, relating to the Securities.
Record Date shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or
event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other
property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted
into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is
fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company, the Guarantor and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated.
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Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) and 7.05 shall also
mean any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of
such persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject matter.
Restricted Security means a Security required to bear the Legend.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may
be amended from time to time.
Scheduled Trading Day means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary U.S.
national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted
to trading.
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.
Security means any of the Companys 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, issued under this Indenture.
Securityholder or Holder means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrars books.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a significant subsidiary
at any determination date pursuant to Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w)(1) or (2).
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means June 1, 2010.
Stock Price means the price per share of Common Stock paid in connection with a Fundamental
Change transaction pursuant to which Additional Shares will be added to the Applicable Conversion
Rate as set forth in Section 10.01(b)(3) hereof, which shall be equal to (i) if Holders of Common
Stock receive only cash in such Fundamental Change transaction, the cash amount paid per share of
Common Stock and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common
Stock on the 10 Trading Days immediately before, but not including, the effective date of such
Fundamental Change transaction.
Subsidiary means any person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock
shall at the time directly or indirectly be owned or controlled by the Company or by one or more
Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
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Termination of Trading means the occurrence, at any time, of the Common Stock of the Company
(or other common stock into which the Securities are then convertible) not being listed for trading
on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture,
provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.
Trading Day means a day on which (i) trading in securities generally occurs on NASDAQ or, if
the Common Stock is not then listed on NASDAQ, on the principal other U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which
the Common Stock is then traded, (ii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on
such securities exchange or market and (iii) there is no Market Disruption Event of the type
described in clause (i) of the definition thereof; provided that for the purposes of determining
the amount of payment upon conversion only, Trading Day means a day on which (i) there is no
Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading generally in the Common Stock occurs on NASDAQ or, if the
Common Stock is not then listed on NASDAQ, on the principal other U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which
the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a Closing Sale
Price or Daily VWAP, as applicable, must be determined) is not so traded, Trading Day means a
Business Day.
Trading Price of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the
secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities obtained by the
Company for $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New
York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers the Company selects, provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the
Company, but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if
only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Company, that one bid shall be used, provided
further that if no bids can reasonably be obtained, then for purposes of determining whether the
condition to conversion of the Securities set forth in Section 10.01(a)(2) has been satisfied, the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities shall be deemed to be less than 97% of
the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate on
such date.
Trustee means the party named as the Trustee in the preamble of this Indenture unless and
until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and,
thereafter, shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any
subsequent such successor or successors.
Voting Stock of a person means Capital Stock of such person of the class or classes pursuant
to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under
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ordinary circumstances to elect the board of directors, managers or trustees of such person
(irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
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Act |
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1.05 |
Additional Amounts Notice |
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4.07 |
additional interest |
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6.01 |
Additional Shares |
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10.01(b)(3) |
Agent Members |
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2.12(d)(v) |
Applicable Conversion Rate |
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10.02(a) |
Bankruptcy Law |
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6.01(h) |
Common Stock Legend |
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2.06(g) |
Conversion Agent |
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Conversion Date |
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10.02(d) |
Conversion Notice |
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10.02(c) |
Conversion Obligation |
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10.03(a) |
Daily Excess Amount |
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10.03(a)(i)(B) |
Daily Settlement Amount |
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10.03(a)(i) |
Depositary |
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2.01(b) |
DTC |
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2.01(b) |
effective date |
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10.01(b) |
Event of Default |
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6.01 |
Exchange Property |
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10.06(a) |
Fiscal Quarter |
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10.01(a)(1) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date |
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3.02(a) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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3.02(c) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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3.02(a) |
Guaranteed Obligations |
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11.01(a) |
Indemnitees |
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7.07(c) |
legal holiday |
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12.08 |
Legend |
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2.06(g) |
Losses |
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7.07(c) |
Measurement Period |
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10.01(a)(2) |
Notice of Default |
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6.01 |
Paying Agent |
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2.03 |
QIBs |
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2.01(b) |
Registrar |
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2.03 |
Rule 144A Information |
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4.06 |
Settlement Amount |
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10.03(a) |
Settlement Shares |
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10.03(b) |
Spin-Off |
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10.04(c)(iv) |
successor company |
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5.01(a) |
transfer |
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2.12(c) |
Trigger Event |
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10.04(c)(iv) |
Section
1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a
provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a
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part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Securityholder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company or the Guarantor or both the Company
and the Guarantor, as the context requires.
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 rules have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
Section 1.04
Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
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a term has the meaning assigned to it; |
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an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; |
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including means including, without
limitation; |
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words in the singular include the
plural, and words in the plural include the singular; and |
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references to Sections and Articles are
to references to Sections and Articles of this Indenture. |
Section 1.05
Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as described in Section
12.02. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the Act of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
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be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signers individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signers authority. The
fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and certificate number of any Security and the ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the register for the Securities.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the
outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.
ARTICLE 2
The Securities
Section 2.01
Form and Dating. (a) The Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A and B, which are a part of this Indenture. The Securities
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided
that any such notation, legend or
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endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company). The Company shall
provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities may, but need not, have the corporate seal
of the Company or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or imprinted thereon.
(b) 144A Global Securities. Securities offered and sold within the United States to qualified
institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (QIBs) in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued
initially in the form of a 144A Global Security, which shall be deposited with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary (as defined below) and registered in the
name of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or the nominee thereof (DTC, or any successor thereto,
and any such nominee being hereinafter referred to as the Depositary), duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount
of the 144A Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.
(c) Global Securities in General. Each Global Security shall represent such of the
outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed in the Schedule of
Increases and Decreases of Global Security attached thereto and that the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges, repurchases and conversions.
Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of
any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section
2.12 hereof, and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.
(d) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(d) shall apply only to Global Securities
deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.01(d),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof, (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or held by the Trustee pursuant to the Depositarys instructions and (c) shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
(e) Certificated Securities. Securities not issued as interests in the Global Securities
shall be registered in the name of the Holder and issued in certificated form substantially in the
form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
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Section 2.02
Execution and Authentication. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
one Officer. The signature of such Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time of
the execution of the Securities, an Officer shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such office at the date of authentication of such Securities.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $165,000,000 upon one or more Company Orders without any further action
by the Company. The aggregate principal amount of the Securities due at the Stated Maturity
thereof outstanding at any time may not exceed the amount set forth in the foregoing sentence.
The Securities shall be issued only in registered form without coupons and only in
denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000.
Section 2.03 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange, purchase or payment
(Paying Agent), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (Conversion
Agent) and an office or agency where a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange will be kept (Registrar). The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more
additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term Paying Agent
includes any additional paying agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.05. The term
Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named pursuant to Section
4.05.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent or co-registrar (in each case, if such Registrar, agent or co-registrar is a
person other than the Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture
that relate to such agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of the name and address
of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, or Conversion
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor
pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act
as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
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The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent in
connection with the Securities.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein, on
or prior to each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company shall deposit with
the Paying Agent a sum of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on the due date) or
shares of Common Stock sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall
hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money and shares of Common
Stock held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Securities and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. At any time
during the continuance of any such Default, the Paying Agent shall, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all money and shares of Common Stock so held in trust. If
the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money and shares of Common Stock held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate
trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and shares of
Common Stock held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds and Common Stock disbursed by
it. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money or shares of
Common Stock.
Section 2.05 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least semiannually on each May 15 and November 15 a listing
of Securityholders dated within 15 days of the date on which the list is furnished and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange. (f) Subject to Section 2.12 hereof, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholders attorney duly authorized in
writing, at the office or agency of the Company designated as Registrar or co-registrar pursuant to
Section 2.03, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount. The Company shall not charge
a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed
in connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting
such transfer or exchange.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such
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Securityholders attorney duly authorized in writing, at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or
exchanges of Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given
and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in
the case of Securities to be purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a Global Security, in whole
or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.12 and this Section 2.06(b). Transfers
of a Global Security shall, except as set forth in Section 2.12, be limited to transfers of such
Global Security in whole or in part, to the Depositary, to nominees of the Depositary or to a
successor of the Depositary or such successors nominee.
(c) Successive registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may be
made from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted on the register for
the Securities.
(d) Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, any such action taken by a Holder shall
be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security
and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any
notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor.
(e) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such
information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar
of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.
(f) No Registrar shall be required to make registrations of transfer or exchange of Securities
during any periods designated in the text of the Securities or in this Indenture as periods during
which such registration of transfers and exchanges need not be made.
(g) Every Security (and all securities delivered in exchange therefor or in substitution
thereof) that bears or is required under this Section 2.06(g) to bear the legend set forth in this
Section 2.06(g) (the Legend), and any Common Stock that bears or is required under this Section
2.06(g) to bear the Common Stock legend set forth in this Section 2.06(g) (the Common Stock
Legend) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.06(g)
(including those set forth in the legends below) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be
waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Security or share of Common
Stock, by such Holders acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on
transfer.
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Until the Stated Maturity of the Securities any certificate evidencing a Security shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing,
with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS
OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS
CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any stock certificate representing shares of
Common Stock delivered upon conversion of any Security shall bear a Common Stock Legend unless such
Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective
under the Securities Act by the SEC (and that continues to be effective at the time of such
transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force,
or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
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DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF
ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF
THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), ONLY
(A) TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER), (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO
BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A OR (D) UNDER ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT BEFORE
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER UNDER CLAUSE (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM; AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ON THE EARLIER OF
THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY UNDER CLAUSE 2(B) ABOVE OR ON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION).
Any such shares of Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired
in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the Common Stock Legend
set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such
shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the
Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of
Common Stock, which certificate or certificates shall not bear the Common Stock Legend required by
this Section 2.06(g).
Section 2.07 Replacement Securities. If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b)
the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
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destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the
Trustee such security and/or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, or is about to be purchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3 hereof,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or purchase such
Security, as the case may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.07, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful)
all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders Action. Securities outstanding at any time
are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those
purchased pursuant to Section 2.07, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of either holds the Security; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have given or
concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act
hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time of such
determination shall be considered in any such determination (including, without limitation,
determinations pursuant to Article 6 and Article 9).
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If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on the Business Day immediately
following a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or on Stated Maturity, money or securities, if
permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then from and after such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such Securities shall
cease to be outstanding and Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities shall cease
to accrue.
If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 10, then from and after the date of
conversion, such Security shall cease to be outstanding, and Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, shall cease to accrue and the rights of the Holders therein shall terminate (other than the
right to receive the Settlement Amount).
Section
2.09 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of Certificated Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Certificated Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
Officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause Certificated Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Certificated Securities, the
temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for Certificated Securities upon surrender of the
temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to
Section 2.03, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of Certificated Securities of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as Certificated Securities.
Section
2.10 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase by the Company pursuant to
Article 3, conversion or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person
other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
other than in connection with registrations of transfer or exchange or that any Holder has
converted pursuant to Article 10. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
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Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee
in accordance with the Trustees customary procedure.
Section
2.11 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose
name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of the principal amount of the Security or any portion thereof, or the payment of any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price in respect thereof, and Interest or Additional Amounts thereon, for the
purpose of conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section
2.12 Global Securities. (m) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the
Securities, (A) transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in
accordance with Section 2.06 and Section 2.12(a)(i) below, (B) transfers of a beneficial interest
in a Global Security for a Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.06 and Section
2.12(a)(ii) below and Section 2.12(d) below, and (C) transfers of a Certificated Security shall
comply with Section 2.06, Section 2.12(a)(iii) and Section 2.12(a)(iv) below, as applicable.
(i) Transfer of Global Security. A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole
or in part, to any person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof,
and no such transfer to any such other person may be registered; provided that this Section
2.12(a)(i) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a
Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any
person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such
Security has been registered in the name of such person. Nothing in this Section
2.12(a)(i) shall prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Global Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.12.
(ii) Restrictions on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security for a
Certificated Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for
a Certificated Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this
clause (ii) below and in Section 2.12(d) below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a request
to transfer a beneficial interest in a Global Security in accordance with Applicable
Procedures for a Certificated Security in the form satisfactory to the Trustee, together
with:
(A) a certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit C, that such beneficial
interest in a Global Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A;
(B) written instructions from the Holder to the Trustee to make, or direct the
Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such
Global Security to reflect a decrease in the aggregate
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principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security, such
instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be
decreased; and
(C) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of counsel or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions
set forth in the Legend,
then the Trustee shall cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the
standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security to be
decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be issued,
shall issue such Certificated Security and shall debit or cause to be debited to the
account of the person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global
Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Security so issued.
(iii) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities. When Certificated Securities
are presented to the Registrar with a request:
(A) to register the transfer of such Certificated Securities; or
(B) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal amount of
Certificated Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the
Certificated Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) such Securities are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to clause (x),
(y) or (z) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and
documents, as applicable:
(x) if such Certificated Securities are being delivered to the Registrar
by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a
certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(y) if such Certificated Securities are being transferred to the Company,
a certification to that effect (in the form set forth in Exhibit C); or
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(z) if such Certificated Securities are being transferred to a QIB, (i) a
certification to that effect (in the form set forth in Exhibit C, if
applicable) and (ii) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of
counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance
with the restrictions set forth in the Legend.
(iv) Restrictions on Transfer or Exchange of a Certificated Security for a Beneficial
Interest in a Global Security. A Certificated Security may not be transferred or exchanged
for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements
set forth below.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Security, duly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(A) a certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit C, that such
Certificated Security (1) is being transferred to the Company or (2) is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A;
(B) written instructions from the Holder directing the Trustee to make, or to
direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect
to such Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase; and
(C) if the Company, or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of counsel or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions
set forth in the Legend,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Security and cause, or direct the Registrar to
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary
and the Registrar, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Global Security
to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be exchanged, and
shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated
Security so cancelled. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers
Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(b) Every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend
including the delivery of an opinion of counsel, if so required. Whenever any Restricted Security
is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered
in a name other than that of the Holder, such Security must be accompanied by a certificate in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C, dated the date of such surrender and signed by the
Holder of such Security, as to compliance with
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such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such
registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so accompanied by a properly completed
certificate.
(c) As used in Section 2.06 and this Section 2.12, the term transfer includes any sale,
pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation or other disposition of any Security or share of Common Stock
or any interest therein.
(d)
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global
Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name
of any person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a
Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person
designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such
Depositary has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (B) the Company
determines at any time that the Securities shall no longer be represented by Global
Securities and shall inform such Depositary of such determination in writing and
participants in such Depositary elect to withdraw their beneficial interests in the Global
Securities from such Depositary, following notification by the Depositary of their right to
do so or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Any Global Security
exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and
any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clauses (B) or (C) above may be exchanged in
whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in
exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided
that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof or any successor of either of the foregoing pursuant to
this paragraph shall not be a Global Security.
(ii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall
be issued in definitive, fully registered form, shall have an aggregate principal amount
equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be
registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall
designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security
to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Registrar. With
regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be
so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or
its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate
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and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(iii) Subject to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered Holder may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members (as defined below) and
persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i)
above, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form.
(v) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the
Agent Members) nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any
rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of
the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the
Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its
Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation
of customary practices of such persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of
any Security.
(vi) Except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, including Sections 2.12(a)(ii)
and 2.12(d), none of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, the Company or the
Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in the Global
Securities, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other person with respect to
the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or
member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Global Securities or with
respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other person (other
than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to
such Global Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon
the order of the registered Holders (which shall be, in the case of a Global Security, the
Depositary or its nominee). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Securities shall
be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of
the Depositary. Other than as set forth in this Indenture, the Trustee, any Paying Agent,
the Conversion Agent, the Company and the Registrar may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members,
participants and any beneficial owners. Except as expressly set forth
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in this Indenture, including Sections 2.12(a)(ii) and 2.12(d), the Trustee, each
Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Company and the Registrar shall be entitled to deal
with any depositary (including the Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the Holder
of any Global Securities as a Holder for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such
Global Securities (including the payment of principal, Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or Holder of a
beneficial ownership interest in such Global Securities) as the sole Holder of such Global
Securities and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the
Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Company or the Registrar shall have
any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of any such depositary with
respect to such Global Securities, for the records of any such depositary, including
records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global
Securities, for any transactions between such depositary and any participant in such
depositary or between or among any such depositary, any such participant and/or any holder
or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Securities or for any transfers of
beneficial interests in any such Global Securities.
(e) The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the actions or omissions of the Depositary, or
the accuracy of the books and records of the Depositary.
Section
2.13 CUSIP Numbers. The Company may issue the Securities with one or more CUSIP, ISIN or other
similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP, ISIN or
other similar numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Securities. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers.
Section
2.14 Payment. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
Conversion Settlement Date or other date when payment is required to be made under this Indenture
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the required payment will be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that the payment was
due, and no additional Interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the
Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Conversion Settlement
Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to that next succeeding Business Day.
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ARTICLE 3
Repurchases
Section
3.01 Companys Right to Redeem. The Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to their Stated Maturity.
Section
3.02 Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a
Fundamental Change occurs, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require
the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holders Securities, or any portion thereof that is
equal to or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, at a fundamental change repurchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus any accrued and
unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on those Securities (the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) to, but not including, the date that is 30 calendar days
following the date of the notice of a Fundamental Change mailed by the Company pursuant to Section
3.02(b) (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the
Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 3.02(c). If the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
is on a date that is after an Interest Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities repurchased and shall include accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(b) Within 20 calendar days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall
mail a Company Notice of the Fundamental Change (substantially in the form of Exhibit D) to the
Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners if required by applicable law).
Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company will issue a press release. The Company
Notice shall include a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder
and shall state:
(i) briefly, the events causing a Fundamental Change and the date of such Fundamental
Change;
(ii) the date by which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to this
Section 3.02 must be delivered to the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise the
repurchase rights;
(iii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vi) the Applicable Conversion Rate;
(vii) that the Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been
given may be converted if they are otherwise convertible
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pursuant to Article 10 hereof only if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(viii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent (by effecting book
entry transfer of the Securities or delivering Certificated Securities, together with
necessary endorsements, as the case may be) to collect payment;
(ix) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn shall be paid
promptly following the later of the Business Day immediately following the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in clause
(viii);
(x) briefly, the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this
Section 3.02;
(xi) briefly, the conversion rights, if any, that exist on the Securities at the date
of the Company Notice and as a result of such Fundamental Change;
(xii) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(xiii) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price on Securities for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is
submitted, Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities surrendered for purchase
by the Company shall cease to accrue from and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
and
(xiv) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number(s), as the case may be, of the
Securities.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give such Company Notice to each Holder in the
Companys name and at the Companys expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of
such Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company and such request will be made at least three
Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to the Holders.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in this Section 3.02 upon delivery of a written
notice of repurchase (a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice) to the Paying Agent at any time on
or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, stating:
(i) if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number(s) of the
Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be repurchased or, if Certificated Securities
have not been issued, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall comply with the
appropriate Depositary procedures for book-entry transfer;
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(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder shall
deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;
and
(iii) that such Security shall be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in Section 4 of the Securities and in this Indenture.
The delivery of such Security (together with all necessary endorsements) and the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice to the Paying Agent at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a
condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor;
provided, however, that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 3.02 only if the Security (together with all necessary endorsements) so delivered to the
Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.02, a portion
of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the
repurchase of such portion of such Security.
Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.02
shall be consummated by the delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price promptly following
the later of the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the time of
delivery of such Security (together with all necessary endorsements or notifications of book-entry
transfer).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.02(c) shall have the right to
withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to
the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.03(b) at any time prior to the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.
Section
3.03 Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. (d) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice specified in Section 3.02, the Holder of the Security in
respect of which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in Section 3.03(b)) thereafter be entitled
solely to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Security whether or
not the Security is, in fact, properly delivered. Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall
be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly
following the later of (x) the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with
respect to such Security (provided the conditions in
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Section 3.02 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying
Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.02. Securities in respect of which
a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to and to the extent permitted by Article 10 hereof on or after the date of the delivery
of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
first been validly withdrawn as specified in Section 3.03(b).
(b) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent at any time, if received by the Paying Agent
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date specifying:
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the principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains subject to
the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and which has been or shall be
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if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number, if
any, of the Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted (or, if Certificated Securities have not been issued, that such withdrawal
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Section
3.04 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (local time in the City
of New York) on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them
is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an
amount of cash in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Section
3.05 Securities Purchased in Part. Any Certificated Security which is to be purchased only in part
(but any such partial purchase shall be in minimum principal amounts equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly
authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in
exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered which is not
purchased.
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Section
3.06 Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities. When complying with the
provisions of Section 3.02 hereof (provided that such offer or purchase constitutes an issuer
tender offer for purposes of Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor
provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), and subject to
any exemptions available under applicable law, the Company shall, if then applicable, (i) comply
with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) and any other applicable tender offer
rules under the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities
laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 3.02 to be exercised in the time and
in the manner specified in Section 3.02.
Section
3.07 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any
cash that remains unclaimed as provided in Section 9 of the Securities, together with interest, if
any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f)), held by them for the payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
Section
4.01 Payment of Securities. The Company shall make all payments in respect of the Securities on
the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. Any amounts
of cash in immediately available funds or shares of Common Stock to be given to the Trustee or
Paying Agent shall be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
by the Company on the applicable payment date. The principal amount of, and Interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and
amounts payable on conversion shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date
(which, in the case of a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, shall be on the Business Day
immediately following the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) the Trustee or the Paying
Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash or securities, if permitted hereunder,
sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.
Section
4.02 SEC and Other Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after it is
required to file such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with
the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which
the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by law, any such document, information and other
reports filed and publicly available through the SECs EDGAR filing system shall be deemed to have
been received by the Trustee. The Company shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Companys compliance with any of its
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covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers
Certificates).
Section
4.03 Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007) an
Officers Certificate, stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company
is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder)
and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status
thereof of which such Officer may have knowledge and otherwise comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the
TIA.
The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
within 30 days of any executive officer of the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section
4.04 Further Instruments and Acts. The Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
Section
4.05 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain an office or agency of the
Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, purchase or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the
Guarantor in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The office of the
Trustee, located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457, shall initially be
such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. Such office or agency need not be the
principal securities clearance or processing office of the Trustee. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such
office or agency (other than a change in the location of the office of the Trustee). 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 12.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities 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 for such purposes.
Section
4.06 Delivery of Certain Information. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act until such time as neither the Securities nor any shares of Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Securities are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144
of the Securities Act, upon the request of a
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Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or Holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished
Rule 144A Information (as defined below) to such Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or
Holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder or beneficial owner, as
the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or beneficial owner
with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of any such security. Rule 144A Information shall be
such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Whether a
person is a beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Companys reasonable
satisfaction.
Section 4.07
Additional Amounts Notice. In the event that the Company is required to pay Additional
Amounts to Holders of Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall
provide written notice (Additional Amounts Notice) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay
Additional Amounts prior to the required payment date for the Additional Amounts, and the
Additional Amounts Notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Amounts to be paid by the
Company on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty to any Holder of
Securities to determine the Additional Amounts, or with respect to the nature, extent or
calculation of the amount of Additional Amounts when made, or with respect to the method employed
in such calculation of the Additional Amounts.
Section 4.08
Resale of the Securities. During the period of two years after the last date of original
issuance of the Securities, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to,
resell any of the Securities that constitute restricted securities under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act that have been reacquired by any of them.
ARTICLE 5
Successor Company
Section 5.01
When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge
with or into any other person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to
another person, unless:
(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the successor company) shall be a
corporation organized and existing under (i) the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia, or (ii) any other jurisdiction so long as the
successor company agrees to submit to service of process in any State in the United States
of America or the District of Columbia and, in the case of clause (ii) above, the successor
company provides a full and unconditional indemnity and provision for additional amounts
for any incremental amounts required to be withheld from payments or deliveries to Holders
or beneficial owners of the Securities under applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations or
authorities, and any other incremental tax liabilities or costs of such Holders or
beneficial owners as a result of such merger or other transaction, and,
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in each case, the successor company (if not the Company) will expressly assume, by a
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Companys obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have 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 in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Article 5.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of the
properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another
Subsidiary), which, if such assets were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be
deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
The successor company formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor company to which such conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and
thereafter, except for obligations, if any, that the Company may have under a supplemental
indenture, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Securities. Subject to Section 9.06, the Company, the Trustee and the successor company
shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such
successor company and such discharge and release of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, a
transfer of assets or a merger or consolidation among the Companys wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall
not be deemed to be a transfer of all or substantially all of the Companys assets for purposes of
this Section 5.01.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01
Events of Default. So long as any Securities are outstanding, each of the following shall be
an Event of Default:
(a) following the exercise by the Holder of the right to convert a Security in accordance with
Article 10 hereof, the Company fails to comply with its obligations to deliver the cash or shares
of Common Stock, if any, required to be delivered as part of the applicable Settlement Shares or
Settlement Amount on the applicable Conversion Settlement Date;
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(b) the Company defaults in its obligation to provide timely notice of a Fundamental Change to
the Trustee and each Holder as required under Section 3.02(b);
(c) default in the payment of the principal amount of any Security when due at maturity, upon
repurchase or otherwise (including, without limitation, upon the exercise by a Holder of its right
to require the Company to repurchase such Securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.02 hereof);
(d) default in the payment of any Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any, when due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days past the applicable due date;
(e) the Company or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or warranty or
agreement in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a) through
clause (d) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice
of Default;
(f) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries default in the payment of the principal or interest
on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which
there may be secured or evidenced, any of the Companys indebtedness or indebtedness of any of its
Subsidiaries for money borrowed in excess of $10.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, resulting in such indebtedness
becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or
annulled within 10 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and
the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding has been received by the Company or such Subsidiary;
(g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries fails to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days;
(h) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (any
Bankruptcy Law) or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of any of their property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order described in clause (i) or (ii) above is unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days;
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(i) (i) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, or (ii) the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or
(iii) the filing by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or (iv) the consent by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
the taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of
any of their property, or (v) the making by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; and
(j) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms
thereof) or the Guarantor or any person acting by or on behalf of the Guarantor denies or
disaffirms the Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee or Article 11, and such default
continues for 10 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of
Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body.
For the avoidance of doubt, clauses (e) and (j) above shall not constitute an Event of Default
until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee, of such
default and the Company does not cure such default (and such default is not waived) within the time
specified in clause (e) or (j), as applicable, above (subject to the provisions of the immediately
succeeding paragraph) after actual receipt of such notice. Any such notice must specify the
default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, to the extent elected by the
Company in its sole discretion, the sole remedy for an Event of Default described in clause (e)
above relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 hereof or the failure to comply with
Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA, if applicable, will (A) for the first 60 days after the occurrence of
such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the
Securities at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of the Securities and (B) for
the period from the 61st day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default to the 120th day
after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive
additional interest on the Securities at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the principal amount of
the Securities (the
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additional interest). This additional interest will be in addition to any Additional
Amounts on the Securities that may accrue as a result of a Registration Default (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) and will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as
Interest accruing on the Securities. The additional interest will accrue on all outstanding
Securities from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to the failure to
comply with Section 4.02 hereof or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first
occurs to, but not including, the 120th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of
Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with Section
314(a)(1) of the TIA shall have been cured or waived). On such 120th day (or earlier, if the Event
of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with
Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA is cured or waived prior to such 120th day), such additional interest
will cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section
4.02 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA has not been cured or waived prior
to such 120th day, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02
hereof. The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Securities in
the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company does not
timely elect to pay the additional interest upon an Event of Default relating to the failure to
comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA in accordance
with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02
hereof. To make such election, the Company must notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent of such election on or prior to the date such failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the
failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA becomes an Event of Default.
Section 6.02
Acceleration. Subject to the final paragraph of Section 6.01, if an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing (the Event of Default not having been cured or waived), the
Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the
principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a
declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company occurs and is
continuing, the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued
and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding,
by notice to the Trustee and the Company (and without notice to any other Securityholder) may
rescind an acceleration and its consequences, and thereby waive the Events of Default giving rise
to such acceleration, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all
existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of the principal amount of
the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts,
if any, that have become due solely as a result of acceleration, which amounts, if such rescission
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acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereto.
Section 6.03
Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does not possess any of the
Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default
shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the Event of
Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other
Securityholder), may waive any existing or past Default and its consequences except (1) an Event of
Default described in clauses (a), (c) and (d) of Section 6.01 or (2) an Event of Default in respect
of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Securityholder
affected, which, in each case may be waived only upon the written consent of each affected Holder.
When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any consequent right. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or
this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, that the Trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or
this Indenture. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits. A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, except in the case of a Default due to the non-payment
of the principal amount of the Securities, any accrued and unpaid Interest, any accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts or any unpaid Settlement Amounts or Settlement Shares, unless:
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A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other
Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Securityholder.
Section
6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of the Securities and any
accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of
the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Securities or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and to convert the Securities in accordance
with Article 10, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment or the right to convert
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the consent
of such Holder.
Section
6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01 clauses (a)
through (d) (other than (b)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company and the Guarantor for the whole amount
owing with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, and the amounts provided for
in Section 7.07.
Section
6.09 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 , the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the
property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities 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 any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, 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 agents and counsel or any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
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(b) 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 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 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 7.07.
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 Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
The Company agrees not to object to the Trustee participating as a member of any official
committee of creditors of the Company as it deems necessary or advisable.
Section
6.10 Priorities. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6, and, after an
Event of Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Companys obligations
under this Indenture, shall be paid out in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) for amounts due under
Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the
principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the Securities; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant
to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the
amount to be paid.
Section
6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in
the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in
the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time
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outstanding. This Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section
315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section
6.12 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the
Company from paying all or any portion of the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities, as
contemplated herein, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7
Trustee
Section
7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm
or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein. This Section 7.01(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA
and such Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as
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(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:
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made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the
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takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received
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Subparagraphs (c)(1), (2) and (3) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and
315(d)(3) of the TIA and such Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) are hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder unless otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company (provided that any interest earned on money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder shall be the property of the Company).
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
Section
7.02 Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
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specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively
rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(c) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers
conferred under this Indenture;
(e) the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders,
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(g) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to,
during regular business hours, examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no
liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(i) Except with respect to Section 4.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as
to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article 4. In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default or an Event of
Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.01(c) or
6.01(d) (with respect to (A) all Interest and (B) any Additional Amounts of which it has
been notified under Section 4.07) or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the
Trustee shall
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have received written notification from the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities or obtained actual knowledge;
(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent,
custodian and other person employed to act hereunder;
(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by
any person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as
so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; and
(l) the permissive rights of the Trustee to take certain actions under this Indenture
shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
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7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities or the Guarantee and may otherwise deal with the Company or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar,
Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must
comply with Section 7.10 and Section 7.11.
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7.04 Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to, and shall have no
responsibility for, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Securities, it
shall not be accountable for the Companys use or application by the Company of the Securities or
of the proceeds from the Securities, it shall not be responsible for the correctness of any
statement in the registration statement for the Securities under the Securities Act or in any
offering document for the Securities, the Indenture, the Guarantee or the Securities (other than
its certificate of authentication), or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled
to receive any notices hereunder.
Section
7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and if it is known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each Securityholder notice of the Default or Event of Default
within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived before the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default described in clause (c) or (d) of Section 6.01, the Trustee
may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Securityholders. The preceding
sentence shall be in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby
expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
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Section
7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each December 31 beginning with December
31, 2007, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such December 31
that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall
comply with TIA Section 313(b). Any reports required by this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by
mail to Securityholders pursuant to TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the
SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees
to notify the Trustee promptly whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and
of any delisting thereof.
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7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the
Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation shall not be limited (to the extent permitted by law) by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses, advances and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, agents and
employees (collectively, the Indemnitees) harmless from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties and expenses, including out-of-pocket,
incidental expenses, legal fees and expenses and the allocated costs and expenses of
in-house counsel and legal staff (Losses) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against the Indemnitees or any of them for following any instruction or other direction
upon which the Trustee is authorized to rely pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. In
addition to and not in limitation of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company also
agrees to indemnify and hold the Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any
and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnitees or
any of them in connection with or arising out of the Trustees performance under this
Indenture, provided the Trustee has not acted with negligence or engaged in willful
misconduct.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that
held in trust to pay the principal amount of, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Interest
or Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, on particular Securities.
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The Companys payment, reimbursement and indemnity obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the
Trustee and the termination of this Indenture for any reason. In addition to and without prejudice
to its rights hereunder, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i), the expenses, including the
reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel and the compensation for services payable pursuant
to Section 7.07(a), are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
For the purposes of this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall include any predecessor Trustee;
provided, however, that except as may be otherwise agreed among the parties, the negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other
Trustee hereunder.
Section
7.08 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company;
provided, however, that no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Trustee has
accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.08. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying
the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
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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, by resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and substance to the retiring Trustee and the
Company. Thereupon 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. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Securityholders. The
retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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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.
So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution appointing a successor Trustee,
effective as of a date at least 30 days after delivery of such Resolution to the Trustee, and (ii)
an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such successor
Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, the Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as
contemplated in this Section 7.08, the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been accepted as
contemplated in this Indenture, all as of such date, and all other provisions of this Indenture
shall be applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance.
Section
7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee in its
individual capacity may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or to which it
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets, or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee in its
individual capacity may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the Trustee hereunder without
further act.
Section
7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The Trustee (or any parent holding company) shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission
the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
Section
7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section
311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
Discharge of Indenture
Section
8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities. When (i) the Company causes to be delivered to the
Trustee all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced or repaid pursuant to Section
2.07) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable (whether on
conversion, maturity, repurchase or otherwise) and the Company deposits with the Trustee cash and,
if applicable, shares of Common Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all
outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in either
case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture and the
Guarantee shall, subject to Section 7.07, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall join in
the execution of a document prepared by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and
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discharge of this Indenture and the Guarantee on demand of the Company accompanied by an
Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
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8.02 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to
the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable abandoned property law.
After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
person and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability to the Securityholders
with respect to such money or securities for that period commencing after the return thereof.
Section
8.03 Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all money and other consideration
deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 and shall apply such deposited money and other
consideration through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of
amounts due on the Securities. Money and other consideration so held in trust is subject to the
Trustees rights under Section 7.07.
ARTICLE 9
Amendments
Section
9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may modify or amend
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee without the consent of any Securityholder to:
(a) add guarantees or additional obligors with respect to the Securities or secure the
Securities;
(b) conform, as necessary, this Indenture and the Securities to the Description of
the Notes as set forth in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such Description of the
Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of the provisions herein;
(c) add to the covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities;
(d) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
(e) provide for the assumption by a successor company of the obligations of the
Company or the Guarantor to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger,
consolidation, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease pursuant to Article 5 or Section 10.06,
in the case of the Company, and Section 11.07, in the case of the Guarantor;
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(f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the TIA;
(g) cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein;
(h) make other changes to this Indenture or forms or terms of the Securities or the
Guarantee, provided no such change individually or in the aggregate with all other such
changes has or will have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Holders of the
Securities;
(i) establish the form or terms of Securities (substantially in the form of Exhibit
B);
(j) evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment under this Indenture of
a successor Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(k) provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered
form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the
uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code.
Section
9.02 With Consent of Holders. Except as provided below in this Section 9.02 and in Section 9.01,
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee may be amended, modified or supplemented, and
noncompliance in any particular instance with any provision of this Indenture, the Securities or
the Guarantee may be waived, in each case with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of the principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding.
Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of Securities affected
thereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(a) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security;
(b) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or change the time at which or
circumstances under which the Securities may or shall be repurchased;
(c) change the currency in which any Security or Interest, including Additional
Amounts, if any, thereon, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price thereof is payable;
(d) reduce the rate of accrual for, or extend the time for payment of Interest,
including Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security;
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(e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to any Security;
(f) impair the right of the Holders of the Securities to convert any Security as
provided in Article 10 or reduce the number of shares or other property receivable upon
conversion, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article 5 or Section 10.06 hereof;
(g) change the Companys obligation to maintain an office or agency in the places and
for the purposes specified in this Indenture;
(h) reduce the quorum or voting requirements under this Indenture;
(i) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Section, or reduce the percentage of
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities required to amend, modify,
supplement or waive a provision of the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, except
to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby;
(j) reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture
entered into in accordance with this Section 9.02 or the consent of whose Holders is
required for any waiver provided for in this Indenture; or
(k) release the Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee, other than as
permitted under this Indenture, or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to the
Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves
the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to each
Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
Section
9.03 Compliance With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
Section
9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions. Until an amendment, waiver or other
action by Holders becomes effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the
Security that evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation
of the consent, waiver or action is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent, waiver or action as to such Holders Security or portion
of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment,
waiver or action
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becomes effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind
every Securityholder.
Section
9.05 Notice of Amendments, Notation on or Exchange of Securities. Securities authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 9 may, and
shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities.
Section
9.06 Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment contained therein does not affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need
not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such supplemental indenture the Trustee shall
receive, and (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
Section
9.07 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
ARTICLE 10
Conversions
Section
10.01 Conversion Privilege. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article
10, a Holder of a Security shall have the right, at such Holders option, to convert all or any
portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
of such Security prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding
Stated Maturity into cash and shares of Common Stock, if applicable, based on the Applicable
Conversion Rate only as follows:
(1) during any fiscal quarter of the Company (a Fiscal Quarter) commencing
after September 30, 2007 (and only during such Fiscal Quarter), if the Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock for each of at least 20 Trading Days during the period of
30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately
preceding Fiscal Quarter is more than 130% of the Applicable Conversion Price in
effect on such last Trading Day;
(2) during the five Business Days immediately following any five consecutive
Trading Day period (the Measurement Period) in which the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities (as
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determined following a request by a Holder of the Securities in accordance
with the procedures described below) for each day of such Measurement Period was
less than 97% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
Applicable Conversion Rate on each such day. The shall have no obligation to
determine the Trading Price of the Securities unless requested to do so in writing
by a Holder of the Security. Upon making any such request, any such requesting
Holder shall provide reasonable evidence that (A) such requesting Holder is a
Holder of the Security as of the date of such notice, and (B) the Trading Price per
$1,000 principal amount of Securities would be less than 97% of the product of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate on that
day. At such time, the Company shall determine the Trading Price of the Securities
beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the
Trading Price per $1,000 original principal amount of the Securities is greater
than or equal to 97% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
and the Applicable Conversion Rate;
(3) any time on or after December 15, 2009 and prior to the close of business
on the third Business Day immediately preceding Stated Maturity;
(4) as provided in clause (b) of this Section 10.01.
The Company or, if applicable, the Conversion Agent (in the case of a conversion pursuant to
clause (1) above) shall determine on a daily basis during the time periods specified in Section
10.01(a)(1) or, following a request by a Holder of Securities in accordance with the procedures
specified in Section 10.01(a)(2), whether the Securities shall be convertible as a result of the
occurrence of an event specified in such Sections and, if the Securities shall be so convertible,
the Company or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall promptly deliver to the Conversion Agent,
the Trustee or the Company, as applicable, written notice thereof. Whenever the Securities shall
become convertible pursuant to this Section 10.01 (as determined in accordance with this Section
10.01), the Company or, at the Companys request, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall promptly notify the Holders of the event triggering such convertibility in the
manner provided in Section 12.02, or the Company shall (i) promptly disseminate a press release and
use its reasonable efforts to post the information on its website or otherwise publicly disclose
the information or (ii) provide notice to the Holders in a manner contemplated by this Indenture,
including through the facilities of DTC. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
(b) In the event that:
(1) (A) the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common
Stock any rights or warrants entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring
within 60 days after the date of such distribution, Common
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Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock
for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the public announcement date for such distribution; or (B) the Company distributes
to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock cash, debt securities, rights
or warrants to purchase the Companys securities, or other assets (excluding
dividends or distributions described in Section 10.04(a)), which distribution has a
per share value as determined by the Board of Directors exceeding 15% of the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive
Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public
announcement date of such distribution, then, in either case, the Securities may be
surrendered for conversion at any time on and after the date that the Company gives
notice to the Holders of such distribution, which shall be not less than 30
calendar days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, until the
earlier of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution or the date on which the Company announces
that such distribution shall not take place, even if the Securities are not
otherwise convertible at such time; provided that no Holder of a Security shall
have the right to convert its Securities if the Holder is entitled to participate
in such distribution (based on the Applicable Conversion Rate) without conversion;
or
(2) a Fundamental Change occurs (regardless of whether Holders have a right to
require the Company to repurchase the Securities upon such Fundamental Change as
set forth in Article 3), then the Securities may be surrendered for conversion at
any time from and after the date that is 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated
effective date of such transaction until and including the date that is 30 calendar
days after the actual effective date of such transaction (or, if such transaction
also constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to which Holders have a right to
require the Company to repurchase the Securities pursuant to Section 3.02, until
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date). The Company shall notify Holders and the
Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date that it publicly announces
the Fundamental Change transaction giving rise to the above conversion right (but
in no event less than 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date of
such transaction).
(3) If a Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (1) or (3) of the definition
thereof occurs prior to Stated Maturity and a Holder elects to convert its
Securities in connection with such Fundamental Change (regardless of whether such
Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase its Securities as set
forth in Article 3), the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be increased to effect
the delivery of an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the Additional
Shares) as described below; provided that if the Stock Price paid in connection
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such Fundamental Change is less than $51.97 or greater than $150.00 (subject
in each case to adjustment as described below), no Additional Shares shall be added
to the Applicable Conversion Rate. A conversion of the Securities will be deemed
for these purposes to be in connection with a Fundamental Change if the
Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent from and including the date
that is 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date of the Fundamental
Change to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
The number of Additional Shares to be added to the Applicable Conversion Rate as described in
the immediately preceding paragraph shall be determined by reference to the table attached as
Schedule I hereto, based on the effective date of such Fundamental Change transaction and the Stock
Price paid in connection with such transaction; provided that if the Stock Price is between two
Stock Price amounts in the table or such effective date is between two effective dates in the
table, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between
the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts and the two
dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. The effective date with respect to a Fundamental
Change transaction means the date that a Fundamental Change becomes effective.
The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table in Schedule I hereto shall be
adjusted as of any date on which the Applicable Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted
pursuant to Section 10.04. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Applicable Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price
adjustment and the denominator of which is the Applicable Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The
number of Additional Shares shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Applicable Conversion Rate
as set forth in Section 10.04.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total number of shares issuable upon
conversion of Securities exceed 19.2418 per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, in each case,
subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Applicable Conversion Rate as set forth in Section
10.04 and subject to Section 10.05.
Section
10.02 Conversion Procedure; Applicable Conversion Rate; Fractional Shares. (c) Subject to the
Companys rights under Section 10.01 and Section 10.03, each Security shall be convertible at the
office of the Conversion Agent into a combination of cash and fully paid and nonassessable shares
(calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share) of Common Stock, if any, at a rate (the
Applicable Conversion Rate) equal to, initially, 15.0917 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000
principal amount of Securities. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in certain
instances as provided in Section 10.04 hereof, but shall not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid
Interest or Additional Amounts, if any. Upon conversion, no payment shall be made by the Company
with respect to any accrued and unpaid Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any, unless, as
described below, such conversion occurs between an Interest Record Date and the
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Interest Payment Date to which such Interest Record Date relates, in which case the Holders of
the Securities on the Interest Record Date shall receive accrued and unpaid interest, including
Additional Amounts, if any, payable on the Securities on the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Instead, such amount shall be deemed paid by the applicable Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares,
as applicable, delivered upon conversion of any Security. In addition, no payment shall be made in
respect of dividends on the Common Stock with a record date prior to the Conversion Date. The
Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock in connection with any conversion
of Securities, but instead shall, subject to Section 10.03 hereof, make a cash payment (calculated
to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Daily VWAP on the final Trading Day
of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period or, if the Company has made a valid Physical Settlement
Election, on the third Scheduled Trading Day before the Conversion Settlement Date.
(b) At any time before December 15, 2009, the Company may irrevocably make a Physical
Settlement Election as set forth in Section 10.03(b).
(c) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert the same, such Holder shall
(1) in the case of Global Securities, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at
that time for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security, and in the case of
Certificated Securities, surrender such Securities, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, at
the office of the Conversion Agent, and (2) give written notice to the Company in the form on the
reverse of such Certificated Security (the Conversion Notice) at said office or place that such
Holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of
Securities to be converted (which shall be equal to or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal
amount) and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or
certificates for Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount, if any, or Settlement Shares, as
applicable, to be registered.
Before any such conversion, a Holder also shall pay all taxes or duties, if any, as provided
in Section 10.07 and any amount payable pursuant to Section 10.02(h).
If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder,
the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, that shall be deliverable upon conversion shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions
thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.
(d) A Security shall be deemed to have been converted immediately before the close of business
on the date (the Conversion Date) that the Holder has complied with Section 10.02(c).
(e) The Company shall, on the Conversion Settlement Date, to the extent applicable as set
forth in Section 10.03, (i) pay the cash component (including cash in lieu of any fraction of a
share to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled) of the Conversion Obligation determined
pursuant to Section 10.03 to the Holder of a Security surrendered for conversion, or such Holders
nominee or nominees, and (ii) issue, or
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cause to be issued, and deliver to the Conversion Agent or to such Holder, or such Holders
nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, to which
such Holder shall be entitled as part of such Conversion Obligation. The Company shall not be
required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books for such
stock or the security register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of
Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books
or security register, and the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock as part of the
applicable Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares, as applicable, upon such conversion shall be
treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock, as of the close of
business on the applicable Conversion Settlement Date.
(f) In case any Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder
of the Security so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section
10.07 hereof), a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Securities.
(g) By delivering the combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, together with a
cash payment in lieu of any fractional shares to the Conversion Agent or to the Holder or such
Holders nominee or nominees, the Company shall have satisfied in full its Conversion Obligation
with respect to such Security, and upon such delivery, accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Security shall be deemed to be paid in full rather
than canceled, extinguished or forfeited, and such amounts shall no longer accrue.
(h) If a Securityholder delivers a Conversion Notice after the Interest Record Date for a
payment of Interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) but prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date, such Securityholder must pay to the Company, at the time such Securityholder
surrenders Securities for conversion, an amount equal to the Interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any), that has accrued and shall be paid on the related Interest Payment Date. The
preceding sentence shall not apply if (1) the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date that is after the close of business on an Interest Record Date but on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, (2) to the extent of overdue Interest (and any overdue
Additional Amounts), if any overdue Interest (and any overdue Additional Amounts) exists at the
time of conversion with respect to the Securities converted or (3) if a Holder converts its
Securities on or after December 15, 2009.
Section 10.03 Payment Upon Conversion. (k) In the event that the Company has not made a Physical Settlement
Election as set forth in clause (b) below, upon conversion of Securities, the Company shall satisfy
its obligation to convert the Securities (the Conversion Obligation) by delivering to Holders
surrendering Securities for conversion, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, a
settlement amount (the Settlement Amount) equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for
each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days of the related Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
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(i) The Daily Settlement Amount for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days of the
related Cash Settlement Averaging Period, shall consist of:
(A) cash equal to the lesser of $20 and the Daily Conversion Value on such
Trading Day; and
(B) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds $20,
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the difference between such Daily
Conversion Value for such Trading Day and $20 (such difference being referred to as
the Daily Excess Amount), divided by (y) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day (or
the consideration into which the Common Stock has been converted as described in
Section 10.06); provided that no fractional shares shall be issued, and in lieu
thereof, the Company shall pay an amount in cash as set forth in Section 10.02
above.
(ii) The Settlement Amount will be delivered on the Conversion Settlement Date.
(b) At any time before December 15, 2009, the Company may irrevocably make a Physical
Settlement Election, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, by valid
delivery of a Physical Settlement Election Notice, to satisfy all Conversion Obligations arising
out of conversions of Securities after the Physical Settlement Election Date. In addition to the
giving of such Physical Settlement Election Notice, the Company shall disseminate a press release
through Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or Bloomberg Business News or another newswire service announcing
such Physical Settlement Election or publish such information in The Wall Street Journal or another
newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or on the Companys website. Upon any
such conversion following a valid Physical Settlement Election, the Company shall, subject to the
provisions of this Article 10, satisfy its Conversion Obligation by delivering to converting
Holders on the Conversion Settlement Date a number of shares of Common Stock (the Settlement
Shares) equal to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be converted divided by $1,000
and multiplied by the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date (which will include any
increases to reflect any Additional Shares as described under Section 10.01(b)(3) above); provided
that no fractional shares shall be issued, and in lieu thereof, the Company shall pay an amount in
cash as set forth in Section 10.02 above.
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10.04 Adjustment of Applicable Conversion Rate. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted,
without duplication, from time to time by the Company in accordance with this Section 10.04, except
that the Company will not make any adjustment if Holders of Securities are entitled to participate
on the relevant distribution or payment date, as a result of holding the Securities, in the
transactions described in Sections 10.04(b), (c) and (d) below without having to convert their
Securities (based on the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the relevant
Ex-Dividend Date):
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(b) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Securities are
outstanding, issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock,
or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, then the Applicable Conversion Rate
will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share
split or share combination, as applicable; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date, or effective date of such share split or combination, as applicable; |
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OS0
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable; and |
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OS
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, but after giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, share split or combination, as applicable. |
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such
dividend or distribution, or the effective date for such share split or share combination. If any
dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.04(a) is declared but not so paid
or made, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted, as of the date that is the earlier
of (i) the public announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date
that the dividend or distribution was to be paid, to the Applicable Conversion Rate which would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Securities are
outstanding, distributes to all, or substantially all, holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants
or options entitling them for a period of not more than 60 calendar days from the date of issuance
of such rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Sales Prices of
Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately
preceding the
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date of announcement of such issuance, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based
on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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OS0
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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X
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=
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the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such
rights, warrants or options; and |
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Y
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the
aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants or options divided by (B)
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading
Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of
the distribution of such rights, warrants or options. |
To the extent such rights, warrants or options are not exercised or converted prior to the
expiration of the exercisability or convertability thereof, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted, as of such expiration date, to the Applicable Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect had the adjustments made upon the distribution of such rights, warrants or options been made
on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In
the event that such rights, warrants or options are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Applicable Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such
rights, warrants or options had not been distributed. In determining whether any rights, warrants
or options entitle the Holders to subscribe for or purchase, or exercise a conversion right for,
shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the
10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price
payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration
received for such rights, warrants or options and the value of such consideration, if other than
cash, shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
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(c) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while the Securities are outstanding,
distributes shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company, evidences of indebtedness or other
assets or property of the Company to all, or substantially all, holders of its Common Stock,
excluding:
(i) dividends or distributions referred to in Section 10.04(a);
(ii) rights, warrants or options referred to in Section 10.04(b);
(iii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and
(iv) Spin-Offs (as defined below) to which the provisions set forth below in this
Section 10.04(c) shall apply;
then the Applicable Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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SP0
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=
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the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and |
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FMV
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=
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the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or
property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the
earlier of the Record Date or the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution to holders of Common Stock
of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a
Subsidiary or other business unit (a Spin-Off), the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect
immediately before the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following and
including the effective date of the Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th Trading Day
immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the 10th Trading
Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off; |
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FMV0
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=
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the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar
equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of
Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including,
the effective date of the Spin-Off; and |
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MP0
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=
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the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the first 10
consecutive Trading Day period after the effective date of the Spin-Off. |
An adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph will occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the
effective date of the Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading
Days following the effective date of any Spin-Off, references within this Section 10.04(c) to 10
Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed
between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Applicable
Conversion Rate.
If any dividend or distribution described in this Section 10.04(c) is declared but not paid or
made, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, as of the date that is the earlier of (i)
the public announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date that
the dividend or distribution was to have been paid, in which case, the Applicable Conversion Rate
will be the Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared.
For the purposes of this Section 10.04(c), rights, warrants or options distributed by the
Company to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the
Companys capital stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, warrants
or options until the occurrence of a specified event or events (a Trigger Event): (1) are deemed
to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (2) are not exercisable; and (3) are also
issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed
for purposes of this Section 10.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section
10.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon
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such rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate
adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 10.04(c).
If any such right, warrant or option, including any such existing rights, warrants or options
distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, is subject to events, upon the occurrence of which
such rights, warrants or options become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be
deemed to be the date of distribution and record date with respect to new rights, warrants or
options with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights, warrants or
options without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any
distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, warrants or options or any Trigger Event or other
event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for
purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Applicable Conversion
Rate under this Section 10.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, warrants or options
which shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any Holders thereof, the
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final purchase to give effect to such
distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to
the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with respect to
such rights, warrants or options (assuming such holder had retained such rights, warrants or
options), made to all applicable holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or
purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, warrants or options which shall have expired or been
terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted as if such rights, warrants or options had not been issued.
(d) If any cash dividend or other distribution is made to all, or substantially all, holders
of Common Stock, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on or after the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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SP0
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=
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the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the earlier of the Record Date and the day immediately preceding
the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and |
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C
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=
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the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common
Stock. |
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An adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate made pursuant to this Section 10.04(d) shall
become effective on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or
distribution described in this Section 10.04(d) is declared but not so paid or made, the new
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, as of the date that is the earlier of (i) the public
announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date that the dividend
or distribution was to be paid, to the Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if
such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(e) If the Company or any Subsidiary makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange
offer for Common Stock, where the cash and value (which will be, except for the value of traded
securities, determined by the Board of Directors) of any other consideration included in the
payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day
next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as of immediately after the 10th
Trading Day immediately following, and including, the date the tender or exchange offer expires
based on the following formula:
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where |
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CR0
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th day immediately
following, and including, the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
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CR
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=
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the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the 10th Trading
Day immediately following, and including, the date such tender or exchange offer
expires; |
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AC
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=
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the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined
by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in
such tender or exchange offer; |
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OS0
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
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OS
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=
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day
immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect
to the purchase or exchange of shares pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and |
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SP
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=
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the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading |
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Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.
The adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(e) shall occur on
the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or
exchange offer expires; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days
immediately following, and including, the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer,
references within this Section 10.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such
lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or
exchange offer and the Conversion Date in determining the Applicable Conversion Rate.
If the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer,
but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all
such purchases are rescinded, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the
Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange had not been
made.
(f) No adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment
would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Applicable Conversion Rate. If the
adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Applicable Conversion Rate by at
least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in
any future adjustments. In addition, the Company will make any carry forward adjustments not
otherwise effected upon required purchases of the Securities in connection with a Fundamental
Change, upon any conversion of the Securities, on every one year anniversary from the original
issue date and on the Record Date immediately prior to Stated Maturity of the Securities.
Adjustments to the Applicable Conversion Rate will be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth, with
five one-hundred-thousandths rounded upward (e.g., 0.76545 would be rounded up to 0.7655).
(g) The Company from time to time may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, increase the
Applicable Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 days if the Board of Directors
shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company,
which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Applicable Conversion Rate is increased
pursuant to this Section 10.04(g) or Section 10.04(h) below, the Company shall mail to Holders of
record of the Securities a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased
Applicable Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Applicable
Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
(h) The Company may (but is not required to) make such increases in the Applicable Conversion
Rate, in addition to any adjustments required by Section 10.04(a), Section 10.04(b), Section
10.04(c), Section 10.04(d), Section 10.04(e) or Section 10.04(g), as the Board of Directors
considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish income tax to Holders resulting from any dividend or
distribution of Capital Stock issuable on
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conversion of the Securities (or rights to acquire
shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, all calculations under this Article 10
shall be made by the Company. No adjustment shall be made for the Companys issuance of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or rights to
purchase Common Stock or convertible or exchangeable securities, other than as provided in this
Section 10.04. The Company shall make such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error,
such calculations shall be binding on the Holders.
(j) Whenever the Applicable Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall
promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent an Officers Certificate setting forth the
Applicable Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
received such Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
adjustment of the Applicable Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last
Applicable Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery
of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Applicable Conversion Rate, a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall
mail such notice of such adjustment of the Applicable Conversion Rate to each Securityholder at
such Holders last address appearing on the list of Securityholders provided for in Section 2.05,
within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the
legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(k) For purposes of this Section 10.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company
does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury
of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of fractions of shares of Common Stock.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 10, no adjustment to the
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be made:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future
plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys
securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock
under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase
those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit
plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary;
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(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant,
right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not
described in (ii) above and outstanding as of the date the Securities were first
issued;
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock;
(v) for accrued and unpaid Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any; or
(vi) for the avoidance of doubt, for the issuance of Common Stock by the Company
(other than to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock) or the payment of cash by
the Company upon conversion or repurchase of Securities.
Section 10.05 Conversion Limitation. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture,
upon conversion of any of the Securities, in no event shall the Company issue a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to or in excess of the Notes Share Cap with respect to each $1,000 principal
amount of such Securities, unless (i) the Company shall have obtained the approval of its
stockholders for the issuance of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock on the date of
original issuance of the Securities in accordance with the NASDAQ rules or (ii) the Company shall
have irrevocably made a valid Physical Settlement Election as set forth in Section 10.03(b). The
Company shall deliver cash and shares of Common Stock constituting the Settlement Amount for the
Securities being converted in accordance with Section 10.03(a), except that the Company shall not
issue, and the Settlement Amount will not include, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
converted shares of Common Stock equal to or in excess of the Notes Share Cap, unless clause (i) or
(ii) of the preceding sentence applies.
(b) The Company shall not take any action (other than with respect to share dividends or
distributions, in either case, made in shares of Common Stock, share splits or share combinations
pursuant to Section 10.04(a)) that would result in an adjustment in the Applicable Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.04 without complying with the NASDAQs stockholder approval rules, to the
extent applicable, if such adjustment would result in the number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable per $1,000 principal amount of Securities being equal to or greater than the Notes
Share Cap.
(c) The restrictions contained in this Section 10.05 shall apply at any time when the
Securities are outstanding, regardless of whether the Company then has a class of securities listed
on the NASDAQ.
Section 10.06 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. (a) If any of the following
events occur, namely (i) any reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than
a subdivision or combination to which Section 10.04(c) applies or a change in par value) as a
result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other
property (such property, the Exchange Property) with respect to or in exchange for such Common
Stock, (ii) any
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consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or combination of the Company with
another person as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
Exchange Property with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, or (iii) any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company to any other person
as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive Exchange Property with
respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, then the Company or the successor or purchasing
person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall
comply with the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental
indenture) providing for the conversion and settlement of the Securities as set forth in this
Indenture. 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 10. If, in the
case of any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance, the Exchange Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common
Stock includes shares of stock or other securities and assets of a corporation other than the
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, then such
supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such
additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of
Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
(b) The Conversion Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
converted following the effective date of any such transaction, shall be calculated (as provided in
clause (c) below) based on the Exchange Property. In the event holders of the Common Stock have
the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Company
shall make adequate provision whereby the Holders of the Securities shall have a reasonable
opportunity to determine the form of consideration, consistent with the election rights and
restrictions applicable to holders of Common Stock, into which all of the Securities, treated as a
single class, shall be convertible from and after the effective date of such transaction. Such
determination shall be made pursuant to Section 1.05 and shall be subject to any limitations to
which all of the holders of the Common Stock are subject, such as pro-rata reductions applicable to
any portion of the consideration payable in such event and shall be conducted in such a manner as
to be completed by the date which is the earliest of (a) the deadline for elections to be made by
holders of the Common Stock in connection with such transaction, and (b) two Trading Days prior to
the anticipated effective date of such event. The Company shall provide notice of the opportunity
to determine the form of such consideration, as well as notice of the determination made by Holders
of the Securities by issuing a press release and providing a copy of such notice to the Trustee.
The Company shall not become a party to any such transaction unless its terms are consistent with
the preceding.
(c) The Conversion Obligation in respect of any Securities converted following the effective
date of any such transaction shall be computed in the same manner as set forth in Section 10.03(a)
except that (1) if the Securities become convertible into Exchange Property, the Daily VWAP of the
Common Stock shall be
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deemed to equal the sum of (A) 100% of the value of any Exchange Property
consisting of cash received per share of Common Stock and (B) the Daily VWAP of any Exchange
Property received per share of Common Stock consisting of securities that are traded on a U.S.
national securities exchange, and (2) the Fair Market Value of any other Exchange Property received
per share, shall be determined by an independent nationally recognized investment bank selected by
the Company for this purpose. Settlement (in cash and/or shares) shall occur on the Conversion
Settlement Date, provided, that any amount of the Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares, as
applicable, to be delivered in shares of Common Stock shall be paid in Exchange Property rather
than shares of Common Stock. If the Exchange Property includes more than one kind of property, the
amount of Exchange Property of each kind to be delivered shall be in the proportion that the value
of the Exchange Property (as calculated pursuant to Section 10.03) of such kind bears to the value
of all such Exchange Property. If the foregoing calculations would require the Company to deliver
a fractional share or unit of Exchange Property to a Holder of Securities being converted, the
Company shall deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share or unit based on the value of the
Exchange Property.
(d) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be
mailed to each Holder of Securities, at its address appearing on the Security register provided for
in Section 2.03 of this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such
notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
(e) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales
and conveyances.
If this Section 10.06 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 10.04 shall not apply to
such event or occurrence.
Section
10.07 Taxes on Shares Issued. The issue of stock certificates on conversions of Securities shall be
made without charge to the converting Holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof, except
for applicable withholding, if any. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or
duty which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of stock in
any name other than that of the Holder or beneficial owner of any Securities converted, and the
Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the
person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such
tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or
that none is due.
Section
10.08 Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements.
(gg) The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock for the conversion of the
Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for conversion.
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(b) Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment increasing the Applicable
Conversion Rate to an amount that would cause the Applicable Conversion
Price to be reduced below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Securities, the Company shall take all corporate action which may, in the
opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue shares
of such Common Stock at such adjusted Applicable Conversion Rate.
(c) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion
of Securities shall upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(d) The Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose
of conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be validly issued upon conversion,
the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, endeavor
to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
Section
10.09 Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine the Applicable
Conversion Rate or whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation 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. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common
Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the
conversion of any Security; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations
with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any
failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock
certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Security for the
purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the
Company contained in this Article 10. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither
the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness
of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 10.06
relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash)
receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Securities after any event referred to in such
Section 10.06 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, 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.
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ARTICLE 11
Guarantee
Section
11.01 Guarantee by the Guarantor. (a) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and
its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity,
by acceleration, by repurchase or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture
(including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of,
Interest or Additional Amounts on, and any cash payment due on conversion of, in respect of the
Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other
monetary obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under
this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the
"Guaranteed Obligations). The Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be
extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Guarantor, and
that the Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or
renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
A Guarantee by the Guarantor shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor by the
manual or facsimile signature of its President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by
number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title Vice President), its
Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. A Guarantee bearing the manual signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
execution and delivery of the Guarantee or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantee.
(b) The Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Guarantor
waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other
Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension
or renewal of any thereof; or (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement.
(c) The Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of
the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Companys or the Guarantors obligations
hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by the Guarantor hereunder. The
Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued
prior to an action being initiated against the Guarantor. The Guarantor further agrees that
guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a
guarantee of collection).
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(d) Except as expressly set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason,
including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason
of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor herein shall not
be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any
other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay,
willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent
vary the risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a
matter of law or equity.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Guarantor agrees that its guarantee shall remain
in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor
further agrees that such guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or Interest on any Guaranteed
Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise. Upon the payment in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations when due at maturity, upon repurchase or otherwise, except as described
above, the Guarantor shall cease to be a guarantor hereunder.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder
or the Trustee has at law or in equity against the Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
the Company to pay the principal of or Interest or Additional Amounts on any Guaranteed Obligation
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by repurchase or
otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, the Guarantor hereby
promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal
amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid Interest or Additional Amounts on
such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other
monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.
(g) The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation
to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of
all Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of the guarantee
provided in this Article 11, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event
of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in
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Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 11.01.
(h) Upon request of the Trustee, the Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section 11.02
Limitation on Liability. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by
the Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering
this Indenture, as it relates to the Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Section 11.03
Successors and Assigns. This Article 11 shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee
and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the
Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject
to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
Section 11.04
No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in
exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein
expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits
which either may have under this Article 11 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Section 11.05
Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 11, nor
the consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or
demand on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Guarantor to any other or further notice or
demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
Section 11.06
Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse the Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair
the validity thereof.
Section 11.07
Guarantor that May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The Company shall not permit the
Guarantor to, and the Guarantor shall not, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person (other
than the Company), and each shall not effect or permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor unless:
(a) The resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be a corporation, limited partnership
or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
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United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person (if
not the Guarantor) will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(b) Immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture,
if any, complies with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
11.08 Release of Guarantee. The guarantee of the Guarantor under this Article 11 may be released by
the Company, and any Person acquiring assets (including by way of merger or consolidation) or
Capital Stock of the Guarantor shall not be required to assume the obligations of the Guarantor
under this Article 11:
(a) In connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary;
(b) In connection with any sale of all of the Capital Stock of the Guarantor to a Person that
is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary; and
(c) When there are no longer any Securities outstanding.
ARTICLE 12
Miscellaneous
Section
12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the
required provision shall control.
Section
12.02 Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication by the
Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in
person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by
facsimile transmission to the following facsimile numbers:
if to the Company or the Guarantor:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (609) 275-1082
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn: David K. Boston
Facsimile: (212) 728-9625
if to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
213 Court Street, Suite 703
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Attn: Corporate Trust Services
Facsimile: (860) 704-6219
The Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee by notice given to the others in the manner provided
above may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Securityholder shall be delivered to the
Securityholder, in accordance with the procedures of the Registrar or by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, at the Securityholders address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar
and shall be sufficiently given 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 received by the addressee;
provided, however, that no notice to the Trustee shall be deemed to be duly given unless and until
the Trustee actually receives same at the address given above.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to
the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
Section 12.04
Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA
Section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and
anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 12.03
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 (other than to authenticate the
Securities under Section 2.02), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each Officers Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 12.04 with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
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12.06 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section
12.07 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar, the Conversion
Agent and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section
12.08 Legal Holidays. A legal holiday is any day other than a Business Day. If any specified
date (including a date for giving notice) is a legal holiday, the action shall be taken on the next
succeeding day that is not a legal holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a
payment in respect of the Securities, no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
intervening period.
Section
12.09 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF THAT
WOULD INDICATE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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Section
12.10 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company or the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the
Guarantor under the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture, as applicable, or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release
shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section
12.11 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its
successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section
12.12 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy
is enough to prove this Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Indenture on
behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT
FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A)
TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
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TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.75% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2010
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Co. or registered assigns, the principal amount of One Hundred Sixty-Five Million Dollars on June
1, 2010.
Interest Rate: 2.75% per year.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date: May 15 and November 15 of each year.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
side of this Security, which further provisions shall 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.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
2.75% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2010
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2010
(the Securities) of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including
any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, the Company), issued under
an Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2007 (the Indenture), among the Company, Integra LifeSciences
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the
"Trustee). The terms of the Security include those stated in the Indenture, those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (TIA), and those set
forth in this Security. This Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the
Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest.
The Securities shall bear Interest on the principal amount thereof at a rate of 2.75% per
year. The Company shall also pay Additional Amounts, if any, as set forth in the Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to Holders at
the close of business on the preceding Interest Record Date. Interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30 day months and will accrue from June 11, 2007 or
from the most recent date to which Interest has been paid or duly provided for.
The Company shall pay Interest to the Securityholder of record on the Interest Record Date,
except that if a Securityholder elects to require the Company to repurchase Securities on a date
that is after an Interest Record Date but on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
the Company shall pay accrued and unpaid Interest on the Securities being repurchased to, but not
including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the Securityholder of record on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
If the principal amount of any Security, or any accrued and unpaid Interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, are not paid when due (whether upon acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 of the
Indenture, upon the date set for payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price pursuant to
Section 4 hereof, upon the Stated Maturity of the Securities, upon the Interest Payment Dates or
upon the Additional Amounts Payment Dates (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)), then
in each such case the overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear cash interest at
the rate of
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2.75% per annum, compounded semi-annually, which interest shall accrue from the date such
overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount, including interest thereon,
has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable in cash on demand but if
not so demanded shall be paid quarterly to the Holders on the last day of each quarter.
2. Method of Payment.
Except as provided below, the Company shall pay Interest, including Additional Amounts, if
any, on (i) Global Securities, to DTC in immediately available funds, (ii) any Certificated
Security having an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holder
of such Security and (iii) any Certificated Security having an aggregate principal amount of more
than $2,000,000, by wire transfer in immediately available funds if requested by the Holder of any
such Security as least five business days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
At Stated Maturity, the Company shall pay Interest on Certificated Securities at the Companys
office or agency maintained for that purpose, which initially shall be the office or agency of the
Trustee located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in cash
in respect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Prices and at Stated Maturity to Holders who surrender
Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Securities. The Company
shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may make such cash payments by check
payable in such money.
3. Indenture.
The Securities are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $165,000,000
aggregate principal amount. The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company,
secured or unsecured.
4. Purchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder.
At the option of any Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall become obligated to repurchase the Securities held by such Holder after the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change for a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of those Securities plus accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, on those Securities up to, but not including, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date. To exercise such right, a Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture at any time on or
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date and shall deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent as set forth in the Indenture.
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Holders have the right to withdraw any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering to
the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
If cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Securities or
portions thereof to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is deposited with the
Paying Agent, prior to or on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall cease to accrue on such Securities (or portions
thereof) on and following such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and the Holder thereof shall
have no other rights as such other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price upon surrender of such Security.
5. Conversion.
Subject to the occurrence of certain events and in compliance with the provisions of the
Indenture (including, without limitation, the conditions to conversion of this Security set forth
in Section 10.01 thereof), a Holder is entitled, at such Holders option, to convert the Holders
Security (or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) at the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion.
The Company shall notify Holders of any event triggering the right to convert the Securities
as specified in the Indenture.
A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security, may be
converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.
The initial Applicable Conversion Rate is 15.0917 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal
amount (equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $66.2616 per share), subject to
adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall not
be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any.
Upon conversion, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to accrued and unpaid
Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any. Instead, such amount shall be deemed
paid by the cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, delivered upon conversion of any Security. In
addition, no payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock,
except as set forth in the Indenture.
In addition, following certain corporate transactions as set forth in Section 10.01(b) of the
Indenture that constitute a Fundamental Change, a Holder who elects to convert its Securities in
connection with such corporate transaction shall be entitled to receive Additional Shares of Common
Stock upon conversion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 10.01(b)(3) of the
Indenture.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Security or the Indenture, the total number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Security is subject to the limitation
set forth in Section 10.05 of the Indenture.
To surrender a Security for conversion, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the
Conversion Notice attached hereto (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and
deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent,
(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, (4) if required by
Section 10.02(h) of the Indenture, pay Interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) and (5) pay
any transfer or similar tax, if required.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Security. Instead
of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued upon conversion of such
Security, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
If the Company engages in any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision
or combination of its outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no
par value, or from no par value to par value) or is party to a consolidation, merger, binding share
exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, and as a result of any such event
the Holders of Common Stock would be entitled to receive Exchange Property for their Common Stock,
upon conversion of the Securities after the effective date of such event, the Conversion Obligation
and the Settlement Amount shall be based on the Applicable Conversion Rate and the Exchange
Property, in each case in accordance with the Indenture. If the transaction also constitutes a
Fundamental Change that would lead to the issuance of Additional Shares as set forth in Section
10.01(b)(3) of the Indenture, if a Holder elects to convert all or a portion of its Securities,
such Holder shall receive Additional Shares upon conversion pursuant to Section 10.01(b)(3) of the
Indenture, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such Section.
6. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.
Initially, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Company
may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar without notice, other than
notice to the Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act
as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000
principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities 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 transfer or exchange any Securities in respect
of which a Fundamental
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Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Security
to be purchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be purchased).
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the registered Holder of this Security will be
treated as the owner of this Security for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money or Securities.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or
securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Securities that remains
unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable abandoned property law. After return to the
Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
10. Amendment; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Securities
and the Guarantee may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) certain Events of Defaults may be
waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the
consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend the Indenture,
the Securities or the Guarantee as provided in Section 9.01 of the Indenture.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
As set forth in the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions, if any Event of Default with
respect to Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities and any
accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on all the
Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
12. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and the Guarantee
and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and
may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
13. Calculations in Respect of Securities.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Company or its agents shall be responsible
for making all calculations called for under the Securities including, but not
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limited to, determination of the market prices for the Securities and of the Common Stock and
the Additional Amounts, if any, accrued on the Securities. Any calculations made in good faith and
without manifest error shall be final and binding on Holders of the Securities. The Company or its
agents shall be required to deliver to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations and the Trustee
shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent
verification.
14. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
15. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs
the Trustees Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Security.
16. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder 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 Gift
to Minors Act).
17. Governing Law.
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF.
18. Copy of Indenture.
The Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy
of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be made
to:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (609) 275-1082
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19. Registration Rights.
The Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement,
dated June 11, 2007, among the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the initial purchasers,
including the right to receive Additional Amounts upon a Registration Default (as defined in such
agreement). The Company shall make payments of Additional Amounts pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement on the Additional Amounts Payment Dates (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), but otherwise in accordance with the provisions set forth herein for the payment of
Interest.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax ID no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent
may substitute another to act for him.
CONVERSION NOTICE
To convert this Security, check the box [ ]
To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000):
If you want the stock certificate made out in another persons name fill in the form below:
(Insert the other persons soc. sec. tax ID no.)
(Print or type other persons name, address and zip code)
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES
OF GLOBAL SECURITY
Initial Principal Amount of Global Security: One Hundred Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($165,000,000).
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY]
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT
FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A)
TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal amount of , on June 1, 2010.
Interest Rate: 2.75% per year.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date: May 15 and November 15 of each year.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
side of this Security, which further provisions shall 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.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY IS IDENTICAL TO EXHIBIT A]
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EXHIBIT C
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010
Transfer Certificate
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities, the undersigned registered owner of
this Security hereby certifies with respect to $ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the Surrendered
Securities) for registration of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities
issuable upon such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of the
undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a transfer), that such transfer
complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of the Surrendered Securities for the
reason checked below:
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and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the undersigneds knowledge,
such Securities are not being transferred to an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act (an Affiliate).
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(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person
signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.)
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EXHIBIT D
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
NOTICE OF OCCURRENCE
OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
[DATE]
To the Holders of the 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2010
(the Securities) issued by Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the Company) by this written notice hereby
notifies you, pursuant to Section 3.02 of that certain Indenture (the Indenture), dated as of
June 11, 2007, among the Company, Integra LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., that
a Fundamental Change (as such term is and other capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein are defined in the Indenture) as described below has occurred. Included herewith is
the form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by you if you wish to have your
Securities repurchased by the Company.
1. Fundamental Change: [Insert brief description of the Fundamental Change and the date of the
occurrence thereof].
2. Date by which Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must be delivered by you to Paying Agent in
order to have your Securities repurchased:
3. Fundamental Change Repurchase Date:
4. Fundamental Change Repurchase Price:
5. Paying Agent and Conversion Agent: [NAME] [ADDRESS]
6. Applicable Conversion Rate: To the extent described in Item 7 below, each $1,000 principal
amount of the Securities is convertible into [insert number of shares] shares of the Companys
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), subject to adjustment.
7. The Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the
Paying Agent may be converted if they are otherwise convertible pursuant to Article 10 of the
Indenture and the terms of the Securities only if you withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Subject to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, you may
be entitled to have your Securities converted into cash and shares of the Companys Common Stock,
if any:
(i) during any fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after September 30, 2007 (and
only during such fiscal quarter), if the Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Indenture)
of the Companys Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days during the period of 30
consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading
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Day (as defined in the Indenture) of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter was more
than 130% of the Applicable Conversion Price (as defined in the Indenture) on such last
Trading Day;
(ii) during the five business days immediately following any five consecutive
Trading-Day period in which the Trading Price (as defined in the Indenture) per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities for each day of that period was less than 97% of the
product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate
(as defined in the Indenture) of the Securities on each such day;
(iii) on or after December 15, 2009; or
(iv) upon the occurrence of certain specified corporate transactions described in the
Indenture.
8. The Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must be
surrendered by you (by effecting book entry transfer of the Securities or delivering Certificated
Securities, together with necessary endorsements, as the case may be) to [Name of Paying Agent] at
[insert address] in order for you to collect the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
9. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for the Securities as to which you have delivered a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and not withdrawn such Notice shall be paid, subject to
receipt of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of the
Business Day immediately following such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the date you deliver
such Securities to [Name of Paying Agent].
10. In order to have the Company repurchase your Securities, you must deliver the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice, duly completed by you with the information required by such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice (as specified in Section 3.02 of the Indenture) to the Paying Agent at any
time until 5:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date.
11. In order to withdraw any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice previously delivered by you to
the Paying Agent, you must deliver to the Paying Agent, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a written notice of
withdrawal specifying (i) the certificate number, if any, of the Securities in respect of which
such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, (ii) the principal amount of the Securities in
respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and (iii) if you are not withdrawing
your Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for all of your Securities, the principal amount of the
Securities which still remain subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
12. Unless the Company defaults in making the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
owed to you, Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on your
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Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall cease to
accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
13. CUSIP Number: 457985AG4
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture dated as of June
11, 2007 (the Indenture) among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the Company), the
Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the Trustee), in connection with the issuance of
$165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010
(the Notes); the term Guarantor as used herein shall include any successor person thereto under
the Indenture), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to
each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment
when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by repurchase or otherwise, of all
obligations of the Company under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the
Notes, whether for payment of principal of, Interest on or Additional Amounts, in respect of the
Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes and (ii)
the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other monetary obligations
of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the
Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations ) in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The undersigned Guarantor further agrees that the
Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further
assent from the undersigned Guarantor, and that the undersigned Guarantor shall remain bound under
Article 11 of the Indenture and hereunder notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
Guaranteed Obligation.
The obligations of the undersigned Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to
this Guarantee and in the Indenture are expressly set forth in the Indenture and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions
of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
All terms used in this Guarantee shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, as such, past, present or future,
of the Guarantor shall have any liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as
such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Notes shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the
manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until delivered to the
Trustee.
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This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York,
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
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As Subsidiary Guarantor |
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By: |
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[Officer]
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E-2
SCHEDULE I
The following table sets forth the Stock Prices and the number of Additional Shares per $1,000
principal amount of Securities.
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Effective Date |
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$ |
51.97 |
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54.00 |
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57.00 |
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60.00 |
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63.00 |
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66.26 |
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70.00 |
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80.00 |
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95.00 |
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110.00 |
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130.00 |
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150.00 |
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6-Jun-07 |
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4.15 |
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3.65 |
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3.11 |
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2.66 |
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2.29 |
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1.95 |
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1.64 |
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1.07 |
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0.63 |
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0.43 |
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0.30 |
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0.23 |
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4.15 |
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3.48 |
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2.88 |
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2.38 |
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1.97 |
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1.60 |
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1.28 |
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0.72 |
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0.36 |
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0.22 |
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0.15 |
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0.11 |
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4.15 |
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3.46 |
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2.57 |
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1.99 |
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1.52 |
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1.11 |
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0.78 |
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0.26 |
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0.19 |
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0.14 |
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0.10 |
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0.07 |
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4.15 |
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3.43 |
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2.45 |
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1.58 |
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0.78 |
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0.00 |
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0.00 |
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0.00 |
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0.00 |
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0.00 |
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EX-4.3
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 11, 2007
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
TRUSTEE
Cross-Reference Table*
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
Indenture Section |
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310 |
(a)(1) |
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7.10 |
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7.10 |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(5) |
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Not Applicable |
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311 |
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7.11 |
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(b) |
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7.11 |
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Not Applicable |
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312 |
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2.05 |
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(b) |
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12.03 |
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(c) |
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12.03 |
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313 |
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7.06 |
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7.06 |
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7.06 |
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7.06 |
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314 |
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4.02 |
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Not Applicable |
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(c)(1) |
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12.04 |
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(c)(2) |
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12.04 |
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(c)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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12.05 |
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(f) |
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4.04 |
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315 |
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7.01(b) |
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7.05 |
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7.01(a) |
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6.11 |
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316 |
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6.05 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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6.04 |
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6.07 |
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317 |
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6.08 |
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2.04 |
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318 |
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12.01 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 |
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Definitions and Incorporation by Reference |
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Section 1.01. Definitions |
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions |
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.04. Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.05. Acts of Holders |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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The Securities |
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Section 2.01. Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent
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Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust |
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Section 2.05. Securityholder Lists |
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Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07. Replacement Securities |
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Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders Action |
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Section 2.09. Temporary Securities |
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Section 2.10. Cancellation |
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Section 2.11. Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 2.12. Global Securities |
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Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers
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Section 2.14. Payment |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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Repurchases |
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Section 3.01. Companys Right to Redeem |
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Section 3.02. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Section 3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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Section 3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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Section 3.05. Securities Purchased in Part |
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Section 3.06. Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities |
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Section 3.07. Repayment to the Company |
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ARTICLE 4 |
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Covenants |
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Section 4.01. Payment of Securities |
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Section 4.02. SEC and Other Reports |
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Section 4.03. Compliance Certificate |
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Section 4.04. Further Instruments and Acts |
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Section 4.05. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 4.06. Delivery of Certain Information |
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Section 4.07. Additional Amounts Notice |
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Section 4.08. Resale of the Securities |
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ARTICLE 5 |
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Successor Company |
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Section 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets |
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ARTICLE 6 |
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Defaults and Remedies |
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Section 6.01. Events of Default |
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Section 6.02. Acceleration |
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies |
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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.05. Control by Majority |
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Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.10. Priorities |
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Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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ARTICLE 7 |
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Trustee |
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Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee |
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42 |
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Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee |
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43 |
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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee |
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45 |
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Section 7.04. Trustees Disclaimer |
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45 |
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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults |
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45 |
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Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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46 |
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Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity |
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46 |
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee |
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47 |
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Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger |
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48 |
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Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification |
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48 |
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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ARTICLE 8 |
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Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities |
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48 |
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Section 8.02. Repayment to the Company |
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49 |
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Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE 9 |
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Amendments |
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Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders |
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49 |
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Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.03. Compliance With Trust Indenture Act |
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51 |
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Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions |
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51 |
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Section 9.05. Notice of Amendments, Notation on or Exchange of Securities |
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52 |
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Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures |
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52 |
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Section 9.07. Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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52 |
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ARTICLE 10 |
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Conversions |
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Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege |
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52 |
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Section 10.02. Conversion Procedure; Applicable Conversion Rate; Fractional Shares |
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55 |
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Section 10.03. Payment Upon Conversion |
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57 |
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Section 10.04. Adjustment of Applicable Conversion Rate |
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58 |
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Section 10.05. Conversion Limitation |
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67 |
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Section 10.06. Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale |
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67 |
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Section 10.07. Taxes on Shares Issued |
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69 |
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Section 10.08. Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with
Governmental Requirements |
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69 |
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Section 10.09. Responsibility of Trustee |
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ARTICLE 11 |
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Guarantee |
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Section 11.01. Guarantee by the Guarantor |
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71 |
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Section 11.02. Limitation on Liability |
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73 |
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Section 11.03. Successors and Assigns |
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73 |
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Section 11.04. No Waiver |
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Section 11.05. Modification |
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Section 11.06. Non-Impairment |
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Section 11.07. Guarantor that May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
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Section 11.08. Release of Guarantee |
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ARTICLE 12 |
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Miscellaneous |
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Section 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls |
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Section 12.02. Notices |
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Section 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders |
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75 |
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Section 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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76 |
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Section 12.06. Separability Clause |
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Section 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar |
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Section 12.08. Legal Holidays |
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Section 12.09. Governing Law |
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Section 12.10. No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 12.11. Successors |
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Section 12.12. Multiple Originals |
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EXHIBIT A Form of Global Security |
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EXHIBIT B Form of Certificated Security |
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EXHIBIT C Transfer Certificate |
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EXHIBIT D Notice of Occurrence of Fundamental Change |
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EXHIBIT E Form of Guarantee |
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SCHEDULE I Number of Additional Shares |
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iv
INDENTURE dated as of June 11, 2007 among INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (Company), INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(Guarantor), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking association (Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Companys 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section
1.01. Definitions.
144A Global Security means a permanent Global Security in the form of the Security attached
hereto as Exhibit A, and that is deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary,
representing Securities sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Additional Amounts means the interest that is payable by the Company (i) pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement upon a Registration Default (as defined in such agreement) and (ii)
as additional interest pursuant to Section 6.01.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified person means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Applicable Conversion Price means, at any given time, $1,000 divided by the Applicable
Conversion Rate at such time.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global
Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such
Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to
time.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such board.
Board Resolution means a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Business Day means, with respect to any Security, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which commercial banks
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are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in the City of New
York.
Capital Stock for any corporation means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in stock (however
designated) issued by that corporation.
cash means U.S. legal tender.
Cash Settlement Averaging Period with respect to any Security means the 50 consecutive
Trading Days beginning on the second Trading Day after the Conversion Date for such Security,
except that with respect to any Security with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15,
2011, the Cash Settlement Averaging Period means the 50 consecutive Trading Days beginning on,
and including, the 52nd Scheduled Trading Day before Stated Maturity.
Certificated Securities means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
close of business means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share
(or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and asked prices or, if more than
one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average asked prices) on such date as
reported by NASDAQ or, if the Common Stock is not reported by NASDAQ, in composite transactions for
the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded.
If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange,
the Closing Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the Closing Sale Price
will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the
relevant date from each of at least three independent nationally recognized investment banking
firms selected by the Company for this purpose.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Common Stock means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company existing on
the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such
Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed, including, subject to Section 10.06 below, in the
event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company that is
otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Company is not the surviving person, the common stock of
such surviving corporation.
Company means the party named as the Company in the preamble of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter,
shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
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Company Notice means a notice to Holders delivered pursuant to Section 3.02(b).
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any Officer.
Continuing Director means a director who either was a member of the board of directors of
the Company on the date of original issuance of the Securities or who becomes a member of the board
of directors of the Company subsequent to that date and whose appointment, election or nomination
for election by the Companys shareholders is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors on the board of directors of the Company at the time of such approval, either by specific
vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the board of
directors of the Company in which such individual is named as nominee for director, it being
understood that any director appointed or nominated to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of
the Company (without regard to the cause of such vacancy) by any Continuing Director shall be
deemed a Continuing Director until the next annual meeting of the Companys shareholders at which
directors are elected.
Conversion Settlement Date means (A) in the event the Company has not validly made a
Physical Settlement Election, with respect to the Settlement Amount owing by the Company as set
forth in Section 10.03(a), the third Business Day immediately following the date that the
Settlement Amount is determined and (B) with respect to Settlement Shares owing by the Company in
the event the Company has validly made a Physical Settlement Election as set forth in Section
10.03(b), the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Securities,
except that, in the case of clause (B) only, (i) in respect of Securities with a Conversion Date on
or after December 15, 2011 the Conversion Settlement Date shall be on Stated Maturity and (ii) in
respect of Securities as to which Additional Shares will be added to the Applicable Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.01(b)(3) with a Conversion Date prior to December 15, 2011 the Conversion
Settlement Date for the Settlement Shares (other than the Additional Shares) shall be the third
Business Day following the Conversion Date, and the Conversion Settlement Date for the Additional
Shares shall be the third Business Day following the relevant effective date described in Section
10.01(b)(3) on which the number of Additional Shares is determined.
Corporate Trust Office means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such
other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and
the Company).
Daily Conversion Value means, for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash
Settlement Averaging Period, one-fiftieth (1/50) of the product of (1) the
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Applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (2) the Daily VWAP on such Trading Day.
Daily VWAP means, for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash Settlement
Averaging Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading
Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if
such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the
scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on that Trading Day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Companys Common
Stock on that Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally
recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The
Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of
the regular trading session trading hours.
Default means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, would be, an Event of
Default.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Ex-Dividend Date means the first date upon which a sale of the Common Stock does not
automatically transfer the right to receive the relevant distribution from the seller of the Common
Stock to its buyer.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Fair Market Value or fair market value means the amount which a willing buyer would pay a
willing seller in an arms-length transaction.
Fundamental Change means the occurrence at such time after the original issuance of the
Securities of any of the following:
(1) a person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act files a
Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or
group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, of shares of Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
Companys common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(2) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors does not
consist of Continuing Directors; or
(3) a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, or any conveyance, transfer, sale,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys properties and assets to
another person, other than:
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(a) any transaction (i) that does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of the Companys Capital Stock or
(ii) pursuant to which holders of the Companys Capital Stock immediately prior to
such transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or
more of the total Voting Stock of the continuing or surviving or successor person
immediately after giving effect to such issuance; or
(b) any merger, share exchange, transfer of assets or similar transaction solely
for the purpose of changing the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation and
resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding Common
Stock, if at all, solely into common stock, ordinary shares or American Depositary
Shares of the surviving entity or a direct or indirect parent of the surviving
corporation; or
(c) any consolidation or merger with or into any Subsidiary, so long as such merger
or consolidation is not part of a plan or a series of transactions designed to or
having the effect of merging or consolidating with any other person; or
(4) a Termination of Trading.
The term person as used in this definition includes any syndicate or group that would be
deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Fundamental Change will not be deemed to have occurred with
respect to a transaction or transactions described in clause (3) above if at least 90% of the
consideration in the transaction or transactions consists of common stock, depositary receipts or
other certificates representing common equity interests traded or to be traded immediately
following the change of control on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, and, as a
result of the transaction or transactions, the notes become convertible into such common stock,
depositary receipts or other certificates representing common equity interests (and any rights
attached thereto), subject to the settlement provisions of Section 10.03.
Global Securities means Securities that are in the form of the Securities attached hereto as
Exhibit A, and that are registered in the register of Securities in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof, and to the extent that such Securities are required to bear the Legend required by
Section 2.06(g), such Securities shall be in the form of a 144A Global Security.
Guarantee means the Guarantee, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, provided by the
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Article 11.
Guarantor means the party named as the Guarantor in the preamble of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter,
shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such
successor or successors.
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Holder or Securityholder means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrars books.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part hereof.
Interest means interest payable on each Security pursuant to Section 1 of the Securities.
Interest Payment Date means June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the May 15 and
November 15 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Issue Date of any Security means the date on which the Security was originally issued or
deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
Market Disruption Event means (i) a failure by NASDAQ or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on NASDAQ, by the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or
regional securities exchange, by the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then
traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session, or (ii) the occurrence or existence
before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Trading Day for the Common Stock for an aggregate one
half hour period of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in
price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any
options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock.
NASDAQ means the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Notes Share Cap means the amount equal to the quotient of (x) 20% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock as of the date of this Indenture (subject to appropriate adjustment for share
dividends or distributions, in either case, made in shares of Common Stock, share splits or share
combinations) divided by (y) 330,000 (which reflects the issuance of the Securities and the
Companys 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010 on the date hereof, collectively).
Offering Memorandum means the offering memorandum of the Company dated June 6, 2007 relating
to the offering of the Securities.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior
Vice President or Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Officers Certificate means a written certificate containing the information specified in
Sections 12.04 and 12.05, signed in the name of the Company or the
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Guarantor, as the case may be, by any Officer (solely in his or her capacity as such), and
delivered to the Trustee. An Officers Certificate given pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be signed
by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, but need not contain the information specified in
Sections 12.04 and 12.05.
opening of business means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion containing the information specified in Sections
12.04 and 12.05, from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company
who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other
entity including, without limitation, any syndicate or group that would be deemed a person under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Physical Settlement Election means the irrevocable election by the Company prior to December
15, 2011, to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of conversions of Securities with a
Conversion Date after the Physical Election Date solely in shares of Common Stock (plus cash in
lieu of fractional shares) in accordance with Section 10.03(b) hereof.
Physical Settlement Election Date means the date on which a Physical Settlement Election
Notice is delivered to the Trustee and Holders.
Physical Settlement Election Notice means a written notice of a Physical Settlement Election
provided by the Company to the Trustee and each Holder of Securities.
Purchase Agreement means the Purchase Agreement dated June 6, 2007 among the Company, the
Guarantor and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co.,
Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers, relating to the Securities.
Record Date shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or
event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other
property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted
into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is
fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
Registration Rights Agreement means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date
hereof, among the Company, the Guarantor and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated.
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Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who has direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) and 7.05 shall also
mean any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of
such persons knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject matter.
Restricted Security means a Security required to bear the Legend.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may
be amended from time to time.
Scheduled Trading Day means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary U.S.
national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted
to trading.
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.
Security means any of the Companys 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, issued under this Indenture.
Securityholder or Holder means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Registrars books.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a significant subsidiary
at any determination date pursuant to Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w)(1) or (2).
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means June 1, 2012.
Stock Price means the price per share of Common Stock paid in connection with a Fundamental
Change transaction pursuant to which Additional Shares will be added to the Applicable Conversion
Rate as set forth in Section 10.01(b)(3) hereof, which shall be equal to (i) if Holders of Common
Stock receive only cash in such Fundamental Change transaction, the cash amount paid per share of
Common Stock and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common
Stock on the 10 Trading Days immediately before, but not including, the effective date of such
Fundamental Change transaction.
Subsidiary means any person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock
shall at the time directly or indirectly be owned or controlled by the Company or by one or more
Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
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Termination of Trading means the occurrence, at any time, of the Common Stock of the Company
(or other common stock into which the Securities are then convertible) not being listed for trading
on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture,
provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.
Trading Day means a day on which (i) trading in securities generally occurs on NASDAQ or, if
the Common Stock is not then listed on NASDAQ, on the principal other U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which
the Common Stock is then traded, (ii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on
such securities exchange or market and (iii) there is no Market Disruption Event of the type
described in clause (i) of the definition thereof; provided that for the purposes of determining
the amount of payment upon conversion only, Trading Day means a day on which (i) there is no
Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading generally in the Common Stock occurs on NASDAQ or, if the
Common Stock is not then listed on NASDAQ, on the principal other U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then
listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which
the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock (or other security for which a Closing Sale
Price or Daily VWAP, as applicable, must be determined) is not so traded, Trading Day means a
Business Day.
Trading Price of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the
secondary market bid quotations per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities obtained by the
Company for $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New
York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities
dealers the Company selects, provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the
Company, but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if
only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Company, that one bid shall be used, provided
further that if no bids can reasonably be obtained, then for purposes of determining whether the
condition to conversion of the Securities set forth in Section 10.01(a)(2) has been satisfied, the
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities shall be deemed to be less than 97% of
the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate on
such date.
Trustee means the party named as the Trustee in the preamble of this Indenture unless and
until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and,
thereafter, shall mean such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any
subsequent such successor or successors.
Voting Stock of a person means Capital Stock of such person of the class or classes pursuant
to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under
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ordinary circumstances to elect the board of directors, managers or trustees of such person
(irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
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Section
1.02. Other Definitions.
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Act |
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1.05 |
Additional Amounts Notice |
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4.07 |
additional interest |
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6.01 |
Additional Shares |
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10.01(b)(3) |
Agent Members |
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2.12(d)(v) |
Applicable Conversion Rate |
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10.02(a) |
Bankruptcy Law |
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6.01(h) |
Common Stock Legend |
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2.06(g) |
Conversion Agent |
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2.03 |
Conversion Date |
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10.02(d) |
Conversion Notice |
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10.02(c) |
Conversion Obligation |
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10.03(a) |
Daily Excess Amount |
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10.03(a)(i)(B) |
Daily Settlement Amount |
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10.03(a)(i) |
Depositary |
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2.01(b) |
DTC |
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2.01(b) |
effective date |
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10.01(b) |
Event of Default |
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6.01 |
Exchange Property |
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10.06(a) |
Fiscal Quarter |
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10.01(a)(1) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date |
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3.02(a) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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3.02(c) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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3.02(a) |
Guaranteed Obligations |
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11.01(a) |
Indemnitees |
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7.07(c) |
legal holiday |
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12.08 |
Legend |
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2.06(g) |
Losses |
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7.07(c) |
Measurement Period |
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10.01(a)(2) |
Notice of Default |
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6.01 |
Paying Agent |
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2.03 |
QIBs |
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2.01(b) |
Registrar |
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2.03 |
Rule 144A Information |
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4.06 |
Settlement Amount |
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10.03(a) |
Settlement Shares |
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10.03(b) |
Spin-Off |
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10.04(c)(iv) |
successor company |
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5.01(a) |
transfer |
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2.12(c) |
Trigger Event |
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10.04(c)(iv) |
Section
1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a
provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a
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part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Securityholder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company or the Guarantor or both the Company
and the Guarantor, as the context requires.
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 rules have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
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1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
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Section
1.05. Acts of Holders. (b) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as described in Section
12.02. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the Act of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
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be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signers individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signers authority. The
fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and certificate number of any Security and the ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the register for the Securities.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the
outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.
ARTICLE 2
The Securities
Section
2.01. Form and Dating. (a) The Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibits A and B, which are a part of this Indenture. The Securities
may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided
that any such notation, legend or
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endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company). The Company shall
provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities may, but need not, have the corporate seal
of the Company or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or imprinted thereon.
(b) 144A Global Securities. Securities offered and sold within the United States to qualified
institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (QIBs) in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued
initially in the form of a 144A Global Security, which shall be deposited with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for the Depositary (as defined below) and registered in the
name of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or the nominee thereof (DTC, or any successor thereto,
and any such nominee being hereinafter referred to as the Depositary), duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount
of the 144A Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary as hereinafter provided.
(c) Global Securities in General. Each Global Security shall represent such of the
outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed in the Schedule of
Increases and Decreases of Global Security attached thereto and that the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, to reflect exchanges, repurchases and conversions.
Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of
any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section
2.12 hereof, and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.
(d) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.01(d) shall apply only to Global Securities
deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.01(d),
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof, (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or held by the Trustee pursuant to the Depositarys instructions and (c) shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
(e) Certificated Securities. Securities not issued as interests in the Global Securities
shall be registered in the name of the Holder and issued in certificated form substantially in the
form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
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Section
2.02. Execution and Authentication. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
one Officer. The signature of such Officer on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time of
the execution of the Securities, an Officer shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such office at the date of authentication of such Securities.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $165,000,000 upon one or more Company Orders without any further action
by the Company. The aggregate principal amount of the Securities due at the Stated Maturity
thereof outstanding at any time may not exceed the amount set forth in the foregoing sentence.
The Securities shall be issued only in registered form without coupons and only in
denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000.
Section
2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange, purchase or payment
(Paying Agent), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (Conversion
Agent) and an office or agency where a register of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange will be kept (Registrar). The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more
additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term Paying Agent
includes any additional paying agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.05. The term
Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named pursuant to Section
4.05.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent or co-registrar (in each case, if such Registrar, agent or co-registrar is a
person other than the Trustee). The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture
that relate to such agent. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of the name and address
of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent, or Conversion
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor
pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act
as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
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The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent in
connection with the Securities.
Section
2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein, on
or prior to each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company shall deposit with
the Paying Agent a sum of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on the due date) or
shares of Common Stock sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The Company shall
require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall
hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money and shares of Common
Stock held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Securities and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. At any time
during the continuance of any such Default, the Paying Agent shall, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all money and shares of Common Stock so held in trust. If
the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money and shares of Common Stock held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate
trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and shares of
Common Stock held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds and Common Stock disbursed by
it. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money or shares of
Common Stock.
Section
2.05. Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
cause to be furnished to the Trustee at least semiannually on each May 15 and November 15 a listing
of Securityholders dated within 15 days of the date on which the list is furnished and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders.
Section
2.06. Transfer and Exchange. (f) Subject to Section 2.12 hereof, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholders attorney duly authorized in
writing, at the office or agency of the Company designated as Registrar or co-registrar pursuant to
Section 2.03, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount. The Company shall not charge
a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed
in connection with the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting
such transfer or exchange.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by the Securityholder or such
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Securityholders attorney duly authorized in writing, at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or
exchanges of Securities in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given
and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in
the case of Securities to be purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Global Security remains
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depositary, transfers of a Global Security, in whole
or in part, shall be made only in accordance with Section 2.12 and this Section 2.06(b). Transfers
of a Global Security shall, except as set forth in Section 2.12, be limited to transfers of such
Global Security in whole or in part, to the Depositary, to nominees of the Depositary or to a
successor of the Depositary or such successors nominee.
(c) Successive registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may be
made from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted on the register for
the Securities.
(d) Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, any such action taken by a Holder shall
be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security
and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any
notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor.
(e) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such
information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar
of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.
(f) No Registrar shall be required to make registrations of transfer or exchange of Securities
during any periods designated in the text of the Securities or in this Indenture as periods during
which such registration of transfers and exchanges need not be made.
(g) Every Security (and all securities delivered in exchange therefor or in substitution
thereof) that bears or is required under this Section 2.06(g) to bear the legend set forth in this
Section 2.06(g) (the Legend), and any Common Stock that bears or is required under this Section
2.06(g) to bear the Common Stock legend set forth in this Section 2.06(g) (the Common Stock
Legend) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.06(g)
(including those set forth in the legends below) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be
waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Security or share of Common
Stock, by such Holders acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on
transfer.
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Until the Stated Maturity of the Securities any certificate evidencing a Security shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing,
with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS
OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A) TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS
CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under
the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any stock certificate representing shares of
Common Stock delivered upon conversion of any Security shall bear a Common Stock Legend unless such
Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective
under the Securities Act by the SEC (and that continues to be effective at the time of such
transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force,
or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
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DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE
HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF
ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF
THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), ONLY
(A) TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER), (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO
BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A OR (D) UNDER ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT BEFORE
ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER UNDER CLAUSE (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM; AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED ON THE EARLIER OF
THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY UNDER CLAUSE 2(B) ABOVE OR ON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY
UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION).
Any such shares of Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired
in accordance with their terms or as to which the conditions for removal of the Common Stock Legend
set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such
shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the
Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of
Common Stock, which certificate or certificates shall not bear the Common Stock Legend required by
this Section 2.06(g).
Section 2.07 Replacement Securities. If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b)
the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
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destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the
Trustee such security and/or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a
certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, or is about to be purchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3 hereof,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or purchase such
Security, as the case may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.07, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful)
all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders Action. Securities outstanding at any time
are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those
purchased pursuant to Section 2.07, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company, the Guarantor or an Affiliate of either holds the Security; provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have given or
concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act
hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time of such
determination shall be considered in any such determination (including, without limitation,
determinations pursuant to Article 6 and Article 9).
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If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on the Business Day immediately
following a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or on Stated Maturity, money or securities, if
permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then from and after such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, such Securities shall
cease to be outstanding and Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities shall cease
to accrue.
If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 10, then from and after the date of
conversion, such Security shall cease to be outstanding, and Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, shall cease to accrue and the rights of the Holders therein shall terminate (other than the
right to receive the Settlement Amount).
Section 2.09 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of Certificated Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Certificated Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
Officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause Certificated Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Certificated Securities, the
temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for Certificated Securities upon surrender of the
temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to
Section 2.03, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of Certificated Securities of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as Certificated Securities.
Section 2.10 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, purchase by the Company pursuant to
Article 3, conversion or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any person
other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
other than in connection with registrations of transfer or exchange or that any Holder has
converted pursuant to Article 10. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
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Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee
in accordance with the Trustees customary procedure.
Section 2.11 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose
name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of the principal amount of the Security or any portion thereof, or the payment of any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price in respect thereof, and Interest or Additional Amounts thereon, for the
purpose of conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.12 Global Securities. (m) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the
Securities, (A) transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in
accordance with Section 2.06 and Section 2.12(a)(i) below, (B) transfers of a beneficial interest
in a Global Security for a Certificated Security shall comply with Section 2.06 and Section
2.12(a)(ii) below and Section 2.12(d) below, and (C) transfers of a Certificated Security shall
comply with Section 2.06, Section 2.12(a)(iii) and Section 2.12(a)(iv) below, as applicable.
(i) Transfer of Global Security. A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole
or in part, to any person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof,
and no such transfer to any such other person may be registered; provided that this Section
2.12(a)(i) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a
Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Security to any
person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such
Security has been registered in the name of such person. Nothing in this Section
2.12(a)(i) shall prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a
Global Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.12.
(ii) Restrictions on Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security for a
Certificated Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for
a Certificated Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this
clause (ii) below and in Section 2.12(d) below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a request
to transfer a beneficial interest in a Global Security in accordance with Applicable
Procedures for a Certificated Security in the form satisfactory to the Trustee, together
with:
(A) a certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit C, that such beneficial
interest in a Global Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule
144A;
(B) written instructions from the Holder to the Trustee to make, or direct the
Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such
Global Security to reflect a decrease in the aggregate
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principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security, such
instructions to contain information regarding the Depositary account to be
decreased; and
(C) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of counsel or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions
set forth in the Legend,
then the Trustee shall cause, or direct the Registrar to cause, in accordance with the
standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Registrar, the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Global Security to be
decreased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be issued,
shall issue such Certificated Security and shall debit or cause to be debited to the
account of the person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global
Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Security so issued.
(iii) Transfer and Exchange of Certificated Securities. When Certificated Securities
are presented to the Registrar with a request:
(A) to register the transfer of such Certificated Securities; or
(B) to exchange such Certificated Securities for an equal principal amount of
Certificated Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the
Certificated Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) such Securities are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to clause (x),
(y) or (z) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and
documents, as applicable:
(x) if such Certificated Securities are being delivered to the Registrar
by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a
certification from such Holder to that effect; or
(y) if such Certificated Securities are being transferred to the Company,
a certification to that effect (in the form set forth in Exhibit C); or
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(z) if such Certificated Securities are being transferred to a QIB, (i) a
certification to that effect (in the form set forth in Exhibit C, if
applicable) and (ii) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of
counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance
with the restrictions set forth in the Legend.
(iv) Restrictions on Transfer or Exchange of a Certificated Security for a Beneficial
Interest in a Global Security. A Certificated Security may not be transferred or exchanged
for a beneficial interest in a Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements
set forth below.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Security, duly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
(A) a certification, in the form set forth in Exhibit C, that such
Certificated Security (1) is being transferred to the Company or (2) is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A;
(B) written instructions from the Holder directing the Trustee to make, or to
direct the Registrar to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect
to such Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain
information regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase; and
(C) if the Company, or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of counsel or other
evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions
set forth in the Legend,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Certificated Security and cause, or direct the Registrar to
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary
and the Registrar, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Global Security
to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Security to be exchanged, and
shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the person specified in such instructions a
beneficial interest in the Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Certificated
Security so cancelled. If no Global Securities are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers
Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(b) Every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend
including the delivery of an opinion of counsel, if so required. Whenever any Restricted Security
is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered
in a name other than that of the Holder, such Security must be accompanied by a certificate in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C, dated the date of such surrender and signed by the
Holder of such Security, as to compliance with
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such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such
registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so accompanied by a properly completed
certificate.
(c) As used in Section 2.06 and this Section 2.12, the term transfer includes any sale,
pledge, transfer, loan, hypothecation or other disposition of any Security or share of Common Stock
or any interest therein.
(d)
(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, a Global
Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name
of any person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a
Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person
designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or such
Depositary has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (B) the Company
determines at any time that the Securities shall no longer be represented by Global
Securities and shall inform such Depositary of such determination in writing and
participants in such Depositary elect to withdraw their beneficial interests in the Global
Securities from such Depositary, following notification by the Depositary of their right to
do so or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Any Global Security
exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and
any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clauses (B) or (C) above may be exchanged in
whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in
exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided
that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof or any successor of either of the foregoing pursuant to
this paragraph shall not be a Global Security.
(ii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall
be issued in definitive, fully registered form, shall have an aggregate principal amount
equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be
registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall
designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security
to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Registrar. With
regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be
so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or
its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate
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and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the
Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
(iii) Subject to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered Holder may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members (as defined below) and
persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i)
above, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form.
(v) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the
Agent Members) nor any other persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any
rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of
the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the
Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its
Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation
of customary practices of such persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of
any Security.
(vi) Except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, including Sections 2.12(a)(ii)
and 2.12(d), none of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, the Company or the
Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in the Global
Securities, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other person with respect to
the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or
member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Global Securities or with
respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other person (other
than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to
such Global Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all
payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon
the order of the registered Holders (which shall be, in the case of a Global Security, the
Depositary or its nominee). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Securities shall
be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of
the Depositary. Other than as set forth in this Indenture, the Trustee, any Paying Agent,
the Conversion Agent, the Company and the Registrar may rely and shall be fully protected
in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members,
participants and any beneficial owners. Except as expressly set forth
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in this Indenture, including Sections 2.12(a)(ii) and 2.12(d), the Trustee, each
Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Company and the Registrar shall be entitled to deal
with any depositary (including the Depositary), and any nominee thereof, that is the Holder
of any Global Securities as a Holder for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such
Global Securities (including the payment of principal, Interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or Holder of a
beneficial ownership interest in such Global Securities) as the sole Holder of such Global
Securities and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the
Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, the Company or the Registrar shall have
any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of any such depositary with
respect to such Global Securities, for the records of any such depositary, including
records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global
Securities, for any transactions between such depositary and any participant in such
depositary or between or among any such depositary, any such participant and/or any holder
or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Securities or for any transfers of
beneficial interests in any such Global Securities.
(e) The Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under
applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security)
other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the actions or omissions of the Depositary, or
the accuracy of the books and records of the Depositary.
Section
2.13. CUSIP Numbers. The Company may issue the Securities with one or more CUSIP, ISIN or other
similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP, ISIN or
other similar numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Securities. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers.
Section
2.14. Payment. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
Conversion Settlement Date or other date when payment is required to be made under this Indenture
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the required payment will be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date that the payment was
due, and no additional Interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the
Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Conversion Settlement
Date or other payment date, as the case may be, to that next succeeding Business Day.
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ARTICLE 3
Repurchases
Section
3.01. Companys Right to Redeem. The Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to their Stated Maturity.
Section
3.02. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a
Fundamental Change occurs, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require
the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holders Securities, or any portion thereof that is
equal to or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, at a fundamental change repurchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities repurchased, plus any accrued and
unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on those Securities (the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) to, but not including, the date that is 30 calendar days
following the date of the notice of a Fundamental Change mailed by the Company pursuant to Section
3.02(b) (the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the
Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 3.02(c). If the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
is on a date that is after an Interest Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be 100% of the principal amount of the
Securities repurchased and shall include accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(b) Within 20 calendar days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall
mail a Company Notice of the Fundamental Change (substantially in the form of Exhibit D) to the
Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners if required by applicable law).
Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company will issue a press release. The Company
Notice shall include a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder
and shall state:
(i) briefly, the events causing a Fundamental Change and the date of such Fundamental
Change;
(ii) the date by which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice pursuant to this
Section 3.02 must be delivered to the Paying Agent in order for a Holder to exercise the
repurchase rights;
(iii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vi) the Applicable Conversion Rate;
(vii) that the Securities as to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been
given may be converted if they are otherwise convertible
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pursuant to Article 10 hereof only if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(viii) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent (by effecting book
entry transfer of the Securities or delivering Certificated Securities, together with
necessary endorsements, as the case may be) to collect payment;
(ix) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn shall be paid
promptly following the later of the Business Day immediately following the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described in clause
(viii);
(x) briefly, the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this
Section 3.02;
(xi) briefly, the conversion rights, if any, that exist on the Securities at the date
of the Company Notice and as a result of such Fundamental Change;
(xii) the procedures for withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(xiii) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price on Securities for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is
submitted, Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities surrendered for purchase
by the Company shall cease to accrue from and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
and
(xiv) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number(s), as the case may be, of the
Securities.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give such Company Notice to each Holder in the
Companys name and at the Companys expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of
such Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company and such request will be made at least three
Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to the Holders.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in this Section 3.02 upon delivery of a written
notice of repurchase (a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice) to the Paying Agent at any time on
or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, stating:
(i) if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number(s) of the
Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be repurchased or, if Certificated Securities
have not been issued, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall comply with the
appropriate Depositary procedures for book-entry transfer;
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(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which the Holder shall
deliver to be repurchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;
and
(iii) that such Security shall be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions
specified in Section 4 of the Securities and in this Indenture.
The delivery of such Security (together with all necessary endorsements) and the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice to the Paying Agent at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a
condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor;
provided, however, that such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 3.02 only if the Security (together with all necessary endorsements) so delivered to the
Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.02, a portion
of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the
repurchase of such portion of such Security.
Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.02
shall be consummated by the delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price promptly following
the later of the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the time of
delivery of such Security (together with all necessary endorsements or notifications of book-entry
transfer).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.02(c) shall have the right to
withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to
the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.03(b) at any time prior to the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.
Section
3.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. (d) Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice specified in Section 3.02, the Holder of the Security in
respect of which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in Section 3.03(b)) thereafter be entitled
solely to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Security whether or
not the Security is, in fact, properly delivered. Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall
be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly
following the later of (x) the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with
respect to such Security (provided the conditions in
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Section 3.02 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Paying
Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.02. Securities in respect of which
a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted
pursuant to and to the extent permitted by Article 10 hereof on or after the date of the delivery
of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has
first been validly withdrawn as specified in Section 3.03(b).
(b) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent at any time, if received by the Paying Agent
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date specifying:
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if Certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number, if
any, of the Security in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being
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Section
3.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (local time in the City
of New York) on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them
is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an
amount of cash in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Section
3.05. Securities Purchased in Part. Any Certificated Security which is to be purchased only in part
(but any such partial purchase shall be in minimum principal amounts equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly
authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in
exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered which is not
purchased.
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Section
3.06. Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Securities. When complying with the
provisions of Section 3.02 hereof (provided that such offer or purchase constitutes an issuer
tender offer for purposes of Rule 13e-4 (which term, as used herein, includes any successor
provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or purchase), and subject to
any exemptions available under applicable law, the Company shall, if then applicable, (i) comply
with Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) and any other applicable tender offer
rules under the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or
report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities
laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 3.02 to be exercised in the time and
in the manner specified in Section 3.02.
Section
3.07. Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any
cash that remains unclaimed as provided in Section 9 of the Securities, together with interest, if
any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f)), held by them for the payment of the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
ARTICLE 4
Covenants
Section 4.01.Payment of Securities. The Company shall make all payments in respect of the Securities on
the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. Any amounts
of cash in immediately available funds or shares of Common Stock to be given to the Trustee or
Paying Agent shall be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
by the Company on the applicable payment date. The principal amount of, and Interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and
amounts payable on conversion shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date
(which, in the case of a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, shall be on the Business Day
immediately following the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) the Trustee or the Paying
Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash or securities, if permitted hereunder,
sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.
Section
4.02. SEC and Other Reports. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after it is
required to file such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with
the SEC, copies of its annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which
the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by law, any such document, information and other
reports filed and publicly available through the SECs EDGAR filing system shall be deemed to have
been received by the Trustee. The Company shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a). Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Companys compliance with any of its
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covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers
Certificates).
Section
4.03. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007) an
Officers Certificate, stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signer thereof, the Company
is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder)
and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status
thereof of which such Officer may have knowledge and otherwise comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the
TIA.
The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
within 30 days of any executive officer of the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section
4.04.
Further Instruments and Acts. The Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
Section
4.05. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain an office or agency of the
Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, purchase or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the
Guarantor in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The office of the
Trustee, located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457, shall initially be
such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. Such office or agency need not be the
principal securities clearance or processing office of the Trustee. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such
office or agency (other than a change in the location of the office of the Trustee). 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 12.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities 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 for such purposes.
Section
4.06. Delivery of Certain Information. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act until such time as neither the Securities nor any shares of Common Stock
issued upon conversion of the Securities are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144
of the Securities Act, upon the request of a
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Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or Holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished
Rule 144A Information (as defined below) to such Holder or any beneficial owner of Securities or
Holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder or beneficial owner, as
the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or beneficial owner
with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of any such security. Rule 144A Information shall be
such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Whether a
person is a beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Companys reasonable
satisfaction.
Section
4.07. Additional Amounts Notice. In the event that the Company is required to pay Additional
Amounts to Holders of Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall
provide written notice (Additional Amounts Notice) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay
Additional Amounts prior to the required payment date for the Additional Amounts, and the
Additional Amounts Notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Amounts to be paid by the
Company on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty to any Holder of
Securities to determine the Additional Amounts, or with respect to the nature, extent or
calculation of the amount of Additional Amounts when made, or with respect to the method employed
in such calculation of the Additional Amounts.
Section
4.08. Resale of the Securities. During the period of two years after the last date of original
issuance of the Securities, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to,
resell any of the Securities that constitute restricted securities under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act that have been reacquired by any of them.
ARTICLE 5
Successor Company
Section
5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge
with or into any other person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to
another person, unless:
(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the successor company) shall be a
corporation organized and existing under (i) the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia, or (ii) any other jurisdiction so long as the
successor company agrees to submit to service of process in any State in the United States
of America or the District of Columbia and, in the case of clause (ii) above, the successor
company provides a full and unconditional indemnity and provision for additional amounts
for any incremental amounts required to be withheld from payments or deliveries to Holders
or beneficial owners of the Securities under applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations or
authorities, and any other incremental tax liabilities or costs of such Holders or
beneficial owners as a result of such merger or other transaction, and,
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in each case, the successor company (if not the Company) will expressly assume, by a
supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Companys obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have 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 in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Article 5.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) of the
properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another
Subsidiary), which, if such assets were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be
deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
The successor company formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor company to which such conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and
thereafter, except for obligations, if any, that the Company may have under a supplemental
indenture, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Securities. Subject to Section 9.06, the Company, the Trustee and the successor company
shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such
successor company and such discharge and release of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, a
transfer of assets or a merger or consolidation among the Companys wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall
not be deemed to be a transfer of all or substantially all of the Companys assets for purposes of
this Section 5.01.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults and Remedies
Section
6.01. Events of Default. So long as any Securities are outstanding, each of the following shall be
an Event of Default:
(a) following the exercise by the Holder of the right to convert a Security in accordance with
Article 10 hereof, the Company fails to comply with its obligations to deliver the cash or shares
of Common Stock, if any, required to be delivered as part of the applicable Settlement Shares or
Settlement Amount on the applicable Conversion Settlement Date;
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(b) the Company defaults in its obligation to provide timely notice of a Fundamental Change to
the Trustee and each Holder as required under Section 3.02(b);
(c) default in the payment of the principal amount of any Security when due at maturity, upon
repurchase or otherwise (including, without limitation, upon the exercise by a Holder of its right
to require the Company to repurchase such Securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.02 hereof);
(d) default in the payment of any Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any, when due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days past the applicable due date;
(e) the Company or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or warranty or
agreement in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a) through
clause (d) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice
of Default;
(f) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries default in the payment of the principal or interest
on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which
there may be secured or evidenced, any of the Companys indebtedness or indebtedness of any of its
Subsidiaries for money borrowed in excess of $10.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, resulting in such indebtedness
becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or
annulled within 10 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and
the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding has been received by the Company or such Subsidiary;
(g) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries fails to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $10.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a
period of 60 days;
(h) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (any
Bankruptcy Law) or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of any of their property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order described in clause (i) or (ii) above is unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days;
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(i) (i) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, or (ii) the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or to the commencement of any
bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or
(iii) the filing by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or (iv) the consent by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
the taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of
any of their property, or (v) the making by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, of a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; and
(j) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms
thereof) or the Guarantor or any person acting by or on behalf of the Guarantor denies or
disaffirms the Guarantors obligations under the Guarantee or Article 11, and such default
continues for 10 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of
Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body.
For the avoidance of doubt, clauses (e) and (j) above shall not constitute an Event of Default
until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee, of such
default and the Company does not cure such default (and such default is not waived) within the time
specified in clause (e) or (j), as applicable, above (subject to the provisions of the immediately
succeeding paragraph) after actual receipt of such notice. Any such notice must specify the
default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, to the extent elected by the
Company in its sole discretion, the sole remedy for an Event of Default described in clause (e)
above relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 hereof or the failure to comply with
Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA, if applicable, will (A) for the first 60 days after the occurrence of
such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the
Securities at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of the Securities and (B) for
the period from the 61st day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default to the 120th day
after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive
additional interest on the Securities at an annual rate equal to 0.50% of the principal amount of
the Securities (the
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additional interest). This additional interest will be in addition to any Additional
Amounts on the Securities that may accrue as a result of a Registration Default (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) and will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as
Interest accruing on the Securities. The additional interest will accrue on all outstanding
Securities from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to the failure to
comply with Section 4.02 hereof or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first
occurs to, but not including, the 120th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of
Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with Section
314(a)(1) of the TIA shall have been cured or waived). On such 120th day (or earlier, if the Event
of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with
Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA is cured or waived prior to such 120th day), such additional interest
will cease to accrue and, if the Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section
4.02 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA has not been cured or waived prior
to such 120th day, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02
hereof. The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Securities in
the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default. In the event the Company does not
timely elect to pay the additional interest upon an Event of Default relating to the failure to
comply with Section 4.02 or the failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA in accordance
with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02
hereof. To make such election, the Company must notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying
Agent of such election on or prior to the date such failure to comply with Section 4.02 or the
failure to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA becomes an Event of Default.
Section
6.02. Acceleration. Subject to the final paragraph of Section 6.01, if an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the
Company) occurs and is continuing (the Event of Default not having been cured or waived), the
Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the
principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a
declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company occurs and is
continuing, the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued
and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding,
by notice to the Trustee and the Company (and without notice to any other Securityholder) may
rescind an acceleration and its consequences, and thereby waive the Events of Default giving rise
to such acceleration, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all
existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of the principal amount of
the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts,
if any, that have become due solely as a result of acceleration, which amounts, if such rescission
is effective, shall no longer be payable as a result of
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acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereto.
Section
6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any
available remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does not possess any of the
Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default
shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the Event of
Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section
6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other
Securityholder), may waive any existing or past Default and its consequences except (1) an Event of
Default described in clauses (a), (c) and (d) of Section 6.01 or (2) an Event of Default in respect
of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Securityholder
affected, which, in each case may be waived only upon the written consent of each affected Holder.
When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any consequent right. This Section 6.04 shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section
6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or
this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, that the Trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or
this Indenture. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee may require indemnity
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
Section
6.06. Limitation on Suits. A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, except in the case of a Default due to the non-payment
of the principal amount of the Securities, any accrued and unpaid Interest, any accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts or any unpaid Settlement Amounts or Settlement Shares, unless:
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A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other
Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Securityholder.
Section
6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of the Securities and any
accrued and unpaid Interest and any accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of
the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Securities or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and to convert the Securities in accordance
with Article 10, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment or the right to convert
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the consent
of such Holder.
Section
6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default described in Section 6.01 clauses (a)
through (d) (other than (b)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company and the Guarantor for the whole amount
owing with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, as applicable, and the amounts provided for
in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09. 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 , the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the
property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities 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 any such amount) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, 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 agents and counsel or any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
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(b) 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 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 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 7.07.
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 Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
The Company agrees not to object to the Trustee participating as a member of any official
committee of creditors of the Company as it deems necessary or advisable.
Section
6.10. Priorities. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6, and, after an
Event of Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Companys obligations
under this Indenture, shall be paid out in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) for amounts due under
Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the
principal amount of the Securities and any accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and
unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the Securities; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant
to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the
amount to be paid.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in
the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in
the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time
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outstanding. This Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e) of the TIA and such Section
315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section 6.12. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the
Company from paying all or any portion of the principal amount of the Securities and any accrued
and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on Securities, as
contemplated herein, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7
Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not confirm
or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein. This Section 7.01(b) shall be in lieu of Section 315(a) of the TIA
and such Section 315(a) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as
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(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:
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Subparagraphs (c)(1), (2) and (3) shall be in lieu of Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and
315(d)(3) of the TIA and such Sections 315(d)(1), 315(d)(2) and 315(d)(3) are hereby expressly
excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
this Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder unless otherwise agreed in
writing with the Company (provided that any interest earned on money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder shall be the property of the Company).
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in original or facsimile form) believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
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specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively
rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(c) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(d) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers
conferred under this Indenture;
(e) the Trustee may consult with counsel selected by it and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(f) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders,
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(g) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(h) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to,
during regular business hours, examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no
liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(i) Except with respect to Section 4.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as
to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article 4. In
addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default or an Event of
Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.01(c) or
6.01(d) (with respect to (A) all Interest and (B) any Additional Amounts of which it has
been notified under Section 4.07) or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the
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have received written notification from the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities or obtained actual knowledge;
(j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent,
custodian and other person employed to act hereunder;
(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by
any person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as
so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded; and
(l) the permissive rights of the Trustee to take certain actions under this Indenture
shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
Section
7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities or the Guarantee and may otherwise deal with the Company or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar,
Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must
comply with Section 7.10 and Section 7.11.
Section
7.04. Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to, and shall have no
responsibility for, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Securities, it
shall not be accountable for the Companys use or application by the Company of the Securities or
of the proceeds from the Securities, it shall not be responsible for the correctness of any
statement in the registration statement for the Securities under the Securities Act or in any
offering document for the Securities, the Indenture, the Guarantee or the Securities (other than
its certificate of authentication), or the determination as to which beneficial owners are entitled
to receive any notices hereunder.
Section
7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and if it is known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each Securityholder notice of the Default or Event of Default
within 90 days after it occurs, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived before the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default described in clause (c) or (d) of Section 6.01, the Trustee
may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interest of the Securityholders. The preceding
sentence shall be in lieu of the proviso to Section 315(b) of the TIA and such proviso is hereby
expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
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Section
7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each December 31 beginning with December
31, 2007, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such December 31
that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall
comply with TIA Section 313(b). Any reports required by this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by
mail to Securityholders pursuant to TIA Section 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the
SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees
to notify the Trustee promptly whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and
of any delisting thereof.
Section
7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the
Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation shall not be limited (to the extent permitted by law) by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses, advances and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, agents and
employees (collectively, the Indemnitees) harmless from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, losses, damages, fines, penalties and expenses, including out-of-pocket,
incidental expenses, legal fees and expenses and the allocated costs and expenses of
in-house counsel and legal staff (Losses) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against the Indemnitees or any of them for following any instruction or other direction
upon which the Trustee is authorized to rely pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. In
addition to and not in limitation of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company also
agrees to indemnify and hold the Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any
and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnitees or
any of them in connection with or arising out of the Trustees performance under this
Indenture, provided the Trustee has not acted with negligence or engaged in willful
misconduct.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a
lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that
held in trust to pay the principal amount of, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Interest
or Additional Amounts, if any, as the case may be, on particular Securities.
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The Companys payment, reimbursement and indemnity obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07
shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the resignation or removal of the
Trustee and the termination of this Indenture for any reason. In addition to and without prejudice
to its rights hereunder, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i), the expenses, including the
reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel and the compensation for services payable pursuant
to Section 7.07(a), are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
For the purposes of this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall include any predecessor Trustee;
provided, however, that except as may be otherwise agreed among the parties, the negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other
Trustee hereunder.
Section
7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company;
provided, however, that no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Trustee has
accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.08. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying
the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
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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, by resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor
Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company satisfactory in form and substance to the retiring Trustee and the
Company. Thereupon 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. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Securityholders. The
retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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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.
So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution appointing a successor Trustee,
effective as of a date at least 30 days after delivery of such Resolution to the Trustee, and (ii)
an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such successor
Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, the Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as
contemplated in this Section 7.08, the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been accepted as
contemplated in this Indenture, all as of such date, and all other provisions of this Indenture
shall be applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance.
Section
7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee in its
individual capacity may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or to which it
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets, or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee in its
individual capacity may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the Trustee hereunder without
further act.
Section
7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The Trustee (or any parent holding company) shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report
of condition. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission
the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
Section
7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section
311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
Discharge of Indenture
Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities. When (i) the Company causes to be delivered to the
Trustee all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced or repaid pursuant to Section
2.07) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable (whether on
conversion, maturity, repurchase or otherwise) and the Company deposits with the Trustee cash and,
if applicable, shares of Common Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all
outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in either
case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture and the
Guarantee shall, subject to Section 7.07, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall join in
the execution of a document prepared by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and
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discharge of this Indenture and the Guarantee on demand of the Company accompanied by an
Officers Certificate and Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
Section 8.02. Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to
the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable abandoned property law.
After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
person and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability to the Securityholders
with respect to such money or securities for that period commencing after the return thereof.
Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all money and other consideration
deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 and shall apply such deposited money and other
consideration through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of
amounts due on the Securities. Money and other consideration so held in trust is subject to the
Trustees rights under Section 7.07.
ARTICLE 9
Amendments
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may modify or amend
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee without the consent of any Securityholder to:
(a) add guarantees or additional obligors with respect to the Securities or secure the
Securities;
(b) conform, as necessary, this Indenture and the Securities to the Description of
the Notes as set forth in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such Description of the
Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of the provisions herein;
(c) add to the covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities;
(d) surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
(e) provide for the assumption by a successor company of the obligations of the
Company or the Guarantor to the Holders of Securities in the case of a merger,
consolidation, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease pursuant to Article 5 or Section 10.06,
in the case of the Company, and Section 11.07, in the case of the Guarantor;
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(f) comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the TIA;
(g) cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein;
(h) make other changes to this Indenture or forms or terms of the Securities or the
Guarantee, provided no such change individually or in the aggregate with all other such
changes has or will have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Holders of the
Securities;
(i) establish the form or terms of Securities (substantially in the form of Exhibit
B);
(j) evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment under this Indenture of
a successor Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(k) provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered
form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the
uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code.
Section 9.02.
With Consent of Holders. Except as provided below in this Section 9.02 and in Section 9.01,
this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee may be amended, modified or supplemented, and
noncompliance in any particular instance with any provision of this Indenture, the Securities or
the Guarantee may be waived, in each case with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of the principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding.
Without the written consent or the affirmative vote of each Holder of Securities affected
thereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(a) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security;
(b) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or change the time at which or
circumstances under which the Securities may or shall be repurchased;
(c) change the currency in which any Security or Interest, including Additional
Amounts, if any, thereon, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price thereof is payable;
(d) reduce the rate of accrual for, or extend the time for payment of Interest,
including Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security;
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(e) impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to any Security;
(f) impair the right of the Holders of the Securities to convert any Security as
provided in Article 10 or reduce the number of shares or other property receivable upon
conversion, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article 5 or Section 10.06 hereof;
(g) change the Companys obligation to maintain an office or agency in the places and
for the purposes specified in this Indenture;
(h) reduce the quorum or voting requirements under this Indenture;
(i) amend or modify any of the provisions of this Section, or reduce the percentage of
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities required to amend, modify,
supplement or waive a provision of the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, except
to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby;
(j) reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture
entered into in accordance with this Section 9.02 or the consent of whose Holders is
required for any waiver provided for in this Indenture; or
(k) release the Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee, other than as
permitted under this Indenture, or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to the
Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve
the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves
the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to each
Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
Section 9.03.
Compliance With Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04.
Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions. Until an amendment, waiver or other
action by Holders becomes effective, a consent thereto by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the
Security that evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation
of the consent, waiver or action is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent, waiver or action as to such Holders Security or portion
of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment,
waiver or action
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becomes effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind
every Securityholder.
Section 9.05.
Notice of Amendments, Notation on or Exchange of Securities. Securities authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 9 may, and
shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities.
Section 9.06.
Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment contained therein does not affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need
not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such supplemental indenture the Trustee shall
receive, and (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture.
Section 9.07.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
ARTICLE 10
Conversions
Section 10.01
Conversion Privilege. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article
10, a Holder of a Security shall have the right, at such Holders option, to convert all or any
portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
of such Security prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding
Stated Maturity into cash and shares of Common Stock, if applicable, based on the Applicable
Conversion Rate only as follows:
(1) during any fiscal quarter of the Company (a Fiscal Quarter) commencing
after September 30, 2007 (and only during such Fiscal Quarter), if the Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock for each of at least 20 Trading Days during the period of
30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately
preceding Fiscal Quarter is more than 130% of the Applicable Conversion Price in
effect on such last Trading Day;
(2) during the five Business Days immediately following any five consecutive
Trading Day period (the Measurement Period) in which the Trading Price per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities (as
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determined following a request by a Holder of the Securities in accordance
with the procedures described below) for each day of such Measurement Period was
less than 97% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the
Applicable Conversion Rate on each such day. The shall have no obligation to
determine the Trading Price of the Securities unless requested to do so in writing
by a Holder of the Security. Upon making any such request, any such requesting
Holder shall provide reasonable evidence that (A) such requesting Holder is a
Holder of the Security as of the date of such notice, and (B) the Trading Price per
$1,000 principal amount of Securities would be less than 97% of the product of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate on that
day. At such time, the Company shall determine the Trading Price of the Securities
beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the
Trading Price per $1,000 original principal amount of the Securities is greater
than or equal to 97% of the product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
and the Applicable Conversion Rate;
(3) any time on or after December 15, 2011 and prior to the close of business
on the third Business Day immediately preceding Stated Maturity;
(4) as provided in clause (b) of this Section 10.01.
The Company or, if applicable, the Conversion Agent (in the case of a conversion pursuant to
clause (1) above) shall determine on a daily basis during the time periods specified in Section
10.01(a)(1) or, following a request by a Holder of Securities in accordance with the procedures
specified in Section 10.01(a)(2), whether the Securities shall be convertible as a result of the
occurrence of an event specified in such Sections and, if the Securities shall be so convertible,
the Company or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall promptly deliver to the Conversion Agent,
the Trustee or the Company, as applicable, written notice thereof. Whenever the Securities shall
become convertible pursuant to this Section 10.01 (as determined in accordance with this Section
10.01), the Company or, at the Companys request, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall promptly notify the Holders of the event triggering such convertibility in the
manner provided in Section 12.02, or the Company shall (i) promptly disseminate a press release and
use its reasonable efforts to post the information on its website or otherwise publicly disclose
the information or (ii) provide notice to the Holders in a manner contemplated by this Indenture,
including through the facilities of DTC. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to
have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
(b) In the event that:
(1) (A) the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common
Stock any rights or warrants entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring
within 60 days after the date of such distribution, Common
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Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock
for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the public announcement date for such distribution; or (B) the Company distributes
to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock cash, debt securities, rights
or warrants to purchase the Companys securities, or other assets (excluding
dividends or distributions described in Section 10.04(a)), which distribution has a
per share value as determined by the Board of Directors exceeding 15% of the
average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive
Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public
announcement date of such distribution, then, in either case, the Securities may be
surrendered for conversion at any time on and after the date that the Company gives
notice to the Holders of such distribution, which shall be not less than 30
calendar days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution, until the
earlier of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution or the date on which the Company announces
that such distribution shall not take place, even if the Securities are not
otherwise convertible at such time; provided that no Holder of a Security shall
have the right to convert its Securities if the Holder is entitled to participate
in such distribution (based on the Applicable Conversion Rate) without conversion;
or
(2) a Fundamental Change occurs (regardless of whether Holders have a right to
require the Company to repurchase the Securities upon such Fundamental Change as
set forth in Article 3), then the Securities may be surrendered for conversion at
any time from and after the date that is 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated
effective date of such transaction until and including the date that is 30 calendar
days after the actual effective date of such transaction (or, if such transaction
also constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to which Holders have a right to
require the Company to repurchase the Securities pursuant to Section 3.02, until
the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date). The Company shall notify Holders and the
Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date that it publicly announces
the Fundamental Change transaction giving rise to the above conversion right (but
in no event less than 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date of
such transaction).
(3) If a Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (1) or (3) of the definition
thereof occurs prior to Stated Maturity and a Holder elects to convert its
Securities in connection with such Fundamental Change (regardless of whether such
Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase its Securities as set
forth in Article 3), the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be increased to effect
the delivery of an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the Additional
Shares) as described below; provided that if the Stock Price paid in connection
with
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such Fundamental Change is less than $51.97 or greater than $170.00 (subject
in each case to adjustment as described below), no Additional Shares shall be added
to the Applicable Conversion Rate. A conversion of the Securities will be deemed
for these purposes to be in connection with a Fundamental Change if the
Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent from and including the date
that is 30 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date of the Fundamental
Change to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
The number of Additional Shares to be added to the Applicable Conversion Rate as described in
the immediately preceding paragraph shall be determined by reference to the table attached as
Schedule I hereto, based on the effective date of such Fundamental Change transaction and the Stock
Price paid in connection with such transaction; provided that if the Stock Price is between two
Stock Price amounts in the table or such effective date is between two effective dates in the
table, the number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between
the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts and the two
dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. The effective date with respect to a Fundamental
Change transaction means the date that a Fundamental Change becomes effective.
The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table in Schedule I hereto shall be
adjusted as of any date on which the Applicable Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted
pursuant to Section 10.04. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Applicable Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price
adjustment and the denominator of which is the Applicable Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The
number of Additional Shares shall be adjusted in the same manner as the Applicable Conversion Rate
as set forth in Section 10.04.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the total number of shares issuable upon
conversion of Securities exceed 19.2418 per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, in each case,
subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Applicable Conversion Rate as set forth in Section
10.04 and subject to Section 10.05.
Section 10.02
Conversion Procedure; Applicable Conversion Rate; Fractional Shares. (a) Subject to the
Companys rights under Section 10.01 and Section 10.03, each Security shall be convertible at the
office of the Conversion Agent into a combination of cash and fully paid and nonassessable shares
(calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share) of Common Stock, if any, at a rate (the
Applicable Conversion Rate) equal to, initially, 15.3935 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000
principal amount of Securities. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in certain
instances as provided in Section 10.04 hereof, but shall not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid
Interest or Additional Amounts, if any. Upon conversion, no payment shall be made by the Company
with respect to any accrued and unpaid Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any, unless, as
described below, such conversion occurs between an Interest Record Date and the
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Interest Payment Date to which such Interest Record Date relates, in which case the Holders of
the Securities on the Interest Record Date shall receive accrued and unpaid interest, including
Additional Amounts, if any, payable on the Securities on the applicable Interest Payment Date.
Instead, such amount shall be deemed paid by the applicable Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares,
as applicable, delivered upon conversion of any Security. In addition, no payment shall be made in
respect of dividends on the Common Stock with a record date prior to the Conversion Date. The
Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock in connection with any conversion
of Securities, but instead shall, subject to Section 10.03 hereof, make a cash payment (calculated
to the nearest cent) equal to such fraction multiplied by the Daily VWAP on the final Trading Day
of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period or, if the Company has made a valid Physical Settlement
Election, on the third Scheduled Trading Day before the Conversion Settlement Date.
(b) At any time before December 15, 2011, the Company may irrevocably make a Physical
Settlement Election as set forth in Section 10.03(b).
(c) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert the same, such Holder shall
(1) in the case of Global Securities, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at
that time for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security, and in the case of
Certificated Securities, surrender such Securities, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, at
the office of the Conversion Agent, and (2) give written notice to the Company in the form on the
reverse of such Certificated Security (the Conversion Notice) at said office or place that such
Holder elects to convert the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of
Securities to be converted (which shall be equal to or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal
amount) and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or
certificates for Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount, if any, or Settlement Shares, as
applicable, to be registered.
Before any such conversion, a Holder also shall pay all taxes or duties, if any, as provided
in Section 10.07 and any amount payable pursuant to Section 10.02(h).
If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder,
the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, that shall be deliverable upon conversion shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions
thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.
(d) A Security shall be deemed to have been converted immediately before the close of business
on the date (the Conversion Date) that the Holder has complied with Section 10.02(c).
(e) The Company shall, on the Conversion Settlement Date, to the extent applicable as set
forth in Section 10.03, (i) pay the cash component (including cash in lieu of any fraction of a
share to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled) of the Conversion Obligation determined
pursuant to Section 10.03 to the Holder of a Security surrendered for conversion, or such Holders
nominee or nominees, and (ii) issue, or
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cause to be issued, and deliver to the Conversion Agent or to such Holder, or such Holders
nominee or nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock, if any, to which
such Holder shall be entitled as part of such Conversion Obligation. The Company shall not be
required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock while the stock transfer books for such
stock or the security register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares of
Common Stock shall be issued and delivered as soon as practicable after the opening of such books
or security register, and the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock as part of the
applicable Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares, as applicable, upon such conversion shall be
treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock, as of the close of
business on the applicable Conversion Settlement Date.
(f) In case any Security shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder
of the Security so surrendered, without charge to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section
10.07 hereof), a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Securities.
(g) By delivering the combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, together with a
cash payment in lieu of any fractional shares to the Conversion Agent or to the Holder or such
Holders nominee or nominees, the Company shall have satisfied in full its Conversion Obligation
with respect to such Security, and upon such delivery, accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Security shall be deemed to be paid in full rather
than canceled, extinguished or forfeited, and such amounts shall no longer accrue.
(h) If a Securityholder delivers a Conversion Notice after the Interest Record Date for a
payment of Interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) but prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date, such Securityholder must pay to the Company, at the time such Securityholder
surrenders Securities for conversion, an amount equal to the Interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any), that has accrued and shall be paid on the related Interest Payment Date. The
preceding sentence shall not apply if (1) the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date that is after the close of business on an Interest Record Date but on or prior to the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, (2) to the extent of overdue Interest (and any overdue
Additional Amounts), if any overdue Interest (and any overdue Additional Amounts) exists at the
time of conversion with respect to the Securities converted or (3) if a Holder converts its
Securities on or after December 15, 2011.
Section 10.03
Payment Upon Conversion. (a) In the event that the Company has not made a Physical Settlement
Election as set forth in clause (b) below, upon conversion of Securities, the Company shall satisfy
its obligation to convert the Securities (the Conversion Obligation) by delivering to Holders
surrendering Securities for conversion, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, a
settlement amount (the Settlement Amount) equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for
each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days of the related Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
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(i) The Daily Settlement Amount for each of the 50 consecutive Trading Days of the
related Cash Settlement Averaging Period, shall consist of:
(A) cash equal to the lesser of $20 and the Daily Conversion Value on such
Trading Day; and
(B) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds $20,
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the difference between such Daily
Conversion Value for such Trading Day and $20 (such difference being referred to as
the Daily Excess Amount), divided by (y) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day (or
the consideration into which the Common Stock has been converted as described in
Section 10.06); provided that no fractional shares shall be issued, and in lieu
thereof, the Company shall pay an amount in cash as set forth in Section 10.02
above.
(ii) The Settlement Amount will be delivered on the Conversion Settlement Date.
(b) At any time before December 15, 2011, the Company may irrevocably make a Physical
Settlement Election, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, by valid
delivery of a Physical Settlement Election Notice, to satisfy all Conversion Obligations arising
out of conversions of Securities after the Physical Settlement Election Date. In addition to the
giving of such Physical Settlement Election Notice, the Company shall disseminate a press release
through Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or Bloomberg Business News or another newswire service announcing
such Physical Settlement Election or publish such information in The Wall Street Journal or another
newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or on the Companys website. Upon any
such conversion following a valid Physical Settlement Election, the Company shall, subject to the
provisions of this Article 10, satisfy its Conversion Obligation by delivering to converting
Holders on the Conversion Settlement Date a number of shares of Common Stock (the Settlement
Shares) equal to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be converted divided by $1,000
and multiplied by the Applicable Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date (which will include any
increases to reflect any Additional Shares as described under Section 10.01(b)(3) above); provided
that no fractional shares shall be issued, and in lieu thereof, the Company shall pay an amount in
cash as set forth in Section 10.02 above.
Section
10.04. Adjustment of Applicable Conversion Rate. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted,
without duplication, from time to time by the Company in accordance with this Section 10.04, except
that the Company will not make any adjustment if Holders of Securities are entitled to participate
on the relevant distribution or payment date, as a result of holding the Securities, in the
transactions described in Sections 10.04(b), (c) and (d) below without having to convert their
Securities (based on the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the relevant
Ex-Dividend Date):
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(a) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Securities are
outstanding, issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock,
or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, then the Applicable Conversion Rate
will be adjusted based on the following formula:
where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share
split or share combination, as applicable; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date, or effective date of such share split or combination, as applicable; |
|
OS0 |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable; and |
|
OS |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, but after giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, share split or combination, as applicable. |
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such
dividend or distribution, or the effective date for such share split or share combination. If any
dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.04(a) is declared but not so paid
or made, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted, as of the date that is the earlier
of (i) the public announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date
that the dividend or distribution was to be paid, to the Applicable Conversion Rate which would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while any of the Securities are
outstanding, distributes to all, or substantially all, holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants
or options entitling them for a period of not more than 60 calendar days from the date of issuance
of such rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Sales Prices of
Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately
preceding the
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date of announcement of such issuance, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based
on the following formula:
where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
OS0 |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
X |
= |
the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such
rights, warrants or options; and |
|
Y |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the
aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants or options divided by (B)
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading
Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of
the distribution of such rights, warrants or options. |
To the extent such rights, warrants or options are not exercised or converted prior to the
expiration of the exercisability or convertability thereof, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted, as of such expiration date, to the Applicable Conversion Rate which would then be in
effect had the adjustments made upon the distribution of such rights, warrants or options been made
on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In
the event that such rights, warrants or options are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Applicable Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such
rights, warrants or options had not been distributed. In determining whether any rights, warrants
or options entitle the Holders to subscribe for or purchase, or exercise a conversion right for,
shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the
10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of
announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price
payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration
received for such rights, warrants or options and the value of such consideration, if other than
cash, shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
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(c) If the Company, at any time or from time to time while the Securities are outstanding,
distributes shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company, evidences of indebtedness or other
assets or property of the Company to all, or substantially all, holders of its Common Stock,
excluding:
(i) dividends or distributions referred to in Section 10.04(a);
(ii) rights, warrants or options referred to in Section 10.04(b);
(iii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and
(iv) Spin-Offs (as defined below) to which the provisions set forth below in this
Section 10.04(c) shall apply;
then the Applicable Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after such
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
SP0 |
= |
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and |
|
FMV |
= |
the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or
property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the
earlier of the Record Date or the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution to holders of Common Stock
of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a
Subsidiary or other business unit (a Spin-Off), the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect
immediately before the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following and
including the effective date of the Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th Trading Day
immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the 10th Trading
Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off; |
|
FMV0 |
= |
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar
equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of
Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including,
the effective date of the Spin-Off; and |
|
MP0 |
= |
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the first 10
consecutive Trading Day period after the effective date of the Spin-Off. |
An adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph will occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the
effective date of the Spin-Off; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading
Days following the effective date of any Spin-Off, references within this Section 10.04(c) to 10
Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed
between the effective date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Applicable
Conversion Rate.
If any dividend or distribution described in this Section 10.04(c) is declared but not paid or
made, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, as of the date that is the earlier of (i)
the public announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date that
the dividend or distribution was to have been paid, in which case, the Applicable Conversion Rate
will be the Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared.
For the purposes of this Section 10.04(c), rights, warrants or options distributed by the
Company to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the
Companys capital stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, warrants
or options until the occurrence of a specified event or events (a Trigger Event): (1) are deemed
to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (2) are not exercisable; and (3) are also
issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed
for purposes of this Section 10.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section
10.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon
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such rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate
adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 10.04(c).
If any such right, warrant or option, including any such existing rights, warrants or options
distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, is subject to events, upon the occurrence of which
such rights, warrants or options become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be
deemed to be the date of distribution and record date with respect to new rights, warrants or
options with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights, warrants or
options without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any
distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, warrants or options or any Trigger Event or other
event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for
purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Applicable Conversion
Rate under this Section 10.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, warrants or options
which shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any Holders thereof, the
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final purchase to give effect to such
distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to
the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with respect to
such rights, warrants or options (assuming such holder had retained such rights, warrants or
options), made to all applicable holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or
purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, warrants or options which shall have expired or been
terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be
readjusted as if such rights, warrants or options had not been issued.
(d) If any cash dividend or other distribution is made to all, or substantially all, holders
of Common Stock, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately on or after the
Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
|
SP0 |
= |
the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the earlier of the Record Date and the day immediately preceding
the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and |
|
C |
= |
the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common
Stock. |
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An adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate made pursuant to this Section 10.04(d) shall
become effective on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or
distribution described in this Section 10.04(d) is declared but not so paid or made, the new
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, as of the date that is the earlier of (i) the public
announcement of the non-payment of the dividend or distribution and (ii) the date that the dividend
or distribution was to be paid, to the Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if
such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(e) If the Company or any Subsidiary makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange
offer for Common Stock, where the cash and value (which will be, except for the value of traded
securities, determined by the Board of Directors) of any other consideration included in the
payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day
next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as of immediately after the 10th
Trading Day immediately following, and including, the date the tender or exchange offer expires
based on the following formula:
where
CR0 |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th day immediately
following, and including, the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
|
CR |
= |
the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the 10th Trading
Day immediately following, and including, the date such tender or exchange offer
expires; |
|
AC |
= |
the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined
by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in
such tender or exchange offer; |
|
OS0 |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires; |
|
OS |
= |
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day
immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect
to the purchase or exchange of shares pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and |
|
SP |
= |
the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10
consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading |
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Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.
The adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate under this Section 10.04(e) shall occur on
the 10th Trading Day from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or
exchange offer expires; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days
immediately following, and including, the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer,
references within this Section 10.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such
lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or
exchange offer and the Conversion Date in determining the Applicable Conversion Rate.
If the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer,
but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all
such purchases are rescinded, the Applicable Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the
Applicable Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange had not been
made.
(f) No adjustment to the Applicable Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment
would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Applicable Conversion Rate. If the
adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Applicable Conversion Rate by at
least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in
any future adjustments. In addition, the Company will make any carry forward adjustments not
otherwise effected upon required purchases of the Securities in connection with a Fundamental
Change, upon any conversion of the Securities, on every one year anniversary from the original
issue date and on the Record Date immediately prior to Stated Maturity of the Securities.
Adjustments to the Applicable Conversion Rate will be rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth, with
five one-hundred-thousandths rounded upward (e.g., 0.76545 would be rounded up to 0.7655).
(g) The Company from time to time may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, increase the
Applicable Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 days if the Board of Directors
shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company,
which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Applicable Conversion Rate is increased
pursuant to this Section 10.04(g) or Section 10.04(h) below, the Company shall mail to Holders of
record of the Securities a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased
Applicable Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Applicable
Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
(h) The Company may (but is not required to) make such increases in the Applicable Conversion
Rate, in addition to any adjustments required by Section 10.04(a), Section 10.04(b), Section
10.04(c), Section 10.04(d), Section 10.04(e) or Section 10.04(g), as the Board of Directors
considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish income tax to Holders resulting from any dividend or
distribution of Capital Stock issuable on
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conversion of the Securities (or rights to acquire shares) or from any event treated as such
for income tax purposes.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, all calculations under this Article 10
shall be made by the Company. No adjustment shall be made for the Companys issuance of Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or rights to
purchase Common Stock or convertible or exchangeable securities, other than as provided in this
Section 10.04. The Company shall make such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error,
such calculations shall be binding on the Holders.
(j) Whenever the Applicable Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall
promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent an Officers Certificate setting forth the
Applicable Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
received such Officers Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
adjustment of the Applicable Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last
Applicable Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery
of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Applicable Conversion Rate, a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall
mail such notice of such adjustment of the Applicable Conversion Rate to each Securityholder at
such Holders last address appearing on the list of Securityholders provided for in Section 2.05,
within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the
legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(k) For purposes of this Section 10.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company
does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury
of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of fractions of shares of Common Stock.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 10, no adjustment to the
Applicable Conversion Rate shall be made:
(i) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future
plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys
securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock
under any plan;
(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase
those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit
plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary;
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(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant,
right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in (ii) above and
outstanding as of the date the Securities were first issued;
(iv) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock;
(v) for accrued and unpaid Interest, including Additional Amounts, if any; or
(vi) for the avoidance of doubt, for the issuance of Common Stock by the Company
(other than to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock) or the payment of cash by
the Company upon conversion or repurchase of Securities.
Section 10.05
Conversion Limitation. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture,
upon conversion of any of the Securities, in no event shall the Company issue a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to or in excess of the Notes Share Cap with respect to each $1,000 principal
amount of such Securities, unless (i) the Company shall have obtained the approval of its
stockholders for the issuance of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock on the date of
original issuance of the Securities in accordance with the NASDAQ rules or (ii) the Company shall
have irrevocably made a valid Physical Settlement Election as set forth in Section 10.03(b). The
Company shall deliver cash and shares of Common Stock constituting the Settlement Amount for the
Securities being converted in accordance with Section 10.03(a), except that the Company shall not
issue, and the Settlement Amount will not include, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
converted shares of Common Stock equal to or in excess of the Notes Share Cap, unless clause (i) or
(ii) of the preceding sentence applies.
(b) The Company shall not take any action (other than with respect to share dividends or
distributions, in either case, made in shares of Common Stock, share splits or share combinations
pursuant to Section 10.04(a)) that would result in an adjustment in the Applicable Conversion Rate
pursuant to Section 10.04 without complying with the NASDAQs stockholder approval rules, to the
extent applicable, if such adjustment would result in the number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable per $1,000 principal amount of Securities being equal to or greater than the Notes
Share Cap.
(c) The restrictions contained in this Section 10.05 shall apply at any time when the
Securities are outstanding, regardless of whether the Company then has a class of securities listed
on the NASDAQ.
Section 10.06
Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. (bb) If any of the following
events occur, namely (i) any reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than
a subdivision or combination to which Section 10.04(c) applies or a change in par value) as a
result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other
property (such property, the Exchange Property) with respect to or in exchange for such Common
Stock, (ii) any
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consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or combination of the Company with another
person as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive Exchange Property
with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, or (iii) any sale or conveyance of all or
substantially all the properties and assets of the Company to any other person as a result of which
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive Exchange Property with respect to or in
exchange for such Common Stock, then the Company or the successor or purchasing person, as the case
may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the Trust
Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture) providing for
the conversion and settlement of the Securities as set forth in this Indenture. 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 10. If, in the case of any such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, combination, sale or conveyance, the
Exchange Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock or
other securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, in such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange,
combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such
other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason
of the foregoing.
(b) The Conversion Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Securities
converted following the effective date of any such transaction, shall be calculated (as provided in
clause (c) below) based on the Exchange Property. In the event holders of the Common Stock have
the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Company
shall make adequate provision whereby the Holders of the Securities shall have a reasonable
opportunity to determine the form of consideration, consistent with the election rights and
restrictions applicable to holders of Common Stock, into which all of the Securities, treated as a
single class, shall be convertible from and after the effective date of such transaction. Such
determination shall be made pursuant to Section 1.05 and shall be subject to any limitations to
which all of the holders of the Common Stock are subject, such as pro-rata reductions applicable to
any portion of the consideration payable in such event and shall be conducted in such a manner as
to be completed by the date which is the earliest of (a) the deadline for elections to be made by
holders of the Common Stock in connection with such transaction, and (b) two Trading Days prior to
the anticipated effective date of such event. The Company shall provide notice of the opportunity
to determine the form of such consideration, as well as notice of the determination made by Holders
of the Securities by issuing a press release and providing a copy of such notice to the Trustee.
The Company shall not become a party to any such transaction unless its terms are consistent with
the preceding.
(c) The Conversion Obligation in respect of any Securities converted following the effective
date of any such transaction shall be computed in the same manner as set forth in Section 10.03(a)
except that (1) if the Securities become convertible into Exchange Property, the Daily VWAP of the
Common Stock shall be
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deemed to equal the sum of (A) 100% of the value of any Exchange Property consisting of cash
received per share of Common Stock and (B) the Daily VWAP of any Exchange Property received per
share of Common Stock consisting of securities that are traded on a U.S. national securities
exchange, and (2) the Fair Market Value of any other Exchange Property received per share, shall be
determined by an independent nationally recognized investment bank selected by the Company for this
purpose. Settlement (in cash and/or shares) shall occur on the Conversion Settlement Date,
provided, that any amount of the Settlement Amount or Settlement Shares, as applicable, to be
delivered in shares of Common Stock shall be paid in Exchange Property rather than shares of Common
Stock. If the Exchange Property includes more than one kind of property, the amount of Exchange
Property of each kind to be delivered shall be in the proportion that the value of the Exchange
Property (as calculated pursuant to Section 10.03) of such kind bears to the value of all such
Exchange Property. If the foregoing calculations would require the Company to deliver a fractional
share or unit of Exchange Property to a Holder of Securities being converted, the Company shall
deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share or unit based on the value of the Exchange Property.
(d) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be
mailed to each Holder of Securities, at its address appearing on the Security register provided for
in Section 2.03 of this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such
notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
(e) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, statutory share exchanges, combinations, sales
and conveyances.
If this Section 10.06 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 10.04 shall not apply to
such event or occurrence.
Section 10.07
Taxes on Shares Issued. The issue of stock certificates on conversions of Securities shall be
made without charge to the converting Holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof, except
for applicable withholding, if any. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or
duty which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of stock in
any name other than that of the Holder or beneficial owner of any Securities converted, and the
Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and until the
person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such
tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or
that none is due.
Section 10.08 Reservation of Shares, Shares to Be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements.
(a) The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock for the conversion of the
Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for conversion.
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(b) Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment increasing the Applicable
Conversion Rate to an amount that would cause the Applicable Conversion Price to be reduced below
the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities, the Company shall take all corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel,
be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at
such adjusted Applicable Conversion Rate.
(c) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion
of Securities shall upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all
taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(d) The Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose
of conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be validly issued upon conversion,
the Company shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, endeavor
to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
Section 10.09 Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine the Applicable
Conversion Rate or whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation 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. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common
Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the
conversion of any Security; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations
with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any
failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock
certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Security for the
purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the
Company contained in this Article 10. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither
the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness
of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 10.06
relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash)
receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Securities after any event referred to in such
Section 10.06 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, 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.
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ARTICLE 11
Guarantee
Section
11.01 Guarantee by the Guarantor. (a) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and
its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity,
by acceleration, by repurchase or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under this Indenture
(including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of,
Interest or Additional Amounts on, and any cash payment due on conversion of, in respect of the
Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other
monetary obligations of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under
this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the
Guaranteed Obligations). The Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be
extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Guarantor, and
that the Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or
renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
A Guarantee by the Guarantor shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor by the
manual or facsimile signature of its President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by
number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title Vice President), its
Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. A Guarantee bearing the manual signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
execution and delivery of the Guarantee or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantee.
(b) The Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. The Guarantor
waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other
Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension
or renewal of any thereof; or (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement.
(c) The Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of
the Company first be used and depleted as payment of the Companys or the Guarantors obligations
hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by the Guarantor hereunder. The
Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Company be sued
prior to an action being initiated against the Guarantor. The Guarantor further agrees that
guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a
guarantee of collection).
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(d) Except as expressly set forth in Section 11.02, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason,
including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason
of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor herein shall not
be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any
other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay,
willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or
omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent
vary the risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a
matter of law or equity.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Guarantor agrees that its guarantee shall remain
in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor
further agrees that such guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or Interest on any Guaranteed
Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise. Upon the payment in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations when due at maturity, upon repurchase or otherwise, except as described
above, the Guarantor shall cease to be a guarantor hereunder.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder
or the Trustee has at law or in equity against the Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
the Company to pay the principal of or Interest or Additional Amounts on any Guaranteed Obligation
when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by repurchase or
otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, the Guarantor hereby
promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal
amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid Interest or Additional Amounts on
such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other
monetary obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.
(g) The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation
to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of
all Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and
the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of the guarantee
provided in this Article 11, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing
such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event
of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in
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Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 11.01.
(h) Upon request of the Trustee, the Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section
11.02 Limitation on Liability. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by
the Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering
this Indenture, as it relates to the Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Section
11.03 Successors and Assigns. This Article 11 shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee
and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the
Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject
to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
Section
11.04 No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in
exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right,
power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein
expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits
which either may have under this Article 11 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Section
11.05 Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 11, nor
the consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or
demand on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Guarantor to any other or further notice or
demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
Section
11.06 Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse the Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair
the validity thereof.
Section
11.07 Guarantor that May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The Company shall not permit the
Guarantor to, and the Guarantor shall not, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person (other
than the Company), and each shall not effect or permit the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor unless:
(a) The resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be a corporation, limited partnership
or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the
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United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person (if
not the Guarantor) will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(b) Immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture,
if any, complies with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section
11.08 Release of Guarantee. The guarantee of the Guarantor under this Article 11 may be released by
the Company, and any Person acquiring assets (including by way of merger or consolidation) or
Capital Stock of the Guarantor shall not be required to assume the obligations of the Guarantor
under this Article 11:
(a) In connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary;
(b) In connection with any sale of all of the Capital Stock of the Guarantor to a Person that
is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) a Subsidiary; and
(c) When there are no longer any Securities outstanding.
ARTICLE 12
Miscellaneous
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12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the
required provision shall control.
Section
12.02 Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication by the
Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in
person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by
facsimile transmission to the following facsimile numbers:
if to the Company or the Guarantor:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (609) 275-1082
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attn: David K. Boston
Facsimile: (212) 728-9625
if to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
213 Court Street, Suite 703
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Attn: Corporate Trust Services
Facsimile: (860) 704-6219
The Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee by notice given to the others in the manner provided
above may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Securityholder shall be delivered to the
Securityholder, in accordance with the procedures of the Registrar or by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, at the Securityholders address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar
and shall be sufficiently given 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 received by the addressee;
provided, however, that no notice to the Trustee shall be deemed to be duly given unless and until
the Trustee actually receives same at the address given above.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to
the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
Section
12.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA
Section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and
anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section
12.04 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 (other than to authenticate the
Securities under Section 2.02), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each Officers Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 12.04 with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition
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Section 12.06 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.07 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar, the Conversion
Agent and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 12.08 Legal Holidays. A legal holiday is any day other than a Business Day. If any specified
date (including a date for giving notice) is a legal holiday, the action shall be taken on the next
succeeding day that is not a legal holiday, and, if the action to be taken on such date is a
payment in respect of the Securities, no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
intervening period.
Section 12.09 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF THAT
WOULD INDICATE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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Section 12.10
No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company or the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the
Guarantor under the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture, as applicable, or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release
shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 12.11
Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its
successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 12.12
Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy
is enough to prove this Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Indenture on
behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT
FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A)
TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
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TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede &
Co. or registered assigns, the principal amount of One Hundred Sixty-Five Million Dollars on June
1, 2012.
Interest Rate: 2.375% per year.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date: May 15 and November 15 of each year.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
side of this Security, which further provisions shall 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.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
By
Authorized Officer
Dated:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
(the Securities) of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including
any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, the Company), issued under
an Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2007 (the Indenture), among the Company, Integra LifeSciences
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the
Trustee). The terms of the Security include those stated in the Indenture, those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (TIA), and those set
forth in this Security. This Security is subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to
the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the
Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest.
The Securities shall bear Interest on the principal amount thereof at a rate of 2.375% per
year. The Company shall also pay Additional Amounts, if any, as set forth in the Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to Holders at
the close of business on the preceding Interest Record Date. Interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30 day months and will accrue from June 11, 2007 or
from the most recent date to which Interest has been paid or duly provided for.
The Company shall pay Interest to the Securityholder of record on the Interest Record Date,
except that if a Securityholder elects to require the Company to repurchase Securities on a date
that is after an Interest Record Date but on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date,
the Company shall pay accrued and unpaid Interest on the Securities being repurchased to, but not
including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date to the Securityholder of record on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
If the principal amount of any Security, or any accrued and unpaid Interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, are not paid when due (whether upon acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 of the
Indenture, upon the date set for payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price pursuant to
Section 4 hereof, upon the Stated Maturity of the Securities, upon the Interest Payment Dates or
upon the Additional Amounts Payment Dates (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)), then
in each such case the overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by law, bear cash interest at
the rate of
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2.375% per annum, compounded semi-annually, which interest shall accrue from the date such
overdue amount was originally due to the date payment of such amount, including interest thereon,
has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable in cash on demand but if
not so demanded shall be paid quarterly to the Holders on the last day of each quarter.
2. Method of Payment.
Except as provided below, the Company shall pay Interest, including Additional Amounts, if
any, on (i) Global Securities, to DTC in immediately available funds, (ii) any Certificated
Security having an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holder
of such Security and (iii) any Certificated Security having an aggregate principal amount of more
than $2,000,000, by wire transfer in immediately available funds if requested by the Holder of any
such Security as least five business days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
At Stated Maturity, the Company shall pay Interest on Certificated Securities at the Companys
office or agency maintained for that purpose, which initially shall be the office or agency of the
Trustee located at 213 Court Street, Suite 703, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall make payments in cash
in respect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Prices and at Stated Maturity to Holders who surrender
Securities to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Securities. The Company
shall pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may make such cash payments by check
payable in such money.
3. Indenture.
The Securities are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company limited to $165,000,000
aggregate principal amount. The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company,
secured or unsecured.
4. Purchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder.
At the option of any Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the
Company shall become obligated to repurchase the Securities held by such Holder after the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change for a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of those Securities plus accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts, if any, on those Securities up to, but not including, the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date. To exercise such right, a Holder shall deliver to the Paying Agent a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice containing the information set forth in the Indenture at any time on or
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date and shall deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent as set forth in the Indenture.
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Holders have the right to withdraw any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering to
the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
If cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Securities or
portions thereof to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is deposited with the
Paying Agent, prior to or on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall cease to accrue on such Securities (or portions
thereof) on and following such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and the Holder thereof shall
have no other rights as such other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price upon surrender of such Security.
5. Conversion.
Subject to the occurrence of certain events and in compliance with the provisions of the
Indenture (including, without limitation, the conditions to conversion of this Security set forth
in Section 10.01 thereof), a Holder is entitled, at such Holders option, to convert the Holders
Security (or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) at the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion.
The Company shall notify Holders of any event triggering the right to convert the Securities
as specified in the Indenture.
A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security, may be
converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.
The initial Applicable Conversion Rate is 15.3935 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal
amount (equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $64.9625 per share), subject to
adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. The Applicable Conversion Rate shall not
be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any.
Upon conversion, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to accrued and unpaid
Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any. Instead, such amount shall be deemed
paid by the cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, delivered upon conversion of any Security. In
addition, no payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock,
except as set forth in the Indenture.
In addition, following certain corporate transactions as set forth in Section 10.01(b) of the
Indenture that constitute a Fundamental Change, a Holder who elects to convert its Securities in
connection with such corporate transaction shall be entitled to receive Additional Shares of Common
Stock upon conversion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 10.01(b)(3) of the
Indenture.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Security or the Indenture, the total number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Security is subject to the limitation
set forth in Section 10.05 of the Indenture.
To surrender a Security for conversion, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the
Conversion Notice attached hereto (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and
deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent, (2) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent,
(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, (4) if required by
Section 10.02(h) of the Indenture, pay Interest (including Additional Amounts, if any) and (5) pay
any transfer or similar tax, if required.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Security. Instead
of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued upon conversion of such
Security, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
If the Company engages in any reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision
or combination of its outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no
par value, or from no par value to par value) or is party to a consolidation, merger, binding share
exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, and as a result of any such event
the Holders of Common Stock would be entitled to receive Exchange Property for their Common Stock,
upon conversion of the Securities after the effective date of such event, the Conversion Obligation
and the Settlement Amount shall be based on the Applicable Conversion Rate and the Exchange
Property, in each case in accordance with the Indenture. If the transaction also constitutes a
Fundamental Change that would lead to the issuance of Additional Shares as set forth in Section
10.01(b)(3) of the Indenture, if a Holder elects to convert all or a portion of its Securities,
such Holder shall receive Additional Shares upon conversion pursuant to Section 10.01(b)(3) of the
Indenture, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such Section.
6. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.
Initially, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Company
may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar without notice, other than
notice to the Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act
as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar.
7. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000
principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities 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 transfer or exchange any Securities in respect
of which a Fundamental
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Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Security
to be purchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be purchased).
8. Persons Deemed Owners.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the registered Holder of this Security will be
treated as the owner of this Security for all purposes.
9. Unclaimed Money or Securities.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or
securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Securities that remains
unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable abandoned property law. After return to the
Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
10. Amendment; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture, the Securities
and the Guarantee may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) certain Events of Defaults may be
waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the
consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may amend the Indenture,
the Securities or the Guarantee as provided in Section 9.01 of the Indenture.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
As set forth in the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions, if any Event of Default with
respect to Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount of the Securities and any
accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Amounts, if any, on all the
Securities may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
12. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and the Guarantee
and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and
may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.
13. Calculations in Respect of Securities.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Company or its agents shall be responsible
for making all calculations called for under the Securities including, but not
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limited to, determination of the market prices for the Securities and of the Common Stock and
the Additional Amounts, if any, accrued on the Securities. Any calculations made in good faith and
without manifest error shall be final and binding on Holders of the Securities. The Company or its
agents shall be required to deliver to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations and the Trustee
shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent
verification.
14. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a
Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
15. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs
the Trustees Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Security.
16. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder 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 Gift
to Minors Act).
17. Governing Law.
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF.
18. Copy of Indenture.
The Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy
of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be made
to:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
311 Enterprise Drive
Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (609) 275-1082
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19. Registration Rights.
The Holders of the Securities are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement,
dated June 11, 2007, among the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the initial purchasers,
including the right to receive Additional Amounts upon a Registration Default (as defined in such
agreement). The Company shall make payments of Additional Amounts pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement on the Additional Amounts Payment Dates (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), but otherwise in accordance with the provisions set forth herein for the payment of
Interest.
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To assign this Security,
fill in the form below:
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I or we assign and transfer
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the principal amount to be converted (which
must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of
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(Insert assignees soc. sec.
or tax ID no.)
(Print or type assignees
name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
agent
to transfer this Security on
the books of the Company.
The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
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in another persons name fill in the form
below:
(Insert the other persons soc. sec. tax ID
no.)
(Print or type other persons name, address
and zip code) |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES
OF GLOBAL SECURITY
Initial Principal Amount of Global Security: One Hundred Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($165,000,000).
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF FACE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY]
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE ON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION
HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT
FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY ONLY (A)
TO INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION (THE ISSUER) OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE UNDER RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN
RELIANCE ON RULE 144A; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
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ISSUE DATE:
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal amount of , on June 1, 2012.
Interest Rate: 2.375% per year.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2007.
Interest Record Date: May 15 and November 15 of each year.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
side of this Security, which further provisions shall 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.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one
of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATED SECURITY IS IDENTICAL TO
EXHIBIT A]
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EXHIBIT C
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012
Transfer Certificate
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities, the undersigned registered owner of
this Security hereby certifies with respect to $ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the Surrendered
Securities) for registration of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities
issuable upon such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of the
undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a transfer), that such transfer
complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of the Surrendered Securities for the
reason checked below:
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A transfer of the Surrendered Securities is made to the Company or any
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buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act). |
and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the undersigneds knowledge,
such Securities are not being transferred to an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act (an Affiliate).
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(If the registered owner is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person
signing on behalf of such registered owner must be stated.)
Signature Guaranteed
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Name:
Address:
Tax I.D.:
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EXHIBIT D
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
NOTICE OF OCCURRENCE
OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE
[DATE]
To the Holders of the 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
(the Securities) issued by Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the Company) by this written notice hereby
notifies you, pursuant to Section 3.02 of that certain Indenture (the Indenture), dated as of
June 11, 2007, among the Company, Integra LifeSciences Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., that
a Fundamental Change (as such term is and other capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein are defined in the Indenture) as described below has occurred. Included herewith is
the form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by you if you wish to have your
Securities repurchased by the Company.
1. Fundamental Change: [Insert brief description of the Fundamental Change and the date of the
occurrence thereof].
2. Date by which Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must be delivered by you to Paying Agent in
order to have your Securities repurchased:
3. Fundamental Change Repurchase Date:
4. Fundamental Change Repurchase Price:
5. Paying Agent and Conversion Agent: [NAME] [ADDRESS]
6. Applicable Conversion Rate: To the extent described in Item 7 below, each $1,000 principal
amount of the Securities is convertible into [insert number of shares] shares of the Companys
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), subject to adjustment.
7. The Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the
Paying Agent may be converted if they are otherwise convertible pursuant to Article 10 of the
Indenture and the terms of the Securities only if you withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. Subject to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, you may
be entitled to have your Securities converted into cash and shares of the Companys Common Stock,
if any:
(i) during any fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after September 30, 2007 (and
only during such fiscal quarter), if the Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Indenture)
of the Companys Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days during the period of 30
consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading
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Day (as defined in the Indenture) of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter was more
than 130% of the Applicable Conversion Price (as defined in the Indenture) on such last
Trading Day;
(ii) during the five business days immediately following any five consecutive
Trading-Day period in which the Trading Price (as defined in the Indenture) per $1,000
principal amount of the Securities for each day of that period was less than 97% of the
product of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Applicable Conversion Rate
(as defined in the Indenture) of the Securities on each such day;
(iii) on or after December 15, 2011; or
(iv) upon the occurrence of certain specified corporate transactions described in the
Indenture.
8. The Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must be
surrendered by you (by effecting book entry transfer of the Securities or delivering Certificated
Securities, together with necessary endorsements, as the case may be) to [Name of Paying Agent] at
[insert address] in order for you to collect the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
9. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for the Securities as to which you have delivered a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and not withdrawn such Notice shall be paid, subject to
receipt of funds and/or securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of the
Business Day immediately following such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the date you deliver
such Securities to [Name of Paying Agent].
10. In order to have the Company repurchase your Securities, you must deliver the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice, duly completed by you with the information required by such Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice (as specified in Section 3.02 of the Indenture) to the Paying Agent at any
time until 5:00 p.m. (New York City Time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date.
11. In order to withdraw any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice previously delivered by you to
the Paying Agent, you must deliver to the Paying Agent, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, a written notice of
withdrawal specifying (i) the certificate number, if any, of the Securities in respect of which
such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, (ii) the principal amount of the Securities in
respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and (iii) if you are not withdrawing
your Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice for all of your Securities, the principal amount of the
Securities which still remain subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.
12. Unless the Company defaults in making the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
owed to you, Interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on your
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Securities as to which you have delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice shall cease to
accrue on and after the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
13. CUSIP Number: 457985AH2
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
For value received, the undersigned Guarantor (as defined in the Indenture dated as of June
11, 2007 (the Indenture) among Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the Company), the
Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the Trustee), in connection with the issuance of
$165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012
(the Notes); the term Guarantor as used herein shall include any successor person thereto under
the Indenture), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to
each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment
when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by repurchase or otherwise, of all
obligations of the Company under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the
Notes, whether for payment of principal of, Interest on or Additional Amounts, in respect of the
Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Notes and (ii)
the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other monetary obligations
of the Company whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the
Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations ) in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The undersigned Guarantor further agrees that the
Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further
assent from the undersigned Guarantor, and that the undersigned Guarantor shall remain bound under
Article 11 of the Indenture and hereunder notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any
Guaranteed Obligation.
The obligations of the undersigned Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to
this Guarantee and in the Indenture are expressly set forth in the Indenture and reference is
hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions
of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.
All terms used in this Guarantee shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
No stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator, as such, past, present or future,
of the Guarantor shall have any liability under the Guarantee by reason of his or its status as
such stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Notes shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the
manual signature of one of its authorized signatories.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until delivered to the
Trustee.
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This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York,
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.
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SCHEDULE I
The following table sets forth the Stock Prices and the number of Additional Shares per $1,000
principal amount of Securities.
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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. |
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.,
INCORPORATED
$165,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.75% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES
DUE 2010
Registration Rights Agreement
dated June 11, 2007
RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with any successor entity, herein referred
to as the Company), Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives (the Representatives) of the several initial
purchasers (the Initial Purchasers) under the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, among the Company, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation (the Subsidiary Guarantor) and the Representatives (the Purchase
Agreement), relating to the initial placement (the Initial Placement) of the Notes (as defined
below), the Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company $165,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010 (the Notes) to be jointly and
severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by the Subsidiary Guarantor. The Notes will be
convertible, subject to the terms thereof, into cash and fully paid, nonassessable shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, if any, of the Company (the Common Stock), unless the Company
elects to satisfy its entire conversion obligation in shares of Common Stock. The Notes will be
convertible on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Indenture (as defined
herein). To induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Notes, the Company has agreed to provide
the registration rights set forth in this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(g) of the Purchase
Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have their
respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Amounts: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.
Additional Amounts Payment Date: Each June 1 and December 1.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is
in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person. For
purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise;
and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Registration Rights Agreement.
Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date: has the meaning set forth in Section 2(f)(i) hereof.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement: An automatic shelf registration statement within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Business Day: The definition of Business Day in the Indenture.
Closing Date: The date of the first issuance of the Notes.
Commission: Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Company: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Effectiveness Date: As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
Effectiveness Period: As defined in Section 2(a)(iii) hereof.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
Exchange Act: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Free Writing Prospectus: A free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
Holder: A Person who owns, beneficially or otherwise, Transfer Restricted Securities.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2007 among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank , N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), pursuant to which the Notes are
to be issued, as such Indenture is amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Placement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: An issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433
under the Securities Act.
Losses: As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.
Majority of Holders: Holders holding over 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding; provided that, for the purpose of this Agreement, a holder of shares of Common Stock
which constitute Transfer Restricted Securities shall be deemed to hold an aggregate principal
amount of the Notes (in addition to the principal amount of the Notes held by such holder) equal to
the quotient of (x) the number of such shares of Common Stock held by such holder and (y) the
conversion rate in effect at the time of their issuance upon conversion of the Notes as determined
in accordance with the Indenture.
Managing Underwriter: The investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
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Notice and Questionnaire means a written notice executed by a Holder and delivered to the
Company containing substantially the information called for by the Selling Securityholder Notice
and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering Memorandum of the Company relating to the
Notes.
Notice Holder: On any date, any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that has delivered
a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus: As defined in Section 9(a) hereof.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, company, unincorporated organization,
trust, joint venture or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.
Record Holder: With respect to any Additional Amounts Payment Date, each Person who is a
registered holder of the Notes on the 15th day preceding the relevant Additional Amounts
Payment Date.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.
Representatives: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Securities Act: Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 2(c) hereof.
Subsidiary Guarantor: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 4(c) hereof.
Suspension Period: As defined in Section 4(b)(ii) hereof.
TIA: Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, in each case, as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified under the
TIA.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes
until the earliest of:
(i) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion has
been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
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disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or a
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion is
transferred in compliance with Rule 144 (or any other similar provision then in
force) under the Securities Act or transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule
144 under the Securities Act (or any other similar provision then in force);
(iii) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion
ceases to be outstanding (whether as a result of redemption, repurchase and
cancellation, conversion or otherwise); or
(iv) the date on which such share of Common Stock has otherwise been
transferred and a new share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions
under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
Underwriter: Any underwriter of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with an
offering thereof under the Shelf Registration Statement.
WKSI: A well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Underwritten Registration: A registration in which Transfer Restricted Securities of the
Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the singular includes the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular.
2. Shelf Registration.
(a) The Company shall:
(i) no later than 150 days after the Closing Date) (the Shelf Filing
Deadline), cause to be filed a registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (the
Shelf Registration Statement), which Shelf Registration Statement shall be an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then a WKSI and shall
provide for the registration and resales, on a continuous or delayed basis, of
all Transfer Restricted Securities subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
(ii) if the Company is not a WKSI when the shelf registration statement is
filed and therefore did not file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, to
use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement
to become effective under the Securities Act not later than 180 days after the
Closing Date (the Effectiveness Target Date, and the date of such effectiveness
or availability, the Effectiveness Date); and
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(iii) use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Securities
Act and by the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof to the extent necessary to
ensure that (A) it is available for resales by the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities entitled, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to the benefit
of this Agreement and (B) conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder as announced from time to time, for a period (the Effectiveness
Period) equal to the earlier of (1) the 90th calendar day immediately following
the maturity date of the Notes, which period shall be extended by the length of
time of any applicable Suspension Period occurring after such maturity date and
(2) the date on which there are no longer any Notes or Transfer Restricted
Securities remaining outstanding or unsold.
(b) The Company shall mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the Holders a reasonable
number of days prior to the Effectiveness Target Date so that such Holders may return the
completed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company within the time period specified in the
following sentence. Each Holder that becomes a Notice Holder (and provides such
additional information as the Company reasonably may request) on or prior to the date 10
Business Days prior to the Effectiveness Target Date shall be named as a selling
securityholder in the initial Registration Statement made available to Holders under the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) If the Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness
Period (other than because all Transfer Restricted Securities registered thereunder shall
have been resold pursuant thereto or shall have otherwise ceased to be Transfer Restricted
Securities), the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof or file an additional Shelf Registration
Statement (which shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then
a WKSI) covering all of the securities that as of the date of such filing are Transfer
Restricted Securities (a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement). If a Subsequent
Shelf Registration Statement is filed and is not an Automatic Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as is practicable
after such filing or designation and to keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.
(d) The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form
used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities
Act.
(e) The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as of the date thereof, (i) to comply in all
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material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) not
to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the
case of the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(f) Each Holder agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus, it will do
so only in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each Holder
wishing to sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement
and related Prospectus from and after the Effectiveness Date agrees to deliver a Notice
and Questionnaire to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to any intended
distribution of Transfer Restricted Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement.
From and after the Effectiveness Date, the Company shall upon the later of (x) 10 Business
Days after such date (but no earlier than 10 Business Days after effectiveness) or (y) 10
Business Days after the expiration of any Suspension Period in effect when the Notice and
Questionnaire is delivered or put into effect within 10 Business Days of such delivery
date:
(i) if required by applicable law, file with the Commission a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by
applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or
amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
required document so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is
named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such
Prospectus to purchasers of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
applicable law and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement and if such Shelf Registration Statement is not an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such
post-effective amendment to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly
as is practicable, but in any event by the date (the Amendment Effectiveness
Deadline Date) that is 45 days after the date such post-effective amendment is
required by this clause to be filed;
(ii) upon its request provide such Holder copies of the any documents filed
pursuant to Section 2(f)(i); and
(iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Section 2(f)(i);
provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Suspension Period, the Company
shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set
forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Suspension Period in accordance
with Section 4(b). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) the Company
shall not be under any obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling
securityholder in any Registration
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Statement or related Prospectus, (ii) the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date shall be extended
by up to 10 Business Days from the Expiration of a Suspension Period (and the Company shall not
incur any obligation to pay Additional Amounts during such extension) if such Suspension Period
shall be in effect on the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date and (iii) the Company shall not be
under any obligation to file more than one post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration
Statement or supplement the related Prospectus in any 90-day period.
3. Additional Amounts.
(a) If:
(i) the Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be an automatic shelf
registration statement if the Company is eligible to use an automatic shelf
registration at the time of filing) is not filed, or on file, with the Commission
prior to or on the Shelf Filing Deadline;
(ii) the Company is not eligible to use an automatic shelf registration
statement on the Shelf Filing Deadline, and the Shelf Registration Statement has
not become effective, prior to or on the Effectiveness Target Date;
(iii) any post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2(f)(i) has not become effective under the Securities Act on
or prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date;
(iv) except as provided in Section 4(b)(ii) hereof, the Shelf Registration
Statement is filed and has become effective but, during the Effectiveness Period,
shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended
purpose without being succeeded within ten Business Days by a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus or
a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that cures such failure and, in the case of a post-effective
amendment, is itself immediately declared effective; or
(v) Suspension Periods exceed an aggregate of 45 or 60 days, as the case may
be, within any 90-day period or an aggregate of 120 days in any 360-day period;
(each such event referred to in foregoing clauses (i) through (v), a Registration
Default), the Company hereby agrees to pay interest (Additional Amounts) with respect
to the Notes that are convertible into Transfer Restricted Securities from and including
the day following the Registration Default to but excluding the earlier of (1) the day on
which the Registration Default has been cured and (2) the date the Shelf Registration
Statement is no longer required to be kept effective, accruing at a rate:
(A) in respect of the Notes that are convertible into Transfer
Restricted Securities, to each holder of such Notes, (x)
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with respect to the first 90-day period during which a Registration
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.25% per annum
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, and (y) with respect to
the period commencing on the 91st day following the day the Registration
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.50% per annum
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; provided that in no
event shall Additional Amounts accrue at a rate per year exceeding 0.50%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; and
(B) in respect of the Notes that are convertible into Transfer
Restricted Securities submitted for conversion into Common Stock during
the existence of a Registration Default with respect to the Common
Stock, the holder will not be entitled to receive any Additional Amounts
with respect to such Common Stock but will receive from the Company on
the settlement date with respect to such conversion, accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph (A) to the
Conversion Date (as defined in the Indenture); and
(C) in respect of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes,
each holder of such Common Stock will not be entitled to any Additional
Amounts if the Registration Default with respect to such Common Stock
occurs after the holder has converted the Notes into Common Stock.
(b) All accrued Additional Amounts shall be paid in arrears to Record Holders by the
Company on each Additional Amounts Payment Date. Upon the cure of all Registration
Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Security, the accrual of
applicable Additional Amounts will cease.
All obligations of the Company with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, set
forth in this Section 3 that are outstanding with respect to any Note at the time such security
ceases to be outstanding shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such
Note shall have been satisfied in full.
The Additional Amounts set forth above shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for each Registration Default.
4. Registration Procedures.
(a) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply
with all the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof and shall use its reasonable efforts to
effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and
pursuant thereto, shall prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration
Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act,
or otherwise make available for use by the Holders a previously filed Shelf Registration
Statement.
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(b) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required
by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
Company shall:
(i) Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section
4(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section
4(b)(iv)(D), use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of
any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus
contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not
to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during
the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the related
Prospectus or a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any
such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), if
such amendment does not become automatically effective upon filing with the
Commission, use its reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become
effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to
become usable for its intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter.
(ii) Notwithstanding Section 4(b)(i) hereof, the Company may suspend the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (each such period, a
Suspension Period):
(x) if an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or
any document incorporated by reference therein would, in the Companys judgment,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and
(y) if the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of such
event at such time would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its
subsidiaries or that the disclosure of a proposed or pending acquisition,
financing or other material business transaction would be reasonably likely to
impede the Companys ability to consummate such transaction.
Upon the occurrence of any event described in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section
4(b)(ii), the Company shall give notice to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf
Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees
not to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until
such Holders receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in
Section 4(b) hereof. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration
and any Prospectus is suspended (the Suspension Period) shall not exceed 45 days in any
90-day period, provided that, in the event the disclosure relates to a previously
undisclosed proposed or pending acquisition, financing or other material business
transaction,
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the disclosure of which the Company determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to
impede the Companys ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a
Suspension Period from 45 days to 60 days; provided, further, that Suspension Periods
shall not exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any 360-day period. The Company shall not be
required to specify in the written notice to the Holders the nature of the event giving
rise to the Suspension Period. Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of a Transfer
Restricted Security, to hold any communication by the Company in response to a notice of
proposed sale in confidence. No Additional Amounts shall be payable or accrue during any
Suspension Period permitted under this Section 4(b)(i).
(iii) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, post-effective
amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement and reports as may be necessary to
keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period;
cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
and to comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act
in a timely manner; and comply in all material respects with the provisions of
the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable
period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the
sellers thereof set forth or to be set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement
or supplement to the Prospectus.
(iv) Advise the selling Holders and, with respect to clause (C) below, any
Initial Purchaser, that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or
facsimile number and address for notices, promptly and, if requested by such
selling Holders, to confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to
clauses (B) through (D) below shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for
such suspension):
(A) when the Prospectus, any Prospectus supplement, any
post-effective amendment or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been
filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
(B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Shelf
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information
relating thereto,
(C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the
Securities Act or of any notice that would prevent its use, or of the
suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of
the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering
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or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding
for any of the preceding purposes,
(D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event,
during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a material
fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by
reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions
to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, or
(E) when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information
that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement.
(v) If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or any notice that would
prevent its use, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification
of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws,
the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
of such order at the earliest possible time, including, if necessary, by filing
an amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a new Shelf Registration
Statement and using its reasonable efforts to have such amendment or new Shelf
Registration Statement declared effective, and will provide to each Holder who is
named in the Shelf Registration Statement prompt notice of the withdrawal of any
such order or of the filing or effectiveness of any such amendment or new
registration statement.
(vi) Make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more
representatives of the selling Holders, designated in writing by a Majority of
Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are included in the Shelf
Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by such selling
Holders and any Initial Purchaser, for so long as they shall hold any Notes in
connection with the Initial Placement, or underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act,
and cause the Company and its subsidiaries officers, directors, managers and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
representative or representatives of the selling Holders, attorney or accountant
in connection therewith, in each case as customary for comparable due diligence
examinations; provided, however, that Company shall not have any obligation to
deliver information to any
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selling Holder or representative pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iv) unless
such selling Holder or representative shall have executed and delivered a
confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company relating
to such information.
(vii) If requested by any selling Holders, promptly incorporate in the Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective
amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders may reasonably
request to have included therein relating to the Plan of Distribution of the
Transfer Restricted Securities.
(viii) Deliver to each selling Holder, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as such Persons
reasonably may request; subject to Section 4(b)(ii) and subject to any notice by
the Company in accordance with this Section 4(b) of the existence of any fact or
event of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (E), the Company
hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, by each of the selling Holders
in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(ix) Before any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate
with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration
and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the selling Holders
may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register or qualify as a
foreign corporation or a dealer of securities where it is not now so qualified or
to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (B) to subject itself to general
or unlimited service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction if they
are not now so subject.
(x) Unless any Transfer Restricted Securities shall be in book-entry form
only, cooperate with the selling Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold
and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities
laws); and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as the Holders may request at least two Business
Days before any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities.
(xi) Subject to Section 4(b)(ii) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated
by Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (D) hereof shall exist or
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have occurred, use its reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, related Prospectus
(including by means of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), relevant Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or to file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
Transfer Restricted Securities, none of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Prospectus and any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in the light of the
circumstances in which they are made) not misleading.
(xii) Provide CUSIP numbers for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later
than the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and provide the
Trustee under the Indenture with certificates for the Notes that are in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(xiii) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD
and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that
is required to be undertaken in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NASD.
(xiv) Otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission and all reporting requirements under the
rules and regulations of the Exchange Act.
(xv) Make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act after the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and in any event no later than
45 days after the end of the 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a
fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which
statements shall be so made generally available to such securityholders as
follows: with respect to an earnings statement which will be contained in one
report on Form 10-K (or any other form as may then be available for such
purpose), such earnings statement shall be made so generally available no later
than the due date by which the Company is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act
(subject to any applicable extensions under Rule 12b-25 thereunder), to file such
report with the Commission; and (ii) with respect to an earnings statement which
will be contained in any combination of reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any
other form(s) as may then be available for such purpose), such earnings statement
shall be made so generally available no later than the due date by which the
Company is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act (subject to any applicable
extensions under Rule 12b-25 thereunder), to file the last of such reports which
together constitute such earnings statement.
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(xvi) Cause all Common Stock covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to
be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(xvii) Provide to each Holder upon written request each report filed with the Commission
pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective
date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such document is available through the
Commissions EDGAR system.
(xviii) Subject to Section 8, in connection with any underwritten offering
conducted pursuant to Section 8 hereof:
(A) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities
registered thereunder and the underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are
customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings
and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the
Purchase Agreement;
(B) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which
counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters) addressed to each selling Holder and
the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in
opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;
(C) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of
any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder
and the underwriters (to the extent consistent with Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and
(D) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested
by the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, including those to
evidence compliance with Section 4(b)(iii) hereof and with any customary
conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement or other agreement entered into
by the Company.
(E) if the Company is not then a WKSI, the Company shall, if requested,
include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to
the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the Managing Underwriters
reasonably request should be included therein in order to comply with the
Securities Act and the rules
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and regulations thereunder and to ensure that such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and to which
the Company does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of
such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably
practicable after they are notified of the matters to be included or
incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
The actions set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this Section 4(b)(xvii) shall be
performed at each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required
thereunder.
(xix) Use its reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect
the registration of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement.
(xx) Enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an
underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions
in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the
Transfer Restricted Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions
and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(xxi) To the extent requested by selling Holders, cooperate with the selling Holders to
facilitate the timely delivery of Transfer Restricted Securities in book-entry only form able to be
transferred freely, subject to the delivery of the Prospectus;
(c) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon
receipt of any notice (a Suspension Notice) from the Company of the existence of any
fact of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (D) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and use of the Prospectus and any related Free Writing Prospectuses
until:
(i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus or applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section
4(b)(xii) hereof; or
(ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the
Prospectus and any applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may be resumed, and
has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, unless such filings are made
pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act and
such filings are available through the Commissions EDGAR system.
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If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense)
all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that was
current at the time of receipt of such Suspension Notice.
(d) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security, that no
Holder shall be entitled to sell any of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement, or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such
Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as required pursuant to
Section 2(b) or Section 2(f) hereof (including the information required to be included in
such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in the next sentence. The
Company may require each Notice Holder of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and
the distribution of such Common Stock as the Company may from time to time reasonably
require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly
to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder not misleading and
any other information regarding such Notice Holder and the distribution of such Transfer
Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Notes of any Holder
that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. Any sale of any Transfer Restricted Securities by any Holder
shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Holder that the information
relating to such Holder and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus
delivered by such Holder in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does
not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating
to or provided by such Holder to its plan of distribution and that such Prospectus does
not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by
such Holder or its plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such
Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.
5. Registration Expenses.
All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with this
Agreement shall be borne by the Company regardless of whether a Shelf Registration
Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:
(a) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the
NASD);
(b) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws;
(c) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses, Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses and certificates for the Common Stock to be issued
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upon conversion of the Notes) and the Companys expenses for messenger and delivery
services and telephone;
(d) all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company;
(e) all application and filing fees in connection with listing (or authorizing for
quotation) the Common Stock on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
(f) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the
Company.
The Company shall bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal, accounting or other duties), the expenses
of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by
the Company. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten
offering as set forth in Section 8(c) hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
responsible for the payment of any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to any
Transfer Restricted Securities sold by or on behalf of any Holder or any fees or expenses of
counsel to any such Holders.
6. Indemnification And Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (including each Initial
Purchaser), its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls any Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an
Indemnified Holder), against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred,
or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities)
(collectively, Losses), to which such Indemnified Holder may become subject, insofar as
any such Loss arises out of or is based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Shelf Registration Statement as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; or
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
and to reimburse each Indemnified Holder for any and all expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel, as such expenses are reasonably incurred by
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such Indemnified Holder in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such Loss; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any Loss to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out
of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder (or its related Indemnified Holder) expressly for
use therein. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 6(a) shall be in addition
to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as
provided in Section 6(e) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Transfer
Restricted Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors,
officers, employees or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on
substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and
the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder,
enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section
4(b)(xx) hereof.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (i) to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with
reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the
foregoing indemnity and (ii) against any Loss, joint or several, including, but not
limited to, any Loss relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities, to which
such person may become subject, insofar as any such Loss arises out of, or is based upon
any Free Writing Prospectus used by such Holder without the prior consent of the Issuer,
and in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters, provided that the
indemnification obligation in this clause (ii) shall be several, not joint and several,
among the Holders who used such Free Writing Prospectus. This indemnity agreement set
forth in this Section shall be in addition to any liabilities which any such Holder may
otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks
or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with any other
indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified
party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
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from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory
to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include
both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
reasonably concluded that a conflict is reasonably likely to arise between the positions
of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such
action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying
party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the reasonable expenses of more than one
separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved by the indemnifying
party, representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel
shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) The indemnifying party under this Section 6 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be
withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment
for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
against any Loss by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party
to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by
Section 6(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement
is entered into more than (x) 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (y) 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the material
terms of such settlement and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as
to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
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(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to
or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Loss
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any Loss referred
to therein:
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand,
from the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, on the one
hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by such Holder of the Transfer
Restricted Securities, on the other hand, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by Section (6)(e)(i) above is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in Section 6(e)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions
that resulted in such Loss, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the
other hand, in connection with such offering and such sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under the
Purchase Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total
proceeds received by the Holders with respect to their sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the
other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or
the Holders, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company
and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 6(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(e).
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Loss referred to above shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(c), any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event will (i) any Holder be
required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6 for any amounts in
excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Holder from the sale of
such Holders Transfer Restricted Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and
commissions applicable thereto) pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement under which
such Transfer Restricted Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii)
any underwriter be required
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to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any amounts in excess of the
discount or commission payable to such underwriter with respect to the Transfer Restricted
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Holders obligations to contribute as provided in this Section
6(e) are several and not joint.
(f) The provisions of this Section 6 shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or any of
the officers, directors or employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section
6 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities.
7. Rule 144A and Rule 144. The Company agrees with each Holder, if at any time before the end
of the Effectiveness Period the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act , it will cooperate with any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and take such
further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably request in writing
(including, without limitation, making such representations as any such Holder may reasonably
request), all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer
Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144, Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act and
customarily taken in connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its
securities (other than the Common Stock) under any section of the Exchange Act.
8. Underwritten Registrations.
(a) Any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities who desires to do so may sell
Transfer Restricted Securities (in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering; provided
that (i) the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities then covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall request such
an offering and (ii) such Transfer Restricted Securities with an aggregate market value of
at least $100,000,000 shall be included in such offering; and provided further that the
Company shall not be obligated to participate in more than one underwritten offering
during the Effectiveness Period. Upon receipt of such a request, the Company shall
provide all Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities written notice of the request, which
notice shall inform such Holders that they have the opportunity to participate in the
offering. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be
selected by the Company, subject to the prior written consent of the Majority Holders,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement unless such person (i) agrees to sell such persons Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons entitled hereunder to
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approve such arrangements; (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; and (iii) if such Holder is not then a
Notice Holder, such Holder returns a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company in accordance with Section 2(b) or Section 2(f) hereof within a reasonable amount
of time before such underwritten offering.
(c) The Holders participating in any underwritten offering shall be responsible for
any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and, subject to Section 5 hereof,
expenses of their own counsel. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by
issuers in an underwritten offering, including but not limited to filing fees, the fees
and disbursements of its counsel and independent public accountants and any printing
expenses incurred in connection with such underwritten offering. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter
or a representative of holders of a majority of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be
included in an underwritten offering to prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the
Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten offering,
the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up to 120 days if
the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that the Company
has a bona fide business reason for such delay.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Holder represents that it has not prepared or
had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or
have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not
distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities without the prior express written consent of
the Company and, in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters. Any such
Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Company and, if applicable, the underwriters,
as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
The Company represents and agrees that it has treated and will treat, as the case may be,
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in
respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and recordkeeping.
(b) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to
comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof may result in material irreparable
injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at
law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely, and
that, in the event of any such failure, subject to the provisions in Section 3 hereof,
nothing precludes the Initial Purchasers or the Holders from being entitled to exercise
all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Purchase Agreement or granted
by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, the Initial Purchasers or any
Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Companys
obligations under Section 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to
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waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would
be adequate.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not
be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of a Majority of Holders;
provided, however, that with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly adversely
affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the
written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment,
qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective. Notwithstanding the
foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a waiver or consent to depart from the
provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of
Holders whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and
does not directly or indirectly adversely affect the rights of other Holders, may be given
by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Transfer Restricted Securities being
sold rather than registered under such Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first class mail (registered or
certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, or air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the registrar
under the Indenture or the transfer agent of the Common Stock, as the case may
be; and
(ii) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase
Agreement,
With a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: 212-728-8111
Attention: David K. Boston
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the
time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited
in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by
facsimile; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without
limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
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subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company hereby agrees to
extend the benefit of this Agreement to any Holder and any such Holder may specifically
enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
(g) Jurisdiction. The Company agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the
Company brought by any Holder or Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees,
Affiliates and agents of any Holder or Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls
any Holder or Initial Purchaser, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in
The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
(h) Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Transfer Restricted Securities is required hereunder,
Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason
of their holding of such Transfer Restricted Securities) shall not be counted in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage.
(i) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(j) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(k) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the
application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of
the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby, it
being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter
contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other
than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted
by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to
such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INCORPORATED
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$165,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2.375% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES
DUE 2012
Registration Rights Agreement
dated June 11, 2007
RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 11, 2007, among Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (together with any successor entity, herein referred
to as the Company), Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives (the Representatives) of the several initial
purchasers (the Initial Purchasers) under the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007, among the Company, Integra
LifeSciences Corporation (the Subsidiary Guarantor) and the Representatives (the Purchase
Agreement), relating to the initial placement (the Initial Placement) of the Notes (as defined
below), the Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company $165,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes due 2012 (the Notes) to be jointly and
severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by the Subsidiary Guarantor. The Notes will be
convertible, subject to the terms thereof, into cash and fully paid, nonassessable shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, if any, of the Company (the Common Stock), unless the Company
elects to satisfy its entire conversion obligation in shares of Common Stock. The Notes will be
convertible on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Indenture (as defined
herein). To induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Notes, the Company has agreed to provide
the registration rights set forth in this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(g) of the Purchase
Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have their
respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Amounts: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.
Additional Amounts Payment Date: Each June 1 and December 1.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is
in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person. For
purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise;
and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agreement: This Registration Rights Agreement.
Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date: has the meaning set forth in Section 2(f)(i) hereof.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement: An automatic shelf registration statement within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Business Day: The definition of Business Day in the Indenture.
Closing Date: The date of the first issuance of the Notes.
Commission: Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Stock: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Company: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Effectiveness Date: As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
Effectiveness Period: As defined in Section 2(a)(iii) hereof.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
Exchange Act: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Free Writing Prospectus: A free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
Holder: A Person who owns, beneficially or otherwise, Transfer Restricted Securities.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2007 among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank , N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), pursuant to which the Notes are
to be issued, as such Indenture is amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Placement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus: An issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433
under the Securities Act.
Losses: As defined in Section 6(a) hereof.
Majority of Holders: Holders holding over 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
outstanding; provided that, for the purpose of this Agreement, a holder of shares of Common Stock
which constitute Transfer Restricted Securities shall be deemed to hold an aggregate principal
amount of the Notes (in addition to the principal amount of the Notes held by such holder) equal to
the quotient of (x) the number of such shares of Common Stock held by such holder and (y) the
conversion rate in effect at the time of their issuance upon conversion of the Notes as determined
in accordance with the Indenture.
Managing Underwriter: The investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
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Notice and Questionnaire means a written notice executed by a Holder and delivered to the
Company containing substantially the information called for by the Selling Securityholder Notice
and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering Memorandum of the Company relating to the
Notes.
Notice Holder: On any date, any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that has delivered
a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus: As defined in Section 9(a) hereof.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, company, unincorporated organization,
trust, joint venture or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Purchase Agreement: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.
Record Holder: With respect to any Additional Amounts Payment Date, each Person who is a
registered holder of the Notes on the 15th day preceding the relevant Additional Amounts
Payment Date.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 3(a) hereof.
Representatives: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Securities Act: Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 2(a)(i) hereof.
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 2(c) hereof.
Subsidiary Guarantor: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 4(c) hereof.
Suspension Period: As defined in Section 4(b)(ii) hereof.
TIA: Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, in each case, as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified under the
TIA.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes
until the earliest of:
(i) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion has
been effectively registered under the Securities Act and
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disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or a
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion is
transferred in compliance with Rule 144 (or any other similar provision then in
force) under the Securities Act or transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule
144 under the Securities Act (or any other similar provision then in force);
(iii) the date on which such share of Common Stock issued upon conversion
ceases to be outstanding (whether as a result of redemption, repurchase and
cancellation, conversion or otherwise); or
(iv) the date on which such share of Common Stock has otherwise been
transferred and a new share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions
under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
Underwriter: Any underwriter of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with an
offering thereof under the Shelf Registration Statement.
WKSI: A well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Underwritten Registration: A registration in which Transfer Restricted Securities of the
Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the singular includes the plural, and words in the
plural include the singular.
2. Shelf Registration.
(a) The Company shall:
(i) no later than 150 days after the Closing Date) (the Shelf Filing
Deadline), cause to be filed a registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (the
Shelf Registration Statement), which Shelf Registration Statement shall be an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then a WKSI and shall
provide for the registration and resales, on a continuous or delayed basis, of
all Transfer Restricted Securities subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
(ii) if the Company is not a WKSI when the shelf registration statement is
filed and therefore did not file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, to
use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement
to become effective under the Securities Act not later than 180 days after the
Closing Date (the Effectiveness Target Date, and the date of such effectiveness
or availability, the Effectiveness Date); and
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(iii) use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Securities
Act and by the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof to the extent necessary to
ensure that (A) it is available for resales by the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities entitled, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to the benefit
of this Agreement and (B) conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder as announced from time to time, for a period (the Effectiveness
Period) equal to the earlier of (1) the 90th calendar day immediately following
the maturity date of the Notes, which period shall be extended by the length of
time of any applicable Suspension Period occurring after such maturity date and
(2) the date on which there are no longer any Notes or Transfer Restricted
Securities remaining outstanding or unsold.
(b) The Company shall mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the Holders a reasonable
number of days prior to the Effectiveness Target Date so that such Holders may return the
completed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company within the time period specified in the
following sentence. Each Holder that becomes a Notice Holder (and provides such
additional information as the Company reasonably may request) on or prior to the date 10
Business Days prior to the Effectiveness Target Date shall be named as a selling
securityholder in the initial Registration Statement made available to Holders under the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) If the Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness
Period (other than because all Transfer Restricted Securities registered thereunder shall
have been resold pursuant thereto or shall have otherwise ceased to be Transfer Restricted
Securities), the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal
of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof or file an additional Shelf Registration
Statement (which shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then
a WKSI) covering all of the securities that as of the date of such filing are Transfer
Restricted Securities (a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement). If a Subsequent
Shelf Registration Statement is filed and is not an Automatic Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as is practicable
after such filing or designation and to keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.
(d) The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form
used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities
Act.
(e) The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, and any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as of the date thereof, (i) to comply in all
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material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (ii) not
to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the
case of the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(f) Each Holder agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus, it will do
so only in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each Holder
wishing to sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement
and related Prospectus from and after the Effectiveness Date agrees to deliver a Notice
and Questionnaire to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to any intended
distribution of Transfer Restricted Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement.
From and after the Effectiveness Date, the Company shall upon the later of (x) 10 Business
Days after such date (but no earlier than 10 Business Days after effectiveness) or (y) 10
Business Days after the expiration of any Suspension Period in effect when the Notice and
Questionnaire is delivered or put into effect within 10 Business Days of such delivery
date:
(i) if required by applicable law, file with the Commission a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by
applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or
amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
required document so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is
named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such
Prospectus to purchasers of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
applicable law and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement and if such Shelf Registration Statement is not an
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such
post-effective amendment to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly
as is practicable, but in any event by the date (the Amendment Effectiveness
Deadline Date) that is 45 days after the date such post-effective amendment is
required by this clause to be filed;
(ii) upon its request provide such Holder copies of the any documents filed
pursuant to Section 2(f)(i); and
(iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Section 2(f)(i);
provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Suspension Period, the Company
shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set
forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Suspension Period in accordance
with Section 4(b). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) the Company
shall not be under any obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling
securityholder in any Registration
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Statement or related Prospectus, (ii) the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date shall be extended
by up to 10 Business Days from the Expiration of a Suspension Period (and the Company shall not
incur any obligation to pay Additional Amounts during such extension) if such Suspension Period
shall be in effect on the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date and (iii) the Company shall not be
under any obligation to file more than one post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration
Statement or supplement the related Prospectus in any 90-day period.
3. Additional Amounts.
(a) If:
(i) the Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be an automatic shelf
registration statement if the Company is eligible to use an automatic shelf
registration at the time of filing) is not filed, or on file, with the Commission
prior to or on the Shelf Filing Deadline;
(ii) the Company is not eligible to use an automatic shelf registration
statement on the Shelf Filing Deadline, and the Shelf Registration Statement has
not become effective, prior to or on the Effectiveness Target Date;
(iii) any post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2(f)(i) has not become effective under the Securities Act on
or prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date;
(iv) except as provided in Section 4(b)(ii) hereof, the Shelf Registration
Statement is filed and has become effective but, during the Effectiveness Period,
shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended
purpose without being succeeded within ten Business Days by a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus or
a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that cures such failure and, in the case of a post-effective
amendment, is itself immediately declared effective; or
(v) Suspension Periods exceed an aggregate of 45 or 60 days, as the case may
be, within any 90-day period or an aggregate of 120 days in any 360-day period;
(each such event referred to in foregoing clauses (i) through (v), a Registration
Default), the Company hereby agrees to pay interest (Additional Amounts) with respect
to the Notes that are convertible into Transfer Restricted Securities from and including
the day following the Registration Default to but excluding the earlier of (1) the day on
which the Registration Default has been cured and (2) the date the Shelf Registration
Statement is no longer required to be kept effective, accruing at a rate:
(A) in respect of the Notes that are convertible into Transfer
Restricted Securities, to each holder of such Notes, (x)
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with respect to the first 90-day period during which a Registration
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.25% per annum
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, and (y) with respect to
the period commencing on the 91st day following the day the Registration
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, equal to 0.50% per annum
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; provided that in no
event shall Additional Amounts accrue at a rate per year exceeding 0.50%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; and
(B) in respect of the Notes that are convertible into Transfer
Restricted Securities submitted for conversion into Common Stock during
the existence of a Registration Default with respect to the Common
Stock, the holder will not be entitled to receive any Additional Amounts
with respect to such Common Stock but will receive from the Company on
the settlement date with respect to such conversion, accrued and unpaid
Additional Amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph (A) to the
Conversion Date (as defined in the Indenture); and
(C) in respect of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes,
each holder of such Common Stock will not be entitled to any Additional
Amounts if the Registration Default with respect to such Common Stock
occurs after the holder has converted the Notes into Common Stock.
(b) All accrued Additional Amounts shall be paid in arrears to Record Holders by the
Company on each Additional Amounts Payment Date. Upon the cure of all Registration
Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Security, the accrual of
applicable Additional Amounts will cease.
All obligations of the Company with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, set
forth in this Section 3 that are outstanding with respect to any Note at the time such security
ceases to be outstanding shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such
Note shall have been satisfied in full.
The Additional Amounts set forth above shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for each Registration Default.
4. Registration Procedures.
(a) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply
with all the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof and shall use its reasonable efforts to
effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and
pursuant thereto, shall prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration
Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act,
or otherwise make available for use by the Holders a previously filed Shelf Registration
Statement.
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(b) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required
by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities, the
Company shall:
(i) Subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section
4(b) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section
4(b)(iv)(D), use its reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of
any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus
contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not
to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during
the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the related
Prospectus or a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (A), correcting any
such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), if
such amendment does not become automatically effective upon filing with the
Commission, use its reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become
effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to
become usable for its intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter.
(ii) Notwithstanding Section 4(b)(i) hereof, the Company may suspend the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (each such period, a
Suspension Period):
(x) if an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or
any document incorporated by reference therein would, in the Companys judgment,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and
(y) if the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of such
event at such time would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its
subsidiaries or that the disclosure of a proposed or pending acquisition,
financing or other material business transaction would be reasonably likely to
impede the Companys ability to consummate such transaction.
Upon the occurrence of any event described in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section
4(b)(ii), the Company shall give notice to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf
Registration is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees
not to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration until
such Holders receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in
Section 4(b) hereof. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration
and any Prospectus is suspended (the Suspension Period) shall not exceed 45 days in any
90-day period, provided that, in the event the disclosure relates to a previously
undisclosed proposed or pending acquisition, financing or other material business
transaction,
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the disclosure of which the Company determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to
impede the Companys ability to consummate such transaction, the Company may extend a
Suspension Period from 45 days to 60 days; provided, further, that Suspension Periods
shall not exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any 360-day period. The Company shall not be
required to specify in the written notice to the Holders the nature of the event giving
rise to the Suspension Period. Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of a Transfer
Restricted Security, to hold any communication by the Company in response to a notice of
proposed sale in confidence. No Additional Amounts shall be payable or accrue during any
Suspension Period permitted under this Section 4(b)(i).
(iii) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, post-effective
amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement and reports as may be necessary to
keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period;
cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement,
and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
and to comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act
in a timely manner; and comply in all material respects with the provisions of
the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable
period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the
sellers thereof set forth or to be set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement
or supplement to the Prospectus.
(iv) Advise the selling Holders and, with respect to clause (C) below, any
Initial Purchaser, that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or
facsimile number and address for notices, promptly and, if requested by such
selling Holders, to confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to
clauses (B) through (D) below shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for
such suspension):
(A) when the Prospectus, any Prospectus supplement, any
post-effective amendment or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been
filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
(B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Shelf
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information
relating thereto,
(C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the
Securities Act or of any notice that would prevent its use, or of the
suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of
the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering
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or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding
for any of the preceding purposes,
(D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event,
during the Effectiveness Period, that makes any statement of a material
fact made in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by
reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions
to or changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, or
(E) when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information
that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement.
(v) If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or any notice that would
prevent its use, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification
of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws,
the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
of such order at the earliest possible time, including, if necessary, by filing
an amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a new Shelf Registration
Statement and using its reasonable efforts to have such amendment or new Shelf
Registration Statement declared effective, and will provide to each Holder who is
named in the Shelf Registration Statement prompt notice of the withdrawal of any
such order or of the filing or effectiveness of any such amendment or new
registration statement.
(vi) Make available at reasonable times for inspection by one or more
representatives of the selling Holders, designated in writing by a Majority of
Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are included in the Shelf
Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by such selling
Holders and any Initial Purchaser, for so long as they shall hold any Notes in
connection with the Initial Placement, or underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act,
and cause the Company and its subsidiaries officers, directors, managers and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
representative or representatives of the selling Holders, attorney or accountant
in connection therewith, in each case as customary for comparable due diligence
examinations; provided, however, that Company shall not have any obligation to
deliver information to any
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selling Holder or representative pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iv) unless
such selling Holder or representative shall have executed and delivered a
confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company relating
to such information.
(vii) If requested by any selling Holders, promptly incorporate in the Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective
amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders may reasonably
request to have included therein relating to the Plan of Distribution of the
Transfer Restricted Securities.
(viii) Deliver to each selling Holder, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as such Persons
reasonably may request; subject to Section 4(b)(ii) and subject to any notice by
the Company in accordance with this Section 4(b) of the existence of any fact or
event of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (E), the Company
hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, by each of the selling Holders
in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(ix) Before any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate
with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration
and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the selling Holders
may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required (A) to register or qualify as a
foreign corporation or a dealer of securities where it is not now so qualified or
to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or (B) to subject itself to general
or unlimited service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction if they
are not now so subject.
(x) Unless any Transfer Restricted Securities shall be in book-entry form
only, cooperate with the selling Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold
and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities
laws); and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations
and registered in such names as the Holders may request at least two Business
Days before any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities.
(xi) Subject to Section 4(b)(ii) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated
by Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (D) hereof shall exist or
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have occurred, use its reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, related Prospectus
(including by means of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), relevant Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or to file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
Transfer Restricted Securities, none of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Prospectus and any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in the light of the
circumstances in which they are made) not misleading.
(xii) Provide CUSIP numbers for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later
than the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and provide the
Trustee under the Indenture with certificates for the Notes that are in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(xiii) Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD
and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that
is required to be undertaken in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NASD.
(xiv) Otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission and all reporting requirements under the
rules and regulations of the Exchange Act.
(xv) Make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act after the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and in any event no later than
45 days after the end of the 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a
fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Companys first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which
statements shall be so made generally available to such securityholders as
follows: with respect to an earnings statement which will be contained in one
report on Form 10-K (or any other form as may then be available for such
purpose), such earnings statement shall be made so generally available no later
than the due date by which the Company is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act
(subject to any applicable extensions under Rule 12b-25 thereunder), to file such
report with the Commission; and (ii) with respect to an earnings statement which
will be contained in any combination of reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any
other form(s) as may then be available for such purpose), such earnings statement
shall be made so generally available no later than the due date by which the
Company is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act (subject to any applicable
extensions under Rule 12b-25 thereunder), to file the last of such reports which
together constitute such earnings statement.
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(xvi) Cause all Common Stock covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to
be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
(xvii) Provide to each Holder upon written request each report filed with the Commission
pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective
date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such document is available through the
Commissions EDGAR system.
(xviii) Subject to Section 8, in connection with any underwritten offering
conducted pursuant to Section 8 hereof:
(A) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities
registered thereunder and the underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are
customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings
and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the
Purchase Agreement;
(B) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which
counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters) addressed to each selling Holder and
the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in
opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;
(C) obtain comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of
any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder
and the underwriters (to the extent consistent with Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and
(D) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested
by the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, including those to
evidence compliance with Section 4(b)(iii) hereof and with any customary
conditions contained in the Purchase Agreement or other agreement entered into
by the Company.
(E) if the Company is not then a WKSI, the Company shall, if requested,
include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to
the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the Managing Underwriters
reasonably request should be included therein in order to comply with the
Securities Act and the rules
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and regulations thereunder and to ensure that such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and to which
the Company does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of
such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably
practicable after they are notified of the matters to be included or
incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
The actions set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this Section 4(b)(xvii) shall be
performed at each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required
thereunder.
(xix) Use its reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect
the registration of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement.
(xx) Enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an
underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions
in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the
Transfer Restricted Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions
and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(xxi) To the extent requested by selling Holders, cooperate with the selling Holders to
facilitate the timely delivery of Transfer Restricted Securities in book-entry only form able to be
transferred freely, subject to the delivery of the Prospectus;
(c) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon
receipt of any notice (a Suspension Notice) from the Company of the existence of any
fact of the kind described in Section 4(b)(iv)(B) through (D) hereof, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and use of the Prospectus and any related Free Writing Prospectuses
until:
(i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus or applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section
4(b)(xii) hereof; or
(ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the
Prospectus and any applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may be resumed, and
has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, unless such filings are made
pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act and
such filings are available through the Commissions EDGAR system.
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If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense)
all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that was
current at the time of receipt of such Suspension Notice.
(d) Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security, that no
Holder shall be entitled to sell any of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement, or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such
Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as required pursuant to
Section 2(b) or Section 2(f) hereof (including the information required to be included in
such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in the next sentence. The
Company may require each Notice Holder of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and
the distribution of such Common Stock as the Company may from time to time reasonably
require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly
to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder not misleading and
any other information regarding such Notice Holder and the distribution of such Transfer
Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
The Company may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Notes of any Holder
that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. Any sale of any Transfer Restricted Securities by any Holder
shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Holder that the information
relating to such Holder and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus
delivered by such Holder in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does
not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating
to or provided by such Holder to its plan of distribution and that such Prospectus does
not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by
such Holder or its plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such
Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.
5. Registration Expenses.
All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with this
Agreement shall be borne by the Company regardless of whether a Shelf Registration
Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:
(a) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the
NASD);
(b) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws;
(c) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses, Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses and certificates for the Common Stock to be issued
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upon conversion of the Notes) and the Companys expenses for messenger and delivery
services and telephone;
(d) all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company;
(e) all application and filing fees in connection with listing (or authorizing for
quotation) the Common Stock on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
(f) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the
Company.
The Company shall bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal, accounting or other duties), the expenses
of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by
the Company. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten
offering as set forth in Section 8(c) hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
responsible for the payment of any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to any
Transfer Restricted Securities sold by or on behalf of any Holder or any fees or expenses of
counsel to any such Holders.
6. Indemnification And Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (including each Initial
Purchaser), its directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who
controls any Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an
Indemnified Holder), against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred,
or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities)
(collectively, Losses), to which such Indemnified Holder may become subject, insofar as
any such Loss arises out of or is based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Shelf Registration Statement as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; or
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
and to reimburse each Indemnified Holder for any and all expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel, as such expenses are reasonably incurred by
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such Indemnified Holder in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such Loss; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any Loss to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out
of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder (or its related Indemnified Holder) expressly for
use therein. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 6(a) shall be in addition
to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as
provided in Section 6(e) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Transfer
Restricted Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors,
officers, employees or agents and each person who controls such underwriter on
substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and
the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder,
enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section
4(b)(xx) hereof.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (i) to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with
reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the
foregoing indemnity and (ii) against any Loss, joint or several, including, but not
limited to, any Loss relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities, to which
such person may become subject, insofar as any such Loss arises out of, or is based upon
any Free Writing Prospectus used by such Holder without the prior consent of the Issuer,
and in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters, provided that the
indemnification obligation in this clause (ii) shall be several, not joint and several,
among the Holders who used such Free Writing Prospectus. This indemnity agreement set
forth in this Section shall be in addition to any liabilities which any such Holder may
otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case
any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks
or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with any other
indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified
party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
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from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory
to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include
both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
reasonably concluded that a conflict is reasonably likely to arise between the positions
of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such
action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying
party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the reasonable expenses of more than one
separate counsel (other than local counsel), reasonably approved by the indemnifying
party, representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel
shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) The indemnifying party under this Section 6 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be
withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment
for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
against any Loss by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party
to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by
Section 6(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement
is entered into more than (x) 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (y) 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the material
terms of such settlement and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as
to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
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(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to
or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Loss
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any Loss referred
to therein:
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand,
from the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, on the one
hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by such Holder of the Transfer
Restricted Securities, on the other hand, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by Section (6)(e)(i) above is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in Section 6(e)(i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions
that resulted in such Loss, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the
other hand, in connection with such offering and such sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under the
Purchase Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total
proceeds received by the Holders with respect to their sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the
other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or
the Holders, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company
and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 6(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(e).
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the Loss referred to above shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(c), any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, in no event will (i) any Holder be
required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6 for any amounts in
excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Holder from the sale of
such Holders Transfer Restricted Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and
commissions applicable thereto) pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement under which
such Transfer Restricted Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii)
any underwriter be required
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to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any amounts in excess of the
discount or commission payable to such underwriter with respect to the Transfer Restricted
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Holders obligations to contribute as provided in this Section
6(e) are several and not joint.
(f) The provisions of this Section 6 shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company or any of
the officers, directors or employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section
6 hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities.
7. Rule 144A and Rule 144. The Company agrees with each Holder, if at any time before the end
of the Effectiveness Period the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act , it will cooperate with any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities and take such
further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably request in writing
(including, without limitation, making such representations as any such Holder may reasonably
request), all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer
Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144, Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act and
customarily taken in connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its
securities (other than the Common Stock) under any section of the Exchange Act.
8. Underwritten Registrations.
(a) Any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities who desires to do so may sell
Transfer Restricted Securities (in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering; provided
that (i) the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities then covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall request such
an offering and (ii) such Transfer Restricted Securities with an aggregate market value of
at least $100,000,000 shall be included in such offering; and provided further that the
Company shall not be obligated to participate in more than one underwritten offering
during the Effectiveness Period. Upon receipt of such a request, the Company shall
provide all Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities written notice of the request, which
notice shall inform such Holders that they have the opportunity to participate in the
offering. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be
selected by the Company, subject to the prior written consent of the Majority Holders,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement unless such person (i) agrees to sell such persons Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons entitled hereunder to
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approve such arrangements; (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; and (iii) if such Holder is not then a
Notice Holder, such Holder returns a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the
Company in accordance with Section 2(b) or Section 2(f) hereof within a reasonable amount
of time before such underwritten offering.
(c) The Holders participating in any underwritten offering shall be responsible for
any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and, subject to Section 5 hereof,
expenses of their own counsel. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by
issuers in an underwritten offering, including but not limited to filing fees, the fees
and disbursements of its counsel and independent public accountants and any printing
expenses incurred in connection with such underwritten offering. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter
or a representative of holders of a majority of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be
included in an underwritten offering to prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the
Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten offering,
the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up to 120 days if
the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that the Company
has a bona fide business reason for such delay.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Holder represents that it has not prepared or
had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or
have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not
distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities without the prior express written consent of
the Company and, in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters. Any such
Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Company and, if applicable, the underwriters,
as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
The Company represents and agrees that it has treated and will treat, as the case may be,
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in
respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and recordkeeping.
(b) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to
comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof may result in material irreparable
injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at
law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely, and
that, in the event of any such failure, subject to the provisions in Section 3 hereof,
nothing precludes the Initial Purchasers or the Holders from being entitled to exercise
all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Purchase Agreement or granted
by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, the Initial Purchasers or any
Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Companys
obligations under Section 2 hereof. The Company further agrees to
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waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would
be adequate.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not
be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of a Majority of Holders;
provided, however, that with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly adversely
affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the
written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment,
qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective. Notwithstanding the
foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a waiver or consent to depart from the
provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of
Holders whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and
does not directly or indirectly adversely affect the rights of other Holders, may be given
by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Transfer Restricted Securities being
sold rather than registered under such Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first class mail (registered or
certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, or air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the registrar
under the Indenture or the transfer agent of the Common Stock, as the case may
be; and
(ii) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase
Agreement,
With a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: 212-728-8111
Attention: David K. Boston
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the
time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited
in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by
facsimile; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without
limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
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subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company hereby agrees to
extend the benefit of this Agreement to any Holder and any such Holder may specifically
enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
(g) Jurisdiction. The Company agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the
Company brought by any Holder or Initial Purchaser, the directors, officers, employees,
Affiliates and agents of any Holder or Initial Purchaser, or by any person who controls
any Holder or Initial Purchaser, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in
The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
(h) Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Transfer Restricted Securities is required hereunder,
Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason
of their holding of such Transfer Restricted Securities) shall not be counted in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required
percentage.
(i) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(j) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(k) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the
application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of
the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby, it
being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter
contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other
than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted
by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to
such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INCORPORATED
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the
several Initial Purchasers
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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EX-10.1
EXHIBIT
10.1
[FORM
OF 2010 CONVERTIBLE BOND HEDGE TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this communication (this Confirmation) is to set forth the terms and
conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the
Transaction) between [Dealer] (Dealer) and Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
(Counterparty). This communication constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA
Master Agreement specified below.
1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the
2000 ISDA Definitions (including the Annex thereto) (the 2000 Definitions) and the definitions
and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions, and
together with the 2000 Definitions, the Definitions), in each case as published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). In the event of any inconsistency
between the 2000 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern.
Certain defined terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture to be dated
as of June 11, 2007 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee (the Indenture)
relating to the USD 150,000,000 principal amount of 2.75% convertible securities due 2010 (the
Convertible Securities). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the
Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. For the avoidance of doubt,
references herein to sections of the Indenture are based on the draft of the Indenture most
recently reviewed by the parties at the time of execution of this Confirmation. If any relevant
sections of the Indenture are changed, added or renumbered following execution of this Confirmation
but prior to or upon the execution of the Indenture, the parties will amend this Confirmation in
good faith to preserve the economic intent of the parties.
This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty
as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be
subject to an agreement (the Agreement) in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the ISDA
Form) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule
but with the elections set forth in this Confirmation). For the avoidance of doubt, the
Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.
All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this
Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.
2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity
Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as
follows:
General Terms:
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Dealer |
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Buyer:
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Counterparty |
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Shares:
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The Common Stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: IART). |
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Number of Options:
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% of the number of Convertible Securities in denominations of USD 1,000
principal amount issued by Counterparty on the closing date for the initial issuance of
the Convertible Securities; provided that if the initial purchasers (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement defined below) exercise their option to purchase additional
Convertible Securities pursuant to Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement related to the
purchase and sale of the Convertible Securities dated as of June 6, 2007 among
Counterparty and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers party
thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the Purchase
Agreement), then on the Additional Premium Payment Date, the Number of Options shall
be automatically increased by % of the number of Convertible Securities in
denominations of USD 1,000 principal amount issued pursuant to such exercise (such
Convertible Securities, the Additional Convertible Securities). For the avoidance of
doubt, the Number of Options outstanding shall be reduced by each exercise of Options
hereunder. |
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Number of Shares:
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As of any date, the product of the Number of Options and the Conversion
Rate. |
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Conversion Rate:
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As defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 10.01(b), 10.04(g) or 10.04(h) of the Indenture. |
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Strike Price:
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USD 66.2616 |
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Premium:
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USD ; provided that if the Number of Options is increased pursuant to the
proviso to the definition of Number of Options above, an additional Premium equal to
the product of the number of Options by which the Number of Options is so increased and
USD shall be paid on the Additional Premium Payment Date. |
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Premium Payment Date:
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The Effective Date. |
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Additional Premium
Payment Date:
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The closing date for the purchase and sale of the Additional Convertible Securities. |
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Exchange:
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The NASDAQ Global Select Market. |
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Related Exchange:
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All Exchanges. |
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Procedures for Exercise: |
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Potential Exercise Dates:
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Each Conversion Date. |
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Conversion Date:
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Each Conversion Date as defined in the Indenture. |
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Required Exercise on
Conversion Dates:
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On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to 25% of the number of
Convertible Securities in denominations of USD 1,000 principal amount submitted for
conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture shall
be automatically exercised, subject to Notice of Exercise below. |
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Expiration Date:
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The earlier of (i) the last day on which any Convertible Securities remain
outstanding and (ii) the maturity date of the Convertible Securities. |
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Automatic Exercise:
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As provided above under Required Exercise on Conversion Dates, subject
to the provisions of Notice of Exercise below. |
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Notice of Exercise:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, in
order to exercise any Options, Counterparty must notify Dealer in writing prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Scheduled Valid Day prior to the scheduled first day
of the applicable Settlement Averaging Period relating to the Convertible Securities
converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (such
Convertible Securities, the Relevant Convertible Securities) of (i) the number of
Options being exercised on such Exercise Date, (ii) the scheduled first day of the
applicable Settlement Averaging Period, (iii) the scheduled settlement date under the
Indenture for the Relevant Convertible Securities and (iv) whether Counterparty has
elected to satisfy its conversion obligations with respect to the Relevant Convertible
Securities in Shares only (as described in Section 10.02(b) of the Indenture) (Gross
Share Settlement); provided that with respect to Options relating to Relevant
Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15, 2009,
such Notice of Exercise may be given on or prior to the second Scheduled Valid Day
immediately preceding the Expiration Date and need only specify the number of Options
being exercised. |
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Notice of Gross
Share Settlement:
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If Counterparty has elected Gross Share Settlement for all
Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15, 2009,
then with respect to Options relating to such Convertible Securities, Counterparty
shall notify Dealer in writing of such election before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on or prior to December 15, 2009. |
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Notice of Notes
Share Cap:
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If the conversion obligation of Counterparty with respect to any
Relevant Convertible Securities is capped by application of the notes share cap (as
defined in the Indenture), then with respect to Options relating to such Convertible
Securities, Counterparty shall notify Dealer in writing of (i) the application of such
cap and (ii) the number of Shares deliverable with respect to each Relevant Convertible
Security before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on or prior to the final day of the
applicable Settlement Averaging Period with respect to such Relevant Convertible
Securities. |
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Dealers Telephone
Number
and Telex and/or
Facsimile Number
and Contact Details
for purpose of
Giving Notice:
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To be provided by Dealer. |
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Settlement Terms: |
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Settlement Method:
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Net Share Settlement. |
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Net Share Settlement:
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In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1
of the Equity Definitions, and subject to Notice of Exercise above, in respect of an
Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on
the relevant Settlement Date, a number of Shares equal to the Net Shares in respect of
any Option exercised or deemed exercised hereunder. In no event will the Net Shares be
less than zero. |
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Net Shares:
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In respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised, a number of
Shares equal to (i) the sum of the quotients, for each Valid Day during the Settlement
Averaging Period for such Exercise Date, of (A) the product of (x) the excess, if any,
of the Relevant Price over the Strike Price on such Valid Day and (y) the Conversion
Rate on such Valid Day divided by (B) such Relevant Price, divided by (ii) the number
of Valid Days in the Settlement Averaging Period; provided that if the calculation
contained in clause (A) above results in a negative number, such number shall be
replaced with the number zero; and provided further that if the calculation set forth
above results in a number of Shares in excess of the notes share cap (as defined in
the Indenture), as applicable, the Net Shares shall be equal to the number of Shares of
the notes share cap. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Counterparty has elected Gross
Share Settlement and so specified in the Notice of Exercise, or if applicable, the
Notice of Gross Share Settlement, then with respect to any Option relating to the
Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or following
December 15, 2009, the Net Shares shall be equal to the lesser of (i) a number of
Shares determined as described above and (ii) a number of Shares equal to the Net
Convertible Value for such Option divided by the Obligation Price. |
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Dealer will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional
Shares to be delivered with respect to any Net Shares
valued at the Relevant Price for the last Valid Day of
the Settlement Averaging Period. |
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Net Convertible Value:
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With respect to an Option, (i) the Total Convertible Value
for such Option minus (ii) USD 1,000. |
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Total Convertible Value:
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With respect to an Option, (i) the aggregate number of
Shares, if any, that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to the holder of a
Convertible Security in a denomination of USD 1,000 for the relevant Conversion Date
pursuant to Section 10.02(b) of the Indenture multiplied by (ii) the Obligation Price. |
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Obligation Price:
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The opening price per Share as displayed under the heading Op on
Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> (or any successor thereto) on the Obligation
Valuation Date. |
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Obligation
Valuation Date:
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Settlement Date |
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Settlement
Averaging Period:
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For any Option, (i) with respect to an Option with a Conversion
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consecutive Valid Day period beginning on, and
including, the second Valid Day following such
Conversion Date (or the one hundred (100) consecutive
Valid Day period commencing on, and including, the
second Valid Day following such Conversion Date if
Counterparty has elected Gross Share Settlement and
specified Gross Share Settlement in the Notice of
Exercise) or (ii) with respect to an Option with a
Conversion Date occurring on or following December 15,
2009, the fifty (50) consecutive Valid Day period
beginning on, and including, the fifty-second
(52nd) Scheduled Valid Day immediately prior
to the Expiration Date (or the one hundred (100)
consecutive Valid Day period commencing on, and
including, the one hundred and second
(102nd) Scheduled Valid Day immediately
prior to the Expiration Date if Counterparty has
delivered a Notice of Gross Share Settlement to Dealer
on or prior to December 15, 2009). |
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Settlement Date:
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For any Option, the third Valid Day following the final day of the
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Settlement Currency:
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USD |
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Valid Day:
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A day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading
in the Shares generally occurs on the Exchange or, if the Shares are not then listed on
the Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
which the Shares are then listed or, if the Shares are not then listed on a U.S.
national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the
Shares are then traded. If the Shares (or other security for which a Relevant Price
must be determined) are not so listed or quoted, a Valid Day means a Business Day. |
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Scheduled Valid Day:
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A day that is scheduled to be a Valid Day on the primary U.S. national
securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading. |
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Market Disruption Event:
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Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby replaced in its
entirety by the following: |
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Market Disruption Event means in respect of a Share,
(i) a failure by the Exchange or, if the Shares are not
then listed on the Exchange, by the principal other
U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
the Shares are then listed or, if the Shares are not
then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, by the principal other market on which the
Shares are then traded, to open for trading during its
regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or
existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on
any Scheduled Valid Day for the Shares for an aggregate
one half hour period of any suspension or limitation
imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or
otherwise) in the Shares or in any options, contracts
or futures contracts relating to the Shares. |
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Relevant Price:
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On any Valid Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed
under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> AQR (or any
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of the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time of the
Exchange on such Valid Day (or if such volume-weighted
average price is unavailable, the market value of one
Share on such Valid Day, as determined by the
Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted average
method). The Relevant Price will be determined without
regard to after hours trading or any other trading
outside of the regular trading session hours of the
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Other Applicable
Provisions:
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To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares
hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall
be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions,
obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a
result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the
Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to
Physically-Settled shall be read as references to Net Share Settled. Net Share
Settled in relation to any Option means that Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares
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Restricted
Certificated Shares:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity
Definitions, Dealer may, in whole or in part, deliver Shares in certificated form
representing the Number of Shares to be Delivered to Counterparty in lieu of delivery
through the Clearance System. With respect to such certificated Shares, the
Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall
be modified by deleting the remainder of the provision after the word encumbrance in
the fourth line thereof. |
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Share Adjustments: |
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Method of Adjustment:
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Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the
occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Section 10.04 of the Indenture, the
Calculation Agent shall make a corresponding adjustment, if necessary, to the terms
relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that in no
event shall there be any adjustment hereunder as a result of an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 10.04(g) or 10.04(h) of the Indenture.
Immediately upon the occurrence of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to
Section 10.04, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such adjustment, and
once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible
Securities in respect of such adjustment have been determined, Counterparty shall
immediately notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments. |
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Extraordinary Events: |
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Merger Event:
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Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, a Merger Event
means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Section 10.06 of the
Indenture. |
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Tender Offer:
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Applicable. Notwithstanding Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions, a
Tender Offer means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in clause (1)
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Consequences of Merger
Events and Tender
Offers:
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Notwithstanding Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of the Equity Definitions, upon the
occurrence of a Merger Event or Tender Offer, the Calculation Agent shall make the
corresponding adjustment in respect of any adjustment under the Indenture to any one or
more of the nature of the Shares, the Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any
other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction;
provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the
Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 10.01(b), 10.04(g) or 10.04(h) of the Indenture;
and provided further that the Calculation Agent may limit or alter any such adjustment
referenced in this paragraph so that the fair value of the Transaction to Dealer is not
reduced as a result of such adjustment. |
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Nationalization,
Insolvency
or Delisting:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided
that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions,
it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and
the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The
NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately
re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such
exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange. |
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Additional
Disruption Events: |
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(a) Change in Law:
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(b) Failure to Deliver:
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(c) Insolvency Filing:
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Applicable |
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(d) Hedging Disruption:
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(e) Increased
Cost of Hedging:
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Hedging Party:
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For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer. |
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Determining Party:
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For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer. |
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Non-Reliance:
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Agreements and
Acknowledgments
Regarding
Hedging Activities:
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Additional Acknowledgments:
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3. Calculation Agent:
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Account Details: |
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Dealer Payment Instructions: |
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The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: |
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The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: |
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Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation: |
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Address for notices or communications to Counterparty: |
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
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311 Enterprise Drive |
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Attn:
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Telephone:
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(609) 936-2238 |
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Facsimile:
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(609) 275-1082 |
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Address for notices or communications to Dealer: |
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements: |
(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained
elsewhere herein, Counterparty represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with,
Dealer as follows:
(i) On the Trade Date, (A) none of Counterparty and its officers and directors is aware
of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and (B) all
reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)
when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend
inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) (A) On the Trade Date, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a restricted
period, as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation M) and
(B) Counterparty shall not engage in any distribution, as such term is defined in
Regulation M, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth
in sections 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M until the second Exchange Business Day
immediately following the Trade Date.
(iii) On the Trade Date, neither Counterparty nor any affiliate or affiliated
purchaser (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (Rule 10b-18)) shall
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of any cash-settled or other
derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would
effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an
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equivalent interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited
partnership or a depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Shares, except through either one of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan
Stanley & Co. International plc. or Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(iv) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions,
Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties with
respect to the treatment of the Transaction under FASB Statements 128, 133 or 149 (each as
amended) or 150, EITF Issue No. 00-19, 01-06 or 03-06 (or any successor issue statements) or
under FASBs Liabilities & Equity Project.
(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the
Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.
(vi) Prior to the Trade Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of
Counterpartys board of directors authorizing the Transaction and such other certificate or
certificates as Dealer shall reasonably request.
(vii) Counterparty is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent
trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares)
or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.
(viii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby will not be, an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ix) On each of the Trade Date, the Premium Payment Date and the Additional Premium
Payment Date, if any (A) the assets of Counterparty at their fair valuation exceed the
liabilities of Counterparty, including contingent liabilities, (B) the capital of
Counterparty is adequate to conduct the business of Counterparty and (C) Counterparty has
the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or
does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(x) The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 3 of the
Agreement and Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct and are hereby deemed
to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein.
(xi) Counterparty understands no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled
to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any
affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract
participant as defined in Section 1a(12) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
(c) Each of Dealer and Counterparty acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to
it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and
warrants to Dealer that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its
investment in the Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an
accredited investor as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities
Act, (iii) it is entering into the Transaction for its own account and without a view to the
distribution or resale thereof, and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the
Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted
under this Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.
(d) The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a securities contract and a
swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the
Bankruptcy Code), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among
other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a partys right to
liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a contractual right as
described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as
performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute
margin payments and transfers under a swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and
(d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and
the transfer of such Shares to constitute settlement payments and transfers under a swap
agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.
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Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date and
reasonably acceptable to Dealer in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 3(a) of the Agreement.
8. Other Provisions:
(a) Additional Termination Events. The occurrence of (i) an event of default with respect to
Counterparty under the terms of the Convertible Securities as set forth in Section 6.01 of the
Indenture, (ii) an Amendment Event or (iii) a Repayment Event shall be an Additional Termination
Event with respect to which the Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty is
the sole Affected Party and Dealer shall be the party entitled to designate an Early Termination
Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement; provided that in the case of a Repayment Event the
Transaction shall be subject to termination only in respect of the number of Convertible Securities
that cease to be outstanding in connection with or as a result of such Repayment Event.
Amendment Event means that Counterparty, without the consent of Dealer, amends,
modifies, supplements or waives any term of the Indenture or the Convertible Securities
governing the principal amount, coupon, maturity, repurchase obligation of Counterparty,
redemption right of Counterparty, any term relating to conversion of the Convertible
Securities (including changes to the conversion price, conversion settlement dates or
conversion conditions), or any term that would require consent of the holders of not less
than 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Securities to amend.
Repayment Event means that (A) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in
connection with or as a result of a change of control, howsoever defined, or for any other
reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any Convertible Securities are
delivered to Counterparty in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of Counterparty
or any of its subsidiaries (howsoever described), (C) any principal of any of the
Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible
Securities (whether following acceleration of the Convertible Securities or otherwise) or
(D) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof
for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its affiliates (or any other property, or
any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction; provided
that, in the case of clause (B) and clause (D), conversions of the Convertible Securities
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof shall not be
Repayment Events.
(b) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary
Events. If, subject to Section 8(k) below, Dealer shall owe Counterparty any amount pursuant to
Section 12.2 or 12.3 of the Equity Definitions and Consequences of Merger Events and Tender
Offers above, or Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of an
Insolvency, a Nationalization, a Tender Offer or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the
consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or pursuant to
Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Counterparty
is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, that
resulted from an event or events within Counterpartys control) (a Payment Obligation),
Counterparty shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require Dealer to satisfy any such
Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) by giving irrevocable
telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, between the
hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date,
Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable (Notice of Share Termination);
provided that if Counterparty does not validly request Dealer to satisfy its Payment Obligation by
the Share Termination Alternative, Dealer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy
its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterpartys
election to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that in calculating the
Payment Obligation the Determining Party may consider the purchase price paid in connection with
the purchase of Share Termination Delivery Property. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the
following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Merger
Date, the Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable:
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deliver to Counterparty the Share
Termination Delivery Property on the date
on which the Payment Obligation would
otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7
or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or
Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as
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A number of Share Termination Delivery
Units, as calculated by the Calculation
Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation
divided by the Share Termination Unit
Price. The Calculation Agent shall
adjust the Share Termination Delivery
Property by replacing any fractional
portion of a security therein with an
amount of cash equal to the value of such
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Share Termination Delivery Unit on the
date such Share Termination Delivery
Units are to be delivered as Share
Termination Delivery Property, as
determined by the Calculation Agent in
its discretion by commercially reasonable
means and notified by the Calculation
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of Default or Delisting, one Share or, in
the case of an Insolvency,
Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender
Offer, a unit consisting of the number or
amount of each type of property received
by a holder of one Share (without
consideration of any requirement to pay
cash or other consideration in lieu of
fractional amounts of any securities) in
such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger
Event or Tender Offer. If such
Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event
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applicable, the provisions of Sections
9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in
Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions
shall be modified by excluding any
representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or
requirements under applicable securities
laws arising as a result of the fact that
Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares)
and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will
be applicable, except that all references
in such provisions to
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(c) Disposition of Hedge Shares. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith
reasonable judgment of Dealer, any Shares (the Hedge Shares) acquired by Dealer for the purpose
of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction cannot be sold in the public market by
Dealer without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall promptly, at its election:
(i) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to
Dealer an effective registration statement under the Securities Act to cover the resale of such
Hedge Shares and (A) enter into an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer,
substantially in the form of an underwriting agreement for a registered offering, (B) provide
accountants comfort letters customary in form and substance for registered offerings of equity
securities, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to
Counterparty reasonably acceptable to Dealer, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates
and closing documents customary in form and substance for registered offerings of equity securities
and (E) afford Dealer a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with
respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities;
provided, however, that if Dealer, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access
to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and
documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of
this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow Dealer to
sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement
substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of
equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer, including customary
representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations,
indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares
from Dealer), opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private
placements agreements, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer (in which case, the Calculation Agent
shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable
judgment, to compensate Dealer for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred
on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from Dealer
at the Relevant Price on such
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Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by Dealer, provided that Counterparty
shall not be required to purchase any Hedge Shares from Dealer unless it elects to do so, solely at
its discretion, in accordance with this Section 8(c)(iii).
(d) Amendment to Equity Definitions. The following amendment shall be made to the Equity
Definitions:
(i) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting
from the fourth line thereof the word or after the word official and inserting a comma
therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting
the following words therefor or (C) at Dealers option, the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement with
respect to that Issuer.
(ii) Section 12.9(b)(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) replacing
either party may elect with Dealer may elect and (2) replacing notice to the other
party with notice to Counterparty in the first sentence of such section.
(e) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any
repurchase of Shares, promptly give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a Repurchase
Notice) on such day if, following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day
is (i) greater than 6% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the
immediately preceding Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice,
greater than the Notice Percentage as of the date hereof). The Notice Percentage as of any day
is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Number of Shares plus the
Number of Shares under the convertible bond hedge transaction dated the date hereof between
Counterparty and Dealer relating to the 2.375% convertible securities due 2012 (the 2012
Convertible Bond Hedge) and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such
day. In the event that Counterparty fails to provide Dealer with a Repurchase Notice on the day
and in the manner specified in this Section 8(e) then Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Dealer, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and
controlling persons (Dealer and each such person being an Indemnified Party) from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several,
to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including
without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If
for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or
insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Counterparty shall contribute, to the
maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified
Party for all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after
notice to Counterparty) in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or
settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom,
whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action,
suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. This indemnity shall
survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and
delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement and shall inure
to the benefit of any permitted assignee of Dealer.
(f) Transfer and Assignment. Dealer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations
hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, to (i) any of its affiliates, (ii) any
entities sponsored or organized by, or on behalf of or for the benefit of, Dealer, or (iii) any
third party that has a credit rating for its long-term unsecured, unsubordinated debt at the time
of such transfer at least equal to the lower of the rating of Dealer at the time of such transfer
or A- by Standard & Poors Ratings Services, or any successor thereto, or A3 by Moodys
Investors Service, or any successor thereto, in each case without the consent of Counterparty.
Dealer shall notify Counterparty as soon as practicable of any such transfer or assignment effected
pursuant to this Section 8(f). If at any time at which the Equity Percentage exceeds 8%, Dealer,
in its discretion, is unable to effect such a transfer or assignment after its commercially
reasonable efforts on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to Dealer such that the Equity Percentage
is reduced to 8% or less, Dealer may designate any Scheduled Trading Day as an Early Termination
Date with respect to a portion (the Terminated Portion) of the Transaction, such that the Equity
Percentage following such partial termination will be equal to or less than 8%. In the event that
Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a
payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and Section 8(b) of this
Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction
having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the Transaction, (ii) Counterparty shall be the
sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (iii) such portion of the
Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. The Equity Percentage as of any day is the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the number of
Shares that Dealer
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or any of its affiliates beneficially own (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange
Act) on such day, other than any Shares so owned as a hedge of the Transaction or as a hedge of
the 2012 Convertible Bond Hedge and (y) the Number of Shares plus the Number of Shares under the
2012 Convertible Bond Hedge and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on
such day.
(g) Staggered Settlement. If Dealer reasonably determines that it would not be practicable or
advisable to deliver, or to acquire for delivery, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by
Dealer on any Settlement Date for the Transaction, Dealer may, by notice to Counterparty prior to
any Settlement Date (a Nominal Settlement Date), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates
(each, a Staggered Settlement Date) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as
follows:
(i) in such notice, Dealer will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered
Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not
prior to the beginning of the applicable Settlement Averaging Period) or delivery times and
how it will allocate the Shares it is required to deliver hereunder among the Staggered
Settlement Dates or delivery times; and
(ii) the aggregate number of Shares that Dealer will deliver to Counterparty hereunder
on all such Staggered Settlement Dates and delivery times will equal the number of Shares
that Dealer would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date.
(h) Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone any Potential Exercise Date or any other date of
valuation or delivery by Dealer, with respect to some or all of the relevant Options (in which
event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Shares it is required to
deliver hereunder), if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, that such
extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve Dealers hedging or hedge unwind
activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable Dealer to effect
purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder
in a manner that would, if Dealer were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be
in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related
policies and procedures applicable to Dealer.
(i) Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the
Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose
to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the
Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(j) Designation by Dealer. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the
contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other
securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell,
receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in
respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be
discharged of its obligations to Counterparty to the extent of any such performance.
(k) Netting and Set-off.
(i) If on any date cash would otherwise be payable or Shares or other property would
otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to any other
agreement between the parties by Counterparty to Dealer and cash would otherwise be payable
or Shares or other property would otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the
Agreement or pursuant to any other agreement between the parties by Dealer to Counterparty
and the type of property required to be paid or delivered by each such party on such date is
the same, then, on such date, each such partys obligation to make such payment or delivery
will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would
otherwise have been payable or deliverable by one such party exceeds the aggregate amount
that would otherwise have been payable or deliverable by the other such party, replaced by
an obligation of the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable or
deliverable to pay or deliver to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount
over the smaller aggregate amount.
(ii) In addition to and without limiting any rights of set-off that a party hereto may
have as a matter of law, pursuant to contract or otherwise, upon the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, Dealer shall have the right to terminate, liquidate and otherwise close
out the Transaction and to set off any obligation or right that Dealer or any affiliate of
Dealer may have to or against Counterparty hereunder or under the Agreement against any
right or obligation Dealer or any of its affiliates may have against or to Counterparty,
including without limitation any right to receive a payment or delivery pursuant to any
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Agreement or hereunder. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver
or pay assets against any right to receive assets of the same type, such obligation and
right shall be set off in kind. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release,
deliver or pay assets against any right to receive assets of any other type, the value of
each of such obligation and such right shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and the
result of such set-off shall be that the net obligor shall pay or deliver to the other party
an amount of cash or assets, at the net obligors option, with a value (determined, in the
case of a delivery of assets, by the Calculation Agent) equal to that of the net obligation.
In determining the value of any obligation to release or deliver Shares or any right to
receive Shares, the value at any time of such obligation or right shall be determined by
reference to the market value of the Shares at such time, as determined by the Calculation
Agent. If an obligation or right is unascertained at the time of any such set-off, the
Calculation Agent may in good faith estimate the amount or value of such obligation or
right, in which case set-off will be effected in respect of that estimate, and the relevant
party shall account to the other party at the time such obligation or right is ascertained.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement (including without limitation
Section 6(f) thereof) and this Confirmation (including without limitation this Section 8(k))
or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, (A) Counterparty shall not net
or set off its obligations under the Transaction, if any, against its rights against Dealer
under any other transaction or instrument; (B) Dealer may net and set off any rights of
Dealer against Counterparty arising under the Transaction only against obligations of Dealer
to Counterparty arising under any transaction or instrument if such transaction or
instrument does not convey rights to Dealer senior to the claims of common stockholders in
the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy; and (C) in the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy,
Dealer waives any and all rights it may have to set-off in respect of the Transaction,
whether arising under agreement, applicable law or otherwise. Dealer will give notice to
Counterparty of any netting or set off effected under this provision.
(l) Equity Rights. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to
convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common
stockholders in the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
agree that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Counterpartys
bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a breach by Counterparty of any of its obligations
under this Confirmation or the Agreement.
(m) Early Unwind. In the event the sale by Counterparty of the Convertible Securities is not
consummated with the initial purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any reason by the
close of business in New York on June 11, 2007 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties,
which in no event shall be later than June 15, 2007) (June 11, 2007 or such later date being the
Early Unwind Date), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the Early Unwind), on the
Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of
Dealer and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) Counterparty shall
purchase from the Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one of more of
its affiliates in connection with this Transaction and shall pay to Dealer an amount in cash equal
to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses relating to the unwinding of Dealers hedging
activities in respect of the Transaction (including market losses incurred in reselling any Shares
purchased by Dealer or its affiliates in connection with such hedging activities). The amount of
any such reimbursement shall be determined by the Dealer in its sole good faith discretion.
Following such termination, cancellation and payment, each party shall be released and discharged
by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to
any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection
with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. Dealer and Counterparty
represent and acknowledge to the other that upon an Early Unwind and following the payment referred
to above, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally
discharged.
(n) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON
ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT
OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS
AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(o) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL
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MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF
INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.
(p) Amendment to Section 6(d)(ii). Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement is modified by deleting
the words on the day in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the words on the day
that is three Local Business Days after the day and by deleting the words two Local Business
Days in the fourth line thereof and substituting therefor the words three Local Business Days.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon
receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm
that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the
agreement between Dealer and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this
Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other
information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to the Address for notices
or communications to Dealer section of the Confirmation.
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[Signature Page to the 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction]
Agreed and Accepted By:
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
[Signature Page to the 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction]
EX-10.2
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Exhibit 10.2 |
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June 6, 2007 |
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
[Form of 2012 Convertible |
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Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 |
Transaction Confirmation] |
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Attn: Richard Gorelick |
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Telephone: (609) 936-2238 |
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Facsimile: (609) 275-1082 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this communication (this Confirmation) is to set forth the terms and
conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the
Transaction) between Dealer (Dealer) and Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
(Counterparty). This communication constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA
Master Agreement specified below.
1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the
2000 ISDA Definitions (including the Annex thereto) (the 2000 Definitions) and the definitions
and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions, and
together with the 2000 Definitions, the Definitions), in each case as published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). In the event of any inconsistency
between the 2000 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern.
Certain defined terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture to be dated
as of June 11, 2007 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee (the Indenture)
relating to the USD 150,000,000 principal amount of 2.375% convertible securities due 2012 (the
Convertible Securities). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the
Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. For the avoidance of doubt,
references herein to sections of the Indenture are based on the draft of the Indenture most
recently reviewed by the parties at the time of execution of this Confirmation. If any relevant
sections of the Indenture are changed, added or renumbered following execution of this Confirmation
but prior to or upon the execution of the Indenture, the parties will amend this Confirmation in
good faith to preserve the economic intent of the parties.
This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty
as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be
subject to an agreement (the Agreement) in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the ISDA
Form) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule
but with the elections set forth in this Confirmation). For the avoidance of doubt, the
Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.
All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this
Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.
2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity
Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as
follows:
General Terms:
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Effective Date:
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% of the number of Convertible Securities in denominations of USD 1,000
principal amount issued by Counterparty on the closing date for the initial issuance of
the Convertible Securities; provided that if the initial purchasers (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement defined below) exercise their option to purchase additional
Convertible Securities pursuant to Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement related to the
purchase and sale of the Convertible Securities dated as of June 6, 2007 among
Counterparty and Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as representatives of the several initial purchasers party
thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the Purchase
Agreement), then on the Additional Premium Payment Date, the Number of Options shall
be automatically increased by % of the number of Convertible Securities in
denominations of USD 1,000 principal amount issued pursuant to such exercise (such
Convertible Securities, the Additional Convertible Securities). For the avoidance of
doubt, the Number of Options outstanding shall be reduced by each exercise of Options
hereunder. |
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Number of Shares:
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As of any date, the product of the Number of Options and the Conversion
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Conversion Rate:
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As defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the
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Strike Price:
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Premium:
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USD ; provided that if the Number of Options is increased pursuant to the
proviso to the definition of Number of Options above, an additional Premium equal to
the product of the number of Options by which the Number of Options is so increased and
USD shall be paid on the Additional Premium Payment Date. |
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Premium Payment Date:
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The Effective Date. |
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Additional Premium
Payment Date:
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The closing date for the purchase and sale of the
Additional Convertible Securities. |
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Exchange:
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The NASDAQ Global Select Market. |
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Related Exchange:
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All Exchanges. |
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Procedures for Exercise: |
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Potential Exercise Dates:
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Each Conversion Date. |
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Conversion Date:
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Required Exercise on
Conversion Dates:
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On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to 25% of the number of
Convertible Securities in denominations of USD 1,000 principal amount submitted for
conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture shall
be automatically exercised, subject to Notice of Exercise below. |
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Expiration Date:
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The earlier of (i) the last day on which any Convertible Securities remain
outstanding and (ii) the maturity date of the Convertible Securities. |
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Automatic Exercise:
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As provided above under Required Exercise on Conversion Dates, subject
to the provisions of Notice of Exercise below. |
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Notice of Exercise:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, in
order to exercise any Options, Counterparty must notify Dealer in writing prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Scheduled Valid Day prior to the scheduled first day
of the applicable Settlement Averaging Period relating to the Convertible Securities
converted on the Conversion Date occurring on the relevant Exercise Date (such
Convertible Securities, the Relevant Convertible Securities) of (i) the number of
Options being exercised on such Exercise Date, (ii) the scheduled first day of the
applicable Settlement Averaging Period, (iii) the scheduled settlement date under the
Indenture for the Relevant Convertible Securities and (iv) whether Counterparty has
elected to satisfy its conversion obligations with respect to the Relevant Convertible
Securities in Shares only (as described in Section 10.02(b) of the Indenture) (Gross
Share Settlement); provided that with respect to Options relating to Relevant
Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15, 2011,
such Notice of Exercise may be given on or prior to the second Scheduled Valid Day
immediately preceding the Expiration Date and need only specify the number of Options
being exercised. |
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Notice of Gross
Share Settlement:
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If Counterparty has elected Gross Share Settlement for all
Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after December 15, 2011,
then with respect to Options relating to such Convertible Securities, Counterparty
shall notify Dealer in writing of such election before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on or prior to December 15, 2011. |
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Notice of Notes Share Cap:
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If the conversion obligation of Counterparty with respect to any
Relevant Convertible Securities is capped by application of the notes share cap (as
defined in the Indenture), then with respect to Options relating to such Convertible
Securities, Counterparty shall notify Dealer in writing of (i) the application of such
cap and (ii) the number of Shares deliverable with respect to each Relevant Convertible
Security before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on or prior to the final day of the
applicable Settlement Averaging Period with respect to such Relevant Convertible
Securities. |
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Dealers Telephone Number
and Telex and/or
Facsimile Number
and Contact Details
for purpose of
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Settlement Terms: |
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Settlement Method:
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Net Share Settlement. |
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Net Share Settlement:
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In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1
of the Equity Definitions, and subject to Notice of Exercise above, in respect of an
Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date Dealer will deliver to Counterparty, on
the relevant Settlement Date, a number of Shares equal to the Net Shares in respect of
any Option exercised or deemed exercised hereunder. In no event will the Net Shares be
less than zero. |
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Net Shares:
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In respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised, a number of
Shares equal to (i) the sum of the quotients, for each Valid Day during the Settlement
Averaging Period for such Exercise Date, of (A) the product of (x) the excess, if any,
of the Relevant Price over the Strike Price on such Valid Day and (y) the Conversion
Rate on such Valid Day divided by (B) such Relevant Price, divided by (ii) the number
of Valid Days in the Settlement Averaging Period; provided that if the calculation
contained in clause (A) above results in a negative number, such number shall be
replaced with the number zero; and provided further that if the calculation set forth
above results in a number of Shares in excess of the notes share cap (as defined in
the Indenture), as applicable, the Net Shares shall be equal to the number of Shares of
the notes share cap. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Counterparty has elected Gross
Share Settlement and so specified in the Notice of Exercise, or if applicable, the
Notice of Gross Share Settlement, then with respect to any Option relating to the
Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or following
December 15, 2011, the Net Shares shall be equal to the lesser of (i) a number of
Shares determined as described above and (ii) a number of Shares equal to the Net
Convertible Value for such Option divided by the Obligation Price. |
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Dealer will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional
Shares to be delivered with respect to any Net Shares
valued at the Relevant Price for the last Valid Day of
the Settlement Averaging Period. |
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Net Convertible Value:
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With respect to an Option, (i) the Total Convertible Value
for such Option minus (ii) USD 1,000. |
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Total Convertible Value:
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With respect to an Option, (i) the aggregate number of
Shares, if any, that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to the holder of a
Convertible Security in a denomination of USD 1,000 for the relevant Conversion Date
pursuant to Section 10.02(b) of the Indenture multiplied by (ii) the Obligation Price. |
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Obligation Price:
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The opening price per Share as displayed under the heading Op on
Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> (or any successor thereto) on the Obligation
Valuation Date. |
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Obligation Valuation Date:
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Settlement Averaging Period:
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consecutive Valid Day period beginning on, and
including, the second Valid Day following such
Conversion Date (or the one hundred (100) consecutive
Valid Day period commencing on, and including, the
second Valid Day following such Conversion Date if
Counterparty has elected Gross Share Settlement and
specified Gross Share Settlement in the Notice of
Exercise) or (ii) with respect to an Option with a
Conversion Date occurring on or following December 15,
2011, the fifty (50) consecutive Valid Day period
beginning on, and including, the fifty-second
(52nd) Scheduled Valid Day immediately prior
to the Expiration Date (or the one hundred (100)
consecutive Valid Day period commencing on, and
including, the one hundred and second
(102nd) Scheduled Valid Day immediately
prior to the Expiration Date if Counterparty has
delivered a Notice of Gross Share Settlement to Dealer
on or prior to December 15, 2011). |
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Settlement Date:
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For any Option, the third Valid Day following the final day of the
applicable Settlement Averaging Period with respect to such Option. |
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Settlement Currency:
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Valid Day:
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A day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading
in the Shares generally occurs on the Exchange or, if the Shares are not then listed on
the Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
which the Shares are then listed or, if the Shares are not then listed on a U.S.
national or regional securities exchange, in the principal other market on which the
Shares are then traded. If the Shares (or other security for which a Relevant Price
must be determined) are not so listed or quoted, a Valid Day means a Business Day. |
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Scheduled Valid Day:
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A day that is scheduled to be a Valid Day on the primary U.S. national
securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading. |
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Market Disruption Event:
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Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby replaced in its
entirety by the following: |
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Market Disruption Event means in respect of a Share,
(i) a failure by the Exchange or, if the Shares are not
then listed on the Exchange, by the principal other
U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
the Shares are then listed or, if the Shares are not
then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, by the principal other market on which the
Shares are then traded, to open for trading during its
regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or
existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on
any Scheduled Valid Day for the Shares for an aggregate
one half hour period of any suspension or limitation
imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or
otherwise) in the Shares or in any options, contracts
or futures contracts relating to the Shares. |
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Relevant Price:
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On any Valid Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed
under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page IART.UQ <equity> AQR (or any
successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening time |
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of the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time of the
Exchange on such Valid Day (or if such volume-weighted
average price is unavailable, the market value of one
Share on such Valid Day, as determined by the
Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted average
method). The Relevant Price will be determined without
regard to after hours trading or any other trading
outside of the regular trading session hours of the
Exchange. |
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Other Applicable Provisions:
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To the extent Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares
hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall
be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions,
obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a
result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of the
Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to
Physically-Settled shall be read as references to Net Share Settled. Net Share
Settled in relation to any Option means that Dealer is obligated to deliver Shares
hereunder. |
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Restricted Certificated Shares:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity
Definitions, Dealer may, in whole or in part, deliver Shares in certificated form
representing the Number of Shares to be Delivered to Counterparty in lieu of delivery
through the Clearance System. With respect to such certificated Shares, the
Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall
be modified by deleting the remainder of the provision after the word encumbrance in
the fourth line thereof. |
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Share Adjustments: |
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Method of Adjustment:
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Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the
occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 10.04 of the Indenture, the
Calculation Agent shall make a corresponding adjustment, if necessary, to the terms
relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction; provided that in no
event shall there be any adjustment hereunder as a result of an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate pursuant Sections 10.04(g) or 10.04(h) of the Indenture. Immediately
upon the occurrence of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.04,
Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such adjustment, and once the
adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in
respect of such adjustment have been determined, Counterparty shall immediately notify
the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments. |
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Extraordinary Events: |
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Merger Event:
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Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, a Merger Event
means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Section 10.06 of the
Indenture. |
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Tender Offer:
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Applicable. Notwithstanding Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions, a
Tender Offer means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in clause (1)
of the definition of Fundamental Change in Section 1.01 of the Indenture. |
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Consequences of Merger
Events and
Tender Offers:
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Notwithstanding Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of the Equity Definitions, upon the
occurrence of a Merger Event or Tender Offer, the Calculation Agent shall make the
corresponding adjustment in respect of any adjustment under the Indenture to any one or
more of the nature of the Shares, the Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any
other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction;
provided that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the
Conversion Rate Sections 10.01(b), 10.04(g) or 10.04(h) of the Indenture; and provided
further that the Calculation Agent may limit or alter any such adjustment referenced in
this paragraph so that the fair value of the Transaction to Dealer is not reduced as a
result of such adjustment. |
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Nationalization, Insolvency
or Delisting:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided
that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions,
it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and
the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The
NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately
re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such
exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange. |
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Additional Disruption
Events: |
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(a) Change in Law:
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(b) Failure to Deliver:
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(c) Insolvency Filing:
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(d) Hedging Disruption:
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(e) Increased Cost of
Hedging:
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Hedging Party:
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For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer. |
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Determining Party:
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For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer. |
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Non-Reliance:
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Agreements and Acknowledgments
Regarding Hedging Activities:
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Additional Acknowledgments:
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3. Calculation
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Dealer Payment Instructions: |
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The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: |
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The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: |
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Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation: |
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Address for notices or communications to Counterparty: |
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
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311 Enterprise Drive |
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Attn:
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Richard Gorelick |
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Telephone:
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Facsimile:
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(609) 275-1082 |
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(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained
elsewhere herein, Counterparty represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with,
Dealer as follows:
(i) On the Trade Date, (A) none of Counterparty and its officers and directors is aware
of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and (B) all
reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)
when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend
inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) (A) On the Trade Date, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a restricted
period, as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation M) and
(B) Counterparty shall not engage in any distribution, as such term is defined in
Regulation M, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth
in sections 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M until the second Exchange Business Day
immediately following the Trade Date.
(iii) On the Trade Date, neither Counterparty nor any affiliate or affiliated
purchaser (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (Rule 10b-18)) shall
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of any cash-settled or other
derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would
effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent
interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a
depository share)
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or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, except
through either one of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wachovia Bank, National Association or
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(iv) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions,
Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties with
respect to the treatment of the Transaction under FASB Statements 128, 133 or 149 (each as
amended) or 150, EITF Issue No. 00-19, 01-06 or 03-06 (or any successor issue statements) or
under FASBs Liabilities & Equity Project.
(v) Without limiting the generality of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Agreement, the
Transaction will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.
(vi) Prior to the Trade Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of
Counterpartys board of directors authorizing the Transaction and such other certificate or
certificates as Dealer shall reasonably request.
(vii) Counterparty is not entering into the Transaction to create actual or apparent
trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares)
or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.
(viii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby will not be, an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(ix) On each of the Trade Date, the Premium Payment Date and the Additional Premium
Payment Date, if any (A) the assets of Counterparty at their fair valuation exceed the
liabilities of Counterparty, including contingent liabilities, (B) the capital of
Counterparty is adequate to conduct the business of Counterparty and (C) Counterparty has
the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or
does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(x) The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 3 of the
Agreement and Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement are true and correct and are hereby deemed
to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein.
(xi) Counterparty understands no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled
to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any
affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
(b) Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract
participant as defined in Section 1a(12) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
(c) Each of Dealer and Counterparty acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to
it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and
warrants to Dealer that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its
investment in the Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an
accredited investor as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities
Act, (iii) it is entering into the Transaction for its own account and without a view to the
distribution or resale thereof, and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the
Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted
under this Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.
(d) The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a securities contract and a
swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the
Bankruptcy Code), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among
other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a partys right to
liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a contractual right as
described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as
performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute
margin payments and transfers under a swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and
(d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and
the transfer of such Shares to constitute settlement payments and transfers under a swap
agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code
Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date and
reasonably acceptable to Dealer in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 3(a) of the Agreement.
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8. Other Provisions:
(a) Additional Termination Events. The occurrence of (i) an event of default with respect to
Counterparty under the terms of the Convertible Securities as set forth in Section 6.01 of the
Indenture, (ii) an Amendment Event or (iii) a Repayment Event shall be an Additional Termination
Event with respect to which the Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty is
the sole Affected Party and Dealer shall be the party entitled to designate an Early Termination
Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement; provided that in the case of a Repayment Event the
Transaction shall be subject to termination only in respect of the number of Convertible Securities
that cease to be outstanding in connection with or as a result of such Repayment Event.
Amendment Event means that Counterparty, without the consent of Dealer, amends,
modifies, supplements or waives any term of the Indenture or the Convertible Securities
governing the principal amount, coupon, maturity, repurchase obligation of Counterparty,
redemption right of Counterparty, any term relating to conversion of the Convertible
Securities (including changes to the conversion price, conversion settlement dates or
conversion conditions), or any term that would require consent of the holders of not less
than 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Securities to amend.
Repayment Event means that (A) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in
connection with or as a result of a change of control, howsoever defined, or for any other
reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any Convertible Securities are
delivered to Counterparty in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of Counterparty
or any of its subsidiaries (howsoever described), (C) any principal of any of the
Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible
Securities (whether following acceleration of the Convertible Securities or otherwise) or
(D) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof
for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its affiliates (or any other property, or
any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction; provided
that, in the case of clause (B) and clause (D), conversions of the Convertible Securities
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof shall not be
Repayment Events.
(b) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary
Events. If, subject to Section 8(k) below, Dealer shall owe Counterparty any amount pursuant to
Section 12.2 or 12.3 of the Equity Definitions and Consequences of Merger Events and Tender
Offers above, or Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of an
Insolvency, a Nationalization, a Tender Offer or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the
consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or pursuant to
Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Counterparty
is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, that
resulted from an event or events within Counterpartys control) (a Payment Obligation),
Counterparty shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require Dealer to satisfy any such
Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) by giving irrevocable
telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, between the
hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date,
Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable (Notice of Share Termination);
provided that if Counterparty does not validly request Dealer to satisfy its Payment Obligation by
the Share Termination Alternative, Dealer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy
its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterpartys
election to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that in calculating the
Payment Obligation the Determining Party may consider the purchase price paid in connection with
the purchase of Share Termination Delivery Property. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the
following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Merger
Date, the Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable:
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Applicable and means that Dealer shall
deliver to Counterparty the Share
Termination Delivery Property on the date
on which the Payment Obligation would
otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7
or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or
Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as
applicable (the Share Termination Payment
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A number of Share Termination Delivery
Units, as calculated by the Calculation
Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation
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equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to
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The value of property contained in one
Share Termination Delivery Unit on the
date such Share Termination Delivery
Units are to be delivered as Share
Termination Delivery Property, as
determined by the Calculation Agent in
its discretion by commercially reasonable
means and notified by the Calculation
Agent to Dealer at the time of
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In the case of a Termination Event, Event
of Default or Delisting, one Share or, in
the case of an Insolvency,
Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender
Offer, a unit consisting of the number or
amount of each type of property received
by a holder of one Share (without
consideration of any requirement to pay
cash or other consideration in lieu of
fractional amounts of any securities) in
such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger
Event or Tender Offer. If such
Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event
or Tender Offer involves a choice of
consideration to be received by holders,
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applicable, the provisions of Sections
9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in
Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions
shall be modified by excluding any
representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or
requirements under applicable securities
laws arising as a result of the fact that
Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares)
and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will
be applicable, except that all references
in such provisions to
Physically-Settled shall be read as
references to settled by Share
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(c) Disposition of Hedge Shares. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith
reasonable judgment of Dealer, any Shares (the Hedge Shares) acquired by Dealer for the purpose
of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction cannot be sold in the public market by
Dealer without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall promptly, at its election:
(i) in order to allow Dealer to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to
Dealer an effective registration statement under the Securities Act to cover the resale of such
Hedge Shares and (A) enter into an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer,
substantially in the form of an underwriting agreement for a registered offering, (B) provide
accountants comfort letters customary in form and substance for registered offerings of equity
securities, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to
Counterparty reasonably acceptable to Dealer, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates
and closing documents customary in form and substance for registered offerings of equity securities
and (E) afford Dealer a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with
respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities;
provided, however, that if Dealer, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access
to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and
documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of
this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow Dealer to
sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement
substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of
equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Dealer, including customary
representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations,
indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares
from Dealer), opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private
placements agreements, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer (in which case, the Calculation Agent
shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its reasonable
judgment, to compensate Dealer for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred
on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from Dealer
at the Relevant Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by Dealer,
provided that Counterparty shall not be required to purchase any Hedge Shares from Dealer unless it
elects to do so, solely at its discretion, in accordance with this Section 8(c)(iii).
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(d) Amendment to Equity Definitions. The following amendment shall be made to the Equity
Definitions:
(i) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting
from the fourth line thereof the word or after the word official and inserting a comma
therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting
the following words therefor or (C) at Dealers option, the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement with
respect to that Issuer.
(ii) Section 12.9(b)(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) replacing
either party may elect with Dealer may elect and (2) replacing notice to the other
party with notice to Counterparty in the first sentence of such section.
(e) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any
repurchase of Shares, promptly give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a Repurchase
Notice) on such day if, following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day
is (i) greater than 6% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the
immediately preceding Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice,
greater than the Notice Percentage as of the date hereof). The Notice Percentage as of any day
is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Number of Shares plus the
Number of Shares under the convertible bond hedge transaction dated the date hereof between
Counterparty and Dealer relating to the 2.75% convertible securities due 2010 (the 2010
Convertible Bond Hedge) and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such
day. In the event that Counterparty fails to provide Dealer with a Repurchase Notice on the day
and in the manner specified in this Section 8(e) then Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Dealer, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and
controlling persons (Dealer and each such person being an Indemnified Party) from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several,
to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including
without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If
for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or
insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Counterparty shall contribute, to the
maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified
Party for all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after
notice to Counterparty) in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or
settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom,
whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action,
suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. This indemnity shall
survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and
delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement and shall inure
to the benefit of any permitted assignee of Dealer.
(f) Transfer and Assignment. Dealer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations
hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, to (i) any of its affiliates, (ii) any
entities sponsored or organized by, or on behalf of or for the benefit of, Dealer, or (iii) any
third party that has a credit rating for its long-term unsecured, unsubordinated debt at the time
of such transfer at least equal to the lower of the rating of Dealer at the time of such transfer
or A- by Standard & Poors Ratings Services, or any successor thereto, or A3 by Moodys
Investors Service, or any successor thereto, in each case without the consent of Counterparty.
Dealer shall notify Counterparty as soon as practicable of any such transfer or assignment effected
pursuant to this Section 8(f). If at any time at which the Equity Percentage exceeds 8%, Dealer,
in its discretion, is unable to effect such a transfer or assignment after its commercially
reasonable efforts on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to Dealer such that the Equity Percentage
is reduced to 8% or less, Dealer may designate any Scheduled Trading Day as an Early Termination
Date with respect to a portion (the Terminated Portion) of the Transaction, such that the Equity
Percentage following such partial termination will be equal to or less than 8%. In the event that
Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a
payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and Section 8(b) of this
Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction
having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the Transaction, (ii) Counterparty shall be the
sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (iii) such portion of the
Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. The Equity Percentage as of any day is the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the number of
Shares that Dealer or any of its affiliates beneficially own (within the meaning of Section 13 of
the Exchange Act) on such day, other than any Shares so owned as a hedge of the Transaction or as
a hedge of the 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge and (y) the Number of Shares plus the Number of Shares
under the 2010 Convertible Bond Hedge and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares
outstanding on such day.
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(g) Staggered Settlement. If Dealer reasonably determines that it would not be practicable or
advisable to deliver, or to acquire for delivery, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by
Dealer on any Settlement Date for the Transaction, Dealer may, by notice to Counterparty prior to
any Settlement Date (a Nominal Settlement Date), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates
(each, a Staggered Settlement Date) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as
follows:
(i) in such notice, Dealer will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered
Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not
prior to the beginning of the applicable Settlement Averaging Period) or delivery times and
how it will allocate the Shares it is required to deliver hereunder among the Staggered
Settlement Dates or delivery times; and
(ii) the aggregate number of Shares that Dealer will deliver to Counterparty hereunder
on all such Staggered Settlement Dates and delivery times will equal the number of Shares
that Dealer would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date.
(h) Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone any Potential Exercise Date or any other date of
valuation or delivery by Dealer, with respect to some or all of the relevant Options (in which
event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Shares it is required to
deliver hereunder), if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, that such
extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve Dealers hedging or hedge unwind
activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable Dealer to effect
purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder
in a manner that would, if Dealer were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be
in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related
policies and procedures applicable to Dealer.
(i) Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the
Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose
to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the
Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(j) Designation by Dealer. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the
contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other
securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell,
receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in
respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be
discharged of its obligations to Counterparty to the extent of any such performance.
(k) Netting and Set-off.
(i) If on any date cash would otherwise be payable or Shares or other property would
otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to any other
agreement between the parties by Counterparty to Dealer and cash would otherwise be payable
or Shares or other property would otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the
Agreement or pursuant to any other agreement between the parties by Dealer to Counterparty
and the type of property required to be paid or delivered by each such party on such date is
the same, then, on such date, each such partys obligation to make such payment or delivery
will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would
otherwise have been payable or deliverable by one such party exceeds the aggregate amount
that would otherwise have been payable or deliverable by the other such party, replaced by
an obligation of the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable or
deliverable to pay or deliver to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount
over the smaller aggregate amount.
(ii) In addition to and without limiting any rights of set-off that a party hereto may
have as a matter of law, pursuant to contract or otherwise, upon the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, Dealer shall have the right to terminate, liquidate and otherwise close
out the Transaction and to set off any obligation or right that Dealer or any affiliate of
Dealer may have to or against Counterparty hereunder or under the Agreement against any
right or obligation Dealer or any of its affiliates may have against or to Counterparty,
including without limitation any right to receive a payment or delivery pursuant to any
provision of the Agreement or hereunder. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to
release, deliver or pay assets against any right to receive assets of the same type, such
obligation and right shall be set off in kind. In the case of a set-off of any obligation
to release, deliver or pay assets against any right to receive assets of any other type, the
value of each of such obligation and such right shall be determined by the Calculation Agent
and the result of such set-off shall be that the net obligor shall pay or deliver to the
other party an amount of cash or assets, at the net
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obligors option, with a value (determined, in the case of a delivery of assets, by the
Calculation Agent) equal to that of the net obligation. In determining the value of any
obligation to release or deliver Shares or any right to receive Shares, the value at any
time of such obligation or right shall be determined by reference to the market value of the
Shares at such time, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If an obligation or right is
unascertained at the time of any such set-off, the Calculation Agent may in good faith
estimate the amount or value of such obligation or right, in which case set-off will be
effected in respect of that estimate, and the relevant party shall account to the other
party at the time such obligation or right is ascertained.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement (including without limitation
Section 6(f) thereof) and this Confirmation (including without limitation this Section 8(k))
or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, (A) Counterparty shall not net
or set off its obligations under the Transaction, if any, against its rights against Dealer
under any other transaction or instrument; (B) Dealer may net and set off any rights of
Dealer against Counterparty arising under the Transaction only against obligations of Dealer
to Counterparty arising under any transaction or instrument if such transaction or
instrument does not convey rights to Dealer senior to the claims of common stockholders in
the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy; and (C) in the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy,
Dealer waives any and all rights it may have to set-off in respect of the Transaction,
whether arising under agreement, applicable law or otherwise. Dealer will give notice to
Counterparty of any netting or set off effected under this provision.
(l) Equity Rights. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to
convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common
stockholders in the event of Counterpartys bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
agree that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Counterpartys
bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a breach by Counterparty of any of its obligations
under this Confirmation or the Agreement.
(m) Early Unwind. In the event the sale by Counterparty of the Convertible Securities is not
consummated with the initial purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any reason by the
close of business in New York on June 11, 2007 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties,
which in no event shall be later than June 15, 2007) (June 11, 2007 or such later date being the
Early Unwind Date), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the Early Unwind), on the
Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of
Dealer and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) Counterparty shall
purchase from the Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one of more of
its affiliates in connection with this Transaction and shall pay to Dealer an amount in cash equal
to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses relating to the unwinding of Dealers hedging
activities in respect of the Transaction (including market losses incurred in reselling any Shares
purchased by Dealer or its affiliates in connection with such hedging activities). The amount of
any such reimbursement shall be determined by the Dealer in its sole good faith discretion.
Following such termination, cancellation and payment, each party shall be released and discharged
by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to
any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection
with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. Dealer and Counterparty
represent and acknowledge to the other that upon an Early Unwind and following the payment referred
to above, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally
discharged.
(n) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON
ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT
OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS
AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(o) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE
IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.
(p) Amendment to Section 6(d)(ii). Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement is modified by deleting
the words on the day in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the words on the day
that is three Local Business Days after
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the day and by deleting the words two Local Business Days in the fourth line thereof and
substituting therefor the words three Local Business Days.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon
receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm
that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the
agreement between Dealer and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this
Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other
information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to the Address for notices
or communications to Dealer section of the Confirmation.
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[Signature Page to the 2012 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction]
Agreed and Accepted By:
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
[Signature Page to the 2012 Convertible Bond Hedge Transaction]
EX-10.3
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Exhibit
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June 6, 2007 |
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
[Form of 2010 Amended |
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311 Enterprise Drive |
and Restated Warrant |
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Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 |
Transaction Confirmation] |
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Attn: Richard Gorelick |
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Telephone: (609) 936-2238 |
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Facsimile: (609) 275-1082 |
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Re:
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Amended and Restated Issuer Warrant Transaction |
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(Transaction Reference Number: ) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this communication (this Confirmation) is to set forth the terms and
conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the
Transaction) between [Dealer] (Dealer) and Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
(Issuer). This communication constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA Master
Agreement specified below. This communication constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the
ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation represents an amendment to the initial
Issuer Warrant Transaction dated June 6, 2007 between Dealer and Issuer (the Initial Warrant
Transaction) and reflects the Issuers election to increase the Number of Warrants in accordance
with the terms of the Initial Warrant Transaction following the exercise by the initial purchasers
party to the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) of their right to receive additional 2.75%
convertible securities due 2010 (Convertible Securities). Upon execution, this Confirmation
amends, replaces and supersedes the Initial Warrant Transaction.
1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the
2000 ISDA Definitions (including the Annex thereto) (the 2000 Definitions) and the definitions
and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions, and
together with the 2000 Definitions, the Definitions), in each case as published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). In the event of any inconsistency
between the 2000 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern. For
purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference herein to a Warrant shall be deemed to be a
reference to a Call Option or an Option, as the context requires.
This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Issuer as to
the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be
subject to an agreement (the Agreement) in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the ISDA
Form) as if Dealer and Issuer had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule but
with the elections set forth in this Confirmation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction
shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.
All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this
Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.
2. The Transaction is a Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option
Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to
which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
General Terms:
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Trade Date:
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June 6, 2007 |
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Effective Date:
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June 11, 2007, subject to Section 8(o) below. |
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The Transaction will be divided into individual Components, each with the terms
set forth in this Confirmation, and, in particular, with the Number of Warrants
and Expiration Dates set forth in this Confirmation. The payments and
deliveries to be made upon settlement of the Transaction will be determined
separately for each Component as if each Component were a separate Transaction
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Warrant Style:
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European |
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Warrant Type:
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Call |
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Seller:
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Buyer:
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The Common Stock of Issuer, par value USD 0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: IART). |
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Number of Warrants:
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For each Component, as provided in Annex A to this Confirmation; provided that
if the Initial Purchasers party to the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein)
exercise their right to receive additional 2.75% convertible securities due
2010, (the Convertible Notes) pursuant to the Initial Purchasers option to
purchase additional Convertible Notes, then, at the discretion of Issuer, on the
Additional Premium Payment Date, the Number of Warrants shall be automatically
increased by the additional Warrants (the Additional Warrants) in proportion
to such additional Convertible Notes in denominations of USD 1,000 principal
amount issued pursuant to such exercise (such Convertible Notes, the Additional
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Warrant Entitlement:
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One Share per Warrant. |
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Strike Price:
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Premium:
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USD. |
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Premium Payment Date:
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The Effective Date. |
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The NASDAQ Global Select Market. |
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All Exchanges. |
Procedures for Exercise:
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Expiration Time:
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Valuation Time. |
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Expiration Date:
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As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation (or, if such date is not a Scheduled
Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day that is not already an
Expiration Date for another Component); provided that if that date is a
Disrupted Day, the Expiration Date for such Component shall be the first
succeeding Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day and is not or is
not deemed to be an Expiration Date in respect of any other Component |
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hereunder;
and provided further that if the Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to
the preceding proviso as of the Final Disruption Date, the Final Disruption Date
shall be the Expiration Date (irrespective of whether such date is an Expiration
Date occurring on the Final Disruption Date in respect of any other Component)
and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation or the
Definitions, the Relevant Price for the Expiration Date shall be the prevailing
market value per Share determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially
reasonable manner. Final Disruption Date means February 1, 2011.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in the Equity
Definitions, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Expiration Date, the
Calculation Agent may determine that such Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day
only in part, in which case the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the
number of Warrants for the relevant Component for which such day shall be the
Expiration Date and shall designate the Scheduled Trading Day determined in the
manner described in the immediately preceding sentence as the Expiration Date
for the remaining Warrants for such Component. Section 6.6 of the Equity
Definitions shall not apply to any Valuation Date occurring on an Expiration
Date. |
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Market Disruption Event:
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Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words
during the one hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest
Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case
may be, in clause (ii) thereof. |
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Automatic Exercise:
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Applicable; and means that each Warrant not previously exercised under the
Transaction will be deemed to be automatically exercised at the applicable
Expiration Time on the applicable Expiration Date unless Dealer notifies Issuer
(by telephone or in writing) prior to the Expiration Time on the Expiration Date
that it does not wish Automatic Exercise to occur, in which case Automatic
Exercise will not apply to such Expiration Date. |
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Issuers Telephone Number
and Telex and/or Facsimile Number
and Contact Details for purpose of
Giving Notice:
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To be provided by Issuer. |
Settlement Terms:
In respect of any Component:
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Settlement Currency:
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Net Share Settlement:
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On each Settlement Date, Issuer shall deliver to Dealer a number of Shares equal
to the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Settlement Date to the account
specified by Dealer and cash in lieu of any fractional Shares valued at the
Relevant Price on the Valuation Date corresponding to such Settlement Date. |
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Number of Shares to be Delivered:
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In respect of any Exercise Date, subject to the last sentence of Section 9.5 of
the Equity Definitions, the product of (i) the number of Warrants exercised or
deemed exercised on such Exercise Date, (ii) the Warrant Entitlement and (iii)
(A) the excess of the VWAP |
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Price on the Valuation Date occurring on such
Exercise Date over the Strike Price divided by (B) such VWAP Price. |
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The Number of Shares to be Delivered shall be delivered by Issuer to Dealer no
later than 5:00 p.m. (local time in New York City) on the relevant Settlement
Date. |
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VWAP Price:
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For any Valuation Date, the volume weighted average price per Share for such
Valuation Date based on transactions executed during such Valuation Date, as
reported on Bloomberg Page IART.UQ <Equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) or,
in the event such price is not so reported on such Valuation Date for any
reason, as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent. |
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Other Applicable Provisions:
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The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions
shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable
securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Seller is the Issuer of the
Shares) and 9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all
references in such provisions to Physically-Settled shall be read as
references to Net Share Settled. Net Share Settled in relation to any
Warrant means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to such Warrant. |
Adjustments:
In respect of any Component:
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Method of Adjustment:
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Calculation Agent Adjustment. |
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Extraordinary Dividend:
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Any dividend or distribution (i) that has an ex-dividend date occurring on or
after the Trade Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date and (ii) the amount
or value of which exceeds the Ordinary Dividend Amount for such dividend or
distribution, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
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Ordinary Dividend Amount:
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Extraordinary Events:
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New Shares: |
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Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the text
in clause (i) in its entirety and replacing it with the phrase publicly quoted,
traded or listed on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their
respective successors). |
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Consequences of Merger Events: |
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(b) Share-for-Other: |
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination). |
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(c) Share-for-Combined: |
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination). |
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Tender Offer: |
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Consequences of Tender Offers: |
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) on that portion of
the Other Consideration that consists of cash; Modified Calculation Agent
Adjustment on the remainder of the Other Consideration. |
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Nationalization, Insolvency
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that in
addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it
shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United
States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ
Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective
successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on
any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall
thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange. |
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Additional Disruption Events: |
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(a) Change in Law: |
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(b) Failure to Deliver: |
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(c) Insolvency Filing: |
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(d) Hedging Disruption: |
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(e) Increased Cost of Hedging: |
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(f) Loss of Stock Borrow: |
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Maximum Stock Loan Rate: |
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Initial Stock Loan Rate: |
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Hedging Party: |
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Dealer for all applicable Additional Disruption Events. |
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Determining Party: |
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Non-Reliance: |
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Agreements and Acknowledgments |
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Regarding Hedging Activities: |
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Additional Acknowledgments: |
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Calculation Agent: |
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Account Details: |
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Dealer Payment Instructions: |
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Issuer Payment Instructions: |
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The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is:
The Office of Issuer for the Transaction is:
311 Enterprise Drive, Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536.
6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:
(a) Address for notices or communications to Issuer:
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
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311 Enterprise Drive |
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Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 |
Attn:
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Richard Gorelick |
Telephone:
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(609) 936-2238 |
Facsimile:
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(609) 275-1082 |
(b) Address for notices or communications to Dealer:
7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:
(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained
elsewhere herein, Issuer represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with, Dealer
as follows:
(i) On the Trade Date, (A) none of Issuer and its officers and directors is aware of
any material nonpublic information regarding Issuer or the Shares and (B) all reports and
other documents filed by Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) when considered as a whole
(with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements
contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Issuer
acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties with respect to the
treatment of the Transaction under FASB Statements 128, 133 or 149 (each as amended) or 150,
EITF Issue No. 00-19, 01-06 or 03-06 (or any successor issue statements) or under FASBs
Liabilities & Equity Project.
(iii) Prior to the Trade Date, Issuer shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Issuers
board of directors authorizing the Transaction and such other certificate or certificates as
Dealer shall reasonably request.
(iv) Issuer is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading
activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to
raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.
(v) On any Expiration Date, Issuer shall not, and shall cause its affiliates and
affiliated purchasers (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) not to,
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a cash-settled or other
derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would
effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent
interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a
depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares on any
Expiration Date, except through either one of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc.,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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(vi) Issuer is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby
will not be, an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
(vii) On the Trade Date, (A) the assets of Issuer at their fair valuation exceed the
liabilities of Issuer, including contingent liabilities, (B) the capital of Issuer is
adequate to conduct the business of Issuer and (C) Issuer has the ability to pay its debts
and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it
will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(viii) Issuer shall not take any action to decrease the number of Available Shares
below the Capped Number (each as defined below).
(ix) The representations and warranties of Issuer set forth in Section 3 of the
Agreement and Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement related to the purchase and sale of the
Convertible Securities dated as of June 6, 2007 among the Issuer and Banc of America
Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as
representatives of the several initial purchasers party thereto, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time (the Purchase Agreement) are true and correct and are
hereby deemed to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein.
(x) Issuer understands that no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled
to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any
affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
(xi) (A) On the Trade Date, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a restricted
period, as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation M) and
(B) Issuer shall not engage in any distribution, as such term is defined in Regulation M,
other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth in sections
101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M, until the second Exchange Business Day immediately
following the Trade Date.
(xii) The Shares of the Issuer initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrant by the
net share settlement method (the Warrant Shares) have been reserved for issuance by all
required corporate action of the Issuer. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and,
when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of
cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrant following the exercise of
the Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrant, will be validly
issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be
subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(b) Each of Dealer and Issuer agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract
participant as defined in Section 1a(12) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
(c) Each of Dealer and Issuer acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to it is
intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Dealer represents and warrants
to Issuer that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the
Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an accredited investor
as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) it is
entering into the Transaction for its own account without a view to the distribution or resale
thereof and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and
will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted under this Confirmation, the
Securities Act and state securities laws.
(d) The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a securities contract and a
swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the
Bankruptcy Code), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among
other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a partys right to
liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a contractual right as
described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as
performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute
margin payments and transfers under a swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and
(d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and
the transfer of such Shares to constitute settlement payments and transfers under a swap
agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.
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(e) Issuer shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date and
reasonably acceptable to Dealer in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 3(a) of the Agreement.
8. Other Provisions:
(a) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary
Events. If, subject to Section 8(m) below, Issuer shall owe Dealer any amount pursuant to Sections
12.2, 12.3, 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of an Insolvency, a
Nationalization, a Tender Offer or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or
proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii)
of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Issuer is the Defaulting
Party or a Termination Event in which Issuer is the Affected Party, that resulted from an event or
events within Issuers control) (a Payment Obligation), Issuer shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined
below) by giving irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled
Trading Day, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the Merger Date,
Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable (Notice of Share
Termination); provided that if Issuer does not validly elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by
the Share Termination Alternative, Dealer shall have the right, in its sole discretion to require
Issuer to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding
Issuers election to the contrary. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the following provisions
shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Merger Date, the Tender Offer
Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable:
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Share Termination Alternative:
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Applicable and means that Issuer shall
deliver to Dealer the Share Termination
Delivery Property on the date on which
the Payment Obligation would otherwise be
due pursuant to Section 12.7 or 12.9 of
the Equity Definitions or Section
6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable
(the Share Termination Payment Date),
in satisfaction of the Payment
Obligation. |
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Share Termination Delivery
Property:
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A number of Share Termination Delivery
Units, as calculated by the Calculation
Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation
divided by the Share Termination Unit
Price. The Calculation Agent shall
adjust the Share Termination Delivery
Property by replacing any fractional
portion of a security therein with an
amount of cash equal to the value of such
fractional security based on the values
used to calculate the Share Termination
Unit Price. |
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Share Termination Unit Price:
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The value of property contained in one
Share Termination Delivery Unit on the
date such Share Termination Delivery
Units are to be delivered as Share
Termination Delivery Property, as
determined by the Calculation Agent in
its discretion by commercially reasonable
means and notified by the Calculation
Agent to Issuer at the time of
notification of the Payment Obligation. |
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Share Termination Delivery Unit:
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In the case of a Termination Event, Event
of Default or Delisting, one Share or, in
the case of an Insolvency,
Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender
Offer, a unit consisting of the number or
amount of each type of property received
by a holder of one Share (without
consideration of any requirement to pay
cash or other consideration in lieu of
fractional amounts of any securities) in
such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger
Event or Tender Offer. If such
Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event
or Tender Offer involves a choice of
consideration to be received by holders,
such holder shall be deemed to have
elected to receive the maximum possible
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Failure to Deliver:
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Other applicable provisions:
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If Share Termination Alternative is
applicable, the provisions of Sections
9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in
Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions
shall be modified by excluding any
representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or
requirements under applicable securities
laws arising as a result of the fact that
Seller is the Issuer of the Shares) and
9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be
applicable, except that all references in
such provisions to Physically-Settled
shall be read as references to settled
by Share Termination Alternative and all references to Shares shall be
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(b) Registration/Private Placement Procedures. (i) If, in the reasonable judgment of Dealer,
for any reason, any Shares or any securities of Issuer or its affiliates comprising any Share
Termination Delivery Units deliverable to Dealer hereunder (any such Shares or securities,
Delivered Securities) would not be immediately freely transferable by Dealer under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), then the provisions set forth
in this Section 8(b) shall apply. At the election of Issuer by notice to Dealer within one
Exchange Business Day after the relevant delivery obligation arises, but in any event at least one
Exchange Business Day prior to the date on which such delivery obligation is due, either (A) all
Delivered Securities delivered by Issuer to Dealer shall be, at the time of such delivery, covered
by an effective registration statement of Issuer for immediate resale by Dealer (such registration
statement and the corresponding prospectus (the Prospectus) (including, without limitation, any
sections describing the plan of distribution) in form and content commercially reasonably
satisfactory to Dealer) or (B) Issuer shall deliver additional Delivered Securities so that the
value of such Delivered Securities, as determined by the Calculation Agent to reflect an
appropriate liquidity discount, equals the value of the number of Delivered Securities that would
otherwise be deliverable if such Delivered Securities were freely tradeable (without prospectus
delivery) upon receipt by Dealer (such value, the Freely Tradeable Value); provided that Issuer
may not make the election described in this clause (B) if, on the date of its election, it has
taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant
to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the delivery by Issuer to Dealer (or any affiliate
designated by Dealer) of the Delivered Securities or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or
Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Delivered Securities by Dealer (or any
affiliate of Dealer). (For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this paragraph (b) only, the term
Issuer shall mean the issuer of the relevant securities, as the context shall require.)
(ii) If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(A) above:
(A) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) shall be afforded a
reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Issuer that
is customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities and that yields
results that are commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer or such affiliate, as the
case may be, in its discretion; and
(B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and Issuer shall enter into
an agreement (a Registration Agreement) on commercially reasonable terms in connection
with the public resale of such Delivered Securities by Dealer or such affiliate
substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of
equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer or
such affiliate and Issuer, which Registration Agreement shall include, without limitation,
provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating
to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and
its affiliates and Issuer, shall provide for the payment by Issuer of all expenses in
connection with such resale, including all registration costs and all fees and expenses of
counsel for Dealer, and shall provide for the delivery of accountants comfort letters to
Dealer or such affiliate with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.
(iii) If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(B) above:
(A) all Delivered Securities shall be delivered to Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer
designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof;
(B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and any potential
institutional purchaser of any such Delivered Securities from Dealer or such affiliate
identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a
due diligence investigation in compliance with applicable law with respect to Issuer
customary in scope for private placements of equity securities (including, without
limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);
(C) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and Issuer shall enter into
an agreement (a Private Placement Agreement) on commercially reasonable terms in
connection with the private placement of such Delivered Securities by Issuer to Dealer or
such affiliate and the private resale of such shares by Dealer or such affiliate,
substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private
placements of equity securities, in form and substance
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commercially reasonably
satisfactory to Dealer and Issuer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without
limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement
purchase agreements relating to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with
the liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and Issuer, shall provide for the payment by
Issuer of all expenses in connection with such resale, including all fees and expenses of
counsel for Dealer, shall contain representations, warranties and agreements of Issuer
reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales, and shall use
best efforts to provide for the delivery of accountants comfort letters to Dealer or such
affiliate with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained in or incorporated by reference into the offering memorandum prepared for the
resale of such Shares; and
(D) Issuer agrees that any Delivered Securities so delivered to Dealer, (i) may be
transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates, and Issuer shall effect such transfer
without any further action by Dealer and (ii) after the minimum holding period within the
meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed with respect to such Delivered
Securities, Issuer shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Shares or
securities to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from
such Delivered Securities upon delivery by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Issuer or
such transfer agent of sellers and brokers representation letters customarily delivered by
Dealer in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate,
consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax
stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of
Dealer).
(c) Make-whole Shares. If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(B) of paragraph
(b) of this Section 8, then Dealer or its affiliate may sell such Shares or Share Termination
Delivery Units, as the case may be, during a period (the Resale Period) commencing on the
Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units, as the
case may be, and ending on the Exchange Business Day on which Dealer completes the sale of all such
Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units, as the case may be, or a sufficient number of Shares or
Share Termination Delivery Units, as the case may be, so that the realized net proceeds of such
sales exceed the Freely Tradeable Value (such amount of the Freely Tradeable Value, the Required
Proceeds). If any of such delivered Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units remains after such
realized net proceeds exceed the Required Proceeds, Dealer shall return such remaining Shares or
Share Termination Delivery Units to Issuer. If the Required Proceeds exceed the realized net
proceeds from such resale, Issuer shall transfer to Dealer by the open of the regular trading
session on the Exchange on the Exchange Trading Day immediately following the last day of the
Resale Period the amount of such excess (the Additional Amount) in cash or in a number of
additional Shares (Make-whole Shares) in an amount that, based on the Relevant Price on the last
day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the Valuation Date for purposes of computing such
Relevant Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall
continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares in the manner contemplated by this Section
8(c). This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero,
subject to Section 8(e).
(d) Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or this
Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or shall be deemed to receive, any
Shares if, upon such receipt of such Shares, the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer or any
entity that directly or indirectly controls Dealer (collectively, Buyer Group) would be equal to
or greater than 8% or more of the class of the Issuers outstanding equity securities that is
comprised of the Shares. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in
part, as a result of this provision, Issuers obligation to make such delivery shall not be
extinguished and Issuer shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event
later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Issuer that such delivery would
not result in Buyer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 8% of the
outstanding Shares.
(e) Limitations on Settlement by Issuer. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Agreement
to the contrary, in no event shall Issuer be required to deliver Shares in connection with the
Transaction in excess of 1,867,598 Shares, as adjusted by the Calculation Agent to account for any
subdivision, stock-split, reclassification or similar diluting event with respect to the Shares
(the Capped Number). Issuer represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on
each day that the Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the
number of authorized but unissued Shares of the Issuer that are not reserved for future issuance in
connection with transactions in the Shares (other than the Transaction) on the date of the
determination of the Capped Number (such Shares, the Available Shares).
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In the event Issuer shall not have delivered the full number
of Shares otherwise deliverable as a result of this Section 8(e) (the resulting deficit, the
Deficit Shares), Issuer shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time until the
full number of Deficit Shares have been delivered pursuant to this paragraph, Shares when, and to
the extent, that (i) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Issuer or any of its
subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other
consideration), (ii) authorized and unissued Shares reserved for issuance in respect of other
transactions prior to such date which prior to the relevant date become no longer so reserved and
(iii) Issuer additionally authorizes any unissued Shares that are not reserved for other
transactions. Issuer shall immediately notify Dealer of the occurrence of any of the foregoing
events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) and the corresponding
number of Shares to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Shares thereafter.
(f) Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone any Exercise Date or any other date of valuation or
delivery with respect to some or all of the relevant Warrants (in which event the Calculation Agent
shall make appropriate adjustments to the Number of Shares to be Delivered with respect to one or
more Components), if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, that such
extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve Dealers hedging or hedge unwind
activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable Dealer to effect
purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder
in a manner that would, if Dealer were Issuer or an affiliated purchaser of Issuer, be in
compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related
policies and procedures applicable to Dealer.
(g) Equity Rights. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to
convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common
stockholders in the event of Issuers bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree
that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Issuers bankruptcy to
any claim arising as a result of a breach by Issuer of any of its obligations under this
Confirmation or the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that this
Confirmation is not secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Issuer
herein under or pursuant to any other agreement.
(h) Amendments to Equity Definitions and the Agreement. The following amendments shall be
made to the Equity Definitions and to the Agreement:
(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words
diluting or concentrative and replacing them with the words material.
(ii) The first sentence of Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions, prior to clause
(A) thereof, is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) If Calculation Agent Adjustment is
specified as the Method of Adjustment in the related Confirmation of a Share Option
Transaction, then following the announcement or occurrence of any Potential Adjustment
Event, the Calculation Agent will determine whether such Potential Adjustment Event has a
material effect on the theoretical value of the relevant Shares or options on the Shares
and, if so, will (i) make appropriate adjustment(s), if any, to any one or more of: and,
the portion of such sentence immediately preceding clause (ii) thereof is hereby amended by
deleting the words diluting or concentrative and the words (provided that no adjustments
will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan
rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares) and replacing such latter phrase with
the words (and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for
changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the
relevant Shares);
(iii) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the
words diluting or concentrative and replacing them with material; and adding the phrase
or Warrants at the end of the sentence.
(iv) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting
from the fourth line thereof the word or after the word official and inserting a comma
therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting
the following words therefor or (C) at Dealers option, the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to
that Issuer.
(v) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(A) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase or (B)
following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase in each case in subsection
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(B) deleting the phrase neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending
Party lends Shares in the amount of the Hedging Shares or in the
penultimate sentence.
(vi) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(A) adding the word or immediately before subsection (B) and deleting
the comma at the end of subsection (A); and
(B) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word
or immediately preceding subsection (C) and (3) deleting the final
sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence The Hedging
Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the
other.
(i) Repurchase Notices. Issuer shall, on any day on which Issuer effects any repurchase of
Shares, promptly give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a Repurchase Notice) on such
day if, following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day is (i) greater
than 6% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding
Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice, greater than the Notice
Percentage as of the date hereof). The Notice Percentage as of any day is the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the product of the Number of Warrants and the
Warrant Entitlement plus the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement
under the warrant transaction dated the date hereof between Issuer and Dealer relating to the
2.375% convertible securities due 2012 (the 2012 Warrant) and the denominator of which is the
number of Shares outstanding on such day. In the event that Issuer fails to provide Dealer with a
Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this Section 8(i) then Issuer agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Dealer, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and controlling persons (Dealer and each such person being an Indemnified
Party) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable
securities laws, including without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or
arising out of such failure. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any
Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Issuer shall
contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the
Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Issuer will
reimburse any Indemnified Party for all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses)
as they are incurred (after notice to Issuer) in connection with the investigation of, preparation
for or defense or settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding
arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such
claim, action, suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Issuer. This
indemnity shall survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any
assignment and delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of any permitted assignee of Dealer.
(j) Transfer and Assignment. Dealer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations
hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time to any person or entity
whatsoever without the consent of Issuer. Dealer shall notify Issuer as soon as practicable of any
such transfer or assignment effected pursuant to this Section 8(j). If at any time at which the
Equity Percentage exceeds 8%, Dealer, in its discretion, is unable to effect such a transfer or
assignment after its commercially reasonable efforts on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to
Dealer such that the Equity Percentage is reduced to 8% or less, Dealer may designate any Scheduled
Trading Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion (the Terminated Portion) of
the Transaction, such that the Equity Percentage following such partial termination will be equal
to or less than 8%. In the event that Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect
to a portion of the Transaction, a payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the
Agreement and Section 8(b) of this Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been
designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the
Transaction, (ii) Issuer shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination
and (iii) such portion of the Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. The Equity
Percentage as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is
the sum of (x) the number of Shares that Dealer or any of its affiliates beneficially own (within
the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act) on such day, other than any Shares so owned as a
hedge of the Transaction or as a hedge of the 2012 Warrant and (y) the product of the Number of
Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement plus the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant
Entitlement under the 2012 Warrant and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.
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(k) Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the
Transaction, Issuer and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any
and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the
Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to Issuer relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(l) Designation by Dealer. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the
contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other
securities to or from Issuer, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive
or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in respect
of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged
of its obligations to Issuer to the extent of any such performance.
(m) Netting and Set-off.
(i) If on any date cash would otherwise be payable or Shares or other property would
otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to any other
agreement between the parties by Issuer to Dealer and cash would otherwise be payable or
Shares or other property would otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the
Agreement or pursuant to any other agreement between the parties by Dealer to Issuer and the
type of property required to be paid or delivered by each such party on such date is the
same, then, on such date, each such partys obligation to make such payment or delivery will
be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise
have been payable or deliverable by one such party exceeds the aggregate amount that would
otherwise have been payable or deliverable by the other such party, replaced by an
obligation of the party by whom the larger aggregate amount would have been payable or
deliverable to pay or deliver to the other party the excess of the larger aggregate amount
over the smaller aggregate amount.
(ii) In addition to and without limiting any rights of set-off that a party hereto may
have as a matter of law, pursuant to contract or otherwise, upon the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, Dealer shall have the right to terminate, liquidate and otherwise close
out the Transaction and to set off any obligation or right that Dealer or any affiliate of
Dealer may have to or against Issuer hereunder or under the Agreement against any right or
obligation Dealer or any of its affiliates may have against or to Issuer, including without
limitation any right to receive a payment or delivery pursuant to any provision of the
Agreement or hereunder. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or
pay assets against any right to receive assets of the same type, such obligation and right
shall be set off in kind. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or
pay assets against any right to receive assets of any other type, the value of each of such
obligation and such right shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and the result of
such set-off shall be that the net obligor shall pay or deliver to the other party an amount
of cash or assets, at the net obligors option, with a value (determined, in the case of a
delivery of assets, by the Calculation Agent) equal to that of the net obligation. In
determining the value of any obligation to release or deliver Shares or any right to receive
Shares, the value at any time of such obligation or right shall be determined by reference
to the market value of the Shares at such time, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If
an obligation or right is unascertained at the time of any such set-off, the Calculation
Agent may in good faith estimate the amount or value of such obligation or right, in which
case set-off will be effected in respect of that estimate, and the relevant party shall
account to the other party at the time such obligation or right is ascertained.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement (including without limitation
Section 6(f) thereof) and this Confirmation (including without limitation this Section 8(m))
or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, (A) Issuer shall not net or set
off its obligations under the Transaction against its rights against Dealer under any other
transaction or instrument; (B) Dealer may net and set off any rights of Dealer against
Issuer arising under the Transaction only against obligations of Dealer to Issuer arising
under any transaction or instrument if such transaction or instrument does not convey rights
to Dealer senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Issuers bankruptcy;
and (C) in the event of Issuers bankruptcy, Dealer waives any and all rights it may have to
set-off in respect of the Transaction, whether arising under agreement, applicable law or
otherwise. Dealer will give notice to Issuer of any netting or set off effected under this
provision.
(n) Additional Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to this Transaction,
(1) Dealer shall have the right to
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designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Issuer shall be deemed the sole Affected Party
and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction:
(i) Issuer conveys, transfers, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to another person in a transaction pursuant
to which the Shares are converted into cash, securities or other property.
(ii) There is a default by the Issuer or any subsidiary in the payment of the principal
or interest on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be
outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money
borrowed in excess of $10.0 million in the aggregate of Issuer and/or any subsidiary,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created resulting in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not
have been rescinded or annulled within 10 days after written notice of such acceleration has
been received by the Issuer or such subsidiary.
(iii) Any person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act other than the Issuer, any of its subsidiaries or its employee benefit plans, files a
Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such
person or group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner, as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the common equity of the Issuer representing more than 50%
of the voting power of such common equity entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors.
(iv) If Dealer reasonably determines that it is advisable to terminate all or a portion
of the Transaction so that Dealers related hedging activities will comply with applicable
securities laws, rules or regulations.
(o) Effectiveness. If, prior to the Effective Date, Dealer in a commercially reasonable
manner determines that it is advisable to cancel the Transaction because of concerns that Dealers
related hedging activities could be viewed as not complying with applicable securities laws, rules
or regulations, the Transaction shall be cancelled and shall not become effective, and (i) neither
party shall have any rights with respect to or obligation to the other party in respect of the
Transaction and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees
not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the
other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to
or after the date of such cancellation.
(p) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF ISSUER AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN
BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES
IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(q) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE
IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.
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Issuer hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so
that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the
foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement
between Dealer and Issuer with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or
this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information
requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to the Address for notices or
communications to Dealer section of the Confirmation.
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Yours faithfully,
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[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated 2010 Issuer Warrant Transaction]
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Agreed and Accepted By:
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated 2010 Issuer Warrant Transaction]
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Exhibit 10.4 |
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[Form of 2012 Amended and Restated Warrant Transaction Confirmation] |
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June 6, 2007 |
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To:
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation |
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311 Enterprise Drive |
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Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 |
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Attn: General Counsel |
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Telephone: (609) 936-2238 |
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Facsimile: (609) 275-1082 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this communication (this Confirmation) is to set forth the terms and
conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the
Transaction) between [Dealer] (Dealer) and Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
(Issuer). This communication constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA Master
Agreement specified below. This Confirmation represents an amendment to the initial Issuer Warrant
Transaction dated June 6, 2007 between Dealer and Issuer (the Initial Warrant Transaction) and
reflects the Issuers election to increase the Number of Warrants in accordance with the terms of
the Initial Warrant Transaction following the exercise by the initial purchasers party to the
Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) of their right to receive additional 2.375% convertible
securities due 2012 (Convertible Securities). Upon execution, this Confirmation amends, replaces
and supersedes the Initial Warrant Transaction.
1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the
2000 ISDA Definitions (including the Annex thereto) (the 2000 Definitions) and the definitions
and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions, and
together with the 2000 Definitions, the Definitions), in each case as published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). In the event of any inconsistency
between the 2000 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern. For
purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference herein to a Warrant shall be deemed to be a
reference to a Call Option or an Option, as the context requires.
This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Issuer as to
the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be
subject to an agreement (the Agreement) in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the ISDA
Form) as if Dealer and Issuer had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule but
with the elections set forth in this Confirmation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction
shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.
All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this
Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this
Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.
2. The Transaction is a Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option
Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to
which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
General Terms:
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Effective Date:
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Components:
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The Transaction will be divided into individual Components, each with the terms
set forth in this Confirmation, and, in particular, with the Number of Warrants and
Expiration Dates set forth in this Confirmation. The payments and deliveries to be
made upon settlement of the Transaction will be determined separately for each
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Warrant Style:
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Warrant Type:
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Buyer:
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For each Component, as provided in Annex A to this Confirmation. |
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Warrant Entitlement:
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One Share per Warrant. |
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Premium Payment Date:
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Expiration Time:
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Expiration Date:
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As provided in Annex A to this Confirmation (or, if such date is
not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day that is not
already an Expiration Date for another Component); provided that if that date is a
Disrupted Day, the Expiration Date for such Component shall be the first succeeding
Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day and is not or is not deemed to be an
Expiration Date in respect of any other Component hereunder; and provided further that
if the Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to the preceding proviso as of the
Final Disruption Date, the Final Disruption Date shall be the Expiration Date
(irrespective of whether such date is an Expiration Date occurring on the Final
Disruption Date in respect of any other Component) and, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Confirmation or the Definitions, the Relevant Price for the Expiration
Date shall be the prevailing market value per Share determined by the Calculation Agent
in a commercially reasonable manner. Final Disruption Date means February 4, 2013.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions,
if a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Expiration Date, the Calculation Agent may
determine that such Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the
Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the number of Warrants for the relevant
Component for which such day shall be the Expiration Date and shall designate the
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preceding sentence as the Expiration Date for the
remaining Warrants for such Component. Section 6.6 of
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Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by
deleting the words during the one hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation
Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the
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Automatic Exercise:
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Applicable; and means that each Warrant not previously exercised under
the Transaction will be deemed to be automatically exercised at the applicable
Expiration Time on the applicable Expiration Date unless Dealer notifies Issuer (by
telephone or in writing) prior to the Expiration Time on the Expiration Date that it
does not wish Automatic Exercise to occur, in which case Automatic Exercise will not
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Issuers Telephone Number
and Telex and/or Facsimile
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Settlement Terms:
In respect of any Component:
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On each Settlement Date, Issuer shall deliver to Dealer a
number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Settlement Date
to the account specified by Dealer and cash in lieu of any fractional Shares valued at
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Number of Shares to be Delivered:
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In respect of any Exercise Date, subject to the last
sentence of Section 9.5 of the Equity Definitions, the product of (i) the number of
Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on such Exercise Date, (ii) the Warrant
Entitlement and (iii) (A) the excess of the VWAP Price on the Valuation Date occurring
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The Number of Shares to be Delivered shall be delivered
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VWAP Price:
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For any Valuation Date, the volume weighted average price per Share for
such Valuation Date based on transactions executed during such Valuation Date, as
reported on Bloomberg Page IART.UQ <Equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) or,
in the event such price is not so reported on such Valuation Date for any reason, as
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Other Applicable Provisions:
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The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11
(except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity
Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws
arising as a result of the fact that Seller is the Issuer of the Shares) and 9.12 of
the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references
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references to Net Share Settled.
Net Share Settled in relation to any Warrant means
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Adjustments:
In respect of any Component:
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Method of Adjustment:
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Extraordinary Dividend:
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Any dividend or distribution (i) that has an ex-dividend date
occurring on or after the Trade Date and on or prior to the Expiration Date and (ii)
the amount or value of which exceeds the Ordinary Dividend Amount for such dividend or
distribution, as determined by the Calculation Agent. |
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Extraordinary Events:
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Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting
the text in clause (i) in its entirety and replacing it with the phrase publicly
quoted, traded or listed on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their
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Consequences of Merger Events: |
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination). |
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Tender Offer:
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Consequences of Tender Offers: |
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(b) Share-for-Other:
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Determination) on that portion of the Other Consideration that consists of cash;
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Nationalization, Insolvency
or Delisting:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided
that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions,
it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States
and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or
The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are
immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system,
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Additional Disruption Events: |
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Hedging Party:
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Determining Party:
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Dealer for all applicable Extraordinary Events. |
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Non-Reliance:
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Additional Acknowledgments:
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3. Calculation Agent:
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Dealer Payment Instructions:
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The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is:
The Office of Issuer for the Transaction is:
311 Enterprise Drive, Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536.
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6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:
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(a) Address for notices or communications to Issuer:
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7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements:
(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained
elsewhere herein, Issuer represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with, Dealer
as follows:
(i) On the Trade Date, (A) none of Issuer and its officers and directors is aware of
any material nonpublic information regarding Issuer or the Shares and (B) all reports and
other documents filed by Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) when considered as a whole
(with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements
contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Issuer
acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties with respect to the
treatment of the Transaction under FASB Statements 128, 133 or 149 (each as amended) or 150,
EITF Issue No. 00-19, 01-06 or 03-06 (or any successor issue statements) or under FASBs
Liabilities & Equity Project.
(iii) Prior to the Trade Date, Issuer shall deliver to Dealer a resolution of Issuers
board of directors authorizing the Transaction and such other certificate or certificates as
Dealer shall reasonably request.
(iv) Issuer is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading
activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to
raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.
(v) On any Expiration Date, Issuer shall not, and shall cause its affiliates and
affiliated purchasers (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) not to,
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a cash-settled or other
derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would
effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent
interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a
depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares on any
Expiration Date, except through either one of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wachovia Bank,
National Association or Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
(vi) Issuer is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby
will not be, an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
(vii) On the Trade Date, (A) the assets of Issuer at their fair valuation exceed the
liabilities of Issuer, including contingent liabilities, (B) the capital of Issuer is
adequate to conduct the business of Issuer and (C) Issuer has the ability to pay its debts
and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it
will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(viii) Issuer shall not take any action to decrease the number of Available Shares
below the Capped Number (each as defined below).
(ix) The representations and warranties of Issuer set forth in Section 3 of the
Agreement and Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement related to the purchase and sale of the
Convertible Securities dated as of June 6, 2007 among the Issuer and Banc of America
Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, as
representatives of the several initial purchasers party thereto, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time (the Purchase Agreement) are true and correct and are
hereby deemed to be repeated to Dealer as if set forth herein.
(x) Issuer understands that no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled
to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any
affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
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(xi) (A) On the Trade Date, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or
exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, are not, and shall not be, subject to a restricted
period, as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (Regulation M) and
(B) Issuer shall not engage in any distribution, as such term is defined in Regulation M,
other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exceptions set forth in sections
101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M, until the second Exchange Business Day immediately
following the Trade Date.
(xii) The Shares of the Issuer initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrant by the
net share settlement method (the Warrant Shares) have been reserved for issuance by all
required corporate action of the Issuer. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and,
when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of
cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrant following the exercise of
the Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrant, will be validly
issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be
subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(b) Each of Dealer and Issuer agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract
participant as defined in Section 1a(12) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
(c) Each of Dealer and Issuer acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to it is
intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Dealer represents and warrants
to Issuer that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the
Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an accredited investor
as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) it is
entering into the Transaction for its own account without a view to the distribution or resale
thereof and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and
will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted under this Confirmation, the
Securities Act and state securities laws.
(d) The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a securities contract and a
swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the
Bankruptcy Code), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among
other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a partys right to
liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a contractual right as
described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as
performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute
margin payments and transfers under a swap agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and
(d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and
the transfer of such Shares to constitute settlement payments and transfers under a swap
agreement as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.
(e) Issuer shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Trade Date and
reasonably acceptable to Dealer in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in
Section 3(a) of the Agreement.
8. Other Provisions:
(a) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary
Events. If, subject to Section 8(m) below, Issuer shall owe Dealer any amount pursuant to Sections
12.2, 12.3, 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of an Insolvency, a
Nationalization, a Tender Offer or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or
proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii)
of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Issuer is the Defaulting
Party or a Termination Event in which Issuer is the Affected Party, that resulted from an event or
events within Issuers control) (a Payment Obligation), Issuer shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined
below) by giving irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled
Trading Day, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the Merger Date,
Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable (Notice of Share
Termination); provided that if Issuer does not validly elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by
the Share Termination Alternative, Dealer shall have the right, in its sole discretion to require
Issuer to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding
Issuers election to the contrary. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the following provisions
shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Merger Date, the Tender Offer
Date, Announcement Date or Early Termination Date, as applicable:
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Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise
be due pursuant to Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section
6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable (the Share Termination Payment
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A number of Share Termination Delivery
Units, as calculated by the Calculation
Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation
divided by the Share Termination Unit
Price. The Calculation Agent shall
adjust the Share Termination Delivery
Property by replacing any fractional
portion of a security therein with an
amount of cash equal to the value of such
fractional security based on the values
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Share Termination Unit Price:
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The value of property contained in one
Share Termination Delivery Unit on the
date such Share Termination Delivery
Units are to be delivered as Share
Termination Delivery Property, as
determined by the Calculation Agent in
its discretion by commercially reasonable
means and notified by the Calculation
Agent to Issuer at the time of
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In the case of a Termination Event, Event
of Default or Delisting, one Share or, in
the case of an Insolvency,
Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender
Offer, a unit consisting of the number or
amount of each type of property received
by a holder of one Share (without
consideration of any requirement to pay
cash or other consideration in lieu of
fractional amounts of any securities) in
such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger
Event or Tender Offer. If such
Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event
or Tender Offer involves a choice of
consideration to be received by holders,
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If Share Termination Alternative is
applicable, the provisions of Sections
9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (except that the
Representation and Agreement contained in
Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions
shall be modified by excluding any
representations therein relating to
restrictions, obligations, limitations or
requirements under applicable securities
laws arising as a result of the fact that
Seller is the Issuer of the Shares) and
9.12 of the Equity Definitions will be
applicable, except that all references in
such provisions to Physically-Settled
shall be read as references to settled
by Share Termination Alternative and all
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(b) Registration/Private Placement Procedures. (i) If, in the reasonable judgment of Dealer,
for any reason, any Shares or any securities of Issuer or its affiliates comprising any Share
Termination Delivery Units deliverable to Dealer hereunder (any such Shares or securities,
Delivered Securities) would not be immediately freely transferable by Dealer under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), then the provisions set forth
in this Section 8(b) shall apply. At the election of Issuer by notice to Dealer within one
Exchange Business Day after the relevant delivery obligation arises, but in any event at least one
Exchange Business Day prior to the date on which such delivery obligation is due, either (A) all
Delivered Securities delivered by Issuer to Dealer shall be, at the time of such delivery, covered
by an effective registration statement of Issuer for immediate resale by Dealer (such registration
statement and the corresponding prospectus (the Prospectus) (including, without limitation, any
sections describing the plan of distribution) in form and content commercially reasonably
satisfactory to Dealer) or (B) Issuer shall deliver additional Delivered Securities so that the
value of such Delivered Securities, as determined by the Calculation Agent to reflect an
appropriate liquidity discount, equals the value of the number of Delivered Securities that would
otherwise be deliverable if such Delivered Securities were freely tradeable (without prospectus
delivery) upon receipt by Dealer (such value, the Freely Tradeable Value); provided that Issuer
may not make the election described in this clause (B) if, on the date of its election, it has
taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant
to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the delivery by Issuer to Dealer (or any affiliate
designated by Dealer) of the Delivered Securities or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or
Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Delivered Securities by Dealer (or any
affiliate of Dealer). (For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this
paragraph (b) only, the term Issuer shall mean the issuer of the relevant securities,
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(ii) If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(A) above:
(A) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) shall be afforded a
reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Issuer that
is customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities and that yields
results that are commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer or such affiliate, as the
case may be, in its discretion; and
(B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and Issuer shall enter into
an agreement (a Registration Agreement) on commercially reasonable terms in connection
with the public resale of such Delivered Securities by Dealer or such affiliate
substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of
equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer or
such affiliate and Issuer, which Registration Agreement shall include, without limitation,
provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating
to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and
its affiliates and Issuer, shall provide for the payment by Issuer of all expenses in
connection with such resale, including all registration costs and all fees and expenses of
counsel for Dealer, and shall provide for the delivery of accountants comfort letters to
Dealer or such affiliate with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.
(iii) If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(B) above:
(A) all Delivered Securities shall be delivered to Dealer (or any affiliate of Dealer
designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof;
(B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and any potential
institutional purchaser of any such Delivered Securities from Dealer or such affiliate
identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a
due diligence investigation in compliance with applicable law with respect to Issuer
customary in scope for private placements of equity securities (including, without
limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);
(C) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and Issuer shall enter into
an agreement (a Private Placement Agreement) on commercially reasonable terms in
connection with the private placement of such Delivered Securities by Issuer to Dealer or
such affiliate and the private resale of such shares by Dealer or such affiliate,
substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private
placements of equity securities, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory
to Dealer and Issuer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation,
provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase
agreements relating to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the
liability of, Dealer and its affiliates and Issuer, shall provide for the payment by Issuer
of all expenses in connection with such resale, including all fees and expenses of counsel
for Dealer, shall contain representations, warranties and agreements of Issuer reasonably
necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales, and shall use best efforts
to provide for the delivery of accountants comfort letters to Dealer or such affiliate
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or
incorporated by reference into the offering memorandum prepared for the resale of such
Shares; and
(D) Issuer agrees that any Delivered Securities so delivered to Dealer, (i) may be
transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates, and Issuer shall effect such transfer
without any further action by Dealer and (ii) after the minimum holding period within the
meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed with respect to such Delivered
Securities, Issuer shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Shares or
securities to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from
such Delivered Securities upon delivery by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Issuer or
such transfer agent of sellers and brokers representation letters customarily delivered by
Dealer in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate,
consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax
stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of
Dealer).
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(c) Make-whole Shares. If Issuer makes the election described in clause (b)(i)(B) of paragraph
(b) of this Section 8, then Dealer or its affiliate may sell such Shares or Share Termination
Delivery Units, as the case may be, during a period (the Resale Period) commencing on the
Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units, as the
case may be, and ending on the Exchange Business Day on which Dealer completes the sale of all such
Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units, as the case may be, or a sufficient number of Shares or
Share Termination Delivery Units, as the case may be, so that the realized net proceeds of such
sales exceed the Freely Tradeable Value (such amount of the Freely Tradeable Value, the Required
Proceeds). If any of such delivered Shares or Share Termination Delivery Units remains after such
realized net proceeds exceed the Required Proceeds, Dealer shall return such remaining Shares or
Share Termination Delivery Units to Issuer. If the Required Proceeds exceed the realized net
proceeds from such resale, Issuer shall transfer to Dealer by the open of the regular trading
session on the Exchange on the Exchange Trading Day immediately following the last day of the
Resale Period the amount of such excess (the Additional Amount) in cash or in a number of
additional Shares (Make-whole Shares) in an amount that, based on the Relevant Price on the last
day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the Valuation Date for purposes of computing such
Relevant Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall
continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares in the manner contemplated by this Section
8(c). This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero,
subject to Section 8(e).
(d) Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or this
Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or shall be deemed to receive, any
Shares if, upon such receipt of such Shares, the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer or any
entity that directly or indirectly controls Dealer (collectively, Buyer Group) would be equal to
or greater than 8% or more of the class of the Issuers outstanding equity securities that is
comprised of the Shares. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in
part, as a result of this provision, Issuers obligation to make such delivery shall not be
extinguished and Issuer shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event
later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Issuer that such delivery would
not result in Buyer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 8% of the
outstanding Shares.
(e) Limitations on Settlement by Issuer. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Agreement
to the contrary, in no event shall Issuer be required to deliver Shares in connection with the
Transaction in excess of 1,904,945 Shares, as adjusted by the Calculation Agent to account for any
subdivision, stock-split, reclassification or similar diluting event with respect to the Shares
(the Capped Number). Issuer represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on
each day that the Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the
number of authorized but unissued Shares of the Issuer that are not reserved for future issuance in
connection with transactions in the Shares (other than the Transaction) on the date of the
determination of the Capped Number (such Shares, the Available Shares). In the event Issuer
shall not have delivered the full number of Shares otherwise deliverable as a result of this
Section 8(e) (the resulting deficit, the Deficit Shares), Issuer shall be continually obligated
to deliver, from time to time until the full number of Deficit Shares have been delivered pursuant
to this paragraph, Shares when, and to the extent, that (i) Shares are repurchased, acquired or
otherwise received by Issuer or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in
exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (ii) authorized and unissued Shares
reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions prior to such date which prior to the
relevant date become no longer so reserved and (iii) Issuer additionally authorizes any unissued
Shares that are not reserved for other transactions. Issuer shall immediately notify Dealer of the
occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) and the corresponding number of Shares to be delivered) and promptly deliver such
Shares thereafter.
(f) Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone any Exercise Date or any other date of valuation or
delivery with respect to some or all of the relevant Warrants (in which event the Calculation Agent
shall make appropriate adjustments to the Number of Shares to be Delivered with respect to one or
more Components), if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, that such
extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to preserve Dealers hedging or hedge unwind
activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions or to enable Dealer to effect
purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder
in a manner that would, if Dealer were Issuer or an affiliated purchaser of Issuer, be in
compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related
policies and procedures applicable to Dealer.
(g) Equity Rights. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to
convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common
stockholders in the event of Issuers bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
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that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Issuers bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a
breach by Issuer of any of its obligations under this Confirmation or the Agreement. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is not secured by any collateral
that would otherwise secure the obligations of Issuer herein under or pursuant to any other
agreement.
(h) Amendments to Equity Definitions and the Agreement. The following amendments shall be
made to the Equity Definitions and to the Agreement:
(i) Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words
diluting or concentrative and replacing them with the words material.
(ii) The first sentence of Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions, prior to clause
(A) thereof, is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) If Calculation Agent Adjustment is
specified as the Method of Adjustment in the related Confirmation of a Share Option
Transaction, then following the announcement or occurrence of any Potential Adjustment
Event, the Calculation Agent will determine whether such Potential Adjustment Event has a
material effect on the theoretical value of the relevant Shares or options on the Shares
and, if so, will (i) make appropriate adjustment(s), if any, to any one or more of: and,
the portion of such sentence immediately preceding clause (ii) thereof is hereby amended by
deleting the words diluting or concentrative and the words (provided that no adjustments
will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan
rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares) and replacing such latter phrase with
the words (and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for
changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the
relevant Shares);
(iii) Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the
words diluting or concentrative and replacing them with material; and adding the phrase
or Warrants at the end of the sentence.
(iv) Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting
from the fourth line thereof the word or after the word official and inserting a comma
therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting
the following words therefor or (C) at Dealers option, the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to
that Issuer.
(v) Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(A) deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase or (B)
following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase in each case in subsection
(B); and
(B) deleting the phrase neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending
Party lends Shares in the amount of the Hedging Shares or in the
penultimate sentence.
(vi) Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:
(A) adding the word or immediately before subsection (B) and deleting
the comma at the end of subsection (A); and
(B) (1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word
or immediately preceding subsection (C) and (3) deleting the final
sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence The Hedging
Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the
other.
(i) Repurchase Notices. Issuer shall, on any day on which Issuer effects any repurchase of
Shares, promptly give Dealer a written notice of such repurchase (a Repurchase Notice) on such
day if, following such repurchase, the Notice Percentage as determined on such day is (i) greater
than 6% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding
Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice, greater than the Notice
Percentage as of the date hereof). The Notice Percentage as of any day is the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the product of the Number of Warrants and the
Warrant Entitlement plus the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement
under the warrant transaction dated the date hereof between Issuer and
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Dealer relating to the 2.75% convertible securities due 2010
(the 2010 Warrant) and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.
In the event that Issuer fails to provide Dealer with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the
manner specified in this Section 8(i) then Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dealer, its
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons
(Dealer and each such person being an Indemnified Party) from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such
Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including without
limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If for any
reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or insufficient to
hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Issuer shall contribute, to the maximum extent permitted
by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim,
damage or liability. In addition, Issuer will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after notice to Issuer) in
connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or settlement of any pending or
threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such
Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action, suit or proceeding is
initiated or brought by or on behalf of Issuer. This indemnity shall survive the completion of the
Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and delegation of the Transaction
made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any permitted
assignee of Dealer.
(j) Transfer and Assignment. Dealer may transfer or assign its rights and obligations
hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time to any person or entity
whatsoever without the consent of Issuer. Dealer shall notify Issuer as soon as practicable of any
such transfer or assignment effected pursuant to this Section 8(j). If at any time at which the
Equity Percentage exceeds 8%, Dealer, in its discretion, is unable to effect such a transfer or
assignment after its commercially reasonable efforts on pricing terms reasonably acceptable to
Dealer such that the Equity Percentage is reduced to 8% or less, Dealer may designate any Scheduled
Trading Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion (the Terminated Portion) of
the Transaction, such that the Equity Percentage following such partial termination will be equal
to or less than 8%. In the event that Dealer so designates an Early Termination Date with respect
to a portion of the Transaction, a payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the
Agreement and Section 8(b) of this Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been
designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the
Transaction, (ii) Issuer shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination
and (iii) such portion of the Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. The Equity
Percentage as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is
the sum of (x) the number of Shares that Dealer or any of its affiliates beneficially own (within
the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act) on such day, other than any Shares so owned as a
hedge of the Transaction or as a hedge of the 2010 Warrant and (y) the product of the Number of
Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement plus the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant
Entitlement under the 2010 Warrant and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares
outstanding on such day.
(k) Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the
Transaction, Issuer and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any
and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the
Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to Issuer relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(l) Designation by Dealer. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the
contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other
securities to or from Issuer, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive
or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in respect
of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged
of its obligations to Issuer to the extent of any such performance.
(m) Netting and Set-off.
(i) If on any date cash would otherwise be payable or Shares or other property would
otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to any other
agreement between the parties by Issuer to Dealer and cash would otherwise be payable or
Shares or other property would otherwise be deliverable hereunder or pursuant to the
Agreement or pursuant to any other agreement between the parties by Dealer to Issuer and the
type of property required to be paid or delivered by each such party on such date is the
same, then, on such date, each such partys obligation to make such payment or delivery will
be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the aggregate amount that would otherwise
have been payable or deliverable by one such party exceeds the aggregate amount that would
otherwise have been payable or deliverable by the other such party, replaced by an obligation of the party by whom the larger aggregate
amount would
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have been payable or deliverable to pay or deliver to the other party the
excess of the larger aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
(ii) In addition to and without limiting any rights of set-off that a party hereto may
have as a matter of law, pursuant to contract or otherwise, upon the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, Dealer shall have the right to terminate, liquidate and otherwise close
out the Transaction and to set off any obligation or right that Dealer or any affiliate of
Dealer may have to or against Issuer hereunder or under the Agreement against any right or
obligation Dealer or any of its affiliates may have against or to Issuer, including without
limitation any right to receive a payment or delivery pursuant to any provision of the
Agreement or hereunder. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or
pay assets against any right to receive assets of the same type, such obligation and right
shall be set off in kind. In the case of a set-off of any obligation to release, deliver or
pay assets against any right to receive assets of any other type, the value of each of such
obligation and such right shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and the result of
such set-off shall be that the net obligor shall pay or deliver to the other party an amount
of cash or assets, at the net obligors option, with a value (determined, in the case of a
delivery of assets, by the Calculation Agent) equal to that of the net obligation. In
determining the value of any obligation to release or deliver Shares or any right to receive
Shares, the value at any time of such obligation or right shall be determined by reference
to the market value of the Shares at such time, as determined by the Calculation Agent. If
an obligation or right is unascertained at the time of any such set-off, the Calculation
Agent may in good faith estimate the amount or value of such obligation or right, in which
case set-off will be effected in respect of that estimate, and the relevant party shall
account to the other party at the time such obligation or right is ascertained.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement (including without limitation
Section 6(f) thereof) and this Confirmation (including without limitation this Section 8(m))
or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, (A) Issuer shall not net or set
off its obligations under the Transaction against its rights against Dealer under any other
transaction or instrument; (B) Dealer may net and set off any rights of Dealer against
Issuer arising under the Transaction only against obligations of Dealer to Issuer arising
under any transaction or instrument if such transaction or instrument does not convey rights
to Dealer senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Issuers bankruptcy;
and (C) in the event of Issuers bankruptcy, Dealer waives any and all rights it may have to
set-off in respect of the Transaction, whether arising under agreement, applicable law or
otherwise. Dealer will give notice to Issuer of any netting or set off effected under this
provision.
(n) Additional Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to this Transaction,
(1) Dealer shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and
designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Issuer shall
be deemed the sole Affected Party and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected
Transaction:
(i) Issuer conveys, transfers, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to another person in a transaction pursuant
to which the Shares are converted into cash, securities or other property.
(ii) There is a default by the Issuer or any subsidiary in the payment of the principal
or interest on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be
outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money
borrowed in excess of $10.0 million in the aggregate of Issuer and/or any subsidiary,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created resulting in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not
have been rescinded or annulled within 10 days after written notice of such acceleration has
been received by the Issuer or such subsidiary.
(iii) Any person or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act other than the Issuer, any of its subsidiaries or its employee benefit plans, files a
Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such
person or group has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner, as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the common equity of the Issuer representing more than 50%
of the voting power of such common equity entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors.
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(iv) If Dealer reasonably determines that it is advisable to terminate all or a portion
of the Transaction so that Dealers related hedging activities will comply with applicable
securities laws, rules or regulations.
(o) Effectiveness. If, prior to the Effective Date, Dealer in a commercially reasonable
manner determines that it is advisable to cancel the Transaction because of concerns that Dealers
related hedging activities could be viewed as not complying with applicable securities laws, rules
or regulations, the Transaction shall be cancelled and shall not become effective, and (i) neither
party shall have any rights with respect to or obligation to the other party in respect of the
Transaction and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees
not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the
other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to
or after the date of such cancellation.
(p) Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF ISSUER AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN
BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES
IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(q) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE
IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.
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Issuer hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so
that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the
foregoing (in the exact form provided by Dealer) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement
between Dealer and Issuer with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or
this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information
requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to the Address for notices or
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[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated 2012 Issuer Warrant Transaction]
Agreed and Accepted By:
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated 2012 Issuer Warrant Transaction]
EX-99.1
News
Release
Contacts:
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
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Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Announces Closing Of
Private Sale Of $165,000,000 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes
Due 2010 And $165,000,000 2.375% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2012
Plainsboro, New Jersey, June 11, 2007 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:
IART) announced today the closing of the private sale of $165 million aggregate principal amount of
senior convertible notes due 2010 (the 2010 notes) and $165 million aggregate principal amount of
senior convertible notes due 2012 (the 2012 notes and, together with the 2010 notes, the
notes). The principal amount of each series of notes included $15 million in aggregate principal
amount related to the initial purchasers options to purchase additional notes, which were
exercised in full. The notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Integra, and will pay interest
semi-annually at the rates of 2.75%, in the case of the 2010 notes, and 2.375% in the case of the
2012 notes. Subject to certain designated events and other conditions, the notes will be
convertible into cash and shares of Integras common stock or, at Integras irrevocable election,
shares of Integras common stock, at an initial conversion rate of 15.0917 shares per $1,000
principal amount of 2010 notes and 15.3935 shares per $1,000 principal amount of 2012 notes. This
represents an initial conversion price of approximately $66.26 per share for the 2010 notes and
approximately $64.96 per share for the 2012 notes and represents a 27.5% conversion premium for
the 2010 notes and a 25.0% conversion premium for the 2012 notes, in each case based on the closing
price of $51.97 per share of the Companys common stock on June 5, 2007. Integra LifeSciences
Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company, has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the
notes.
In connection with the offering, the Company entered into note hedge and warrant transactions with
one or more financial institutions that may be affiliates of the initial purchasers of the notes to
increase the effective conversion price of the 2010 notes to approximately $77.96 and the effective
conversion price of the 2012 notes to approximately $90.95, which is 50.0% higher for the 2010
notes and 75.0% higher for the 2012 notes than the closing price of the Companys common stock on
June 5, 2007, and to reduce the potential dilution to the Companys earnings per share upon future
conversion of the notes. In connection with hedging the note hedge and warrant transactions, the
relevant financial institutions have advised the Company that they or their respective affiliates
expect to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Companys common stock
concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the notes and may enter into or unwind various
derivatives and/or purchase or sell the Companys common stock in secondary market transactions
following the pricing of the notes (including during any conversion period of the notes and the
periods prior to the maturity of each series of the notes). These activities could have the effect
of increasing or preventing or offsetting a decline in the price of the Companys common stock
concurrently with or following the pricing of the notes.
Integra intends to use the net proceeds from this private offering to pay the cost of the note
hedge transactions described above, to repurchase shares of its common stock, to repay amounts
outstanding under its bank credit facility and for general corporate purposes. Concurrently with
the closing of this private offering, Integra repurchased approximately $75 million of its common
stock in private transactions.
The notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The notes and any shares of the Companys common
stock that may be delivered upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold
in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell
or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities, nor shall it constitute an offer,
solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a world leader in regenerative medicine, is dedicated to
improving the quality of life for patients through the development, manufacturing, and marketing of
cost-effective surgical implants and medical instruments. Our products are used primarily in
neurosurgery, extremity reconstruction, orthopedics and general surgery to treat millions of
patients every year. Integras headquarters are in Plainsboro, New Jersey, and we have research
and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Please visit our website at
(http://www.Integra-LS.com).
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, including the anticipated use of proceeds of the
offering. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from predicted or expected results. These risks and uncertainties
include market conditions and other factors beyond the Companys control and the economic,
competitive, governmental, technological and other factors identified under the heading Risk
Factors included in Item IA of Integras Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2006 and in Integras Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2007
and information contained in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation