Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2008 INCENTIVE PLAN

(as amended and restated on June 7, 2012)

 

1.                                       Purpose.  The purpose of the Amended and Restated Activision Blizzard, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan is to attract and retain directors, officers and other employees of and consultants to Activision Blizzard, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Subsidiaries, and to provide to such persons incentives and rewards for performance.

 

2.                                       Definitions.  As used in the Plan:

 

(a)                                  “Award” means a grant of a Stock Option, SARs, Performance Shares, Performance Units or a Senior Executive Bonus or a grant or sale of Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units or an award contemplated by Section 10.

 

(b)                                 “Base Price” means the price per share specified in an Evidence of Award of a Freestanding SAR.

 

(c)                                  “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d)                                 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

(e)                                  “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board responsible for administering the Plan pursuant to Section 11.

 

(f)                                    “Common Shares” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of the Company or any security into which such Common Shares may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 12.

 

(g)                                 “Company” means Activision Blizzard, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

(h)                                 “Covered Employee” means an “executive officer” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule).

 

(i)                                     “Date of Grant” means the date on which the Committee determines the terms of an Award (including the number of Common Shares to which it pertains, if any) or such later (but not earlier) date as may be specified by the Committee as the date on which such Award becomes effective.

 

(j)                                     “Deferral Period” means the period of time during which Restricted Share Units are subject to deferral limitations, as provided in Section 7.

 

(k)                                  “Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(l)                                     “Effective Date” means the date of approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders.

 

(m)                               “Evidence of Award” means an agreement, certificate, resolution or other type or form of writing or other evidence approved by the Committee that sets forth the terms and conditions of Awards. An Evidence of Award may be in an electronic medium, may be limited to notation on the books and records of the Company and, with the approval of the Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Company or a Participant.

 

(n)                                 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as such law, rules and regulations may be amended from time to time.

 

 

(o)                                 “Exercise Price” means the purchase price per share payable on exercise of a Stock Option.

 

(p)                                 “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

 

(q)                                 “Freestanding SAR” means a SAR that is not granted in tandem with a Stock Option.

 

(r)                                    “Incentive Stock Option” means a Stock Option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

 

(s)                                  “Management Objectives” means the measurable performance objective or objectives established pursuant to the Plan for Participants who have received grants of Senior Executive Plan Bonuses, or, when so determined by the Committee, Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units and other Awards pursuant to the Plan. Management Objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of a Subsidiary, division, department or function within the Company or a Subsidiary. The Committee may provide, in connection with the setting of the Management Objectives, that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude certain items that may occur during any Fiscal Year, including, without limitation, the following: (i) asset write downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 225-20 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; and (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Management Objectives applicable to any Award to a Covered Employee which is intended to be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code will be based on specified levels of, or relative peer company, performance in any one or more of the following objectives, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion:

 

(A)                              Adjusted net earnings

 

(B)                                Appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of Common Shares (or any other publicly-traded securities of the Company), including, without limitation, comparisons with various stock market indices

 

(C)                                Attainment of strategic and operational initiatives

 

(D)                               Budget

 

(E)                                 Cash flow (including, without limitation, free cash flow)

 

(F)                                 Cost of capital

 

(G)                                Cost reduction

 

(H)                               Earnings and earnings growth (including, without limitation, earnings per share, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)

 

(I)                                    Gross profits

 

(J)                                   Maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting and corporate governance practices

 

 

(K)                               Market share

 

(L)                                 Market value added

 

(M)                            Net income

 

(N)                               Net sales

 

(O)                               Operating profit and operating income

 

(P)                                 Pretax income before allocation of corporate overhead and bonus

 

(Q)                               Quality

 

(R)                                Recruitment and development of associates

 

(S)                                 Reductions in costs

 

(T)                                Return on assets and return on net assets

 

(U)                               Return on equity

 

(V)                                Return on invested capital

 

(W)                           Sales and sales growth

 

(X)                               Successful acquisition/divestiture

 

(Y)                                Total stockholder return and improvement of stockholder return

 

If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or other events or circumstances, render previously established Management Objectives unsuitable, the Committee may in its discretion modify such Management Objectives or the related levels of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable, except in the case of a Covered Employee where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Committee will not make any such modification of the Management Objectives or the level or levels of achievement with respect to such Covered Employee.

 

(t)                                    “Market Value per Share” means, as of any particular date, (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the closing price per Common Share as reported on the principal securities exchange, association or quotation system on which Common Shares are then listed or quoted, or (ii) if clause (i) does not apply, the fair market value of a Common Share as determined by the Committee.

 

(u)                                 “Optionee” means the optionee named in an Evidence of Award evidencing an outstanding Stock Option.

 

(v)                                 “Participant” means a person who is selected by the Committee to receive benefits under the Plan and who is at the time an officer, employee, consultant, advisor or director of the Company or of any Subsidiary.

 

(w)                               “Performance Period” means, in respect of a Performance Share, Performance Unit or Senior Executive Plan Bonus, a period of time established pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9, as the case may be, within which the Management Objectives or, in the case of a Performance Share or Performance Unit, other performance criteria relating to such Award are to be achieved. The Performance Period for a

 

 

Senior Executive Plan Bonus will be the Fiscal Year and, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Performance Period for all other Awards will be established by the Committee at the time of the Award.

 

(x)                                   “Performance Share” means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one Common Share awarded pursuant to Section 8.

 

(y)                                 “Performance Unit” means a bookkeeping entry awarded pursuant to Section 8 that records a unit equivalent to $1.00 or such other value as is determined by the Committee.

 

(z)                                   “Plan” means this Amended and Restated Activision Blizzard, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(aa)                            “Prior Plan” means any of the following: (i) Activision, Inc. 1998 Incentive Plan, as amended, (ii) Activision, Inc. 1999 Incentive Plan, as amended, (iii) Activision, Inc. 2001 Incentive Plan, as amended, (iv) Activision, Inc. 2002 Incentive Plan, as amended, (v) Activision, Inc. 2002 Executive Incentive Plan, as amended, (vi) Activision, Inc. 2002 Studio Employee Retention Incentive Plan, as amended, (vii) Activision, Inc. 2003 Incentive Plan, as amended, and (viii) Activision, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan.

 

(bb)                          “Related SAR” means a SAR granted pursuant to Section 5 that is granted in tandem with a Stock Option.

 

(cc)                            “Restricted Shares” means Common Shares granted or sold pursuant to Section 6 as to which neither the substantial risk of forfeiture nor the prohibition on transfers has expired.

 

(dd)                          “Restricted Share Unit” means an award granted pursuant to Section 7 of the right to receive Common Shares or cash at the end of a specified period.

 

(ee)                            “SAR” or “Share Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 5 to receive a percentage of the Spread upon exercise, and includes both Freestanding SARs and Related SARs.

 

(ff)                                “Senior Executive Plan Bonus” means an award of annual incentive compensation made pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9.

 

(gg)                          “Spread” means the excess of the Market Value per Share on the date when a SAR is exercised over the Exercise Price or Base Price provided for in the related Stock Option or Freestanding SAR, respectively.

 

(hh)                          “Stock Option” means the right to purchase Common Shares upon exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 4.

 

(ii)                                  “Subsidiary” means a corporation, company or other entity (i) at least 50 percent of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but at least 50 percent of whose ownership interests representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity are, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company, except that for purposes of determining whether any person may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock Options, “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, at least 50 percent of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

 

(jj)                                  “2007 Plan” means the Activision, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan.

 

 

3.                                       Shares Available Under the Plan.

 

(a)                                  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12, the number of Common Shares that may be issued or transferred (i) upon the exercise of Stock Options, (ii) in payment of SARs, (iii) as Restricted Shares, (iv) in payment of Restricted Share Units, (v) in payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units, (vi) in payment of Senior Executive Bonuses, (vii) as or pursuant to Awards contemplated by Section 10, or (viii) in payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to Awards made under the Plan will not exceed in the aggregate 100,000,000 Common Shares, plus the number of Common Shares that were reserved for issuance under the Prior Plans, other than the 2007 Plan, that were not subject to outstanding awards on September 27, 2007, plus the number of Common Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plans, other than the 2007 Plan, on September 27, 2007 that became available for issuance pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Plan prior to the Effective Date, plus the number of shares subject to awards made under the 2007 Plan that became available for issuance pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Plan prior to the Effective Date, minus the number of shares subject to awards issued under the 2007 Plan prior to the Effective Date, which maximum number will be increased by the following: (A) the number of shares relating to awards outstanding under any Prior Plan as of the Effective Date that (1) expire, or are forfeited, terminated or cancelled, without the issuance of shares, (2) are settled in cash in lieu of shares, or (3) are exchanged prior to the issuance of Common Shares, for awards not involving Common Shares; and (B) if the exercise price of any stock option outstanding under any Prior Plan as of the Effective Date is, or the tax withholding requirements with respect to any award outstanding under any Prior Plan as of the Effective Date are, satisfied by withholding shares otherwise then deliverable in respect of the award or the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of shares already owned, the number of shares equal to the withheld or transferred shares.

 

(b)                                 Under the Plan, (i) if all or any portion of an Award expires, or is forfeited, terminated or cancelled, without the issuance of Common Shares, or is settled in cash in lieu of Common Shares, or is exchanged with the Committee’s permission, prior to the issuance of Common Shares, for an Award not involving Common Shares, the number of Common Shares expired, forfeited, terminated or cancelled, or settled or exchanged, as the case may be, will again be available for issuance or transfer under the Plan; (ii) if the Exercise Price of any Stock Option granted under the Plan is, or the tax withholding requirements with respect to any Award granted under the Plan are, satisfied through the withholding by the Company of shares otherwise then deliverable in respect of such Award or actual or constructive transfer to the Company of shares already owned, a number of shares equal to such withheld or transferred shares will again be available for issuance or transfer under the Plan; and (iii) if a SAR is exercised and settled in Common Shares, a number of shares equal to the difference between the total number of shares for which the SAR was exercised and the number of shares actually issued or transferred will again be available for issuance or transfer under the Plan, with the result being that only the number of Common Shares actually issued or transferred upon exercise of the SAR are counted against the maximum number of Common Shares available for issuance or transfer under the Plan. Shares utilized under the Plan may be shares of original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12:

 

(i)                                   The number of Common Shares actually issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will not exceed that number of shares equal to the sum of 70,000,000 and the number of shares available for grant under the 2007 Plan at the time the 2008 Plan is approved by stockholders in the aggregate.

 

(ii)                                The number of Common Shares actually issued or transferred by the Company as or pursuant to Awards other than Options or SARs will not exceed 50,000,000 in the aggregate, including no more than 20,000,000 in the aggregate as or pursuant to Awards granted under Section 10.

 

(iii)                             The number of shares issuable or transferable in respect of Stock Options and SARs granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year may not exceed 4,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

 

(iv)                            The number of (A) Restricted Shares granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year and (B) Common Shares issuable or transferable in respect of Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant in such Fiscal Year, may not exceed 3,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

(v)                               The number of Performance Shares granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year may not exceed 6,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

(vi)                            The value of Performance Units granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year may not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate (with the value of any such award to be determined as of the date of such award).

 

(vii)                         The amount of any Senior Executive Plan Bonuses paid to any one Participant for any single Fiscal Year may not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

(viii)                      The number of Common Shares issuable or transferable in respect of Awards contemplated by Section 10 granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year may not exceed 3,000,000 in the aggregate. The value of any Awards contemplated by Section 10 that do not involve the issuance or transfer of Common Shares granted to any one Participant in a single Fiscal Year may not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate (with the value of any such award to be determined as of the date of such award).

 

(d)                                 If a Participant has elected to give up the right to receive compensation in exchange for Common Shares based on fair market value, such Common Shares will not count against the number of shares available in Section 3(a) above.

 

4.                                       Stock Options.  The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the grant to Participants of options to purchase Common Shares. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)                                  Each grant will specify the number of Common Shares to which it pertains.

 

(b)                                 Each grant will specify an Exercise Price per share, which may not be less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

 

(c)                                  Each grant may specify that the Exercise Price will be payable (i) by bank check or certified check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) through the delivery of irrevocable instructions, in form acceptable to the Company, to a brokerage firm approved by the Optionee to sell some or all of the Common Shares being purchased upon such exercise and to thereafter deliver promptly to the Company from the proceeds of such sale an amount in cash equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Common Shares being purchased, (iii) by a combination of such methods of payment, or (iv) by such other methods as may be approved by the Committee.

 

(d)                                 Successive grants may be made to the same Participant whether or not any Stock Options previously granted to such Participant remain unexercised.

 

(e)                                  Each grant will specify the period or periods of continuous employment or other service by the Optionee with the Company or a Subsidiary that is necessary before the Stock Options or installments thereof will become exercisable. A grant of Stock Options may provide for the accelerated vesting and exercisability of all or a portion of such Stock Options in the event of the retirement, death, disability or other termination of the Optionee’s service or a change of control of the Company or a Subsidiary (or other similar transaction or event).

 

 

(f)                                    A grant of Stock Options may specify Management Objectives or other performance criteria that must be achieved as a condition to the exercise of such rights or that may result in the accelerated exercisability of such rights.

 

(g)                                 Stock Options may be (i) options that are intended to qualify under the Code as Incentive Stock Options, (ii) options that are not intended to so qualify, or (iii) combinations of the foregoing.

 

(h)                                 The exercise of a Stock Option will result in the cancellation on a share- for-share basis of any Related SAR authorized under Section 5.

 

(i)                                     No Stock Option will be exercisable more than 10 years from the Date of Grant.

 

(j)                                     Each grant of Stock Options will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award. Each Evidence of Award will be subject to the Plan and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve from time to time. In addition, notice of each grant of Stock Options will be given to the Optionee no more than one week after the Date of Grant.

 

(k)                                  Each Optionee is responsible for complying with all laws and regulations applicable to recipients and holders of Stock Options, including any applicable federal or state securities laws, and any Company policy or procedure that pertains to the trading of the Company’s securities. The Company will adopt or maintain policies and procedures to notify Optionees of their obligations under such laws, regulations, policies and procedures and will monitor Optionees’ compliance therewith.

 

5.                                       SARs.  The Committee may also authorize the grant to any Optionee of Related SARs in respect of Stock Options granted hereunder and the grant to any Participant of Freestanding SARs. A Related SAR will be a right of the Optionee, exercisable by surrender of the related Stock Option, to receive from the Company an amount determined by the Committee, which will be expressed as a percentage of the Spread (not exceeding 100 percent) at the time of exercise. Related SARs must be granted concurrently with the related Stock Option. A Freestanding SAR will be a right of the Participant to receive from the Company an amount determined by the Committee, which will be expressed as a percentage of the Spread (not exceeding 100 percent) at the time of exercise. Each grant of SARs may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)                                  Each grant will specify the number of Common Shares to which it pertains.

 

(b)                                 Each grant of Freestanding SARs will specify the Base Price, which may not be less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

 

(c)                                  Upon exercise, each SAR will be payable in Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the Spread (or the designated percentage of the Spread).

 

(d)                                 A grant may specify that the amount payable on exercise of a SAR may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant.

 

(e)                                  A grant may specify waiting periods before exercise and permissible exercise dates or periods.

 

(f)                                    A grant may specify that the exercisability of a SAR may be conditioned on, or may be accelerated in whole or in part in the event of, the retirement, death, disability or other termination of the Participant’s service or a change of control of the Company or a Subsidiary (or other similar transaction or event).

 

(g)                                 A grant of SARs may specify Management Objectives or other performance criteria that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such SARs or that may result in the accelerated exercisability of such SARs.

 

 

(h)           Each grant of SARs will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which Evidence of Award will describe such SARs, identify the related Stock Options (if applicable), and contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve from time to time.

 

(i)            A grant of Related SARs will provide that such Related SARs may be exercised only at a time when the related Stock Option is also exercisable and at a time when the Spread is positive, and by surrender of the related Stock Option for cancellation. Successive grants of Related SARs may be made to the same Participant regardless of whether any Related SARs previously granted to the Participant remain unexercised.

 

(j)            Successive grants of Freestanding SARs may be made to the same Participant regardless of whether any Freestanding SARs previously granted to the Participant remain unexercised.

 

(k)           No Freestanding SAR granted under the Plan may be exercised more than 10 years from the Date of Grant.

 

6.             Restricted Shares.  The Committee may also authorize the grant or sale of Restricted Shares to Participants. Each such grant or sale will constitute an immediate transfer of the ownership of Common Shares to the Participant in consideration of the performance of services or other benefit to the Company, entitling such Participant to voting, dividend and other ownership rights, but subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code) and restrictions on transfer hereinafter referred to. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)           Each grant will specify the number of Common Shares to which it pertains.

 

(b)           Each such grant or sale may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by the Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

 

(c)           Each such grant or sale will specify the period or periods of continuous employment or other service by the Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary (or other risk of forfeiture) that must be satisfied before the restrictions described in Section 6(c) will lapse and the Restricted Shares will become vested, and/or may provide that all or a portion of the restrictions on the Restricted Shares will lapse upon the achievement of Management Objectives or other performance criteria (as provided in Section 6(d) below).

 

(d)           Each such grant or sale will provide that, during the period for which the risk of forfeiture continues, the transferability of the Restricted Shares will be prohibited or restricted in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the Committee at the Date of Grant (which restrictions may include, without limitation, rights of repurchase or first refusal in the Company or provisions subjecting the Restricted Shares to a continuing substantial risk of forfeiture in the hands of any transferee).

 

(e)           A grant of Restricted Shares may specify Management Objectives or other performance criteria that, if achieved, will result in the lapse or early lapse of the restrictions applicable to all or a portion of such Restricted Shares. Each grant may specify in respect of such Management Objectives or other performance criteria a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of Restricted Shares with respect to which restrictions will lapse if performance is at or above the minimum level, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives or criteria.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, a grant or sale of Restricted Shares may provide for the acceleration in whole or in part of the lapse of the restrictions on the Restricted Shares in the event of the retirement, death, disability or other termination of the Participant’s service or a change of control of the Company or a Subsidiary (or other similar transaction or event).

 

 

(g)           A grant or sale of Restricted Shares may require that any or all dividends or other distributions paid thereon during the period of such restrictions be automatically deferred and reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Shares, which may be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying Award.

 

(h)           Each grant or sale of Restricted Shares will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, all Restricted Shares will be held in custody by the Company or its transfer agent and registrar until all restrictions thereon have lapsed.

 

7.             Restricted Share Units.  The Committee may also authorize the grant or sale of Restricted Share Units to Participants. Each such grant or sale will constitute the agreement by the Company to deliver Common Shares or cash to the Participant in the future in consideration of the performance of services or other benefit to the Company, but subject to the fulfillment of such conditions (which may include the achievement of Management Objectives or other performance criteria) during the Deferral Period as the Committee may specify. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)           Each grant will specify the number of Common Shares to which it pertains.

 

(b)           Each grant may specify in respect of such Management Objectives or other performance criteria a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of Restricted Share Units which will vest if performance is at or above the minimum level, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives or criteria.

 

(c)           Each such grant or sale may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, a grant or sale may provide for the accelerated vesting of Restricted Share Units and the lapse or other modification of the Deferral Period in whole or in part in the event of the retirement, death, disability or other termination of the Participant’s service or a change of control of the Company or a Subsidiary (or other similar transaction or event).

 

(e)           During the Deferral Period, the Participant will have no rights of ownership in the Restricted Share Units and will have no right to vote Common Shares underlying the Restricted Share Units, but an Evidence of Award may authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on such Restricted Share Units on either a current or deferred or contingent basis, either in cash or in Common Shares.

 

(f)            Each grant or sale will specify the time and manner of payment of the Restricted Share Units that have been earned. A grant or sale may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may be paid by the Company in cash, in Common Shares or in any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or retain in the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

 

(g)           Each grant or sale of Restricted Share Units will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve from time to time.

 

8.             Performance Shares and Performance Units.  The Committee may also authorize the grant of Performance Shares and Performance Units that will become payable to a Participant upon achievement of specified Management Objectives or other performance criteria during the Performance Period. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)           Each grant will specify the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units to which it pertains, which number may be subject to adjustment to reflect changes in compensation or other factors; provided, however, that no such adjustment will be made in the case of a Covered Employee where such 

 

 

action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(b)           The Performance Period with respect to each Performance Share or Performance Unit will be such period of time as will be determined by the Committee at the Date of Grant, which may be subject to earlier lapse or other modification in the event of the retirement, death, disability or other termination of the Participant’s service or a change of control of the Company or a Subsidiary (or other similar transaction or event).

 

(c)           A grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units will specify Management Objectives or other performance criteria which, if achieved, will result in payment or early payment of the Award, and each grant may specify in respect of such specified Management Objectives or other performance criteria a level or levels of achievement and will set forth a formula for determining the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units that will be earned if performance is at or above the minimum level or levels, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives or criteria.

 

(d)           Each grant will specify the time and manner of payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned. A grant may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may be paid by the Company in cash, in Common Shares or in any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or retain in the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

 

(e)           A grant of Performance Shares may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant. A grant of Performance Units may specify that the amount payable or the number of Common Shares issued with respect thereto may not exceed maximums specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant.

 

(f)            The Committee may, at the Date of Grant of Performance Shares, provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the holder thereof on either a current or deferred or contingent basis, either in cash or in Common Shares.

 

(g)           Each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve from time to time.

 

9.             Senior Executive Plan Bonuses.  The Committee may from time to time authorize the payment of annual incentive compensation to a Participant who is a Covered Employee, which incentive compensation will become payable upon achievement of specified Management Objectives. Subject to Section 3(b)(vii), Senior Executive Plan Bonuses will be payable upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(a)           No later than 90 days after the first day of the Fiscal Year, the Committee will specify the Management Objectives that, if achieved, will result in the payment of a Senior Executive Plan Bonus for such Fiscal Year.

 

(b)           Following the close of the Fiscal Year, the Committee will certify in writing whether the specified Management Objectives have been achieved. Approved minutes of a meeting of the Committee at which such certification is made will be treated as written certification for this purpose. The Committee will also specify the time and manner of payment of a Senior Executive Plan Bonus which becomes payable, which payment may be made in (i) cash, (ii) Common Shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share equal to the aggregate value of the Senior Executive Plan Bonus which has become payable, or (iii) any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee in its discretion at the time of payment.

 

(c)           The Committee may provide that, if a change in control of the Company occurs during a Performance Period, the Senior Executive Plan Bonus payable to each Participant for the Performance 

 

 

Period will be determined at the highest level of achievement of the Management Objectives, without regard to actual performance and without proration for less than a full Performance Period. In such event, the Senior Executive Plan Bonus will be paid at such time following the change in control as the Committee determines in its discretion, but in no event later than 30 days after the date of an event which results in a change in control.

 

(d)           Each grant may be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which will contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with the Plan, including without limitation provisions relating to the Participant’s termination of employment by reason of retirement, death, disability or otherwise.

 

10.           Other Awards.

 

(a)           In addition to Stock Options, SARs, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units and Senior Executive Plan Bonuses, the Committee may, subject to limitations under applicable law, make other Awards (i) that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Common Shares or factors that may influence the value of such shares, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares, purchase rights for Common Shares, (ii) with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or specified Subsidiaries or other business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Committee (including, without limitation, achievement of Management Objectives), or (iii) valued by reference to the book value of Common Shares or the value of securities of, or the performance of specified Subsidiaries or other business units of the Company. The Committee will determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. Common Shares delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 10 will be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such time, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Common Shares, other Awards, notes or other property, as the Committee determines.

 

(b)           Cash awards, as an element of or a supplement to any other Award made under the Plan, may also be made pursuant to this Section 10.

 

(c)           The Committee may grant Common Shares as a bonus, or may make other Awards in lieu of obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan or under other plans or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as are determined by the Committee from time to time.

 

11.           Administration of the Plan.

 

(a)           The Plan will be administered by the Committee. The composition of the Committee will comply with applicable independence requirements under the rules and regulations of any securities exchange, association or quotation system on which Common Shares are then listed or quoted, and the Board will also consider the advisability of appointing to the Committee members who satisfy the requirements of (i) the definition of the term “non-employee director” used Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and (ii) the definition of the term “outside director” used in Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(b)           The Committee may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority under the Plan to a subcommittee of the Committee or to any other committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof. To the extent of any such delegation, references in the Plan to the Committee will be deemed to be references to such committee or subcommittee.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any Award to a member of the Committee must be approved by the Board to be effective.

 

(d)           The Committee will have sole discretion to (i) interpret any provision of the Plan or an Evidence of Award, (ii) make any determination necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan 

 

 

and Awards hereunder, and (iii) waive any condition or right of the Company under an Award or discontinue or terminate an Evidence of Award. Without intending to limit the generality or effect of the foregoing, any decision or determination made by the Committee with respect to the Plan or an Award, including whether to grant or withhold any required consent, will be made by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to the terms of the Plan. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of the Plan or of any Evidence of Award and any determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of the Plan or of any such Evidence of Award will be final and conclusive.

 

(e)           The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company, or to one or more agents or advisors, such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee, or any person to whom duties or powers have been so delegated, may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to applicable law, the Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following on the same basis as the Committee: (i) designate employees to be recipients of Awards under the Plan; and (ii) determine the size of any such Awards; provided, however, that (A) the Committee will not delegate such responsibilities to any such officer for Awards to an executive officer or any person subject to Section 162(m) of the Code; (B) the resolution providing for such authorization sets forth the total number of Common Shares such officer(s) may grant; and (C) the officer(s) will report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the Awards made pursuant to the authority delegated.

 

12.           Adjustments.  The Committee will make or provide for such adjustments in the number of Common Shares authorized under Section 3, in the number of Common Shares covered by outstanding Awards, in the Exercise Price of outstanding Stock Options and any amounts payable for Common Shares under other outstanding Awards, in the Base Price of outstanding SARs, and in the kind of shares covered thereby, as is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants or Optionees that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, or (b) any change of control, merger, consolidation, spin-off, split- off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding Awards under the Plan such alternative consideration (including, without limitation, cash), if any, as it may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all Awards so replaced. The Committee will also make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares specified in Section 3(c) as the Committee in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in this Section 12; provided, however, that any such adjustment to the numbers specified in Sections 3(c)(i) and 3(c)(ii) will be made only if and to the extent that (i) such adjustment would not cause any option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option to fail to so qualify and (ii) such adjustment would not result in negative tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Company issues warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares on a pro rata basis to all stockholders, the Committee will make such adjustments in the number of Common Shares authorized under the Plan and in the limits contained herein as it may deem to be equitable, including, without limitation, proportionately increasing the number of authorized Common Shares or any such limit.

 

13.           Non U.S. Participants.  In order to facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants under the Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Subsidiary outside of the United States of America or who provide services to the Company under an agreement with a foreign nation or agency, as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of the Plan (including, without limitation, sub-plans) as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as the Plan. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, will include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of the Plan as then in effect unless the Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the stockholders of the Company.

 

 

14.           Transferability.

 

(a)           Except as provided below or as otherwise determined by the Committee, (i) no Award will be transferable by a Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and (ii) Stock Options and SARs will be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or, in the event of the Participant’s legal incapacity to do so, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of the Participant in a fiduciary capacity under state law and/or court supervision. With the consent of the Company, which may be granted or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, a Participant may transfer an Award for estate planning purposes or pursuant to a domestic relations order; provided that such transferee will be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Evidence of Award relating to the Award and executes an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations; and provided further that such Participant will remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Stock Option that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or any Related SAR granted in tandem therewith may be transferred.

 

(b)           The Committee may specify at the Date of Grant that part or all of the Common Shares that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Stock Options or SARs, upon the termination of the Deferral Period applicable to Restricted Share Units or upon payment under any grant of Performance Shares, Performance Units or a Senior Executive Plan Bonus or (ii) no longer subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer referred to in Section 6, will be subject to further restrictions on transfer.

 

15.           Withholding Taxes.  To the extent that the Company or a Subsidiary is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under the Plan, and the amounts available to the Company or Subsidiary for such withholding are insufficient, it will be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes required to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Committee) may include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit.

 

16.           Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan and any Awards hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and any Awards hereunder will be administrated in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Plan or any Award to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code will have no force and effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Company without the consent of Participants). Any reference in the Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any proposed, temporary or final regulations, or any other guidance, promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

 

17.           Amendments.

 

(a)           The Committee may at any time and from time to time amend or suspend the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that, if an amendment must be approved by the stockholders of the Company in order to comply with applicable legal requirements or the requirements of the principal securities exchange, association or quotation system on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted, then such amendment will be subject to stockholder approval and will not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained. Without intending to limit the generality or effect of the foregoing, if an amendment to the Plan would increase the number of Common Shares that may be issued or transferred upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options, then such amendment will be subject to stockholder approval and will not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained.

 

(b)           The Committee will not, without the further approval of the stockholders of the Company, authorize the amendment of any outstanding Stock Option or SAR to reduce the Exercise Price or Base Price. Furthermore, no Stock Option or SAR will be cancelled and replaced with Awards having a lower Exercise Price or Base Price without further approval of the stockholders of the Company. This 

 

 

Section 17(b) is intended to prohibit the repricing of “underwater” Stock Options and SARs and will not be construed to prohibit the adjustments provided for in Section 12.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 17(b) hereof, the Committee may amend the terms of any Award under the Plan prospectively or retroactively, except in the case of a Covered Employee where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Committee will not make any modification of the Management Objectives or the level or levels of achievement with respect to such Covered Employee. Subject to Section 12, no amendment to any Award may materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant taken as a whole without his or her consent.

 

(d)           If permitted by Section 409A of the Code, in case of termination of employment by reason of the death, disability or normal or early retirement, or in the case of unforeseeable emergency or other special circumstances, of a Participant who holds a Stock Option or SAR not immediately exercisable in full, or any Restricted Shares as to which the risk of forfeiture or the prohibition or restriction on transfer has not lapsed, or any Restricted Share Units as to which the Deferral Period has not been completed, or any Performance Shares or Performance Units which have not been fully earned, or any other Award made pursuant to Section 10 subject to any vesting schedule or transfer restriction, or who holds Common Shares subject to any transfer restriction imposed pursuant to Section 12(b), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which such Stock Option, SAR or other Award may be exercised, the time at which such risk of forfeiture or prohibition or restriction on transfer will lapse, the time when such Deferral Period will end, the time at which such Performance Shares or Performance Units will be deemed to have been fully earned or the time when such transfer restriction will terminate, or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such Award.

 

(e)           The Committee may, in its discretion, terminate the Plan at any time. Termination of the Plan will not affect the rights of Participants or their successors under any Awards outstanding hereunder and not exercised in full on the date of termination.

 

18.           Governing Law.  The Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware.

 

19.           Term of Plan.  The Plan will be effective as of the Effective Date. No Award will be made under the Plan more than 10 years after the Effective Date, but all Awards made on or prior to such date will continue in effect thereafter subject to the terms thereof and of the Plan.

 

20.           Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a)           The Company will not be required to issue any fractional Common Shares pursuant to the Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

 

(b)           The Plan will not confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Company or a Subsidiary, nor will it interfere in any way with any right the Company or a Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate such Participant’s employment or other service at any time. Except as specifically provided by the Committee, the Company will not be liable for the loss of existing or potential profit with respect to an Award hereunder in the event of termination of employment or other relationship, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant. The Committee’s making of an Award to a Participant hereunder will not confer upon the Participant any right to receive any other Awards hereunder or under any other plan or arrangement.

 

(c)           Any Evidence of Award may provide for the effect on any Common Shares issued or other payment made with respect to the Award of any conduct of the Participant determined by the Committee to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

 

(d)           Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award to the contrary, no Award may be effectuated, through exercise by the holder thereof or otherwise, if the delivery of cash or stock to the holder of such Award pursuant to the terms thereof would be, based on advice of counsel to the Company, contrary to law or the regulations of any duly constituted authority having jurisdiction over the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, each issuance of Common Shares to a Participant pursuant to the Plan or an Award will be made for such consideration as is required by applicable law to ensure that such Common Shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable upon such issuance.

 

(e)           Absence on leave approved by a duly constituted officer of the Company or a Subsidiary will not be considered interruption or termination of service of any employee for any purposes of the Plan or an Award, except that no Award may be made to an employee while he or she is absent on leave.

 

(f)            No Participant will have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to an Award made to him or her under the Plan prior to the date as of which he or she is actually recorded as the holder of such Common Shares upon the stock records of the Company.

 

(g)           The Committee may condition any Award or combination of Awards authorized under the Plan on the surrender or deferral by the Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or other compensation otherwise payable by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant.

 

(h)           If any provision of the Plan is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision will be construed or deemed amended or limited in scope to conform to applicable laws or, in the discretion of the Committee, will be stricken and the remainder of the Plan will remain in full force and effect.

 

(i)            Each individual who is or has been a member of the Board or a committee appointed by the Board will be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid in settlement thereof with the Company’s approval, or paid in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against the individual, provided the Company is given the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend such claim, action, suit or proceeding before the individual undertakes to handle and defend such claim, action, suit or proceeding on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such individual’s own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.Exhibit 4.1

 

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

8.875% EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

 

INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF JUNE 12, 2012

 

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP., and

 

NRFC SUB-REIT CORP.,

 

as Guarantors

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE 1 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.
    	
Rules of Construction
    	
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ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES
    	
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Section 2.01.
    	
Title and Terms
    	
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Section 2.02.
    	
Denominations
    	
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Section 2.03.
    	
Form and Dating
    	
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Section 2.04.
    	
Execution and Authentication
    	
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Section 2.05.
    	
Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
    	
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Section 2.06.
    	
Intentionally Omitted
    	
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Section 2.07.
    	
Lists of Holders of Securities
    	
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Section 2.08.
    	
Transfer and Exchange
    	
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Section 2.09.
    	
Replacement Securities
    	
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Section 2.10.
    	
Outstanding Securities
    	
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Section 2.11.
    	
Treasury Securities
    	
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Section 2.12.
    	
Temporary Securities
    	
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Section 2.13.
    	
Cancellation
    	
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Section 2.14.
    	
Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements
    	
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Section 2.15.
    	
CUSIP Numbers
    	
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Section 2.16.
    	
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
    	
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ARTICLE 3 REPURCHASE
    	
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Section 3.01.
    	
Repurchase at Option of Holders upon a Change in Control
    	
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Section 3.02.
    	
Repurchase of Securities at the Option of Holders
    	
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Section 3.03.
    	
Repayment to the Issuer
    	
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Section 3.04.
    	
Securities Purchased in Part
    	
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Section 3.05.
    	
Repurchase of Securities by Third Parties
    	
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Section 3.06.
    	
Purchase of Securities in Open Market
    	
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ARTICLE 4 EXCHANGE
    	
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Section 4.01.
    	
Right to Exchange
    	
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Section 4.02.
    	
Exercise of Exchange Right; No Adjustment for Interest or   Dividends
    	
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Section 4.03.
    	
Exchange Rate Adjustment After Certain Change in Control
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.04.
    	
Adjustment of Exchange Rate
    	
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Section 4.05.
    	
Exchange Rate
    	
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Section 4.06.
    	
Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares
    	
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Section 4.07.
    	
Taxes on Shares Issued
    	
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Section 4.08.
    	
Reservation of Shares, Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance   with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock
    	
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Section 4.09.
    	
Responsibility of Trustee
    	
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Section 4.10.
    	
Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.11.
    	
Settlement upon Exchange
    	
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Section 4.12.
    	
Ownership Limit
    	
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Section 4.13.
    	
Calculation in Respect of Securities
    	
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ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS
    	
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Section 5.01.
    	
Payment of Securities
    	
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Section 5.02.
    	
Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust
    	
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Section 5.03.
    	
Reports
    	
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Section 5.04.
    	
Compliance Certificates
    	
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Section 5.05.
    	
Further Instruments and Acts
    	
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Section 5.06.
    	
Maintenance of Existence as a Limited Partnership
    	
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Section 5.07.
    	
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    	
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Section 5.08.
    	
Calculation of Original Issue Discount
    	
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Section 5.09.
    	
Maintenance of Office or Agency
    	
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Section 5.10.
    	
Registration Rights
    	
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ARTICLE 6 CONSOLIDATION;   MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE
    	
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Section 6.01.
    	
Issuer and Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only   on Certain Terms
    	
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Section 6.02.
    	
Successor Substituted
    	
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ARTICLE 7 DEFAULT AND   REMEDIES
    	
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Section 7.01.
    	
Events of Default
    	
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Section 7.02.
    	
Acceleration
    	
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Section 7.03.
    	
Other Remedies
    	
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Section 7.04.
    	
Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.05.
    	
Limitations on Suits
    	
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Section 7.06.
    	
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Exchange
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.07.
    	
Collection Suit by Trustee
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.08.
    	
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.09.
    	
Priorities
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.10.
    	
Undertaking for Costs
    	
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ARTICLE 8 TRUSTEE
    	
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Section 8.01.
    	
Obligations of Trustee
    	
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Section 8.02.
    	
Rights of Trustee
    	
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Section 8.03.
    	
Individual Rights of Trustee
    	
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Section 8.04.
    	
Trustee’s Disclaimer
    	
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Section 8.05.
    	
Notice of Default or Events of Default
    	
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Section 8.06.
    	
Reports by Trustee to Holders
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.07.
    	
Compensation and Indemnity
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.08.
    	
Replacement of Trustee
    	
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Section 8.09.
    	
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
    	
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Section 8.10.
    	
Eligibility of Trustee
    	
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Section 8.11.
    	
Conflicting Interests of Trustee
    	
60
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.12.
    	
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer
    	
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ARTICLE 9 SATISFACTION AND   DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
    	
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Section 9.01.
    	
Discharge of Indenture
    	
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Section 9.02.
    	
Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee
    	
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Section 9.03.
    	
Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held
    	
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Section 9.04.
    	
Return of Unclaimed Monies
    	
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Section 9.05.
    	
Reinstatement
    	
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ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENTS;   SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
    	
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Section 10.01.
    	
Without Consent of Holders
    	
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Section 10.02.
    	
With Consent of Holders
    	
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Section 10.03.
    	
Revocation and Effect of Consents
    	
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Section 10.04.
    	
Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    	
64
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.05.
    	
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
    	
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Section 10.06.
    	
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
    	
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ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION
    	
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Section 11.01.
    	
Redemption
    	
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Section 11.02.
    	
Sinking Fund
    	
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ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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Section 12.01.
    	
Notices
    	
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Section 12.02.
    	
Communications by Holders with Other Holder
    	
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Section 12.03.
    	
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    	
68
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.04.
    	
Record Date for Consent of Holders of Securities
    	
68
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.05.
    	
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange   Agent
    	
69
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.06.
    	
Legal Holidays
    	
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Section 12.07.
    	
Governing Law
    	
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Section 12.08.
    	
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    	
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Section 12.09.
    	
No Recourse Against Others
    	
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Section 12.10.
    	
No Security Interest Created
    	
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Section 12.11.
    	
Successors
    	
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Section 12.12.
    	
Multiple Counterparts
    	
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Section 12.13.
    	
Separability
    	
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Section 12.14.
    	
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ARTICLE 13 GUARANTEE
    	
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Section 13.01.
    	
Guarantee
    	
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Exhibit A-1: Form of Face of Security
    	
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Exhibit A-2: Form of Reverse of Security
    	
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Exhibit B: Form of Guarantee
    	
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THIS INDENTURE dated as of June 12, 2012 is by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”), and NRFC Sub-REIT Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), as Guarantors (each of the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantor, a “Guarantor” and, together, the “Guarantors”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Issuer has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 8.875% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032 of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

 

Each Guarantor has duly authorized the creation of an irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of the Securities of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture and of the Guarantee provided for herein.

 

All things necessary to make the Securities, when duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder, and the Guarantee (as defined herein), when duly executed by each Guarantor, and delivered hereunder, and the Securities and the Guarantee duly issued by the Issuer and each Guarantor, the obligations of the Issuer and each Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and each Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01.          Definitions.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any person means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent.

 

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“Applicable Exchange Measurement Period” means (i) for Securities that are exchanged on or after the 23rd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Final Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on the third Trading Day following the 23rd Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Final Maturity Date, and (ii) in all other cases, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the third Trading Day following the Exchange Date.

 

“Applicable Exchange Rate” means, as of any Trading Day, the Exchange Rate in effect on such date, after giving effect to any adjustment provided under Sections 4.03 and 4.04.

 

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

 

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Parent Guarantor or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on its behalf hereunder; provided, that in the definition of the term “Change in Control”, Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor.

 

“Business Day” means, with respect to any Security, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

 

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

 

“CDO Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor which is an issuer of collateralized debt obligations.

 

“Certificated Security” means a Security that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A but that does not include the information or the schedule called for by footnote 1 thereof.

 

“Change in Control” means the occurrence at any time of any of the following events:

 

(1)           consummation of any transaction or event (whether by means of a liquidation, share exchange, tender offer, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, merger of the Issuer or any sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries) or a series of related transactions or events pursuant to which the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into or constitutes solely the right to receive cash, securities or other property more than 10% of which consists of cash, securities or other property that are not, or upon issuance will not be, traded on a national securities exchange;

 

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(2)           any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Issuer, any Guarantor or any majority-owned subsidiary of the Issuer or of any Guarantor, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of the capital stock of the Parent Guarantor then outstanding entitled to vote generally in elections of directors;

 

(3)           during any period of 12 consecutive months after the date of this Indenture persons who at the beginning of such 12-month period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new persons whose election was approved by a vote of a majority of the persons then still comprising the Board of Directors who were either members of the Board of Directors at the beginning of such period or whose election, designation or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors, then in office;

 

(4)           the Common Stock (or other Capital Stock or securities into which the Securities are then exchangeable) ceases to be listed on a U.S. national securities exchange for 30 consecutive days;

 

(5)           the Parent Guarantor (or any successor thereto permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) ceases to directly or indirectly control the Issuer; or

 

(6)           the shareholders of the Parent Guarantor approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation of the Issuer or any Guarantor.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, even if any of the events specified in the preceding clauses (1) through (6) have occurred, a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred and the Issuer shall not be required to deliver a notice incidental thereto if either:

 

(A)          the Closing Sale Price per share of Common Stock for any five Trading Days within (i) the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending immediately after the later of the Change in Control or the public announcement of the Change in Control, in the case of a Change in Control relating to an acquisition of Capital Stock, or (ii) the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending immediately after the Change in Control, in the case of a Change in Control relating to a merger, consolidation or asset sale, equals or exceeds 105% of the Exchange Price in effect on each of those Trading Days; provided, however, that the exception to the definition of “Change in Control” specified in this clause (A) shall not apply in the context of a Change in Control for purposes of Section  4.03; or

 

(B)           at least 90% of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters’ appraisal rights) in a merger, consolidation or other transaction otherwise constituting a Change in Control consists of shares of common stock, depositary receipts or other certificates representing common equity interests traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States (or will be so traded or

 

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quoted immediately following such merger, consolidation or other transaction) and as a result of the merger, consolidation or other transaction the Securities become exchangeable for such shares of common stock, depositary receipts or other certificates representing common equity interests.

 

For the purposes of this definition, “person” includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

“Change in Control Purchase Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.01(b).

 

“Change in Control Purchase Notice” has the meaning provided in Section 3.01(c).

 

“Change in Control Purchase Price” of any Security, means 100% of the principal amount of the Security to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Change in Control Purchase Date.

 

“Closing Sale Price” of the Common Stock or other Capital Stock or similar equity interests or other publicly traded securities on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported on the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such other Capital Stock or similar equity interests or other publicly traded securities are listed or, if the Common Stock or such other Capital Stock or similar equity interests or other publicly traded securities are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange, by OTC Markets Group Inc. or another established over-the-counter trading market in the United States.  The Closing Sale Price shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or extended market making.  In the absence of the foregoing, the Issuer shall determine the Closing Sale Price on such basis as it considers appropriate.

 

“Common Stock” means, subject to Section 4.11, the common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Parent Guarantor, at the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Parent Guarantor resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof, or, in the event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Parent Guarantor that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Parent Guarantor is not the surviving corporation, the common stock, common equity interests, ordinary shares or depositary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation, and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Parent Guarantor and which are not subject to redemption by the Parent Guarantor; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable on exchange of the Securities shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time the trust created by this Indenture shall be administered, which initially will be the office of

 

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Wilmington Trust, National Association located 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544, Attention:  Corporate Capital Markets — NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership Administrator.

 

“Daily Exchange Value” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, one-twentieth (1/20) of the product of (1) the Applicable Exchange Rate and (2) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such day.

 

“Daily VWAP” for the Common Stock means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page NRF<equity>AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available or the equivalent page, as determined by the Parent Guarantor, for each other security for which Daily VWAP must be determined) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith using a volume-weighted method or by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Parent Guarantor).

 

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

 

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

 

“Exchange Price” per share of Common Stock as of any day means the result obtained by dividing (i) $1,000 by (ii) the then Applicable Exchange Rate, rounded to the nearest cent.

 

“Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date upon which a sale of shares of Common Stock does not automatically transfer the right to receive the relevant distribution from the seller of such shares of Common Stock to the buyer.

 

“Final Maturity Date” means June 15, 2032.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.

 

“Global Security” means a Security in global form that is in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A and that includes the information and schedule called for in footnote 1 thereof and which is deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

“Guarantee” shall mean the unconditional guarantee of the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Securities by each of the Guarantors, as more fully set forth in Article 13.

 

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

 

“Guarantor Request” or “Guarantor Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of a Guarantor by an Officer of a Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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

 

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

“Initial Purchasers” means the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2012.

 

“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.

 

“Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order (which may be in the form of a standing order or request) signed in the name of the Issuer by an Officer of the Parent Guarantor (in its capacity as general partner of the Issuer) and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Liquidated Damages” has the meaning provided in the Form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

“Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence for more than a one-half hour period in the aggregate on a Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock 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 futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.

 

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

“Officer” means any person holding any of the following positions:  the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, any Co-President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the General Counsel, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.

 

“Officer’s Certificate”, when used with respect to the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, means a certificate signed by an Officer of the applicable Person (or, if applicable, of the general partner of such Person in its capacity as such) and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, a Guarantor or the Trustee.

 

“Parent Guarantor” has the meaning given in the first paragraph of this Indenture.

 

“Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any other entity.

 

“Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.01.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Parent Guarantor and the Representatives, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

“Representatives” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.

 

“Repurchase Price” of any Security means 100% of the principal amount of the Security to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date.

 

“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, June 1 or December 1 as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate capital markets division of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Restricted Common Stock” means Common Stock issued upon exchange of any Security that is required to bear a restrictive legend pursuant to Section 2.14(e).

 

“Restricted Global Security” means a Global Security that is a Restricted Security.

 

“Restricted Security” means a Security required to bear the restrictive legend set forth in the form of Security annexed as Exhibit A.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor to such Rule.

 

“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal United States securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or

 

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admitted for trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading on any exchange or market, a Business Day.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities” means the $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.875% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032, or any of them (each a “Security”), as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Indenture on the initial Issue Date, together with any Additional Securities issued in accordance with Section 2.01.

 

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

 

“Securities Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Global Securities, or any successor thereto.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Guarantor which is a significant subsidiary (as defined in Regulation S-X as promulgated under the Securities Act as in effect as of the date hereof).

 

“Subsidiary” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency within the control of such Person to satisfy) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning given in the first paragraph of this Indenture.

 

“Trading Day” means a day during which (i) trading in securities generally occurs on the NYSE or, if the subject securities are not then listed on the NYSE, on the principal other national or regional securities exchange on which such securities are then listed or, if such securities are not then listed on a national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the subject securities are then traded, (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event and (iii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available for such day.

 

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

 

“Trust Officer” means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Parent Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president,” including any executive vice president or  senior vice president.

 

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Section 1.02.          Other Definitions.

 

	
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Additional   Securities
    	
 
    	
2.01
    
	
Additional   Shares Change in Control
    	
 
    	
4.03(a)
    
	
Agent   Members
    	
 
    	
2.03(d)
    
	
Change   in Control Event Shares
    	
 
    	
4.03(a)
    
	
Consolidated   Net Assets
    	
 
    	
7.01(10)
    
	
Daily   Partial Cash Amount
    	
 
    	
4.11(a)(3)
    
	
Defaulted   Interest
    	
 
    	
2.16
    
	
Depositary
    	
 
    	
2.03(c)
    
	
DTC
    	
 
    	
2.03(c)
    
	
Effective   Date
    	
 
    	
4.03(b)
    
	
Event   of Default
    	
 
    	
7.01
    
	
Exchange   Agent
    	
 
    	
2.05(a)
    
	
Exchange   Date
    	
 
    	
4.02
    
	
Exchange   Notice
    	
 
    	
4.02
    
	
Exchange   Obligation
    	
 
    	
4.11(a)
    
	
Exchange   Rate
    	
 
    	
4.05
    
	
Expiration   Time
    	
 
    	
4.04(e)
    
	
Issuer   Notice
    	
 
    	
3.01(b)
    
	
Legal   Holiday
    	
 
    	
12.06
    
	
Make   Whole Cap
    	
 
    	
4.03(e)(2)
    
	
Make   Whole Floor
    	
 
    	
4.03(e)(3)
    
	
Outstanding
    	
 
    	
2.10(a)
    
	
Partial   Cash Amount
    	
 
    	
4.11(a)(3)
    
	
Paying   Agent
    	
 
    	
2.05(a)
    
	
Primary   Registrar
    	
 
    	
2.05(a)
    
	
Purchase   Agreement
    	
 
    	
2.01
    
	
QIB
    	
 
    	
2.03(c)
    
	
Redemption   Notice
    	
 
    	
11.01(c)
    
	
REIT
    	
 
    	
11.01(a)
    
	
Reference   Dividend
    	
 
    	
4.04(d)
    
	
Reference   Event
    	
 
    	
7.01(10)
    
	
Registrable   Security
    	
 
    	
5.10
    
	
Registrar
    	
 
    	
2.05(a)
    
	
Repurchase   Date
    	
 
    	
3.02(a)
    
	
Repurchase   Notice
    	
 
    	
3.02(b)
    
	
Restrictive   Legend
    	
 
    	
2.14(a)
    
	
Special   Record Date
    	
 
    	
2.16
    
	
Spin-Off
    	
 
    	
4.04(c)
    
	
Stock   Price
    	
 
    	
4.03(b)
    
	
TIA
    	
 
    	
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Section 1.03.          Rules of Construction.  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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

 

(2)                                  an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

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

 

(4)                                  provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

(5)                                  the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the term “merged” has a correlative meaning;

 

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

 

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

 

(8)                                  all “Article”, “Exhibit” and “Section” references are to Articles, Exhibits and Sections, respectively, of or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified herein, and the terms “herein”, “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

 

ARTICLE 2
 THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01.                             Title and Terms.  The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except for Securities authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.14, 3.04, 10.04 or 11.01, is limited to $75,000,000, as such amount may be increased, but not by an amount in excess of $11,250,000, solely as a result of the purchase of additional Securities (the “Additional Securities”) pursuant to the Initial Purchasers’ over-allotment option granted by the Issuer under the purchase agreement, dated June 7, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Representatives, as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers; provided that the Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders, reopen the Securities and issue additional Securities under this Indenture with the same terms and with the same CUSIP number as the Securities issued under this Indenture on the initial Issue Date of the Securities of this series in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided, further, that no such additional Securities may be issued unless fungible with the Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel.  Any additional Securities would rank equally and ratably in right of payment with the Securities issued under this Indenture on the initial Issue Date for the Securities of this series and would be treated as a single series of debt securities for all purposes under this Indenture.

 

The Securities shall be known and designated as the “8.875% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032” of the Issuer.  Their Final Maturity Date shall be June 15, 2032 and they shall bear

 

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interest on their principal amount from June 12, 2012, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2012, at 8.875% per annum until the principal thereof is due and at the rate of 8.875% per annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on any overdue interest.

 

The Securities shall constitute direct, unsecured, irrevocable and unconditional obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu among themselves and with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer.

 

Interest on the Securities will be based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date coinciding with the Final Maturity Date or Redemption Date or Repurchase Date) of a Security falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day pursuant to Section 12.06.  If the Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date of a Security would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of interest, if any, and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date to such next succeeding Business Day.

 

Upon receipt by the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Representatives have elected to exercise the option for the Initial Purchasers to purchase from the Issuer a specified aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities not to exceed a total of $11,250,000 in accordance with this paragraph pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery such aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities as specified in, and upon receipt of, an Issuer Request, and such specified aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities shall be considered part of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities for all purposes hereof.

 

The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be payable as provided in the form of Securities set forth in Section 2.03.

 

The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Issuer, as provided in Article 11 and shall be issued in the form of Securities set forth in Section 2.03.

 

The Registrable Securities are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement as provided by Section 5.10 and in the form of Security set forth in Section 2.03.  The Securities are entitled to the payment of Liquidated Damages as provided by Section 5.10.

 

The Securities shall be guaranteed by each Guarantor as provided in Article 13 and shall have endorsed thereon the Guarantee substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.03, executed by each Guarantor.

 

The Securities shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

 

The Securities shall be exchangeable as provided in Article 4.

 

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The Securities shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer at the option of the Holders as provided in Article 3.

 

Section 2.02.                             Denominations.  The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

 

Section 2.03.                             Form and Dating.

 

(a)                                  The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, which Exhibit is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture.  The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or automated quotation system rule or regulation or usage, in each case as the Issuer shall determine as evidenced by the Issuer’s execution of Securities bearing the same.   Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

(b)                                 There shall be endorsed on the Securities a guarantee in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture.

 

(c)                                  Restricted Global Securities.  All of the Securities are initially being offered and sold through the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (collectively, “QIBs” or individually, each a “QIB”) in reliance on Rule 144A and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”, and such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “Depositary”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co. (or any successor thereto), for the accounts of participants in the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Restricted Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Restricted Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.14 or otherwise in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depositary and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

 

(d)                                 Global Securities In General.  The Securities issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Security legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Securities” attached thereto).  The Securities issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Security legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Securities” attached thereto).  Each Global Security shall represent such of the Securities then Outstanding as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Securities then Outstanding from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Securities then Outstanding represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect replacements, exchanges, purchases or redemptions of such Securities.  Any adjustment of the aggregate principal amount of a Global Security to reflect the amount of

 

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any increase or decrease in the amount of Securities then Outstanding represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.14 or otherwise in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depositary and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

 

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

 

(e)                                  Book Entry Provisions.  The Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.04(e), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (1) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (2) shall be held by the Trustee, as Securities Custodian for the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and (3) shall bear legends substantially to the following effect:

 

“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.  THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY 

 

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THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”

 

Section 2.04.                             Execution and Authentication.

 

(a)                                  The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited as provided in Section 2.01.

 

(b)                                 An Officer of the Parent Guarantor, in its capacity as general partner of the Issuer and on behalf of the Issuer, shall sign the Securities for the Issuer, and an Officer of each Guarantor on behalf of such Guarantor shall sign the Guarantee for each such Guarantor, respectively, by manual or facsimile signature.  Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

 

(c)                                  If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security and Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

(d)                                 Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security or Guarantee thereon 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 executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.13, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

(e)                                  The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Securities for issue upon receipt of an Issuer Order with endorsed thereon the Guarantee executed by each Guarantor.  The Issuer Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and to whom such Securities shall be delivered, shall provide that all such Securities will be initially represented by a Restricted Global Security and the date on which each original issue of Securities is to be authenticated.

 

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

 

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Section 2.05.                             Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “Registrar”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for payment (each, a “Paying Agent”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for exchange as provided in Article 4 (each, an “Exchange Agent”) and one or more offices or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Exchange Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served in the United States.  One of the Registrars (the “Primary Registrar”) shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.

 

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

 

(c)                                  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Primary Registrar, Securities Custodian and Exchange Agent, and initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture shall be served.

 

Section 2.06.                             Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 2.07.                             Lists of Holders of Securities.  The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing within 15 days, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

 

Section 2.08.                             Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                                  Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.14, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Security for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided, however, that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form and, if applicable, a transfer certificate each in the form included in Exhibit A, and completed in a manner satisfactory to the Registrar and duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.  To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to

 

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Section 2.05, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request.  Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except (i) as provided in Section 2.09(c) and (ii) that the Issuer or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto; provided that clause (ii) of this sentence shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.12, 2.14(a), 3.04 or 4.04.

 

(b)                                 In the event of any redemption in whole or any redemption in part, the Issuer shall not be required to: (i) issue or register the transfer or exchange of any Security for another Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the date of selection, or (ii) register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, for another Security except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

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

 

(d)                                 Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.05 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.

 

(e)                                  Each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to indemnify the Issuer, each Guarantor and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.

 

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

 

Section 2.09.                             Replacement Securities.

 

(a)                                  If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Issuer, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Issuer, the Guarantors, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Issuer, the Guarantors, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Guarantors, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, at the expense of the Holder, the Issuer shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall 

 

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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 having a Guarantee endorsed thereon, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

(b)                                 If 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 Issuer pursuant to Article 3, or exchanged pursuant to Article 4, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay, purchase or exchange such Security, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                  Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.09, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto as a result of any Securities, at the request of any Holder, being issued to a Person other than such Holder and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.

 

(d)                                 Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer and each Guarantor whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

 

(e)                                  The provisions of this Section 2.09 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

 

Section 2.10.                             Outstanding Securities.

 

(a)                                  Securities outstanding (“Outstanding”) at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those purchased pursuant to Article 3, those exchanged pursuant to Article 4, those redeemed by the Issuer pursuant to Article 11, those delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange and those described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.

 

(b)                                 If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be Outstanding unless the Issuer receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.

 

(c)                                  If a Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer) holds in respect of the Securities then Outstanding on a Change in Control Purchase Date, Redemption Date or the Final Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of, accrued interest, if any, on Securities (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Change in Control Purchase Date, Redemption Date or Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Securities (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be Outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

 

(d)                                 Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.11, a Security does not cease to be Outstanding because the Issuer, a Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or any Guarantor holds the Security.

 

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Section 2.11.                             Treasury Securities.  In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, securities owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.12.                             Temporary Securities.  Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive securities and have endorsed thereon the Guarantee duly executed by each Guarantor, but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities.  Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities with Guarantee duly executed and endorsed thereon.

 

After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities to a Registrar, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities with Guarantee duly executed and endorsed thereon, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor.  Until so exchanged, Holders of temporary Securities shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.13.                             Cancellation.  The Issuer or any Guarantor at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, purchase or payment.  The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, purchase, payment or cancellation, shall dispose of the canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures and shall confirm such cancellation to the Issuer in writing.  All Securities which are purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Final Maturity Date pursuant to Article 3 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer may not hold or resell such Securities or issue any new Securities to replace any such Securities or any Securities that any Holder has exchanged pursuant to Article 4.

 

Section 2.14.                             Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements.

 

(a)                                  If Securities are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities such Securities shall bear the legends set forth on the forms of Securities attached as Exhibit A relating to restrictions on transfer of the Securities (collectively, the “Restrictive Legend”).

 

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(b)                                 A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security.  No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.14.

 

(c)                                  Subject to Section 2.14(b), every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Restrictive Legend.  Whenever any Restricted Security other than a Restricted Global Security is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or in 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 A, dated the date of such surrender and signed by the Holder of such Security, as to compliance with 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.

 

As used in this Section 2.14(c), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of any Security.

 

(d)                                 The provisions below shall apply only to Global Securities:

 

(1)                                  Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for purposes of this Indenture.

 

(2)                                  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, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part shall be 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 Issuer 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 Issuer within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware that the Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency,” or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities.  Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to subclause (B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary.  Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided, further, that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

 

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(3)                                  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 Trustee, as Registrar.  With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as 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, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

 

(4)                                  Subject to clause (6) of this Section 2.14 (d), the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

 

(5)                                  In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (2) of this Section 2.14(d), the Issuer will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, in the event that any such Security so issued is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary.

 

(6)                                  Neither Agent Members nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer 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 Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer 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.

 

(7)                                  At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, such Global Security shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, subject to Section 2.13 of this Indenture.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Security is converted, canceled or exchanged for Securities in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Securities 

 

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Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

 

(e)                                  Until the time at which such Security may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto), any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon exchange of any Security shall bear the restrictive legend required to be included with a Restricted Security, until such time as the Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 (or any successor provision thereto), or unless otherwise agreed by the Issuer in writing with written notice thereof to the transfer agent.

 

Any such 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 restrictive legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such 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 Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this section.

 

Section 2.15.                             CUSIP Numbers.  The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of purchase or redemption 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 or redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such purchase or redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

Section 2.16.                             Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

 

Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

 

(1)                                  The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a date fixed by the Trustee for such purpose (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of

 

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Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2)                                  The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

 

ARTICLE 3
 REPURCHASE

 

Section 3.01.                             Repurchase at Option of Holders upon a Change in Control.

 

(a)                                  If a Change in Control occurs at any time prior to June 15, 2032, a Holder of Securities shall have the right, at its option, to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder’s Securities not previously called for redemption, in whole or in part (in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) for cash equal to the Change in Control Purchase Price, subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth below.

 

(b)                                 Within 15 days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Issuer shall provide written notification to the Holders of the Change in Control and of the repurchase right arising as a result of the Change in Control (the “Issuer Notice”).  The Issuer Notice shall also be

 

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delivered to the Trustee.  The notice shall include a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder containing the information contemplated by Section 3.01(c) and shall state:

 

(1)                                  the date of such Change in Control and the clause in the definition of “Change in Control” herein under which such Change in Control falls;

 

(2)                                  the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice must be delivered to the Trustee or any Paying Agent;

 

(3)                                  the date on which the Issuer will repurchase Securities in connection with a Change in Control, which must be not less than 30 nor more than 60 Business Days after the date of the Issuer Notice (such date, the “Change in Control Purchase Date”);

 

(4)                                  the Change in Control Purchase Price;

 

(5)                                  the name and address of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;

 

(6)                                  that Securities in respect of which a Change in Control Purchase Notice is provided by a Holder shall not be exchangeable;

 

(7)                                  that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent (which surrender may, if applicable, be effected through the facilities of the Depositary) to collect payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price;

 

(8)                                  that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given will be paid within five Business Days after the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time at which such Securities are surrendered for repurchase;

 

(9)                                  that, unless the Issuer defaults in making payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price, such Securities shall cease to be Outstanding and interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate on and after the Change in Control Purchase Date; and

 

(10)                            the CUSIP number of the Securities.

 

The Issuer shall also disseminate a press release through Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or Bloomberg Business News announcing the occurrence of such Change in Control and publish on the Parent Guarantor’s website, or through such other public medium as the Issuer shall deem appropriate at such time.

 

(c)                                  A Holder may exercise its rights specified in this Section 3.01 upon delivery of a written notice of such Holder’s exercise of its repurchase right (a “Change in Control Purchase Notice”) to the Trustee (or any Paying Agent) at any time on or prior to the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:

 

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(1)                                  if such Securities are in certificated form, the certificate number(s) of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased (if such Securities are Global Securities, the Change in Control Purchase Notice shall comply with Applicable Procedures);

 

(2)                                  the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, in multiples of $1,000, provided that the remaining principal amount of Securities is in an authorized denomination; and

 

(3)                                  that such Security shall be repurchased pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and of the Securities.

 

The Trustee (or any Paying Agent) shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the receipt by it of any Change in Control Purchase Notice.

 

Transfers of interests in a Global Security in compliance with the Applicable Procedures or delivery of Securities in certificated form (together with all necessary endorsements) to the Paying Agent at the offices of the Paying Agent and delivery of such Security shall be conditions to the receipt by the Holder of the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor.  Holders electing to require the Issuer to repurchase Securities must effect such transfer or delivery to the Paying Agent prior to the Change in Control Purchase Date to receive payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price.

 

(d)                                 A Change in Control Purchase Notice is irrevocable and may not be withdrawn unless waived or consented to by the Issuer in writing.

 

(e)                                  On or before 11:59 a.m. (New York City time) on the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.01.  If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money sufficient to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price of such Securities on the Change in Control Purchase Date or the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, then, on and after such date, such Securities shall cease to be Outstanding and interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price after delivery or transfer of the Securities).  Such will be the case whether or not book entry transfer of the Securities in book entry form is made and whether or not Securities in certificated form, together with the necessary endorsements, are delivered to the Paying Agent.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Securities may be repurchased by the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.01 if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities and the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or prior to such dates.

 

(g)                                 The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities with respect to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture.

 

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Section 3.02.                             Repurchase of Securities at the Option of Holders.

 

(a)                                  A Holder of Securities has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder’s Securities, in whole or in part (in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) for cash equal to the Repurchase Price on June 15, 2019, June 15, 2022 and June 15, 2027 (each, a “Repurchase Date”).

 

(b)                                 A Holder shall provide written notification to the Paying Agent of its intent to require the Issuer to purchase such Holder’s Securities no earlier than the opening of business 60  Business Days prior to the relevant Repurchase Date and no later than the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the relevant Repurchase Date (the “Repurchase Notice”) in substantially the form included on the reverse side of such Security stating:

 

(1)                                  if such Securities are in certificated form, the certificate number(s) of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be repurchased (if such Securities are Global Securities, the Repurchase Notice must comply with Applicable Procedures);

 

(2)                                  the portion of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, in integral multiples of $1,000, provided that the remaining principal amount of Securities is in an authorized denomination; and

 

(3)                                  that such Security shall be repurchased pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and of the Securities.

 

If the Issuer receives a Repurchase Notice, then within five Business Days of the Repurchase Date relating to such Repurchase Notice, the Issuer shall also disseminate a press release through Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or Bloomberg Business News containing the information included on the Repurchase Notice, which may be aggregated with information contained in other Repurchase Notices relating to the Repurchase Date, or publish such information on the Parent Guarantor’s website, or through such other public medium as the Issuer shall deem appropriate at such time.

 

(c)                                  A Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn in whole by a Holder by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day prior to the Repurchase Date specifying:

 

(1)                                  the principal amount of Securities being withdrawn, in integral multiples of $1,000;

 

(2)                                  if such Securities are in certificated form, the certificate number(s) of the Securities being withdrawn; and

 

(3)                                  the principal amount of Securities, if any, that remains subject to Repurchase Notice, which must be an integral multiple of $1,000.

 

If the Securities subject to the notice of withdrawal are Global Securities, the above notices must also comply with the Applicable Procedures.

 

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(d)                                 A Holder must effect a transfer of Global Securities in accordance with Applicable Procedures or, if such Holder’s Security is in certificated form and not global form, deliver the Securities, together with necessary endorsements, to the office of the Paying Agent after delivery of the Repurchase Notice to receive payment of the Repurchase Price.

 

(e)                                  On or before 11:59 a.m. (New York City time) on the Repurchase Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.02.  If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price of such Securities on the Repurchase Date or the Business Day following the Repurchase Date, then, on and after such date, such Securities shall cease to be Outstanding and interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Repurchase Price after delivery or transfer of the Securities).  Such will be the case whether or not book entry transfer of the Securities in book entry form is made and whether or not Securities in certificated form, together with the necessary endorsements, are delivered to the Paying Agent.

 

Section 3.03.                             Repayment to the Issuer.  To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.02 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price or the Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Issuer is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date or the Repurchase Date, as applicable, the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Issuer.

 

Section 3.04.                             Securities Purchased in Part.  Any Global Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be adjusted to reflect the amount of any decrease in the amount of Securities then Outstanding represented thereby by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by an Issuer Order and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.  Any Security issued in certificated form that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date or the Repurchase Date, as applicable, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder (which must be equal to $1,000 principal amount or any integral thereof), in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.

 

Section 3.05.                             Repurchase of Securities by Third Parties.  The Issuer may arrange (with notice to the Trustee) for a third party to purchase any Securities for which the Issuer has received a valid Repurchase Notice that is not withdrawn, in the manner and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth herein.  If a third party purchases any Securities under these circumstances, then interest will continue to accrue on those Securities and those Securities will continue to be Outstanding after the Repurchase Date. The third party subsequently may resell those purchased Securities to other Holders, and those Securities will be fungible with all other Securities then Outstanding.

 

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Section 3.06.                             Purchase of Securities in Open Market.  The Issuer may from time to time repurchase the Securities in open market purchases or negotiated transactions at varying prices without prior notice to Holders.  Any Security that the Issuer purchases or a third party purchases may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to restrictions contained in the Purchase Agreement, be reissued or resold or may, at the Issuer’s or such third party’s option, be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Any Securities surrendered for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and will be canceled promptly in accordance with Section 2.13.

 

ARTICLE 4
 EXCHANGE

 

Section 4.01.                             Right to Exchange.  Subject to the restrictions on ownership of Common Stock as set forth in Section 4.12 and the conditions set forth in this Article 4, a Holder of any Securities not previously redeemed or repurchased shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Issuer’s option, by surrender of such Securities so to be exchanged in whole or in part, together with any required funds, under the circumstances and in the manner described in this Article 4, at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Final Maturity Date.

 

A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Change in Control Purchase Notice exercising such Holder’s right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Security pursuant to Section 3.01 may not be exchanged pursuant to this Article 4.  A Security in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase Notice exercising such Holder’s right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Security pursuant to Section 3.02 may be exchanged only if such Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the Section 3.02(c) prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately prior to the Repurchase Date.

 

A Holder of Securities is not entitled to any rights of a Holder of Common Stock until such Holder has exchanged its Securities and received upon exchange thereof Common Stock.

 

Section 4.02.                             Exercise of Exchange Right; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends.  In order to exercise the exchange right with respect to any Security in certificated form, the Issuer must receive at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in the City of New York or, at the option of such Holder, the Corporate Trust Office, such Security with the original or facsimile of the form entitled “Exchange Notice” on the reverse thereof (the “Exchange Notice”), duly completed and signed manually or by facsimile, together with such Security duly endorsed for transfer, accompanied by the funds, if any, required by this Section 4.02.  Such notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in which the certificate or certificates for Common Stock that shall be issuable on such exchange shall be issued, and shall be accompanied by transfer or similar taxes, if required pursuant to Section 4.07.

 

To exchange the Securities, a Holder must (a) complete and manually sign the Exchange Notice on the reverse of the Security (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice)

 

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and deliver such notice to the Exchange Agent at the office maintained by the Exchange Agent for such purpose, (b) with respect to Securities that are in certificated form, surrender the Securities to the Exchange Agent, (c) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Exchange Agent and (d) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.  The date on which the Holder satisfies all such requirements shall be deemed to be the date on which the applicable Securities shall have been tendered for exchange (the “Exchange Date”).

 

Whether the Securities to be exchanged are Global Securities or held in certificated form, the Exchange Notice will require the Holder to certify that it or the Person on whose behalf the Securities are being exchanged is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A.

 

Upon surrender of a Security for exchange by a Holder, such Holder shall deliver to the Issuer cash equal to the amount that the Issuer is required to deduct and withhold under applicable law in connection with the exchange; provided, however, if the Holder does not deliver such cash, the Issuer may deduct and withhold from the amount of cash otherwise deliverable to such Holder the amount required to be deducted and withheld under applicable law (and not otherwise delivered by the Holder in cash).

 

If the Issuer is required to deliver Common Stock upon settlement in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.11, if applicable, not later than the third Trading Day following the end of the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, after satisfaction of the requirements for exchange set forth above, subject to compliance with any restrictions on transfer if shares of Common Stock issuable on exchange are to be issued in a name other than that of the Holder (as if such transfer were a transfer of the Security or Securities (or portion thereof) so exchanged), and in accordance with the time periods set forth in this Article 4, the Issuer shall deliver to such Holder at the office or agency maintained by the Issuer for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.05, (i) a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exchange of such Security or portion thereof as determined by the Issuer in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.03 and 4.11 and (ii) a check or cash in respect of any fractional interest in respect of a share of Common Stock arising upon such exchange, calculated by the Issuer as provided in Section 4.06.  The cash, and, if applicable, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock into which the Securities are exchanged (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) will be delivered to an exchanging holder after satisfaction of the requirements for exchange set forth above, in accordance with this Section 4.02 and Sections 4.03 (if applicable) and 4.11.

 

The Person in whose name any certificate or certificates for Common Stock shall be issuable upon such exchange shall be deemed to have become on said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of the Parent Guarantor shall be closed shall constitute the Person in whose name the certificates are to be issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such exchange shall be at the Exchange Rate in effect on the Exchange Date.

 

Any Security or portion thereof surrendered for exchange during the period from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Regular Record Date for any Interest Payment Date to

 

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5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Interest Payment Date shall be accompanied by payment, in immediately available funds or other funds acceptable to the Issuer, of an amount equal to the interest otherwise payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount being exchanged; provided that no such payment need be made (1) if a Holder exchanges its Securities in connection with a redemption and the Issuer has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately succeeding the next Interest Payment Date, (2) if a Holder exchanges its Securities in connection with a Change in Control and the Issuer has specified a Change in Control Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, (3) on Securities that are exchanged after the last Regular Record Date for the payment of interest on the Securities, or (4) with respect to overdue interest if any overdue interest exists at the time of exchange with respect to such Securities.  Except as otherwise provided above in this paragraph, no payment or other adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any Security exchanged or for dividends on any shares issued upon the exchange of such Security as provided in this Section 4.02.

 

Upon the exchange of an interest in a Global Security, the Trustee (or other Exchange Agent appointed by the Issuer), or the Securities Custodian at the direction of the Trustee (or other Exchange Agent appointed by the Issuer), shall make a notation on such Global Security as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of any exchanges of Securities effected through any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee.

 

Upon the exchange of a Security, a Holder will not receive any cash payment of interest (unless such exchange occurs between a Regular Record Date and the Interest Payment Date to which it relates as described above) and the Issuer will not adjust the Exchange Rate to account for accrued and unpaid interest.  The Issuer’s delivery to the Holder of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, will be deemed to satisfy the Issuer’s obligation with respect to such Security.  Accordingly, the accrued but unpaid interest attributable to the period from the Issue Date of the Security, or from the most recent date on which interest has been duly paid or provided for, if later, to the Exchange Date, with respect to the exchanged Security, shall not be deemed canceled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of cash and, if applicable, Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Security being exchanged pursuant to the provisions hereof.

 

In case any Security of a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial exchange, and subject to Section 2.02, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Security so surrendered, without charge to the Holder, a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unexchanged portion of the surrendered Security.

 

Section 4.03.                             Exchange Rate Adjustment After Certain Change in Control.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the provisions hereof, if a Holder elects to exchange its Securities following the consummation of any transaction described in clause (1) or clause (2) of the definition of Change in Control on or prior to June 15, 2019 (the “Additional Shares Change in Control”) and an exchange of Securities by such Holder is in connection with such transaction,

 

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the Issuer will increase the Applicable Exchange Rate for the Securities surrendered for exchange by a number of additional shares of Common Stock described below (the “Change in Control Event Shares”).  An exchange of Securities will be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Additional Shares Change in Control if the notice of exchange of the Securities is received by the Exchange Agent on or after the date which is 15 days prior to the anticipated effective date of the Additional Shares Change in Control and, on or prior to the fifteenth Business Day following the effective date of the Additional Shares Change in Control (or if earlier and to the extent applicable, the close of business on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the day on which the Issuer is required to repurchase Securities pursuant to Section 3.01).

 

(b)                                 The number of Change in Control Event Shares shall be determined by reference to the table in paragraph (e) below and shall be based on the date on which the Additional Shares Change in Control becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid per share of Common Stock in such transaction.  If the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in the relevant Change in Control transaction, the Stock Price will equal the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock.  In all other cases, the Stock Price will equal the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock on the ten consecutive Trading Days up to but excluding the Effective Date.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange exceed 189.0359 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Exchange Rate as set forth in Section 4.04.

 

(d)                                 The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Exchange Rate of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to Section 4.04.  The adjusted Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the Exchange Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and (ii) the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate as so adjusted.  In addition, the number of additional shares of Common Stock will be subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Exchange Rate set forth under Section 4.04.

 

(e)                                  Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 4.03, the following table sets forth the Stock Price and number of Change in Control Event Shares issuable per $1,000 principal amount of Securities:

 

Additional Shares Issued For Make-Whole per Bond (Par of $1,000)

 

Stock Price

 

	
Effective
   Date
    	
 
    	
$5.29
    	
 
    	
$5.50
    	
 
    	
$5.75
    	
 
    	
$6.00
    	
 
    	
$6.25
    	
 
    	
$6.50
    	
 
    	
$6.75
    	
 
    	
$7.00
    	
 
    	
$7.25
    	
 
    	
$7.50
    	
 
    	
$7.75
    	
 
    
	
June 12, 2012 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
20.3343
    	
 
    	
15.4230
    	
 
    	
11.4088
    	
 
    	
8.1767
    	
 
    	
5.6216
    	
 
    	
3.6485
    	
 
    	
2.1768
    	
 
    	
1.1400
    	
 
    	
0.4743
    	
 
    	
0.2371
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2013 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
19.4841
    	
 
    	
14.6517
    	
 
    	
10.7240
    	
 
    	
7.5839
    	
 
    	
5.1237
    	
 
    	
3.2486
    	
 
    	
1.8804
    	
 
    	
0.9527
    	
 
    	
0.3932
    	
 
    	
0.1106
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2014 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
18.5730
    	
 
    	
13.8159
    	
 
    	
9.9764
    	
 
    	
6.9339
    	
 
    	
4.5770
    	
 
    	
2.8085
    	
 
    	
1.5494
    	
 
    	
0.7294
    	
 
    	
0.2654
    	
 
    	
0.0550
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2015 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
17.6916
    	
 
    	
12.9847
    	
 
    	
9.2189
    	
 
    	
6.2682
    	
 
    	
4.0169
    	
 
    	
2.3652
    	
 
    	
1.2307
    	
 
    	
0.5311
    	
 
    	
0.1651
    	
 
    	
0.0202
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2016 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
17.1251
    	
 
    	
12.3770
    	
 
    	
8.6162
    	
 
    	
5.7095
    	
 
    	
3.5328
    	
 
    	
1.9800
    	
 
    	
0.9588
    	
 
    	
0.3694
    	
 
    	
0.0912
    	
 
    	
0.0038
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2017 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
16.7373
    	
 
    	
11.8240
    	
 
    	
7.9885
    	
 
    	
5.0869
    	
 
    	
2.9811
    	
 
    	
1.5486
    	
 
    	
0.6717
    	
 
    	
0.2155
    	
 
    	
0.0330
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2018 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
16.1603
    	
 
    	
10.8373
    	
 
    	
6.8077
    	
 
    	
3.9168
    	
 
    	
1.9909
    	
 
    	
0.8440
    	
 
    	
0.2665
    	
 
    	
0.0426
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
June 15, 2019 
    	
 
    	
22.4844
    	
 
    	
15.2667
    	
 
    	
7.3615
    	
 
    	
0.1152
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    

 

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The exact Stock Price and Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:

 

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

 

(2)                                  if the Stock Price is in excess of $7.75 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment (the “Make Whole Cap”), no Change in Control Event Shares will be issued upon exchange; and

 

(3)                                  if the Stock Price is less than $5.29 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment (the “Make Whole Floor”), no Change in Control Event Shares will be issued upon exchange.

 

The Make Whole Cap and Make Whole Floor shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Exchange Rate of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to Section 4.04.

 

(f)                                    If a Holder exchanges its Securities at any time following the effective time of a transaction that constitutes an Additional Shares Change in Control, the consideration for such exchange shall be paid based on the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property into which Common Stock is converted pursuant to such Additional Shares Change in Control.

 

Section 4.04.                             Adjustment of Exchange Rate.  The Exchange Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Issuer as follows:

 

(a)                                  If the Parent Guarantor issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock, or if the Parent Guarantor effects a share split or share combination, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

ER1 = ER0 × OS1/OS0

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

 

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ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on and immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; and

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such share split or share combination, as applicable, as if such dividend, distribution, split or combination occurred at that time.

 

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

 

(b)                                 If the Parent Guarantor issues to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants, options or other securities entitling them for a period of not more than 45 days after the date of issuance thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock within 45 days after the issuance thereof, in either case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock or a conversion price per share less than the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the time of announcement of such issuance, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula (provided that the Exchange Rate will be readjusted to the extent that such rights, warrants, options, or other securities or convertible securities are not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof):

 

ER1 = ER0 × (OS0 + X)/(OS0 + Y)

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on and immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

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

 

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities and (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Business Day 

 

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immediately preceding the date of announcement for the issuance of such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities.

 

For purposes of this paragraph (b), in determining whether any rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase or exercise a conversion right for Common Stock at less than the average Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Parent Guarantor for such rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

If any right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security described in paragraph (b) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the new Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant, option, other security or convertible security had not been so issued.

 

(c)                                  If the Parent Guarantor distributes shares of its capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Parent Guarantor to all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

 

(1)                                  dividends, distributions and rights, warrants, options, other securities or convertible securities referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above;

 

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

 

(3)                                  Spin-Offs described below in this paragraph (c),

 

then the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

ER1 = ER0 × SP0/(SP0 – FMV)

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on and immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

SP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the ten consecutive Trading Days prior to the Business 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 

 

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property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (c), where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on Common Stock or shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Parent Guarantor (a “Spin-Off”), the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the close of business on the record date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution will be increased based on the following formula:

 

ER1 = ER0 × (FMV0 + MP0)/MP0

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Spin-Off;

 

ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on and immediately after 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 Days after the effective date of the Spin-Off; and

 

MP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the Spin-Off.

 

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

 

(d)                                 If following the date of original issuance of the Securities, the Parent Guarantor makes any cash dividend or distribution to all holders of Common Stock in aggregate amount that, together with other cash dividends or distributions during such quarterly fiscal period, on a per share basis, exceeds $0.15 (the “Reference Dividend”) the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

ER1 = ER0 × SP0 /(SP0 – C)

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on and immediately after the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

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SP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the period of the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

 

C = the amount in cash per share that the Parent Guarantor distributes to holders of Common Stock during such quarterly fiscal period in excess of the Reference Dividend.

 

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

 

The Reference Dividend amount is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Exchange Rate; provided that no adjustment will be made to the Reference Dividend for any adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this paragraph (d).

 

(e)                                  If the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration Time”), the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

ER1 = ER0 × (AC + (SP1 × OS1))/(SP1 × OS0)

 

where

 

ER0 = the Exchange Rate in effect on the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires;

 

ER1 = the Exchange Rate in effect on the day next succeeding the date such tender offer 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 the shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires;

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer); and

 

SP1 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires.

 

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

 

If the Parent Guarantor or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but it or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the adjustments arising under paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 4.04 cause the Exchange Rate to exceed 189.0359 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to the adjustments in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 4.04.

 

(g)                                 If the Parent Guarantor adopts a shareholder rights plan while any Securities remain Outstanding, Holders of Securities will receive, upon an exchange of their Securities for shares of Common Stock, in addition to Common Stock, rights under such shareholder rights plan unless, prior to exchange, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock.  If the rights provided for in the rights plan adopted by the Parent Guarantor have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights agreement so that Holders of Securities would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Securities, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Parent Guarantor had distributed, to all holders of Common Stock, shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant to Section 4.04(c), subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights.  In lieu of any such adjustment, the Parent Guarantor may amend such applicable shareholder rights agreement to provide that upon exchange of Securities, the Holders will receive, in addition to Common Stock issuable upon such exchange, the rights which would have attached to such Common Stock if the rights had not become separated from the Common Stock under such shareholder rights plan.

 

(h)                                 In addition to the adjustments pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (g) above, the Issuer may increase the Exchange Rate in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the capital stock of the Parent Guarantor resulting from any dividend or distribution of capital stock (or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.  The Issuer may also, from time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law increase the Exchange Rate by any amount for any period if the Issuer has determined that such increase would be in the best interest of the Issuer or any Guarantor.  If the Issuer makes such determination, it will be conclusive and the Issuer shall mail to Holders a notice of the increased Exchange Rate at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Exchange Rate takes effect in accordance with applicable law and such notice shall state the increased Exchange Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

 

The Issuer shall not make any adjustment to the Exchange Rate if Holders are permitted to participate in the dividend, distribution or transaction, on an as-exchanged basis, in the transactions in this Section 4.04.

 

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(i)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the applicable Exchange Price and Exchange Rate will not be adjusted upon certain events, including but not limited to:

 

(1)                                  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 securities of the Issuer or those of the Parent Guarantor and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

 

(2)                                  the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or partnership units of the Issuer or options or rights to purchase those shares or units pursuant to any present or future employee, director, trustee or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor;

 

(3)                                  the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date the Securities were first issued;

 

(4)                                  a change in the par value of the Common Stock;

 

(5)                                  accumulated and unpaid dividends or distributions;

 

(6)                                  as a result of a tender offer solely to holders of less than 100 shares of Common Stock; and

 

(7)                                  for the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of limited partnership units by the Issuer, Common Stock or common stock of the Subsidiary Guarantor, or, in any case, the payment of cash upon redemption thereof.

 

(j)                                     No adjustment in the applicable Exchange Price will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the applicable Exchange Price.  If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Exchange Price by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment.  All required calculations will be made to the nearest cent or 1/1000th of a share, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon exchange of the Securities, upon required repurchases of the Securities in connection with a Change in Control pursuant to Section 3.01, upon redemption of the Securities pursuant to Section 11.01 and five Business Days prior to the Final Maturity Date, all adjustments not previously made shall be made.  Except as specifically described above, the applicable Exchange Price shall not be subject to adjustment in the case of the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or the Parent Guarantor’s preferred shares, or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Common Stock or the Parent Guarantor’s preferred shares.

 

(k)                                  Whenever the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer shall as promptly as reasonably practicable deliver to the Trustee and any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.  Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer shall prepare a notice of such 

 

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adjustment of the Exchange Rate setting forth the adjusted Exchange Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Exchange Rate to the Holders within 20 Business Days of the Effective Date of such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

 

(l)                                     For purposes of this Section 4.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Parent Guarantor but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Common Stock.

 

(m)                               For purposes of this Section 4.04, “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 into which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash, security or other property (whether or not such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

 

Section 4.05.                             Exchange Rate.  The initial Exchange Rate for the Securities is 166.5515 shares of Common Stock per each $1,000 principal amount of the Securities, subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.03 and 4.04 (herein called the “Exchange Rate”).

 

Section 4.06.                             Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip certificates representing fractional shares shall be issued upon exchange of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock that shall be issuable upon exchange shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional share of Common Stock would be issuable upon the exchange of any Security or Securities, the Issuer shall make an adjustment and payment therefor in cash to the Holder of Securities at a price equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the last day of the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period.

 

Section 4.07.                             Taxes on Shares Issued.  If a Holder exchanges Securities, the Issuer will pay any documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the delivery of Common Stock upon the exchange, if any, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests the shares to be delivered to a person other than the Holder, in which case the Holder will pay the tax.  Shares of Common Stock shall not be issued or delivered unless all taxes and duties, if any, payable by the Holder have been paid.

 

Section 4.08.                             Reservation of Shares, Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock.  The Parent Guarantor shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient Common Stock to provide for the exchange of the Securities as required by this Indenture from time to time as such Securities are presented for exchange to the extent the Issuer has elected to settle the exchange of the Securities in Common Stock.

 

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The Issuer covenants that all Common Stock issued upon exchange of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable by the Parent Guarantor and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, provided that if certain of the possible adjustments to the exchange price are made, a Holder shall be deemed to have a received a distribution from the Issuer even though such Holder has not received any cash or property as a result of such adjustments, the Issuer intends to withhold Federal income tax (in the case of Foreign Note Holders) on any deemed distribution from the Issuer from cash payments of interest otherwise payable on the Securities and payments upon a redemption or exchange of the Securities.

 

The Issuer covenants that, if any Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of exchange 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 exchange, the Parent Guarantor shall, as expeditiously as practicable, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be, provided, however, that Common Stock provided for exchange hereunder need not be registered under the U.S. Federal securities laws and each recipient of such Common Stock shall have the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Section 4.09.                             Responsibility of Trustee.  The Trustee and any other Exchange Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Exchange Rate or Exchange Price or whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Exchange 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 Exchange Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any capital stock, other securities or other assets or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exchange of any Security; and the Trustee and any other Exchange Agent make no representations with respect thereto.  Neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of exchange or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Issuer contained in this Article 4.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 4.03 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of capital stock or other securities or other assets or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the exchange of their Securities after any event referred to in such Section 4.03 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01(f), may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Issuer shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.10.                             Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.  In case:

 

(a)                                  the Parent Guarantor shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 4.04; or

 

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(b)                                 the Parent Guarantor shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially all of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or any other rights or warrants; or

 

(c)                                  of any reclassification or reorganization 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 of any consolidation, combination, merger or share exchange to which the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Parent Guarantor is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor; or

 

(d)                                 of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Parent Guarantor;

 

the Issuer shall cause to be filed with the Trustee a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.  Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

Section 4.11.                             Settlement upon Exchange.  (a)  Upon valid tender of the Securities for exchange under this Article 4, subject to Sections 4.01, 4.02 and this Section 4.11, the Issuer shall satisfy its obligation upon exchange (the “Exchange Obligation”) by delivery on or prior to the third Trading Day immediately following the last day of the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, at the Issuer’s option, of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered for exchange in accordance with their terms, as follows:

 

(1)                                  Share Settlement.  If the Issuer elects to satisfy the entire Exchange Obligation in shares of Common Stock, then the Issuer shall deliver, for each Trading Day in the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Exchange Rate divided by 20.

 

(2)                                  Cash Settlement.  If the Issuer elects to satisfy the entire Exchange Obligation in cash, then the Issuer shall deliver, for each Trading Day in the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period, cash in an amount equal to the Daily Exchange Value.

 

(3)                                  Combined Settlement.  If the Issuer elects to satisfy a portion of the Exchange Obligation in cash (expressed either as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the Daily Exchange Value, each, the “Partial Cash Amount”) and a portion in shares of Common Stock, then the Issuer shall deliver, for each Trading Day in the Applicable 

 

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Exchange Measurement Period, (A) the lesser of (x) such Partial Cash Amount divided by 20 or, if expressed as a percentage of the Exchange Obligation, such Partial Cash Amount will be calculated as a percentage of the Daily Exchange Value (the “Daily Partial Cash Amount”) and (y) the Daily Exchange Value, plus (B) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the excess, if any, of the Daily Exchange Value over such Daily Partial Cash Amount divided by (y) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock for such day.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer shall initially elect the Partial Cash Amount to be the principal amount of the Securities and shall deliver any amount of the aggregate Daily Exchange Value in excess of the principal amount of the Securities, if any, in Common Stock; provided that such election is revocable and the Issuer may make any future election revocably or irrevocably.  Upon changing such election, the Issuer shall promptly (i) issue a press release and post such information on the Parent Guarantor’s website or otherwise publicly disclose such information and (ii) provide written notice to the Trustee of the Securities in the manner contemplated herein.  The Issuer may not make any change to such election subsequent to May 17, 2032.  No change in election on or after the Exchange Date shall affect the exchanging Holder with respect to Securities submitted for exchange by such Holder.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable in connection with the payment of the shares of the Common Stock on the last day of the Applicable Exchange Measurement Period.

 

Section 4.12.                             Ownership Limit.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Securities, no Holders of Securities shall be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon an exchange of Securities to the extent that receipt of such shares of Common Stock would cause such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates) to exceed the ownership limit contained in the Parent Guarantor’s charter.  Any attempted exchange of Securities in excess of such ownership limit, in the absence of such a waiver, shall be void to the extent of such excess, and the related Securities or portions thereof shall be returned by the Issuer to the Holder as promptly as practicable.  The Issuer shall have no further obligation to the Holder with respect to such voided exchange and such Securities will be treated as if they had not been submitted for exchange.  A Holder of returned Securities may resubmit such Securities for exchange at a later date subject to compliance with the terms hereof and the ownership limitations described in this Section 4.12.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.12, in the event a Holder attempts to exchange Securities but is prevented from doing so as a result of the ownership limitation, the Issuer may, at its option, pay cash to such Holder upon such exchange as provided herein.

 

Section 4.13.                             Calculation in Respect of Securities.  Except as otherwise specifically stated herein or in the Securities, all calculations to be made in respect of the Securities shall be the obligation of the Issuer. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, any accrued interest payable on the Securities and the Exchange Rate of the Securities.  All calculations made by the Issuer or its agent as contemplated pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Securities shall be made in good faith and be final and binding on the Securities and the Holders absent manifest error. The Issuer shall provide a schedule of calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely

 

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upon the accuracy of the calculations by the Issuer without independent verification. The Trustee shall forward calculations made by the Issuer to any Holder of Securities upon written request by such Holder.

 

ARTICLE 5
 COVENANTS

 

Section 5.01.                             Payment of Securities.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture.  Any payment hereunder shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.  Subject to Section 4.02, accrued and unpaid interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose.  The Issuer shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest in immediately available funds on overdue principal amount and interest at the annual rate borne by the Securities compounded semiannually, 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 overdue interest shall be payable on demand.

 

(b)                                 Payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose or at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Register; provided, further, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer shall comply with any requirement to withhold any taxes with respect to (i) payments made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including without limitation, interest and original issue discount), (ii) redemption payments, (iii) any exchange of the Securities and (iv) any deemed payment or distribution made with respect to the Securities as a result of an adjustment to the Exchange Rate.  To the extent the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that the Issuer is required to withhold any taxes with respect to a deemed payment or distribution with respect to a Security on account of an adjustment to the Exchange Rate, the Issuer shall withhold such amount from payments otherwise due hereunder to the holder of such Security and report such withholding to the Holders affected if and as required by law.  Any amount withheld by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 5.01(c) with respect to a Security shall be 

 

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treated for all purposes of this Indenture as if it had been paid directly to the holder of such Security.

 

Section 5.02.                             Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.  If the Issuer, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Securities, the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, will, on or before each due date of principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities, set aside and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so act.

 

(a)                                  Whenever the Issuer or any Guarantor shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer or any Guarantor will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 5.02, that such Paying Agent will, during the continuance of any default by the Issuer or the Guarantors (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer or any Guarantor may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by an Issuer Order or Guarantor Order, as the case may be, direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer, such Guarantor or such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

(d)                                 Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer or any Guarantor in trust for the payment of the principal of or any interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due or payable shall be paid to the Issuer or any Guarantor or (if then held by the Issuer or any Guarantor, as applicable) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer or the Guarantors for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer and the Guarantors, as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money 

 

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remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

 

Section 5.03.                             Reports.

 

(a)                                  So long as the Issuer is not subject to the information requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall furnish to Holders of Securities and beneficial owners and prospective purchasers thereof the information with respect to the Issuer required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with resales of such Securities.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer shall provide the Trustee, upon request, within 15 days after the Parent Guarantor is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may prescribe) which the Parent Guarantor is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  If the Parent Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of those sections, then the Issuer shall provide to the Trustee upon request and to the SEC such reports as may be prescribed to be filed by the Parent Guarantor by the SEC at such time.  To the extent that the Parent Guarantor has filed such information with the SEC through the SEC’s EDGAR system, or any successor system employed by the SEC, the Issuer shall be deemed to have complied with the requirement of this Section 5.03(b).

 

Section 5.04.                             Compliance Certificates.  The Issuer and the Guarantors shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2012), an Officer’s Certificate as to the signer’s knowledge of the Issuer’s compliance with all terms, conditions and covenants on its part contained in this Indenture and stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default.  If such signer knows of such a Default or Event of Default, the Officer’s Certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and the efforts to remedy the same.  For the purposes of this Section 5.04, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.05.                             Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.06.                             Maintenance of Existence as a Limited Partnership.  Subject to Article 6, the Issuer and the Guarantors will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the Issuer’s existence as a limited partnership or corporation, respectively.

 

Section 5.07.                             Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.  Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Issuer from paying all or 

 

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any portion of the principal of or accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Issuer and the Guarantors (to the extent they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 5.08.                             Calculation of Original Issue Discount.  The Issuer shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on the Securities as of the end of such year, but only if as of the end of such year Securities issued at an original issue discount are then outstanding.

 

Section 5.09.                             Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Issuer will maintain an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent where securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, purchase or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The Corporate Trust Office shall initially be one such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The Issuer 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 Issuer 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 12.01.  The Issuer 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 Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency.

 

Section 5.10.                             Registration Rights. The Issuer agrees that the Holders from time to time of Registrable Securities (as defined below) are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of, any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages provided for in the Securities to the extent that, in such context, Liquidated Damages are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of the Securities and express mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages (if applicable) in any provisions hereof or thereof shall not be construed as excluding Liquidated Damages in those provisions hereof or thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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exchange of such Securities; provided, however, that a security ceases to be a Registrable Security when it is no longer Restricted Common Stock.

 

If the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of a Security, are Registrable Securities, and if the Holder thereof elects to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement then, by its acceptance thereof, the Holder of such Registrable Securities will have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Registrable Securities which are the subject of such election.

 

For the purposes of the Registration Rights Agreement, the term “Holder” means any Person that is a Holder of Securities or a holder of record of Registrable Securities.

 

If Liquidated Damages are payable under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of Liquidated Damages that is payable and (ii) the date on which Liquidated Damages are payable.  Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Liquidated Damages are payable.  If Liquidated Damages have been paid by the Issuer directly to the persons entitled to them, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

ARTICLE 6
 CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; CONVEYANCE; TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

Section 6.01.                             Issuer and Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.  Each of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantor shall not (a) consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, convey, lease or transfer the Issuer’s, the Parent Guarantor’s or the Subsidiary Guarantor’s, as applicable, properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person in any one transaction or series of related transactions, or (b) permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, unless:

 

(1)                                  in the case of a merger or consolidation, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, is the surviving person or if the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, is not the surviving person, the surviving person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, is merged or the person to which the Issuer’s, the Parent Guarantor’s or the Subsidiary Guarantor’s, as applicable, properties and assets are so transferred shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture expressly assuming, in the case of a transaction involving the Issuer, the payment when due of the principal of and interest on the Securities and the performance of the Issuer’s other covenants under this Indenture; or

 

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(2)                                  if the successor person is the successor entity to the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, the successor person shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture executed by the successor person and delivered to the Trustee, the observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained in the Guarantee and in this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable; and

 

(3)                                  in either case, (a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (b) an Officer’s Certificate and legal opinion concerning the conditions precedent will be delivered to the Trustee.

 

In the event that the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, is not the continuing entity, then, for purposes of above, the references to the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to refer to the successor entity.

 

Section 6.02.                             Successor Substituted.  Upon any consolidation of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor into, any other Person or any sale, conveyance, lease or transfer of the Issuer’s, the Parent Guarantor’s or the Subsidiary Guarantor’s properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person, in each case in accordance with Section 6.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor or the Subsidiary Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except for obligations the predecessor Person may have under the supplemental indenture that evidences the assignment of rights and obligations under this Indenture upon such merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance, lease or transfer, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee, as applicable.

 

ARTICLE 7
 DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

Section 7.01.                             Events of Default.  “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule, regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(1)                                  default by the Issuer in the payment of any interest upon any Security when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

 

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(2)                                 default by the Issuer in the payment of principal of or any premium, if any, on any Securities when it becomes due and payable; or

 

(3)                                 default by the Issuer or a Guarantor in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant in this Indenture for the benefit of the Securities and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(4)                                 failure by the Issuer to deliver the amount due upon an exchange of Securities, which failure continues for 10 days; or

 

(5)                                 failure by the Issuer to provide notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control as required by Section 3.01; or

 

(6)                                 default by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $25,000,000, or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument (including this Indenture) under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $25,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default (A) shall constitute a failure to pay any portion of the principal of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto or (B) shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without, in the case of Clause (A), such indebtedness having been discharged or without, in the case of Clause (B), such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, in each such case within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the Trustee or to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; provided, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Issuer, from a Guarantor, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or

 

(7)                                 the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, fails to pay a final, non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction against the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, in excess of $25,000,000, which judgment is not paid, 

 

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discharged or stayed within 30 days after such judgment becomes final and non-appealable;

 

(8)                                 the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or a Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer or a Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer or a Guarantor under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or a Guarantor of any substantial part of its 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 unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;

 

(9)                                 the commencement by the Issuer or a Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer, a Guarantor, or any of the Parent Guarantors’ Significant Subsidiaries that are not CDO Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer, a Guarantor or any of such Significant Subsidiaries that are not CDO Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer, a Guarantor or any of such Significant Subsidiaries that are not CDO Subsidiaries in furtherance of any such action; or

 

(10)                          either (A) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (1) a decree or order for relief in respect of a CDO Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (2) a decree or order adjudging a CDO Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of a CDO Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of a CDO Subsidiary of any substantial part of its 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 unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, or (B) the commencement by a CDO Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a 

 

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decree or order for relief in respect of a CDO Subsidiary, in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the CDO Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the CDO Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action (any such filing or event described in the foregoing, a “Reference Event”); provided, however, in each case, that it shall be an Event of Default under this Section 7.01(10) only if the potential loss in the case of a complete loss of the Parent Guarantor’s capital at risk in such CDO Subsidiary, together with such potential losses from any other CDO Subsidiaries that have filed for bankruptcy or commenced such other events described in this Section 7.01(10) within a period of 90 days prior to a Reference Event, exceeds 10% of the Consolidated Net Assets of the Parent Guarantor as of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of the Reference Event.  For purposes of this Section 7.01(10), “Consolidated Net Assets” means the excess of consolidated assets over consolidated liabilities.

 

Section 7.02.                          Acceleration.  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (8), (9) or (10) of Section 7.01) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee, upon receipt of a request made in accordance with Section 12.01, from the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, may, by written notice to the Issuer and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), declare the outstanding principal amount as of the date of declaration on all the Securities to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal amount and such accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, shall be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default specified in clause (8), (9)  or (10) of Section 7.01 occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of the Securities shall automatically, become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of Securities.  At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(1)                                 the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

 

(B)                               all overdue installments of interest on all Securities then Outstanding,

 

(C)                               the principal of any Securities which are Outstanding and have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in the Securities,

 

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(D)                               to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in the Securities, and

 

(E)                                all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

(2)                                 all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or specified portion thereof) or interest on the Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.04.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent elected by the Issuer, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure by the Issuer to comply with the obligation set forth in Section 5.03(b), will for the first 60 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right for Holders to receive additional interest on the Securities equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities.  If the Issuer so elects, such additional interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Securities.  The additional interest will accrue on all Securities then Outstanding from and including the date on which such Event of Default first occurs to but not including the 60th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived). On such 60th day after such Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to such obligation is not cured or waived prior to such 60th day), the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided above.  The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.  In the event the Issuer does not elect to pay the additional interest upon such Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided above.

 

In order to elect to pay the additional interest as the sole remedy during the first 60 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the failure by the Issuer to comply with the obligation set forth in Section 5.03(b) in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Issuer must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election.  Upon the Issuer’s failure to give timely such notice or pay the additional interest specified in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Securities will be subject immediately to acceleration as provided above.

 

Section 7.03.                          Other Remedies.

 

(a)                                 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect payment of the principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

 

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Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 7.04.                          Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default.  Subject to Sections 7.06 and 10.02, the Holders of no less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except an uncured Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or any accrued but unpaid interest on any Security, or any Default or Event of Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture which, under Section 10.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security then Outstanding affected.  When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases to exist.

 

Section 7.05.                          Limitations on Suits.

 

(a)                                 A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities (except actions for payment of overdue principal or interest or for the exchange of the Securities pursuant to Article 4) unless:

 

(1)                                 the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(2)                                 the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(3)                                 such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee satisfactory security or indemnity to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4)                                 the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(5)                                 no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding.

 

(b)                                 No Holder of a Security shall have any right under any provision of this Indenture or the Securities to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Security or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Security.

 

Section 7.06.                          Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Exchange.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of the principal or interest in respect of the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities and this Indenture (whether upon repurchase or otherwise), and to exchange such Security in accordance with Article 4, and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective due dates or for the right to exchange in accordance with Article 4, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

 

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Section 7.07.                          Collection Suit by Trustee.  If an Event of Default described in clause (1) or (2) of Section 7.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or another obligor on the Securities for the whole amount owing with respect to the Securities and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 7.08.                          Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or the Guarantors (or any other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any receiver in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 8.07, and to the extent that such payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other property which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or, on behalf of any Holder, to authorize, accept or adopt any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 7.09.                          Priorities.

 

(a)                                 If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 7, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

(1)                                 First, to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 8.07, including, without limitations, payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

(2)                                 Second, to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for the principal and interest, as applicable, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such respective amounts due and payable on the Holders’ Securities; and

 

(3)                                 Third, the balance, if any, to the Issuer.

 

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Section 7.10.                          Undertaking for Costs.  In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 7.10 does not apply to a suit made by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.06, or a suit by Holders of more than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding.

 

ARTICLE 8
 TRUSTEE

 

Section 8.01.                          Obligations of Trustee.

 

(a)                                 If an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(b)                                 Except during the continuance of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge:

 

(1)                                 the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(3)                                 the Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with any direction from the Issuer, a Guarantor or the Holders permitted or required under this Indenture.

 

(d)                                 The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders then outstanding hereunder, unless the Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.  The Holder of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding (or of all Securities then Outstanding, as the case may be) shall have the right to 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 upon the Trustee; provided that the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction which is in conflict with applicable law or this Indenture, or which may be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein.

 

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

 

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

 

(g)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(h)                                 The provisions of this Indenture, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed to by the Issuer and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustee to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 8.02.                          Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)                                 Subject to Section 8.01:

 

(1)                                 the Trustee may 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 believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

(2)                                 any request or direction of the Issuer or any Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be, and any action of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a resolution or other evidence of action of the Parent Guarantor.

 

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(3)                                 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 specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

 

(4)                                 the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel (to be confirmed in writing) or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

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

 

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

 

(7)                                 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.

 

(8)                                 the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

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

 

(10)                          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, including, without limitation, as Paying Agent, Registrar, Securities Custodian and Exchange Agent.

 

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authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

Section 8.03.                          Individual Rights of Trustee.  The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights.  However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 8.10 and 8.11.

 

Section 8.04.                          Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.  It shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Securities and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 8.05.                          Notice of Default or Events of Default.  If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee in the manner described in Section 8.02(a)(9), the Trustee shall send to each Holder of a Security notice of all uncured Defaults or Events of Default known to it within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, within 15 days after it becomes known to the Trustee.  However, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and for so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of the principal of or interest on any Security when due or in the payment of any redemption or purchase obligation, or the Issuer’s failure to exchange Securities when obligated to exchange them.

 

Section 8.06.                          Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

(a)                                 If a report would be required by Trust Indenture Act (“TIA”) Section 313, if this Indenture were qualified thereunder, within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2013, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of Securities a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a).  If required by TIA Section 313 were this Indenture qualified thereunder, the Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b)(2) and (c).

 

(b)                                 A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders of Securities shall be mailed to the Issuer and the Guarantors and, to the extent required by the TIA, filed with the SEC, and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed.  The Issuer or the Guarantors shall notify the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange or listed or admitted to trading on any quotation system and any changes in the stock exchanges or quotation systems on which the Securities are listed or admitted to trading and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 8.07.                          Compensation and Indemnity.

 

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Issuer and the Trustee in writing) for its services (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust).  The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it.  Such expenses may include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b)                                 The Issuer shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 8.07 shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than franchise taxes and taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred by it, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture or any action or failure to act as authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of the Trustee (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) in defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.  The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity.  The Issuer need not pay for any settlement effected without its prior written consent.  Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(c)                                  The Issuer need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred by it resulting from its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

(d)                                 Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (8), (9) or (10) of Section 7.01 occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.  The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

(e)                                  The provisions of this Section 8.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

(f)                                    To secure the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section 8.07, the Issuer hereby grants to the Trustee a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Securities.  Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 8.08.                             Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a)                                  The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Issuer and the Guarantors.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee, the Issuer, and the Guarantors and may, with the Issuer’s written consent, appoint a successor Trustee.  The Issuer may remove the Trustee at any 

 

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time, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and appoint a Successor Trustee in accordance with this Section 8.08.

 

(b)                                 If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.  If the Issuer fails to promptly appoint a successor Trustee, the Trustee shall have the right to choose a qualified Trustee as successor, and the Issuer shall appoint such successor as Trustee.  The resignation or removal of a Trustee shall not be effective until a successor Trustee shall have delivered the written acceptance of its appointment as described below.

 

(c)                                  If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee at the expense of the Issuer.

 

(d)                                 If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

(g)                                 Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 8.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 8.09.                             Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.  If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee; provided that such transferee corporation shall qualify and be eligible under Section 8.10.  Such successor Trustee shall promptly mail notice of its succession to the Issuer and each Holder.

 

Section 8.10.                             Eligibility of Trustee.  There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or if such Person is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000). If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so 

 

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published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.10, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 8.11.                             Conflicting Interests of Trustee.  If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.

 

Section 8.12.                             Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.  If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of the claims against the Issuer (or any such obligor).

 

ARTICLE 9
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 9.01.                             Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of exchange, registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (a) either: (1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09 and (ii) Securities for whose payment monies have theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer as provided in Section 9.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, whether at the Final Maturity Date, the Redemption Date, the Change in Control Purchase Date or the Repurchase Date or upon exchange or otherwise, or (ii) are to be called for redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer or a Guarantor, in the case of clause (1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee a Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates), as applicable, as trust funds in trust cash and/or shares of Common Stock (as applicable under the terms of the Indenture) in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Final Maturity Date, the Redemption Date, or Repurchase Date, as the case may be; provided that there shall not exist, on the date of such deposit, an Event of Default; provided, further, that such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or to which the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, is bound; (b) the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be; 

 

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and (c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 8.07 shall survive and, if monies shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.08, 2.09, 3.05, 3.06, 5.01, 5.02 and this Article 9 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.

 

Section 9.02.                             Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee.  Subject to Section 9.04, all monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders, and such monies shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer or any Guarantor if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities for the payment or redemption of which such monies have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest. All monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.01 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently exchanged shall be returned to the Issuer upon request. The Trustee is not responsible to anyone for interest on any deposited funds except as agreed in writing.

 

Section 9.03.                             Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the holders, all monies deposited with it pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.03 and 11.01 and shall apply the deposited monies in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities.

 

Section 9.04.                             Return of Unclaimed Monies.  The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such monies have matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such monies, notice that such monies remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such monies then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such monies.

 

Section 9.05.                             Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 9.02 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 9.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with Section 9.02; provided  

 

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that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 10
 AMENDMENTS; SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section 10.01.                       Without Consent of Holders.  Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture to indentures supplemental hereto for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)                                  to evidence a successor to the Issuer or any Guarantor under this Indenture;

 

(b)                                 to add to the covenants of the Issuer or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture;

 

(c)                                  to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all the Securities;

 

(d)                                 to amend or supplement any provisions of this Indenture; provided that no amendment or supplement shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding in any material respect;

 

(e)                                  to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities in uncertificated form, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

 

(f)                                    to secure the Securities or the Guarantee;

 

(g)                                 to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as is necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one Trustee;

 

(h)                                 to provide for rights of Holders if any reclassification or change of Common Stock or any consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor occurs;

 

(i)                                     to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in, or supplement, this Indenture provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders in any material respect;

 

(j)                                     to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary to defease and/or discharge the Securities under this Indenture, provided that the action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;

 

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(k)                                  to modify the Indenture and the Securities to increase the Exchange Rate or reduce the Exchange Price; provided that the increase or reduction, as the case may be, is in accordance with the terms of the Securities or will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders; or

 

(l)                                     to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities to any corresponding provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular dated June 7, 2012 pursuant to which the Securities were offered and sold.

 

Section 10.02.                       With Consent of Holders.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding and affected by such amendment or supplement (voting together as a single class).  However, subject to Section 10.01, without the written consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not:

 

(i)                                     change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities;

 

(ii)                                  reduce the principal amount of, the rate of interest or the premium payable upon the redemption of the Securities;

 

(iii)                               change the timing for, or reduce any amount (including accrued interest and premium, if any) payable upon, the repurchase or redemption of the Securities;

 

(iv)                              change the currency of any payment of the Securities;

 

(v)                                 change the place of payment on the Securities;

 

(vi)                              impair a holder’s right to sue for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Securities or the delivery of the exchange value as required by this Indenture upon an exchange of Securities;

 

(vii)                           reduce the percentage of principal amount of Securities then Outstanding necessary to modify or amend this Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions hereof or certain defaults and consequences hereunder;

 

(viii)                        modify any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect the action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders;

 

(ix)                                modify the provisions with respect to the rights of the Holders upon a Change in Control in a manner adverse to the Holders, including the Issuer’s obligation to repurchase the Securities following a Change in Control; or

 

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(x)                                   adversely affect the rights of Holders to receive payment of shares of Common Stock or cash contained in Article 3 or 4.

 

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

 

(c)                                  For purposes of this Indenture, Securities will be deemed Outstanding if they have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture unless, among other things, the Securities have matured or been cancelled, exchanged, redeemed or repurchased.

 

Section 10.03.                       Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

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

 

(b)                                 After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of a Security.

 

Section 10.04.                       Notation on or Exchange of Securities.  If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee.  The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder.  Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.

 

Section 10.05.                       Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.  The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 10 if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, but need not sign it.  In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 8.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.  The Issuer and the Guarantors may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors approves it.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 11
 REDEMPTION

 

Section 11.01.                       Redemption.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer shall not have the right to redeem any Securities prior to June 15, 2019, except as provided in this Section 11.01(a).  If, at any time, the Issuer determines it is necessary to redeem the Securities in order to preserve the Parent Guarantor’s qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“REIT”), the Issuer, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Holders, may redeem all of the Securities then Outstanding at 100% principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.  In such case, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing that the Board of Directors has, in good faith, made the determination that it is necessary to redeem the Securities in order to preserve the Parent Guarantor’s qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(b)                                 [Reserved]

 

(c)                                  The Issuer shall have the right, at any time or from time to time, on or after June 15, 2019, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice delivered to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) (the “Redemption Notice”), to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, for 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest to but excluding the date of redemption set forth by the Issuer in the Redemption Notice, provided that, if the redemption date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any (plus additional interest, if any), on such Interest Payment Date to the holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Regular Record Date.

 

(d)                                 In the event that the Issuer shall redeem fewer than all Securities then Outstanding, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot, or by such other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary for the Securities.  The Trustee shall make the selection at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date for Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.  Securities and portions of the principal amount thereof selected for redemption shall be in integral multiples of $1,000.  The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of the Securities or portions of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  If the Trustee selects a portion of a Security for partial redemption and a Holder exchanges a portion of the same Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 before termination of the exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed to be from the portion selected for redemption.  Securities that have been exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.

 

(e)                                  In the event of any redemption in part, the Issuer shall not be required to:  (i) issue or register the transfer or exchange of any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of

 

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business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities to be so redeemed, or (ii) register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

(f)                                    A notice of redemption sent to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall state:

 

(1)                                  the name and address of the Paying Agent and Exchange Agent;

 

(2)                                  the then current Exchange Rate;

 

(3)                                  that Securities called for redemption may be exchanged at any time prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date; and

 

(4)                                  that Holders who wish to exchange Securities must comply with the procedures relating thereto specified in Section 4.02.

 

(g)                                 If the Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the redemption price of the Securities on the redemption date, then on and after such date:

 

(i)                                     such Securities will cease to be Outstanding;

 

(ii)                                  interest on such Securities will cease to accrue; and

 

(iii)                               all rights of Holders of such Securities will terminate except the right to receive the redemption price.

 

(h)                                 Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Issuer designated for that purpose pursuant to Section 5.01 (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery 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 unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.  Upon redemption, interests in Global Securities shall be reduced in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

Section 11.02.                       Sinking Fund.  No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 12
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01.                       Notices.    Any demand, authorization notice, request, consent or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows (confirmed by delivery in person or mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by guaranteed overnight courier) or by electronic transmission to the following facsimile numbers or email addresses:

 

if to the Issuer or the Guarantors, to:

 

399 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
 New York, NY  10022
 Attention:  Ronald J. Lieberman
 Fax:  (212) 547-2704
 email:  rlieberman@nrfc.com

 

with copies to:

 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 Attention:  Robert W. Downes
 125 Broad Street
 New York, NY  10004
 Fax:  (212) 558-3588
 email:  downesr@sullcrom.com

 

if to the Trustee, to:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
 Minneapolis, MN 55402-1544
 Attention:  Corporate Capital Markets — NorthStar Realty Finance Limited
   Partnership Administrator
 Fax:  612-217-5651
 email:  jschweiger@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Such notices or communications shall be effective when received.

 

(a)                                  The Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(b)                                 Any notice or communication sent to a Holder of a Security shall be sent by electronic transmission or by first-class mail or delivered by an overnight delivery service to it at its address shown on the register kept by the Primary Registrar.

 

(c)                                  Failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder of a Security or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders of Securities.  If a notice or 

 

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communication to a Holder of a Security is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

(d)                                 If the Issuer sends any notice to a Holder of a Security, it shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.

 

Section 12.02.                       Communications by Holders with Other Holder.  Holders of Securities may communicate with other Holders of Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities.  The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 12.03.                       Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

(a)                                  Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Trustee may request:

 

(1)                                  an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(2)                                  an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.

 

(b)                                 Each Officer’s Certificate with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(4)                                  a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 12.04.                       Record Date for Consent of Holders of Securities.  The Issuer (or, in the event deposits have been made pursuant to Section 9.01, the Trustee) may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any action by consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture, which record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the date of the commencement of solicitation of such action. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.03, if a record date is fixed, those persons who were Holders of 

 

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Securities at the close of business on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date.

 

Section 12.05.                       Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Agent.  The Trustee may make reasonable rules (not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture) for action by or at a meeting of Holders.  Any Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions.

 

Section 12.06.                       Legal Holidays.  A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which federally chartered banking institutions in The City of New York or a place of payment are authorized or obligated to close.  If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.  If a Regular Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

 

Section 12.07.                       Governing Law.  This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 12.08.                       No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.  This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer.  Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 12.09.                       No Recourse Against Others.  Neither any limited partner of the Issuer, nor any principal, stockholder, officer, director, or employee of any Guarantor, of any limited or general partner of the Issuer or of any successor of any limited or general partner of the Issuer has any obligation for payment of the Issuer’s obligations under the Securities or any Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee or for any of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee.  The Parent Guarantor and its successors as general partner of the Issuer will only have obligations as specified under this Indenture and the Guarantee, and not by reason of its or their capacity as general partner of the Issuer.  By accepting the Securities and the Guarantee, each Holder waives and releases all liability of this kind.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Guarantee.

 

Section 12.10.                       No Security Interest Created.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, now in effect or hereafter enacted and made effective, in any jurisdiction.

 

Section 12.11.                       Successors.  All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind each of their respective successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

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Section 12.12.                       Multiple Counterparts.  The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture.  Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

Section 12.13.                       Separability.  If any provisions in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 12.14.                       Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.  The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

ARTICLE 13
 GUARANTEE

 

Section 13.01.                       Guarantee.

 

(a)                                  Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, such Security, whether at the Final Maturity Date, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and this Indenture.  In case of the failure of the Issuer punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest or any additional amounts, each Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made (without duplication) punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Issuer.  The Guarantee shall be unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each Guarantor and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each Guarantor that is currently outstanding or that it may issue in the future.

 

(b)                                 Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as principal and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any Security or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any Security or this Indenture, or any waiver, modification, consent or indulgence granted with respect thereto by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer or any action to enforce the same, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of each Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security or the interest rate thereon or impose or increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof.  Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to any such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment in full of the principal of, 

 

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any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts required with respect to, the Securities and the complete performance of all other payment obligations contained in the Securities.

 

(c)                                  The Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Security, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be repaid to the Issuer or any Guarantor upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer, any Guarantor or otherwise.

 

(d)                                 Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of any Security against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee; provided, however, that each Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any additional amounts required with respect to, all Securities shall have been paid in full.

 

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

 

	
Dated:  June 12, 2012
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NORTHSTAR   REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, as Issuer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
NorthStar   Realty Finance Corp., in its capacity as general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Albert Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Co-President,   Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NORTHSTAR   REALTY FINANCE CORP.,
   as Guarantor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Albert Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Co-President,   Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NRFC   SUB-REIT CORP., as Guarantor
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Albert Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Co-President,   Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   TRUST, National Association, as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Jane Schweiger
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Jane   Schweiger
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

Signature Page To Indenture

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

 

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

 

 

FACE OF 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.  THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER, NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER; OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE).

 

 

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

8.875% EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

 

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND
 NRFC SUB-REIT CORP.

 

	
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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                United States Dollars (U.S.$                    ) (which principal amount may from time to time be increased or decreased to such other principal amounts (which, taken together with the principal amounts of all other Securities then Outstanding, shall not exceed $                        ) as such amount may be increased but not to an amount in excess of $                             solely as a result of the issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement) by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the Indenture) on June 15, 2032 and to pay interest thereon, from June 12, 2012, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing December 15, 2012, at the rate of 8.875% per annum, until the principal hereof is due, and at the rate of 8.875% per annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue interest.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 and December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.  Payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be made at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose or at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Register; provided, further, that a Holder with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 will be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds at the election of such

 

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Holder if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Trustee at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date.  Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not be limited to $                         aggregate principal amount if the Issuer determines, without the consent of the Holders, to reopen the Securities and issue additional Securities with the same terms and with the same CUSIP number as this Security; provided that no such additional Securities may be issued unless fungible with this Security issued on June 12, 2012 for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.  Any additional Securities would rank equally and ratably in right of payment with the Security issued on June 12, 2012  and would be treated as a single series of debt securities for all purposes under the Indenture.

 

Interest on this Security will be based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date coinciding with the Final Maturity Date or Redemption Date or Repurchase Date) of this Security falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day pursuant to Section 12.06 of the Indenture.  If the Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date of this Security would fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment of interest, if any, and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Final Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date to such next succeeding Business Day.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

This Security is exchangeable as specified on the reverse hereof.

 

As provided in the Indenture, the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and this Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture.  Each Holder, by holding this Security, agrees to all of the terms and provisions of said Guarantee and the Indenture.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, 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 Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

	
 
    	
NORTHSTAR   REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:   NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.,
    
	
 
    	
its   General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Name:   
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Co-President,   Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
    

 

 

Dated: June 12, 2012

 

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication:  This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

 

 

	
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Authorized   Signatory
    	
 
    

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

 

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REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY

 

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

8.875% EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

 

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED 
 BY NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND
 NRFC SUB-REIT CORP.

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer designated as its “8.875% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032” (herein called the “Securities”), limited in aggregate principal amount not to exceed U.S. $                , as such amount may be increased, but not to an amount in excess of $                  , solely as a result of the issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2012 (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Issuer, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (the “Parent Guarantor”) and NRFC Sub-REIT Corp. (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), as Guarantors (each of the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantor, a “Guarantor” and, together, the “Guarantors”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Security or Securities to be exchanged, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.  Upon such surrender by the Holder, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee will authenticate the new Securities in the requested denominations.  Terms used herein without definition and which are defined in the Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

1.                                       PAYING AGENT, EXCHANGE AGENT AND REGISTRAR

 

Initially, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent, Exchange Agent and Registrar of the Securities.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in [Minneapolis, Minnesota] as the office to be maintained by it where this Security may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange, where notices or demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of this Security or the Indenture may be served and where the Securities may be surrendered for exchange in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 hereof and the Indenture.

 

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2.                                       REDEMPTION BY THE ISSUER

 

The Issuer shall not have the right to redeem any Securities prior to June 15, 2019, except as provided in this paragraph.  If, at any time, the Issuer determines it is necessary to redeem the Securities in order to preserve the qualification of the Parent Guarantor as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Issuer may redeem all of the Securities then Outstanding at 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date.  On or after June 15, 2019, the Issuer will have the right, at any time or from time to time, to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Redemption Date.

 

Notice of redemption at the option of the Issuer shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address (with a copy to the Trustee).  Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount.

 

3.                                       REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDER

 

(a)                                  If a Change in Control occurs at any time prior to June 15, 2032, a Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any of such Holder’s Securities having a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof on the date (the “Change in Control Purchase Date”) specified by the Issuer in the Issuer Notice (which date shall be no earlier than 30 Business Days and no later than 60 Business Days after the date of such Issuer Notice) for cash equal to the 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus unpaid interest accrued thereon to but excluding the Change in Control Purchase Date (the “Change in Control Purchase Price”) by delivering a Change in Control Purchase Notice to the Trustee or any Paying Agent no later than the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the Change in Control Purchase Date.

 

(b)                                 On each of June 15, 2019, June 15, 2022 and June 15, 2027, Holders of the Notes shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of their Securities at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the Repurchase Date by delivering a Repurchase Notice to the Paying Agent no earlier than the opening of business on the date that is 60 Business Days prior to the relevant Repurchase Date and no later than the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the relevant Repurchase Date.

 

(c)                                  Holders have the right to withdraw any Repurchase Notice by delivery to the Paying Agent of a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.  A Change in Control Purchase Notice is irrevocable and may not be withdrawn.

 

(d)                                 If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money sufficient to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price or Repurchase Price of such Securities on the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Repurchase Date or the Business Day following any

 

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such date, then, on and after such date and set forth in the Indenture, such Securities shall cease to be Outstanding and interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price or Repurchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the Securities).

 

4.                                       EXCHANGE OF SECURITY FOR COMMON STOCK

 

The Securities shall be exchangeable into the consideration specified in the Indenture at such times, upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

The initial Exchange Rate shall be 166.5515 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances as specified in the Indenture.  Securities tendered for exchange by a Holder after the close of business on any Regular Record Date for an interest payment and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest that such Holder is to receive on such Securities on such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that no such payment of interest shall be required (1) if such Securities have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to such Interest Payment Date, (2) in connection with a Change in Control and the Issuer has specified a Change in Control Purchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, (3) if the Regular Record Date is the last Regular Record Date prior to Maturity of the Securities or (4) with respect to overdue interest if any overdue interest exists at the time of exchange with respect to such notes.

 

To exchange the Securities, a Holder must (a) complete and manually sign the Exchange Notice on the reverse of the Security (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Exchange Agent at the office maintained by the Exchange Agent for such purpose, (b) with respect to Securities that are in certificated form, surrender the Securities to the Exchange Agent, (c) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Exchange Agent and (d) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required.  The date on which the Holder satisfies all such requirements shall be deemed to be the date on which the applicable Securities shall have been tendered for exchange.  A holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security must comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in connection with an exchange.

 

If the Holder has delivered a Repurchase Notice requiring the Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of this Security pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof, then this Security (or portion hereof subject to such Repurchase Notice) may be exchanged only if the Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.  If a Holder has delivered a Change in Control Purchase Notice requiring the Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of this Security pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof then this Security (or portion hereof subject to such Change in Control Purchase Notice) may not be exchanged.

 

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5.                                       RANKING

 

The Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and shall rank equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Issuer from time to time outstanding.

 

6.                                       DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE

 

This Security is issuable only in fully registered in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.  This Security may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in the manner and subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Indenture, but without the payment of any charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.  Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, one or more new Securities of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by the Indenture, but without payment of any charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.  In the event of any redemption in part, the Issuer shall not be required to:  (i) issue or register the transfer or exchange of any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities to be so redeemed, or (ii) register the transfer or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

In the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security, including an exchange, transfer, redemption, or repurchase of this Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

Each Holder of this Security, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to indemnify the Issuer, each Guarantor and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of the Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.

 

7.                                       PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

 

The Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of this Security for all purposes, and none of the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as required by law.

 

8.                                       ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS

 

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Securities under the Indenture and the Guarantee endorsed hereon, the Holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2012 (the “Registration Rights

 

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Agreement”), by and between the Parent Guarantor and the Representatives, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers, with respect to resales of the shares of Common Stock, if any, issuable upon exchange of the Securities.  A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available to any Holder of Securities upon request to the Issuer.

 

If a Registration Default, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, occurs and is continuing during a period of time that the Securities are exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, liquidated damages consisting solely of additional interest (“Liquidated Damages”) will be paid to Holders entitled to interest payments on such dates semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and will accrue from and including the day following such Registration Default to but excluding the day on which such Registration Default has been cured at a rate per annum equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding to and including the 90th day following such Registration Default and at a rate per annum equal to one-half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof then Outstanding from and after the 91st day following such Registration Default.

 

In no event will any additional interest on the Securities exceed the rate per annum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof then Outstanding.  The Issuer will not pay Liquidated Damages on any Security after it has been exchanged for the shares of Common Stock.  If a Security ceases to be Outstanding during any period for which additional interest is accruing, the Issuer will prorate the Liquidated Damages to be paid with respect to that Security.

 

Whenever in this Security there is a reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of, any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages payable as described in the preceding paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Liquidated Damages are, were or would be payable in respect of such Security and express mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages (if applicable) in any provisions of this Security shall not be construed as excluding Liquidated Damages in those provisions of this Security where such express mention is not made.

 

9.                                       MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENT; WAIVER

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in the aggregate principal amount of all Securities then Outstanding affected thereby (voting together as a single class).  The Indenture also provides that certain amendments or modifications may not be made without the consent of each Holder to be affected thereby.  Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of a majority in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and other Securities issued upon the registration of

 

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transfer hereof or in exchange hereof, or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

 

10.                                 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

(a)                                  The Indenture sets forth events that constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture.  If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the principal amount (together with accrued and unpaid interest) on the Securities in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.  If certain bankruptcy or insolvency events occur and continue with respect to the Issuer or any Guarantor or certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer or a Guarantor, the Securities shall automatically become due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of this section, to the extent elected by the Issuer, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure by the Issuer to comply with the obligation to provide certain reports as set forth in Section 5.03(b) of the Indenture, will for the first 60 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right for Holders to receive additional interest on the Securities equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding.  If the Issuer so elects, such additional interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Securities.  The additional interest will accrue on all Securities then Outstanding from and including the date on which such Event of Default first occurs to but not including the 60th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived).  On such 60th day after such Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to such obligation is not cured or waived prior to such 60th day), the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided above.  In the event the Issuer does not elect to pay the additional interest upon such Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided above.

 

(c)                                  In order to elect to pay the additional interest in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section, the Issuer must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election.  Upon the failure of the Issuer to give timely such notice or pay the additional interest specified in paragraph (b) of this section, the Securities will be subject immediately to acceleration as provided in paragraph (a) of this section.

 

11.                                 WITHHOLDING

 

To the extent the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that the Issuer is required to withhold any taxes with respect to a deemed payment or distribution with respect to this Security on account of an adjustment to the Exchange Rate, the Issuer shall withhold such amount from payments otherwise due hereunder to the Holder of such Security and report such withholding to the Holder if and as required by law.  Any amount withheld by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.01(c) of the Indenture with respect to this Security shall be treated for all purposes of the Indenture and this Security as if it had been paid directly to the Holder hereof.

 

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12.                                 TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE ISSUER AND THE GUARANTORS

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, any Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

13.                                 CALCULATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE SECURITIES

 

Except as otherwise specifically stated herein or in the Indenture, all calculations to be made in respect of the Securities shall be the obligation of the Issuer.  All calculations made by the Issuer or its agent as contemplated pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Securities shall be made in good faith and be final and binding on the Securities and the Holders of the Securities absent manifest error.  The Issuer shall provide a schedule of calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the calculations by the Issuer without independent verification.  The Trustee shall forward calculations made by the Issuer to any Holder of Securities upon written request by such Holder.

 

14.                                 GOVERNING LAW

 

The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

 

 

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Your   Signature
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(Sign   exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
*   Signature guaranteed by:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
							

 

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

 

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ELECTION OF HOLDER TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE

 

(1)           Pursuant to Article 3 of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have this Security repurchased by the Issuer.

 

(2)           The undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Issuer to pay it or                              an amount in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repurchased (less any cash payments) (as set forth below) plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date, as provided in the Indenture.

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature(s)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature(s) must   be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved   signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the   Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guaranteed
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Principal   amount to be repurchased (at least U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of   $1,000 in excess thereof):
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Remaining   principal amount following such repurchase (not less than U.S. $1,000):
    	
 
    

 

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

 

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EXCHANGE NOTICE

 

To exchange this Security, check the box:

 

To exchange only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be exchanged (must be $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000):  $              .

 

The undersigned Holder of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to exchange this Security, or any portion of the principal amount hereof (which is U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof, provided that the unexchanged portion of such principal amount is U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock of the Parent Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that any such shares, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any Securities representing any unexchanged principal amount hereof, be delivered to and be registered in the name of the undersigned unless a different name has been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or Securities are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.

 

If you want the stock certificate made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below:

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Your   Signature
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
(Sign   exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
*   Signature guaranteed by:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
							

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

 

The following exchanges, redemptions or purchases of a part of this Global Security have been made:

 

 

	
Principal Amount of this
   Global Security
   Following Such Decrease
   Date of Exchange (or
   Increase)
    	
 
    	
Authorized Signatory of
   Securities Custodian
    	
 
    	
Amount of Decrease in
   Principal Amount of this
   Global Security
    	
 
    	
Amount of Increase in
   Principal Amount of this
   Global Security
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION
 OF TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES

 

Re:          8.875% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Securities”) of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership.

 

This certificate relates to $         principal amount of Securities owned in (check applicable box) 

 

o book-entry or o definitive form by                            (the “Transferor”).

 

The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or register the transfer of such Securities.

 

In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer restrictions relating to the Securities as provided in Section 2.14 of the Indenture dated as of June 12, 2012 among NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as Issuer, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and NRFC Sub-REIT Corp., as Guarantors, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee (the “Indenture”), and the transfer of such Security is being made pursuant to (check applicable box):

 

	
o
    	
 
    	
Such   Security is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without   transfer.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
o
    	
 
    	
Such   Security is being transferred to the Issuer, a Guarantor or a Subsidiary (as   defined in the Indenture) of the Issuer or a Guarantor.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
o
    	
 
    	
Such   Security is being transferred to a person the Transferor reasonably believes   is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A or any   successor provision thereto (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act) that   is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a “qualified   institutional buyer”, in each case to whom notice has been given that the   transfer is being made in reliance on such Rule 144A, and in each case   in reliance on Rule 144A. The Transferor acknowledges and agrees that,   if the transferee will hold any such Securities in the form of beneficial   interests in a Global Security, then such transfer can only be made pursuant   to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and such transferee must be a   “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A).
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
The   Transferor hereby acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to indemnify   the Issuer, each Guarantor and the Trustee under the Indenture against any   liability that may result from the transfer described herein being in   violation of the Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state   securities laws shall survive the transfer described herein.
    

 

	
Date:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF GUARANTEE]

 

 

GUARANTEE

 

For value received, each of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and NRFC Sub-REIT Corp. (each, a “Guarantor” and together the “Guarantors”) hereby fully and unconditionally, without duplication, guarantees the cash payments in United States dollars of principal of and interest on the Security on which this Guarantee is endorsed in the amounts and at the time when due and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on this Security, if lawful, and the payment of all other obligations of the NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership (the “Issuer”) under the Indenture or the Security, to the Holder of this Security and the Trustee, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of this Security, Article 13 of the Indenture and this Guarantee.  This Guarantee will become effective in accordance with Article 13 of the Indenture and its terms shall be evidenced therein.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture, dated as of June 12, 2012 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, each of the undersigned, as Guarantors, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, as amended or supplemented.

 

The obligations of each of the undersigned to the Holder of this Security and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 13 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of the Guarantee and all of the other provisions of the Indenture to which this Guarantee relates.  Each Holder of the Security to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Security, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.

 

This Guarantee shall be an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of each Guarantor and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of each Guarantor that is currently outstanding or that it may issue in the future.

 

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by manual signature.

 

THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned Guarantors has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.

 

 

	
Dated:   June 12, 2012
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NORTHSTAR   REALTY FINANCE CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Name:
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Co-President,   Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
NRFC   SUB-REIT CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Albert   Tylis
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
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