Document:

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made as of the September 10, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Sanjay Subramanian, an individual (“Employee”).

 

The Company wishes to employ Employee and Employee wishes to be employed by the Company with the employment starting date on October 1, 2019.  The parties have now determined it is in its best interest to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions of Employee’s employment with the Company.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the facts, mutual promises and covenants contained herein and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and Employee agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless the contexts otherwise requires:

 

“Affiliates” means, with respect to a person, all other persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with the first person; the term “control,” and correlative terms, means the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or otherwise, to direct the policies or management of a person; and “person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Base Compensation” shall mean the annual rate of compensation set forth in Section 4.1, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time.

 

“Board” shall mean the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

“Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the events set forth below in clauses (a) through (d), which, in the case of the event or events set forth below in clause (a) is not cured by Employee within the time periods set forth therein:

 

(a)                                 failure or refusal by Employee to make a reasonable attempt to substantially perform a material portion of the duties of his employment or to comply with the written rules and policies of the Company which failure continues uncured fifteen (15) days after written notice of such failure or refusal (or such longer period as is necessary to cure such event so long as Employee is diligently pursuing such cure and provided such additional period is approved by the CEO) is provided to Employee setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such failure or refusal;

 

 

(b)                                 Employee’s repeatedly engaging in willful and serious misconduct in connection with his employment;

 

(c)                                  engagement by Employee in fraudulent conduct; or

 

(d)                                 Employee’s conviction of, or plea of no contest to, (i) a felony or (ii) other crime the circumstances of which are substantially related to the Employee’s position.

 

“Change of Control” shall mean (i) the closing of the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (ii) the acquisition by any person or group of persons in any transaction or series of related transactions of direct or indirect beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than the Current Holders of Securities of the Company, of the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Company, (iii) the consummation of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity (except a merger or consolidation in which the holders of capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to hold not less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company or the surviving or acquiring entity immediately following such merger or consolidation), or (iv) a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; provided, however, that a transaction shall not constitute a Change of Control if the Change of Control is the result of an equity or debt financing, or if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately prior to such transaction.

 

“Current Holders of Securities of the Company” shall mean the current holders of issued and outstanding “Securities” of the Company, their “Affiliates” (as such terms are defined herein), and their respective employees, officers, directors, blood or legal relatives, guardians, legal representatives, and trusts for the primary benefit of any of such persons.

 

“Disability” shall mean Employee’s inability, for a period of six (6) consecutive months, or a cumulative period of one hundred eighty (180) business days out of a period of twelve (12) consecutive months, to perform the essential duties of Employee’s position, even after taking into account any reasonable accommodation required by law, due to a mental or physical impairment.  The determination of whether Employee is suffering from a Disability shall be made either (a) by an independent physician, mutually chosen by Employee and the Company; or (b) because Employee qualifies as disabled for purposes of the Company’s long-term insurance disability plan, if applicable.

 

“Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (e) below without the consent of Employee, provided that (i) Employee delivers written notice to the Company of Employee’s intention to resign from employment due to one or more of such events, which notice specifies in reasonable detail the circumstances claimed to provide the basis for such resignation, (ii) such event or events are not cured by the Company within thirty (30) days following delivery of such written notice and (iii) if not cured

 

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by the Company, Employee resigns his employment within fifteen (15) days following the Company’s cure period:

 

(a)                                 a reduction in Employee’s annual rate of Base Compensation unless such reduction is made across all executives or employees of the Company;

 

(b)                                 a termination or material reduction of a material benefit under any Company benefit plans, programs or arrangements, in which the Employee participates unless such termination or reduction is made across all executives or employees of the Company;

 

(c)                                  a material reduction in Employee’s job title, powers or authority;

 

(d)                                 a change in reporting relationship;

 

(e)                                  the Company’s material failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement or any stock option or similar agreement with Employee then in effect;

 

(f)                                   the requirement by the Company that Employee relocate or transfer Employee’s principal office to a location more than 50 miles from Malvern, PA Office (except that the requirement to travel in Section 2.3 shall not trigger this subsection (e)).

 

“Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

 

“Severance Period” shall mean a period of twelve months (12) immediately following the effective date of termination of Employee’s employment hereunder if such termination is by the Company without Cause or by Employee for Good Reason.

 

“Securities” means any and all securities as such term is defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limitation, all common stock, preferred stock, convertible promissory notes, subordinated debt instruments, and other securities issued by the Company.

 

2.                                      Contingent Employment; Employment and Duties.

 

2.1.                            As of the Effective Date, Company hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby accepts appointment as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the company.  Employee shall be member of the Executive Management Team.  Employee shall be responsible for all duties and entitled to all authority customarily assigned to the position of CFO, including those duties described on Exhibit A hereto, as well as those other duties and such other authority as specified by the CEO.  The Employee should be available to meet periodically with the Chairman of the Audit Committee to discuss financial statement reporting and internal controls.

 

2.2.                            Employee shall render such services as are necessary and desirable to protect and advance the best interests of the Company, acting, in all instances, under the supervision of the CEO and in accordance with the policies set by the Company.

 

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2.3.                            So long as Employee shall remain an employee of the Company, except as provided below, Employee’s entire working time, energy, skill and efforts shall be devoted to the performance of Employee’s duties hereunder in a manner that will faithfully and diligently further the business and interests of the Company; provided, however, that Employee may (i) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees; (ii) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions; (iii) manage personal passive investments; (iv) act in a limited role as an advisor; or (iv) undertake such other endeavors as may be consented to by the CEO, in each case so long as the foregoing activities, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties to the Company in accordance with this Agreement.  Employee will be based out of and shall work from Malvern, PA office provided by the Company or other mutually agreeable office.  It is anticipated that a substantial amount of travel may be required of the Employee in connection with the performance of his duties.

 

3.                                      Term.  Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until Employee’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 6.

 

4.                                      Compensation and Benefits.

 

4.1.                            Employee shall receive Base Compensation at the initial gross annual rate (without regard to authorized tax or other legally required deductions and withholdings) of $325,000, payable in installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices in effect from time to time.

 

4.2.                            In the sole discretion of the CEO within the guidelines set by the Board for the Executive Management Team, the Company may pay to Employee an annual bonus at a target level of 30% of Employee’s Base Compensation (the “Target Bonus”), based upon performance criteria set for Employee by the Board and certain other factors, including the Company’s performance, financial stability, availability of cash, industry benchmarks and standards and market conditions.  Any annual bonus so awarded shall be payable by March 15th of each year for the Employee’s performance in the previous year (the “Measuring Year”).  To be eligible for an annual bonus, the Employee must be employed on the date such bonus is paid.

 

4.3.                            As soon as practicable but in no event later than the Company’s anticipated reverse merger transaction, Employee shall be granted an option to purchase fifty thousand (50,000) shares of the Company’s common stock (with such number of shares subject to adjustment in connection with the reverse merger transaction or any similar transaction) pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2014 Equity Stock Option Incentive Plan (the “Option Award”).  The Option Award shall be subject to an award agreement and shall vest in three equal installments over the 3-year period on the anniversary date of the Effective Date.  The Option Award shall have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.  Employee may be eligible to participate in future stock option awards at the sole discretion of the Board.

 

5.                                      Fringe Benefits.  Employee shall be entitled to the benefits set forth below for so long as Employee’s employment with the Company continues:

 

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5.1.                            The Company will reimburse Employee for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Employee on behalf or for the benefit of the Company upon receipt of documentation therefor in accordance with the Company’s regular reimbursement procedures and practices in effect from time to time.  The Company from time to time may require prior approval for individual expense items in excess of pre-established aggregate amounts for a fixed period or in excess of pre-established amounts for any type of expenditure during any fixed period.

 

5.2.                            Upon Employee’s achieving the eligibility requirements therefor, if any, Employee will be eligible to participate in all applicable and established Company benefit plans, programs and arrangements that may exist from time to time (including, without limitation, pension, profit sharing, 401(k) plans, and medical and life insurance programs) on the same terms as apply generally to other similarly situated employees of the Company from time to time.

 

5.3.                            Employee shall be entitled to the vacation, sick and other personal time off (PTO), in accordance with the Company’s employee handbook or policy for the same.  Employee shall be entitled to take four (4) weeks of paid vacation each calendar year, which vacation shall be prorated for any partial calendar year and shall accrue in equal installments throughout the calendar year.  Any unused vacation at the end of each calendar year may be carried over to the extent provided under the Company’s PTO policies.

 

6.                                      Termination; Payments to Employee.

 

6.1.                            If Employee dies or suffers a Disability, the Employee’s employment with the Company shall terminate as of the date of death or Disability.

 

6.2.                            Subject to Section 6.4 and Section 6.5 below, either Employee or the Company may terminate this Agreement and Employee’s employment hereunder immediately upon written notice to the other party.

 

6.3.                            If Employee’s employment terminates for any reason, Employee (or his estate in the event of Employee’s death) shall be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of the following: (i) payment of accrued but unpaid Base Compensation up to the date of termination, and any earned but unused paid vacation through the date of termination, if any and (ii) unreimbursed business expenses covered by Section 5.1 hereof.

 

6.4.                            In addition to the amounts to be paid to Employee in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3 above, and except as otherwise provided in Section 6.5, if Employee’s employment is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause or (ii) by Employee for Good Reason, Employee shall be entitled to receive the following (collectively, (A), (B) and (C) the “Severance Payment”): (A) for the duration of the Severance Period, Employee’s then current Base Compensation minus any applicable taxes, and other withholdings, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices; (B) from the commencement of the Severance Period until the earlier of the expiration of the Severance Period or such date as Employee, may be eligible for health insurance coverage under another employer’s or a spouse’s employer’s 

 

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health plan, the Company will pay the Employee’s COBRA premium for any applicable health or dental insurance, if he is eligible to elect COBRA continuation coverage; and (C) any annual bonus, earned but unpaid for the previous calendar year, if applicable.

 

6.5.                            If Employee’s employment is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause or (ii) by Employee for Good Reason, in either case within three (3) prior to or within twelve (12) months after a Change of Control, Employee shall be entitled to receive the following (collectively, (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) the “Change of Control Severance Payment”), in lieu of the Severance Payment described in Section 6.4 and in addition to the amounts to be paid to Employee in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.3 above: (A) for the duration of the Severance Period, Employee’s then current Base Compensation minus any applicable taxes, and other withholdings, payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices; (B) from the commencement of the Severance Period until the earlier of the expiration of the Severance Period or such date as Employee, may be eligible for health insurance coverage under another employer’s or a spouse’s employer’s health plan, the Company will pay the Employee’s COBRA premium for any applicable health or dental insurance, if he is eligible to elect COBRA continuation coverage; (C) any annual bonus, earned but unpaid for the previous calendar year, if applicable; (D) one (1) times his then-current Target Bonus payable in a lump sum; and (E) all unvested restricted stock, stock options and other equity incentives awarded to the Employee by the Company will become immediately and automatically fully vested and exercisable (as applicable).

 

6.6.                            Employee shall not be entitled to receive the Severance Payment or Change of Control Severance Payment unless and until Employee executes within sixty (60) days following termination of his employment, and does not revoke as permitted by law, a release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Release”) that unconditionally releases, waives, and fully and forever discharges the Company and its past and current shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, covenants, rights, demands and damages of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, anticipated or unanticipated, including without limitation, any claims relating to or arising out of Employee’s employment with the Company, claims arising under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967, as amended, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, or the Civil Rights Act of 1991, or claims arising under the applicable state fair employment laws, but excluding Employee’s right to indemnification from the Company in respect of his services as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates.  The release shall also contain customary non-disparagement covenants by Employee.  Employee’s right to receive the Severance Payment or Change of Control Severance Payment is conditioned upon Employee’s performance of the obligations and covenants contained in this Employment Agreement and the Exhibits to this Agreement.  In the event of any material breach of any such obligations during or after payment of the Severance Payment or Change of Control Severance Payment, the Company may cease to make any remaining payments.

 

The Severance Payment or Change of Control Severance Payment will begin to be paid as soon as practicable following the date the Release becomes irrevocable, provided that (i) the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day

 

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immediately following the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment and (ii) any bonus amounts owed under Section 6.4(C) or 6.5(C) shall be paid at the same time bonuses are paid to active employees.  If the Severance Payment or Change of Control Severance Payment are deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, if the 60-day period described in the previous paragraph begins in one taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such payments shall not commence until the second taxable year.

 

6.7.                            Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement will only be made upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).  To the maximum extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and its corresponding regulations, the cash severance benefits payable under this Agreement are intended to meet the requirements of the short-term deferral exemption under Section 409A of the Code and the “separation pay exception” under Treas.  Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii).  For purposes of the application of Treas.  Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4) (or any successor provision), each payment in a series of payments to Employee will be deemed a separate payment.  In addition, to the extent compliance with the requirements of Treas.  Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(2) (or any successor provision) is necessary to avoid the application of an additional tax under Section 409A of the Code to payments due to Employee upon or following his “separation from service”, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (or any otherwise applicable plan, policy, agreement or arrangement), any such payments that are otherwise due within six months following the Employee’s “separation from service” will be deferred without interest and paid to Employee in a lump sum immediately following such six month period.  This paragraph should not be construed to prevent the application of Treas.  Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) (or any successor provision) to amounts payable hereunder.  For purposes of the application of Section 409A of the Code, each payment in a series of payments will be deemed a separate payment.

 

7.                                      Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation; Confidential Information, etc.  As a condition to Employee’s employment and in consideration of the compensation and benefits described herein, Employee agrees to execute the non-competition agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B and Employee Non-Disclosure and Business Ideas Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C, effective as of the Effective Date.

 

8.                                      Indemnification.  Subject to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, the Company shall indemnify Employee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all costs, expenses, liabilities and losses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by Employee in connection with any “Proceeding” (as defined herein).  For the purposes of this Section 8, a “Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and derivative or direct, in which Employee is made, or is threatened to be made, a party to, or a witness in, such action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was an officer, director or employee of the Company or is or was serving as an officer, director, member, employee, trustee or agent of any other entity at the request of the Company.

 

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9.                                      Golden Parachute Tax Provisions.

 

9.1.                            In the event that the Company or any of their Affiliates undergoes a Change of Control prior to the time that it (or any Affiliate that would be treated, together with the Company, as a single corporation under Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder) has stock that is readily tradeable on an established securities market (within the meaning of the Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder), if the payments or benefits provided under this Agreement, either alone or together with other payments or benefits which Employee receives or is entitled to receive from the Company or any of its Affiliates, would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, the following provisions shall apply:

 

9.1.1.                  The Company or any of applicable Affiliates will cooperate in good faith with Employee such that any such payments or benefits will not be deemed an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

 

9.1.2.                  In the event that any payments or benefits (whether payable pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) to Employee could be exempt from Section 280G of the Code if the shareholder approval requirements under Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code and the regulations thereunder were met, such payments will be conditioned on shareholder approval in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and regulations thereunder and the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates agrees to use best efforts to seek to obtain such shareholder approval.  The actions of the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates pursuant to this provision are not intended to bind, nor shall be construed as binding, the shareholders of the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates.

 

9.2.                            In the event that the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates undergoes a Change of Control at such time that it (or any Affiliate that would be treated, together with the Company, as a single corporation under Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder) has stock that is readily tradeable on an established securities market (within the meaning of the Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder), if the payments or benefits provided under this Agreement, either alone or together with other payments or benefits which Employee receives or is entitled to receive from the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates, would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, Employee shall be entitled to receive (i) an amount limited so that no portion thereof shall fail to be tax deductible under Section 280G of the Code or subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Limited Amount”), or (ii) if the amount otherwise payable hereunder together with other payments or benefits which Employee receives or is entitled to receive from the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates (without regard to clause (i)) reduced by all taxes applicable thereto (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code) would be greater than the Limited Amount reduced by all taxes applicable thereto, the amount otherwise payable hereunder together with other payments or benefits which Employee receives or is entitled to receive from the Company or any of its applicable Affiliates.

 

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9.3.                            In the event that any payments under this Agreement or otherwise are required to be reduced as described in this Section 9, the adjustment will be made, first, by reducing the cash severance, if any, due to Employee pursuant to Section 6; second, if additional reductions are necessary, by reducing the payments due to Employee under Section 6.5(D) (Target Bonus) and third, if additional reductions are still necessary, by eliminating the accelerated vesting of equity-based awards, starting with those awards for which the amount required to be taken into account under the Section 280G of the Code rules is the greatest; provided, that in all events, such reductions shall be done in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable.

 

10.                               Miscellaneous.

 

10.1.                     Binding Nature of Agreement.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its Affiliates, successors and assigns, including any transferee of the business operation, as a going concern, in which Employee is employed and shall be binding upon Employee, Employee’s heirs and personal representatives.  None of the rights or obligations of Employee hereunder may be assigned or delegated, except that in the event of Employee’s death or Disability, any rights of Employee hereunder shall be transferred to Employee’s estate or personal representative, as the case may be.  The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part to any one or more Affiliates or successors.  Any entity into which the Company is merged or with which the Company is consolidated or which acquires the business of the Company or the business unit in which Employee is to be principally employed shall be deemed to be a successor of the Company for purposes hereof.

 

10.2.                     Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, including its Exhibits, contains the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written.  The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall limit the application of any generally applicable Company policy, practice, plan or the terms of any manual or handbook applicable to the Company’s employees generally.

 

10.3.                     Notices.  All notices, requests, consents, and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, or mailed first-class, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail (notices sent by mail shall be deemed to have been given on the third day after the date sent), or by nationally recognized overnight carrier(notices sent by overnight shall be deemed to have been given on the day after the date sent) or by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail transmission with a hard copy deposited in first class mail the same day or the following day, as follows (or to such other address as either party shall designate by notice in writing to the other):

 

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If to Company:

 

Ocugen Inc.

5 Great Valley Parkway, Suite #160

Malvern, PA 19355

Attention: Shankar Musunuri

 

If to Employee, to the address on file with the Company.

 

10.4.                     Governing Law; Forum.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Delaware.

 

10.5.                     Headings.  The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.6.                     Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed, or extended and the terms or covenants of this Agreement may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by both of the parties, or in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance.

 

10.7.                     Waiver.  The failure of either party at any time or times to require performance of any provision of this Agreement shall in no manner affect the right at a later time to enforce the same.  No waiver by either party of the breach of any term or covenant contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such breach, or a waiver of the breach of any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement.

 

10.8.                     Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
COMPANY:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
OCUGEN, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Shankar Musunuri
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Shankar Musunuri
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Its:
    	
Chairman and CEO
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EMPLOYEE:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Sanjay Subramanian
    
	
 
    	
Name: Sanjay Subramanian
    

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Duties

 

Employee shall be the Company’s Chief Financial Officer reporting to the CEO responsible for:

 

·                  Managing company’s day-day financial operations and additional activities assigned by the CEO

·                  Setting and execution of annual goals in line with company goals

·                  Supporting CEO for the meetings with potential investors for all fund-raising activities

·                  Establishing and supporting the management of the Company’s annual budget

·                  Building and maintaining strong collaborations with financial partners (including investors, banks, auditors, etc.)

·                  Leading activities related to selection of ERP

·                  Presenting at investor conferences and supporting analyst calls as needed

·                  Supporting Executive Management Team as needed

 

 

EXHIBIT B

EMPLOYMENT NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT by and between the undersigned employee (the “Employee”) and Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) is effective as of the commencement of the Employee’s employment pursuant to the Executive Employment Agreement dated as of September 10, 2019.

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    Employee’s position in the Company is such that Employee will, at times, either personally generate, or be entrusted with, information, ideas and materials which are the Company’s property, involve trade secrets, involve customer information and customer lists, or relate to confidential matters of the Company; and

 

B.                                    The Company will expend and continue to expend substantial time, effort and money to develop its technology and products, to service its customers and future customers and to provide the Employee the opportunity and the resources to extend the goodwill of the Company.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of Employee’s commencement of employment, and as a condition thereto, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Employee and the Company hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Non-Competition.

 

1.1.         Following Employment.  Without the Company’s prior written consent, while the Employee is employed and for twelve (12) months following the end, for whatever reason, of the Employee’s employment with the Company (the “Non-Competition Period”), the Employee agrees that in the Restricted Area, Employee will not perform substantially the same or similar functions or duties which Employee provided to the Company in the Restricted Field for any person (including Employee), entity, division, business unit, or association (“Person”) that is engaged or is contemplating engaging in the Restricted Field; or (b) advise or consult with any Person primarily engaged or is contemplating engaging in the Restricted Field regarding the same or similar functions or duties for which Employee was responsible for at the Company.

 

1.2.         Restricted Field.  For purposes hereof, “Restricted Field” means the business of (i) developing, designing, manufacturing, marketing and selling biopharmaceutical products that are intended for treatment of age related macular degeneration, geographic atrophy, diabetic retinopathy, or retinitis pigmentosa or (ii) the sale or development of any other products sold or developed by the Company in the twelve months prior to the end of Employee’s employment.

 

1.3.         Restricted Area.  For purposes hereof, “Restricted Area” means the United States.  Employee understands that the market for the Company’s products is worldwide

 

 

and that the Company is marketing, promotion, and attempting to sell, and selling its products worldwide.

 

2.             No Interference.  Employee further agrees that while Employee is employed and for a period twelve (12) months thereafter, Employee shall not take any directed action to cause any customer, supplier, or vendor of the Company to terminate or materially diminish its relationship with the Company.

 

3.             Employee Disclosures and Acknowledgments.

 

3.1.         Scope of Restrictions.  Employee acknowledges and represents that the scope of the restrictions contained in this Employment Non-Competition Agreement are appropriate, necessary and reasonable for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and customer goodwill.  Employee acknowledges that the restrictions imposed herein will not prevent Employee from earning a living at the end of Employee’s employment with the Company.

 

3.2.         Prospective Employers.  Employee agrees, during the term of any restriction contained in this Employment Non-Competition Agreement, to disclose this Employment Non-Competition Agreement to any entity which offers employment to Employee.  Employee further agrees that the Company may send a copy of this Employment Non-Competition Agreement to, or otherwise make the provisions hereof known to, any of Employee’s potential or future employers.

 

4.             Miscellaneous.

 

4.1.         Binding Effect.  This Employment Non-Competition Agreement binds Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives and assigns and inures to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.  The Company may assign this Employment Non-Competition Agreement.

 

4.2.         Amendment or Waiver.  No provision of this Employment Non-Competition Agreement may be amended or waived other than in writing by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment or waiver is sought.

 

4.3.         Injunctive Relief.  The parties agree that damages will be an inadequate remedy for breaches of this Agreement and in addition to damages and any other available relief, a court shall be empowered to grant injunctive relief without the Company’s posting of any bond or other security.  The Company shall be entitled to recover from Employee all litigation costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company in any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in which the Company prevails.  The Employee shall be entitled to recover from Company all litigation costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Employee in any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in which the Employee prevails.

 

4.4.         Enforceability.  Employee agrees that if, at any time, despite the express agreement of the parties hereto, a court of competent jurisdiction holds that any portion of this Employment Non-Competition Agreement is unenforceable for any reason, the

 

 

maximum  restrictions that are reasonable under the circumstances, as determined by such court, will be substituted for any such restrictions held unenforceable.

 

4.5.         No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Employment NonCompetition Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any person or entity.

 

4.6.         Governing Law.  This Employment Non-Competition Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive and procedural laws of Delaware.

 

4.7.         Entire Agreement.  This Agreement represents the parties’ entire understanding with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes any previous agreements, oral or otherwise, between the parties.

 

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This Employment Non-Competition Agreement is dated as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
Employee
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Sanjay Subramanian
    
	
 
    	
Name: Sanjay Subramanian
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Ocugen, Inc. (“Company”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Shankar Musunuri
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Shankar Musunuri
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Chairman and CEO
    

 

[Signature Page to Non-Competition Agreement]

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

OCUGEN, INC.

EMPLOYEE NONDISCLOSURE AND BUSINESS IDEAS AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYEE NONDISCLOSURE AND BUSINESS IDEAS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) by and between the undersigned employee (“Employee”) and Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”) is made effective as of the commencement date of Employee’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, as applicable.

 

RECITALS

 

A.            During such time that Employee is engaged by the Company in any capacity, whether as an advisor, consultant or employee, and whether Employee is engaged by the Company in only one or in more than one such capacity(ies) (the “Period of Engagement”), Employee will personally generate, or be entrusted with, information, ideas and materials which are the Company’s confidential and proprietary property, including, without limitation, trade secrets, confidential customer information and information related to other confidential and proprietary matters of the Company.

 

B.            The Company has expended, and will continue to expend, substantial time, effort and money to protect such confidential and proprietary Company property and supplier and customer relationships, to service its suppliers and customers and to provide Employee the opportunity and the resources to extend the goodwill of the Company.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of and as a condition to the commencement of Employee’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Employee and the Company hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Confidentiality Obligations.

 

1.1.         During Engagement.  During the Period of Engagement, Employee will not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Confidential Information (as defined in Section 1.6, below) or Trade Secret (as defined in Section 1.7, below) of the Company, except as authorized by and in the interest and for the benefit of the Company.

 

1.2.         Trade Secrets Post-Engagement.  After the end, for whatever reason, of the Period of Engagement, Employee will not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Trade Secret of the Company.

 

1.3.         Confidential Information Post-Engagement.  After the end, for whatever reason, of the Period of Engagement, Employee will not directly or indirectly use or disclose any Confidential Information of the Company.

 

1.4.         General Skills and Knowledge.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Employee, after the end of the Period of Engagement, from using general skills and knowledge gained while employed by or providing services to the Company.

 

1.5.         Trade Secret Law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or supersede any common law, statutory or other protections of trade secrets where such protections provide the Company with greater rights or protections than provided for in this Agreement.

 

1.6.         Confidential Information.  The term “Confidential Information” means all confidential and proprietary information of, about or related to the Company, or provided to the Company by its customers, suppliers or affiliates, that is not known generally to the public or the Company’s competitors.  Confidential Information may include, but is not limited to: (i) all know-how and other technical information relating to the products and services of the Company, specifications, designs, processes, methods, know-how, plans, policies, procedures, employees, legal and regulatory affairs, assets, discoveries, inventions, trademarks, patents, patents pending, patent applications, copyrights, copyright applications, scientific or technical data, research or development, distribution, sales, marketing, expenses, business plans, financial statements and data, customer and supplier lists, costs of goods, source code and relationships with third parties; (ii) information which is marked or otherwise designated or treated as confidential or proprietary by the Company; and (iii) information received by the Company from others which the Company has an obligation to treat as confidential.

 

 

1.7.         Trade Secret.  The term “Trade Secret” has that meaning set forth under applicable law.

 

1.8.         Exclusions.  Notwithstanding Sections 1.6 or 1.7, above, as applicable, the terms “Confidential Information” and “Trade Secret” do not include, and the obligations set forth in this Agreement do not apply to, any information which:  (i) can be demonstrated by written evidence by Employee to have been known by Employee prior to the Period of Engagement; or (ii) is or becomes generally available to the public through no act or omission of Employee.

 

2.             Non-Solicitation.  During the Period of Engagement and for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months immediately thereafter, Employee shall not directly or indirectly encourage any other provider of services to the Company to terminate his/her employment with or provision of services to the Company or solicit such an individual for employment or services in a manner which would end or diminish that other Employee’s services to the Company.  Nothing herein shall be interpreted to limit the ability of Employee to act as a reference for another provider of services to the Company.

 

Also during the Period of Engagement and for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months immediately thereafter Employee will not, directly or indirectly, solicit or otherwise attempt to sell to any Restricted Customer (as defined below) any goods or services that are substantially similar to those sold by the Company in the 12 months prior to the termination of the Employee’s employment.  Restricted Customer means any individual or entity (i) to whom or to which (A) the Company sold its respective products or services in the twelve months prior to the termination of Employee’s employment, or (B) the Company has sent a product quotation to such potential customer for the Company’s products or services in the six months prior to the termination of Employee’s employment and the Company has continued to solicit such potential  customer to close the sale related to or in connection with such product quotation; or (ii) with whom/which Employee had direct contact on behalf of the Company related to a sale or potential sale during the 12 months preceding the termination of Employee’s employment.

 

3.             Business Idea Rights.

 

3.1.         Assignment.  The Company will own, and Employee hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Company, all rights in all Business Ideas (as defined in Section 3.4, below) which Employee originates or develops either alone or working with others during the Period of Engagement.  All Business Ideas which are or form the basis for copyrightable works are hereby assigned to the Company and/or shall be assigned to the Company or shall be considered “works for hire” as that term is defined by United States copyright law.

 

3.2.         Disclosure.  During the Period of Engagement, Employee will promptly disclose all Business Ideas to the Company.

 

3.3.         Execution of Documentation.  Employee, at any time during or after the Period of Engagement, will promptly execute all documents which the Company may reasonably require to perfect its patent, copyright and other rights to such Business Ideas throughout the world.

 

3.4.         Business Ideas.  The term “Business Ideas” means all ideas, designs, modifications, formulations, specifications, concepts, know-how, trade secrets, discoveries, inventions, data, software, developments and copyrightable works, whether or not patentable or registrable, that are (i) related to any business engaged in or contemplated by the Company; (ii) originated or developed during Employee’s working hours for the Company, or (iii) originated or developed in whole or in part using materials, labor, facilities, or equipment furnished by the Company.

 

4.             Return of Property.  Upon the end, for whatever reason, of the Period of Engagement or upon request by the Company at any time, Employee shall immediately return to the Company all property, documents, records, and materials belonging and/or relating to the Company and all copies of all such materials.  Upon the end, for whatever reason, of the Period of Engagement or upon request by the Company at any time, Employee further agrees to destroy such records maintained by Employee on Employee’s own computer equipment and to certify in writing, at the Company’s request, that such destruction has occurred.

 

5.             Employee Disclosures and Acknowledgments.

 

5.1.         Confidential Information of Others.  Employee certifies that Employee has not, and will not, disclose or use during the Period of Engagement any confidential information which Employee acquired as a result of any previous employment or

 

 

provision of services, or under a contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy, before Employee became an employee of or provider of services to the Company.  Employee has no prior obligations (written and oral), such as confidentiality agreements or covenants restricting future employment or consulting, that Employee has entered into which restrict Employee’s ability to perform any services as an employee of or provider of services to the Company.

 

5.2.         Scope of Restrictions.  By entering into this Agreement, Employee acknowledges and agrees that the scope of the restrictions contained in this Agreement are appropriate, necessary  and reasonable for the protection of the Company’s business, goodwill and property rights, including the protection of the Company’s Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.  Employee further acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions imposed by this Agreement will not prevent him/her from earning a living in the event of, and after, the end, for whatever reason, of the Period of Engagement.

 

5.3.         Prospective Employers.  Employee agrees, during the term of any restriction contained in this Agreement, to disclose this Agreement to any entity which offers to Employee employment or the opportunity to provide services.  Employee further agrees that the Company may send a copy of this Agreement to, or otherwise make the provisions hereof known to, any of Employee’s potential or future employers or business engagements.

 

6.             Miscellaneous.

 

6.1.         Entire Agreement; Amendment or Waiver.  This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior discussions, negotiations, agreements, correspondence, and understandings, whether oral or written, between Employee and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, any Nondisclosure Agreement dated prior to this agreement, are here by superseded.  No provision of this agreement may be amended or waived other than in writing by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment or waiver is sought.

 

6.2.         Injunctive Relief.  The parties agree that damages will be an inadequate remedy for breaches of this Agreement and in addition to damages and any available relief, a court shall be empowered to grant injunctive relief without the necessity of posting bond or other security.

 

6.3.         Governing Law.  This Agreement and all questions arising in connection herewith shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware.

 

6.4.         Consideration.  Execution of this Agreement is a condition of Employee’s commencement of employment with the Company.

 

6.5.         Severability.  The obligations imposed by, and the provisions of, this Agreement are severable and should be construed independently of each other.  The invalidity of one provision shall not affect the validity of any other provision.

 

6.6.         Terminable-At-Will.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the right of either party to terminate the employment at any time for any or no reason with or without notice.

 

6.7.         Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing herein prohibits the Employee from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including the U.S.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the “Regulators”), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of state or federal law or regulation.  In  connection with any such activity, the Employee must identify any information that is confidential and ask the Regulator for confidential treatment of such information.  Despite the foregoing, the Employee is not permitted to reveal to any third party, including any governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, information that is protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine and/or other applicable legal privileges.  The Company does not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect its privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, pursuant to 18 USC Section 1833(b), the Employee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a Company trade secret that is made: (a) confidentially to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) in a

 

 

complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  If the Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Employee may disclose a Company trade secret to the Employee’s attorney and use the trade secret information in related court proceedings, provided that Employee files any document containing the trade secret information under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee and the Company have executed this Nondisclosure and Business Ideas Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

 

	
EMPLOYEE:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ Sanjay Subramanian
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date: September 10, 2019
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
COMPANY:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
OCUGEN, INC.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/ Shankar Musunuri
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Shankar Musunuri
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Chairman & CEO
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date: September 10, 2019Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

	
 
    

 

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 12, 2019

 

4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE 1
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Definitions
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 1.01 .
    	
Definitions
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.02 .
    	
References to Interest
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 2
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Issue,   Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Securities
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.01 .
    	
Designation and Amount
    	
13
    
	
Section 2.02 .
    	
Form of Securities
    	
14
    
	
Section 2.03 .
    	
Date and Denomination of   Securities; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts
    	
15
    
	
Section 2.04 .
    	
Execution, Authentication and   Delivery of Securities
    	
16
    
	
Section 2.05 .
    	
Exchange and Registration of   Transfer of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary
    	
17
    
	
Section 2.06 .
    	
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or   Stolen Securities
    	
23
    
	
Section 2.07 .
    	
Temporary Securities
    	
24
    
	
Section 2.08 .
    	
Cancellation of Securities   Paid, Converted, Etc.
    	
25
    
	
Section 2.09 .
    	
CUSIP Numbers
    	
25
    
	
Section 2.10 .
    	
Additional Securities;   Repurchases
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 3
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Satisfaction   and Discharge
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.01 .
    	
Satisfaction and Discharge
    	
26
    
	
Section 3.02 .
    	
Deposited Monies to Be Held in   Trust by Trustee
    	
26
    
	
Section 3.03 .
    	
Paying Agent to Repay Monies   Held
    	
27
    
	
Section 3.04 .
    	
Return of Unclaimed Monies
    	
27
    
	
Section 3.05 .
    	
Reinstatement
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 4
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Particular   Covenants of the Company
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.01 .
    	
Payment of Principal and   Interest
    	
27
    
	
Section 4.02 .
    	
Maintenance of Office or Agency
    	
27
    
	
Section 4.03 .
    	
Appointments to Fill Vacancies   in Trustee’s Office
    	
28
    
	
Section 4.04 .
    	
Provisions as to Paying Agent
    	
28
    
				

 

 

	
Section 4.05 .
    	
Existence
    	
30
    
	
Section 4.06 .
    	
Rule 144A Information   Requirement and Annual Reports
    	
30
    
	
Section 4.07 .
    	
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    	
32
    
	
Section 4.08 .
    	
Compliance Certificate;   Statements as to Defaults
    	
32
    
	
Section 4.09 .
    	
Covenant to Take Certain   Actions
    	
32
    
	
Section 4.10 .
    	
Further Instruments and Acts
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 5
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Lists   of Holders and Reports by the Company and the Trustee
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.01 .
    	
Lists of Holders
    	
32
    
	
Section 5.02 .
    	
Preservation and Disclosure of   Lists
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 6
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Defaults   and Remedies
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.01 .
    	
Events of Default
    	
33
    
	
Section 6.02 .
    	
Acceleration; Rescission and   Annulment
    	
34
    
	
Section 6.03 .
    	
Additional Interest
    	
35
    
	
Section 6.04 .
    	
Waiver of Past Defaults
    	
36
    
	
Section 6.05 .
    	
Control by Majority
    	
36
    
	
Section 6.06 .
    	
Limitation on Suits
    	
36
    
	
Section 6.07 .
    	
Rights of Holders to Receive   Payment and to Convert
    	
37
    
	
Section 6.08 .
    	
Collection of Indebtedness;   Suit for Enforcement by Trustee
    	
37
    
	
Section 6.09 .
    	
Trustee May Enforce Claims   Without Possession of Securities
    	
37
    
	
Section 6.10 .
    	
Trustee May File Proofs of   Claim
    	
37
    
	
Section 6.11 .
    	
Restoration of Rights and   Remedies
    	
38
    
	
Section 6.12 .
    	
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
    	
38
    
	
Section 6.13 .
    	
Delay or Omission Not a Waiver
    	
38
    
	
Section 6.14 .
    	
Priorities
    	
39
    
	
Section 6.15 .
    	
Undertaking for Costs
    	
39
    
	
Section 6.16 .
    	
Waiver of Stay, Extension and   Usury Laws
    	
39
    
	
Section 6.17 .
    	
Notices from the Trustee
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 7
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Concerning   the Trustee
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.01 .
    	
Duties and Responsibilities of   Trustee
    	
40
    
	
Section 7.02 .
    	
Reliance on Documents,   Opinions, Etc.
    	
42
    
	
Section 7.03 .
    	
No Responsibility for Recitals,   Etc.
    	
43
    

 

 

	
Section 7.04 .
    	
Trustee, Paying Agents,   Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation Agent or Security Registrar May Own   Securities
    	
43
    
	
Section 7.05 .
    	
Monies and Shares of Common   Stock to Be Held in Trust
    	
43
    
	
Section 7.06 .
    	
Compensation and Expenses of   Trustee
    	
43
    
	
Section 7.07 .
    	
Officers’ Certificate as   Evidence
    	
44
    
	
Section 7.08 .
    	
Eligibility of Trustee
    	
44
    
	
Section 7.09 .
    	
Resignation or Removal of   Trustee
    	
45
    
	
Section 7.10 .
    	
Acceptance by Successor Trustee
    	
46
    
	
Section 7.11 .
    	
Succession by Merger, Etc.
    	
46
    
	
Section 7.12 .
    	
Trustee’s Application for   Instructions from the Company
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 8
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Concerning   the Holders
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 8.01 .
    	
Action by Holders
    	
47
    
	
Section 8.02 .
    	
Proof of Execution by Holders
    	
48
    
	
Section 8.03 .
    	
Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
    	
48
    
	
Section 8.04 .
    	
Company-Owned Securities   Disregarded
    	
48
    
	
Section 8.05 .
    	
Revocation of Consents; Future   Holders Bound
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 9
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Holders’   Meetings
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 9.01 .
    	
Purpose of Meetings:
    	
49
    
	
Section 9.02 .
    	
Call of Meetings by Trustee
    	
50
    
	
Section 9.03 .
    	
Call of Meetings by Company or   Holders
    	
50
    
	
Section 9.04 .
    	
Qualifications for Voting
    	
50
    
	
Section 9.05 .
    	
Regulations
    	
50
    
	
Section 9.06 .
    	
Voting
    	
51
    
	
Section 9.07 .
    	
No Delay of Rights by Meeting
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 10
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Supplemental   Indentures
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 10.01 .
    	
Supplemental Indentures Without   Consent of Holders
    	
52
    
	
Section 10.02 .
    	
Supplemental Indentures with   Consent of Holders
    	
53
    
	
Section 10.03 .
    	
Effect of Supplemental   Indentures
    	
54
    
	
Section 10.04 .
    	
Notation on Securities
    	
54
    
	
Section 10.05 .
    	
Evidence of Compliance of   Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee
    	
54
    

 

 

	
ARTICLE 11
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Consolidation,   Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 11.01 .
    	
Company May Consolidate,   Etc. on Certain Terms
    	
55
    
	
Section 11.02 .
    	
Successor Corporation to Be   Substituted
    	
55
    
	
Section 11.03 .
    	
Opinion of Counsel to Be Given   to Trustee
    	
56
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 12
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Immunity   of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 12.01 .
    	
Indenture and Securities Solely   Corporate Obligations
    	
56
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 13
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[Intentionally   Omitted]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 14
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Conversion   of Securities
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 14.01 .
    	
Right to Convert
    	
57
    
	
Section 14.02 .
    	
Conversion Procedures
    	
60
    
	
Section 14.03 .
    	
Settlement Upon Conversion
    	
62
    
	
Section 14.04 .
    	
Adjustment of Conversion Rate
    	
65
    
	
Section 14.05 .
    	
Other Adjustments
    	
75
    
	
Section 14.06 .
    	
Adjustment to Conversion Rate   Upon Conversion in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
    	
75
    
	
Section 14.07 .
    	
Effect of Recapitalization,   Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
    	
77
    
	
Section 14.08 .
    	
Stock Issued Upon Conversion
    	
79
    
	
Section 14.09 .
    	
Responsibility of Trustee
    	
79
    
	
Section 14.10 .
    	
Notice to Holders
    	
80
    
	
Section 14.11 .
    	
Exchange in Lieu of Conversion
    	
81
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 15
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Repurchase   of Securities at Option of Holders
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 15.01 .
    	
Intentionally Omitted
    	
82
    
	
Section 15.02 .
    	
Repurchase at Option of Holders   Upon a Fundamental Change
    	
82
    
	
Section 15.03 .
    	
Effect of Fundamental Change   Repurchase Notice
    	
84
    
	
Section 15.04 .
    	
Withdrawal of Fundamental   Change Repurchase Notice
    	
85
    
	
Section 15.05 .
    	
Deposit of Fundamental Change   Repurchase Price
    	
85
    
	
Section 15.06 .
    	
Securities Purchased in Whole   or in Part
    	
85
    

 

 

	
Section 15.07 .
    	
Covenant To Comply with   Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Securities
    	
86
    
	
Section 15.08 .
    	
Repayment to the Company
    	
86
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 16
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
No   Optional Redemption
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 16.01 .
    	
No Optional Redemption
    	
86
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 17
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Miscellaneous   Provisions
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 17.01 .
    	
Provisions Binding on Company’s   Successors
    	
86
    
	
Section 17.02 .
    	
Official Acts by Successor   Corporation
    	
86
    
	
Section 17.03 .
    	
Addresses for Notices, Etc.
    	
87
    
	
Section 17.04 .
    	
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
    	
87
    
	
Section 17.05 .
    	
Evidence of Compliance with   Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee
    	
88
    
	
Section 17.06 .
    	
Legal Holidays
    	
88
    
	
Section 17.07 .
    	
No Security Interest Created
    	
88
    
	
Section 17.08 .
    	
Benefits of Indenture
    	
89
    
	
Section 17.09 .
    	
Table of Contents, Headings,   Etc.
    	
89
    
	
Section 17.10 .
    	
Authenticating Agent
    	
89
    
	
Section 17.11 .
    	
Execution in Counterparts
    	
90
    
	
Section 17.12 .
    	
Severability
    	
90
    
	
Section 17.13 .
    	
Waiver of Jury Trial
    	
90
    
	
Section 17.14 .
    	
Force Majeure
    	
90
    
	
Section 17.15 .
    	
Calculations
    	
91
    
	
Section 17.16 .
    	
USA PATRIOT Act
    	
91
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
SCHEDULE
    	
 
    
	
Schedule A
    	
Additional Shares
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
EXHIBIT
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
Form of Security
    	
 
    

 

 

INDENTURE dated as of November 12, 2019 between ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation, as issuer (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”), initially in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $230,000,000 (as increased by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of any additional Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the exercise of their option to purchase additional Securities as set forth in the Purchase Agreement), and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, the Form of Security, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Security, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to be borne by the Securities are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Securities have in all respects been duly authorized.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
 DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.  Definitions.  For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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(i)             the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(ii)          all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted as consistently applied by the Company at the date of such computation;

 

(iii)       unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” a “Section” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Indenture; and

 

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

 

“Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03, as applicable.

 

“Additional Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 14.06(a) hereof.

 

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

 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of the Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.

 

“Bid Solicitation Agent” means the Company or such other Person as may be appointed, from time to time, by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Securities in accordance with Section 14.01(b)(ii) hereof.  Initially, the “Bid Solicitation Agent” means the Company.

 

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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

 

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

 

“Cash Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(iv) hereof.

 

“Clause A Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Clause B Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Clause C Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Close of Business” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time.

 

“Combination Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(iv) hereof.

 

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

“Common Equity” of any Person means the Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

 

“Common Stock” means, subject to Section 14.07, the shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this instrument as originally executed or shares of any class or classes of common stock resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof.

 

“Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors and assigns.

 

“Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Conversion Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02 hereof.

 

“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b) hereof.

 

“Conversion Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b)(i) hereof.

 

“Conversion Price” means, in respect of each Security, as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate in effect on such date.

 

“Conversion Rate” means initially 56.1695 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which as of the date hereof is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, Mailcode: EP-MN-WS3C, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services — Administrator for Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 

“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities (so long as the Securities constitute Global Securities), or any successor entity.

 

“Daily Conversion Value” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, 2.5% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP on such Trading Day.

 

“Daily Measurement Value” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(vi)(A) hereof.

 

“Daily Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(vi) hereof.

 

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

 

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

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

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to each Global Security, the Person specified in Section 2.05(c) as the Depositary with respect to such Securities, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

 

“Distributed Property” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Effective Date” means (a) the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable, or (b) with respect to a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the date such Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change becomes effective.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01 hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Exchange Election” has the meaning specified in Section 14.11 hereof.

 

“Ex-Dividend Date” means, the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.

 

“Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

“Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

“Form of Notice of Conversion” means the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

“Form of Security” means the “Form of Security” attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

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

 

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(a)                                 a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and its and their employee benefit plans files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that discloses that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;

 

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

 

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

 

(d)                                 the Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Securities) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors).

 

A transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or clause (b) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change, however, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions, and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares (subject to Section 14.03).

 

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If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change but for the immediately preceding paragraph, following the effective date of such transaction), references to the Company in this definition of “Fundamental Change” above shall instead be references to such other entity.

 

“Fundamental Change Company Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b) hereof.

 

“Fundamental Change Expiration Time” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a)(i) hereof.

 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a) hereof.

 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a)(i) hereof.

 

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” has the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a) hereof.

 

“Global Security” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).

 

“Holder,” as applied to any Security, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “beneficial holder”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Security is registered on the Security Register.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

 

“Initial Dividend Threshold” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(d) hereof.

 

“Initial Purchasers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JMP Securities LLC.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means each May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on May 1, 2020.

 

“Issue Date” means, with respect to the Securities, November 12, 2019.

 

“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities

 

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exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant Trading Day, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization.  If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

 

“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any event that is a Fundamental Change determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition but without regard to the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof.

 

“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.06(a) hereof.

 

“Market Disruption Event,” for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, means (a) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the occurrence or existence, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

“Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Security and the payment of the principal amount thereof, November 1, 2022.

 

“Measurement Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(ii) hereof.

 

“Merger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a) hereof.

 

“Observation Period” with respect to any Security surrendered for conversion means: (i) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to August 1, 2022, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date; and (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after August 1, 2022, the 40 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

 

“Offering Memorandum” means the preliminary offering memorandum dated November 5, 2019, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet dated November 6, 2019 and the updated pricing term sheet dated November 8, 2019, relating to the offering and sale of the Securities.

 

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

 

“Officers’ Certificate,” when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate that is delivered to the Trustee and that is signed by (a) two of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Officers of the Company.  Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.  One of the Officers giving an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

 

“Open of Business” means 9:00 A.M., New York City time.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee, which may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein and which legal counsel may, in providing such opinion, rely upon certifications or other representations as to matters of fact.  Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 17.05.

 

“outstanding,” when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

 

(a)                                 Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(b)                                 Securities, or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);

 

(c)                                  Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Securities in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by protected purchasers in due course;

 

(d)                                 Securities converted pursuant to Article 14 and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.08; and

 

(e)                                  Securities repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.10.

 

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“Paying Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02 hereof.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Physical Securities” means permanent certificated Securities in registered form issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.

 

“Physical Settlement” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(iv) hereof.

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security that it replaces.

 

“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2019, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

 

“Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract or otherwise).

 

“Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a) hereof.

 

“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the April 15 (whether or not a Business Day) or the October 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not such date is a Business Day).

 

“Reporting Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.03 hereof.

 

“Resale Restriction Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof.

 

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time

 

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shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“Restricted Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof.

 

“Restrictive Securities Legend” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading.  If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

 

“Security” or “Securities” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a) hereof.

 

“Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a) hereof.

 

“Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a) hereof.

 

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

 

“Settlement Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(iv) hereof.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as in effect on the original date of issuance of the Securities.

 

“Specified Dollar Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a)(vi)(A) hereof.

 

“Spin-Off” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Stock Price” has the meaning specified in Section 14.06(c) hereof.

 

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“Subsidiary” means a corporation or limited liability Company more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting-stock” means the equity interest that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, managers or trustees of an entity, or persons performing similar functions, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of equity interest has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

 

“Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

 

“Trading Day” means, except for purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion, a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”

 

For the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion only, “Trading Day” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in Common Stock generally occurs on The New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

“Trading Price” of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected for this purpose by the Company; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used.  If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities will be deemed to be less than 97% of the product of (i) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination and (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect on such determination date.  If (x) the

 

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Company is not acting as Bid Solicitation Agent and the Company does not, when it is required to, instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids or if the Company gives such instruction to the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to make such determination, or (y) the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent and the Company fails to make such determination, then, in either case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities will be deemed to be less than 97% of the product of (i) Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such determination date and (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect on such determination date for each Trading Day of such failure.

 

“transfer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c) hereof.

 

“Trigger Event” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

 

“Unit of Reference Property” has the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a) hereof.

 

“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America.

 

“Valuation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c) hereof.

 

Section 1.02.  References to Interest.  Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

 

ARTICLE 2
 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 2.01.  Designation and Amount.  The Securities shall be designated as the “4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022.” The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $230,000,000 (as increased

 

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by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of any additional Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the exercise of their option to purchase additional Securities as set forth in the Purchase Agreement), subject to Section 2.10 and except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities to the extent expressly permitted hereunder.

 

Section 2.02.  Form of Securities.  The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture.  To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Security conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will govern and control.

 

Any Global Security may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Securities may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Securities are subject.

 

Any of the Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Securities are subject.

 

Each Global Security shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby.  Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture.  Payment of principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Security shall be made to the Holder of such Security on the date of

 

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payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

 

Section 2.03.  Date and Denomination of Securities; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts.  (a) The Securities shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of such Security.  Accrued interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month.

 

(b)   The Person in whose name any Security (or its Predecessor Security) is registered on the Security Register at the Close of Business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.  The Company shall pay the principal amount of any Security (x) in the case of any Physical Security, at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office and (y) in the case of any Global Security, in immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.  The Company shall pay interest (i) on any Physical Securities (A) to Holders holding Physical Securities having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Securities at their address as it appears in the Security Register and (B) to Holders holding Physical Securities having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to the Security Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States or (ii) on any Global Security in immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

(c)   Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Securities plus one percent, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

 

(i)    The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the Close of Business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts

 

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or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided.  Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder not less than 10 days prior to such special record date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the Close of Business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c).

 

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

 

Section 2.04.  Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Securities.  The Securities shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Officer of the Company.

 

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

 

Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the Form of Security attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually or by facsimile by an authorized officer of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.10), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.  Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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In case the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Chairman, Vice Chairman or Officer before the Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such Chairman, Vice Chairman or Officer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person was not such a Chairman, Vice Chairman or Officer.

 

Section 2.05.  Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary.  (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.  Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time.  The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.  The Company may appoint one or more co-Security Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security to the Security Registrar or any co-Security Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

 

Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.  Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

All Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any co-Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.

 

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No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any co-Security Registrar or the Paying Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Securities issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Securities surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer.

 

None of the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any co-Security Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Securities surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Security is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion or (ii) any Securities, or a portion of any Security, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15.

 

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

 

(b)   So long as the Securities are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to the fourth paragraph from the end of Section 2.05(c) all Securities shall be represented by one or more Securities in global form (each, a “Global Security”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.  The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Security that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Security shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

 

(c)   Every Security that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the Restrictive Securities Legend (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including the Restrictive Securities Legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer.  As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.

 

Until the date (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the last date of original issuance of the Securities, or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law, any certificate evidencing such Security (and

 

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all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (the “Restrictive Securities Legend”) (unless such Securities have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(A)          TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

 

(B)          PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

(C)          TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

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

 

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PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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

 

Any Security (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restrictive Securities Legend required by this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall be entitled to instruct the Custodian in writing to so surrender any Global Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms for exchange, and, upon such instruction, the Custodian shall so surrender such Global Security for exchange; and any new Global Security so exchanged therefor shall not bear the Restrictive Securities Legend specified in this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Securities or any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) 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 and (ii) for exchange of a Global Security or a portion thereof for one or more Physical Securities in accordance with the second immediately succeeding paragraph.

 

The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.  The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Security.  Initially, each Global Security shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.

 

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If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Securities and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner of any Security requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Physical Security, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities, shall authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Physical Security to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Security corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of clause (i) or (ii), Physical Securities to each beneficial owner of the related Global Securities (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Securities in exchange for such Global Securities, and upon delivery of the Global Securities to the Trustee such Global Securities shall be canceled.

 

Physical Securities issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, or, in the case of clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the relevant beneficial owner, shall instruct the Trustee.  Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Physical Securities to the Persons in whose names such Physical Securities are so registered.

 

At such time as all interests in a Global Security have been converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred, such Global Security shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Physical Securities, converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred to a transferee who receives Physical Securities therefor or any Physical Security is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Security, the principal amount of such Global Security shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.

 

None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

(d)      Until the Resale Restriction Termination Date, any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues

 

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to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of a Security that has transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(A)          TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

 

(B)          PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

(C)          TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

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

 

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PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(d).

 

(e)   Any Security or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of a Security that is repurchased or owned by any Affiliate of the Company (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Company at any time during the three months immediately preceding) may not be resold by such Affiliate (or such Person, as the case may be) unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Security or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144).  The Company shall cause any Security that is repurchased or owned by it to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08.

 

Section 2.06.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.  In case any Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen.  In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

 

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the Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, any co-Security Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Security, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Security being different from the name of the Holder of the old Security that became mutilated or was destroyed, lost or stolen.  In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature or has been surrendered for required repurchase or is about to be converted in accordance with Article 14 shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

 

Every substitute Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.  To the extent permitted by law, all Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement, payment, conversion or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement, payment, conversion or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

Section 2.07.  Temporary Securities.  Pending the preparation of Physical Securities, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed).  Temporary Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Physical Securities but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company.  Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Physical Securities.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Physical Securities (other than any Global Security) and thereupon any or all temporary Securities (other than any Global Security) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate

 

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principal amount of Physical Securities.  Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor.  Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Physical Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Section 2.08.  Cancellation of Securities Paid, Converted, Etc.  The Company shall cause all Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.  All Securities delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by it. Except for any Securities surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, or as otherwise expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture, no Securities shall be authenticated in exchange for any Securities surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Trustee shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures and, after such disposition, shall deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company, at the Company’s written request in a Company Order.

 

Section 2.09.  CUSIP Numbers.  The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such 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 on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

Section 2.10.  Additional Securities; Repurchases.  The Company may, without the consent of the Holders and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen this Indenture and issue additional Securities hereunder with the same terms as the Securities initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Securities) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Securities are not fungible with the Securities initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax law purposes, such additional Securities shall have a separate CUSIP number.  Prior to the issuance of any such additional Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters, in addition to those required by Section 17.05, as the Trustee shall reasonably request.  In addition, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Securities are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Securities in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties pursuant to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives.  The Company shall cause any Securities so repurchased (other than Securities repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in

 

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accordance with Section 2.08 and such Securities shall no longer be considered outstanding under this Indenture upon their repurchase.

 

ARTICLE 3
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 3.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge.  When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Security Registrar for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date, on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise) and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as applicable, an amount of cash or the combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, Reference Property), if any, as the case may be (solely to settle amounts due with respect to outstanding conversions), sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Securities (other than any Securities that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due, accompanied, except in the event the Securities are due and payable solely in cash at the Maturity Date or upon an earlier Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, by a verification report as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount from a firm of nationally recognized independent certified accountants or other financial professionals, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights hereunder of Holders to receive all amounts owing upon the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (ii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; the Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, including the fees and expenses of its counsel, and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities.

 

Section 3.02.  Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee.  Subject to Section 3.04 hereof, all monies and shares of Common Stock, if any, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Securities, and such monies and shares of Common Stock shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities for the payment or settlement of which such monies or

 

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shares of Common Stock have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums or amounts due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any.

 

Section 3.03.  Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.  Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all monies and shares of Common Stock, if any, then held by any Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies and shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 3.04.  Return of Unclaimed Monies.  Subject to the requirements of applicable law, any monies and shares of Common Stock deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders of the Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest, if any, on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee on demand, and all liability of the Trustee shall thereupon cease with respect to such monies and shares of Common Stock; and the Holder shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment or delivery that such Holder may be entitled to collect unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 3.05.  Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.02 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 3.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.02; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of interest on, principal of or payment or delivery in respect of any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or shares of Common Stock, if any, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 4
 PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 4.01.  Payment of Principal and Interest.  The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on each of the Securities at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Securities.

 

Section 4.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency.  The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) or for conversion (“Conversion Agent”) and where notices and demands to

 

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or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate as co-Security Registrars 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 that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.  The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent” include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

 

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.

 

Section 4.03.  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office.  The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 4.04.  Provisions as to Paying Agent.  (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

 

(i)    that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Securities in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities;

 

(ii)   that it will give the Trustee prompt notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Securities when the same shall be due and payable; and

 

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(iii)  that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

 

The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Securities, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, accrued and unpaid interest, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided that, if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

 

(b)   If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest on, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, the Securities when the same shall become due and payable.

 

(c)   Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts.

 

(d)   Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, any money and shares of Common Stock deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on and the consideration due upon conversion of any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), interest or consideration due upon conversion has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on request of the Company contained in an Officers’ Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money and shares of Common Stock, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

 

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Section 4.05.  Existence.  Subject to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.

 

Section 4.06.  Rule 144A Information Requirement and Annual Reports.  (a)  At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Securities or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to the Trustee and, upon written request, any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Securities or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Securities, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Securities or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A.  The Company shall take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Securities may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Securities or shares of the Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A.

 

(b)   The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it is required to file the same with the Commission (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act), copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  Documents that the Company files with the Commission via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be filed with the Trustee as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR, it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if such filings have been made.

 

(c)   Delivery of the reports and documents described in subsection (b) above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officers’ Certificate). The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if any such filings have been made.

 

(d)   If, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the last date of original issuance of the Securities, the Company fails to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable

 

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pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities), the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities.  Such Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for each day during the such period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding) without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities.  As used in this Section 4.06(d), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file” with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act does not include documents or reports that the Company furnishes to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  For purposes of this Section 4.06(d), the phrase “restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities” shall not include, for the avoidance of doubt, the assignment of a restricted CUSIP to the Securities or the existence of the Restrictive Securities Legend, in either case, during the six-month period described in this Section 4.06(d).

 

(e)   If, and for so long as, the Restrictive Securities Legend on the Securities specified in Section 2.05(c) has not been removed, the Securities are assigned a restricted CUSIP or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities) as of the 375th day after the last date of original issuance of the Securities, the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Securities outstanding, until the Restrictive Securities Legend on the Securities has been removed in accordance with Section 2.05(c), the Securities are assigned an unrestricted CUSIP and the Securities are freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding) without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities.

 

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

 

(g)   Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, the Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any Additional Interest that may be payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to Section 6.03. However, in no event shall any Additional Interest set forth in Section 4.06(d) and Section 4.06(e), together with any Additional Interest that may accrue under Section 6.03, accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum pursuant to this Indenture, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.

 

(h)   The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default, its status and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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(i)    If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable.  Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable.  If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

Section 4.07.  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.  The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 4.08.  Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults.  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2019) an Officers’ Certificate stating whether the signers thereof have knowledge of any Default or any Event of Default that occurred during the previous year and, if so, specifying each such failure and the nature thereof.

 

Section 4.09.  Covenant to Take Certain Actions.  Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate such that the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities would be less than the par value of the Common Stock, the Company shall take all corporate actions that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary so it may validly and legally issue shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Rate.

 

Section 4.10.  Further Instruments and Acts.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE 5
 LISTS OF HOLDERS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01.  Lists of Holders.  The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each April 15 and October 15 in each year beginning with April 15, 2020, and at such other times as the

 

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Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Security Registrar.

 

Section 5.02.  Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar, if so acting.  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

ARTICLE 6
 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01.  Events of Default.  Each of the following events (and only the following events) shall be an “Event of Default” wherever used with respect to the Securities:

 

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

 

(b)   default in the payment of principal of any Security when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

 

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

 

(d)   failure by the Company to give a Fundamental Change Company Notice pursuant to Section 15.02(b) or notice of a transaction pursuant to Section 14.01(b)(iii) or 14.01(b)(iv), in each case when due;

 

(e)   failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 11;

 

(f)    failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding has been received to comply with any of the Company’s other agreements contained in the Securities or this Indenture;

 

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there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $50,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness exists on the date hereof or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

 

(h)   the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking the liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or its or their debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the Company’s or any Significant Subsidiary’s property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(i)    an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its or their debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its or their property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty consecutive days; or

 

(j)    a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $100,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged, bonded, paid, waived or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished.

 

Section 6.02.  Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.  If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (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 or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company or a Significant Subsidiary), unless the principal of all of the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), may (and the Trustee, at the written

 

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request of such Holders, shall) declare the unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything contained in this Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company or a Significant Subsidiary occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal amounts, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall immediately become due and payable, without any action by the Trustee or any Holder of Securities.

 

Section 6.03.  Additional Interest.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary, if the Company so elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) (a “Reporting Event of Default”), will, after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate equal to (x) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for the first 90 days during which such Event of Default has occurred and is continuing beginning on, and including the date on which such Event of Default first occurs and (y) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for each day during the next 90-day period during which such Event of Default is continuing beginning on, and including, the 91st day after such an Event of Default first occurs.  Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e).  If the Company 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.  On the 181st day after such Event of Default (if the Reporting Event of Default is not cured or waived prior to such 181st day), the Securities will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02.  The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Securities in the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default that is not a Reporting Event of Default.  In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.03 or the Company elected to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Securities will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

 

In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of any Reporting Event of Default, the Company must notify all Holders of Securities, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election prior to the beginning of such 180-day period.  Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice, the Securities will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

 

In no event shall Additional Interest payable at the Company’s election for failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) as set forth in this Section 6.03, together with any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e), accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum pursuant to this Indenture,

 

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regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.

 

Section 6.04.  Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of Securities of any Default or Event of Default, except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or the failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion, if it determines that withholding such notice is in the Holders’ interest. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may waive any Default or Event of Default and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest on the Securities or the failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion if (i) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of principal of and interest on the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.  Any such waiver shall cure such Default or Event of Default.

 

Section 6.05.  Control by Majority.  At any time, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or for exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities, provided that:

 

(a)   the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture;

 

(b)   the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by it which is not inconsistent with such direction; and

 

(c)   the Trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not involved in the proceeding.

 

Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 6.06.  Limitation on Suits.   A Holder of the Securities will only have the right to institute a proceeding under this Indenture or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies if:

 

(a)   the Holder has delivered to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities;

 

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(c)   such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

 

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

 

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

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder, it being understood that the Trustee does not have any affirmative duty to ascertain whether any usage of this Indenture by a Holder is unduly prejudicial to such other Holders.

 

Section 6.07.  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, interest on, and the consideration due upon conversion of, its Securities, on or after the respective due date, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion rights, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and will not be subject to the requirements of Section 6.06 hereof.

 

Section 6.08.  Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a), 6.01(b) or 6.01(c) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and the amount of cash or the combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, as the case may be, due upon the conversion of, the Securities, as the case may be, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, as well as any other amounts that may be due under Section 7.06 of this Indenture.

 

Section 6.09.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.  All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

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claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, will be entitled to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of this Indenture.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 of this Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, will be denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and is paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.  Nothing herein contained will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or to accept or to adopt on behalf of any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.11.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.  If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 6.12.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.06 of this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 6.13.  Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders

 

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may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.14.  Priorities.  If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it will pay out the money in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 of this Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

SECOND: to the Holders, for any amounts due and unpaid on the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest on, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, and any cash due upon conversion of, any Security, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Securities; and

 

THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company or to such other party as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section 6.14.  If the Trustee so fixes a record date and a payment date, at least 15 days prior to such record date, the Company will deliver to each Holder and the Trustee a written notice, which notice will state such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment.

 

Section 6.15.  Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder, by such Holder’s acceptance of a Security, shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Security on or after the due date expressed or provided for in this Indenture or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 hereof.

 

Section 6.16.  Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.  The Company covenants that, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, it will 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 wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the

 

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performance of this Indenture; and the Company, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will instead suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 6.17.  Notices from the Trustee.  Whenever a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must deliver notice of such Default to the Holders within 90 days after the date on which such Default first occurred.  Except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, interest on, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Security or of a Default in the payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the consideration due upon conversion of a Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

ARTICLE 7
 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01.  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.  The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture.  In the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(a)   prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:

 

(i)    the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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(ii)          in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

 

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

 

(c)          the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

 

(d)         whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section;

 

(e)          the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Security Registrar with respect to the Securities;

 

(f)           if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless a  Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event;

 

(g)          in the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment direction from the Company; and

 

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(h)         in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or transfer agent.

 

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

Section 7.02.  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

 

(a)         the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b)         any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

 

(c)          the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and require an Opinion of Counsel and any advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(d)         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 or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(e)          the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder; and

 

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In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect, punitive 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 other than any such loss or damage.  The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities.

 

Section 7.03.  No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.  The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.  The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.04.  Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation Agent or Security Registrar May Own Securities.  The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company or any Affiliate thereof) or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or Security Registrar.

 

Section 7.05.  Monies and Shares of Common Stock to Be Held in Trust.  All monies and shares of Common Stock received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received.  Money and shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money or shares of Common Stock received by it hereunder except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

 

Section 7.06.  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.  The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall receive, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity thereunder (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.  The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any

 

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capacity under this Indenture and any other document or transaction entered into in connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the premises and the enforcement of this Section 7.06.  The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 6.14, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.  The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company.  The obligation of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.  The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  The indemnification provided in this Section 7.06 shall extend to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee.

 

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

 

Section 7.07.  Officers’ Certificate as Evidence.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officers’ Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct, recklessness and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

 

Section 7.08.  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 (as if the Trust Indenture Act were applicable hereto) to act as such and has 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

 

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capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 7.09.  Resignation or Removal of Trustee.  (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving 30 days’ prior written notice of such resignation to the Company and by delivering notice thereof to the Holders.  Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee.  If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 45 days after the giving of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.15, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

 

(b)         In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

 

(i)             the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

 

(ii)          the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

 

then, in either case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.15, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee.  Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

 

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unless within ten days after notice to the Company of such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 7.09(a) provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.

 

(d)         Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.

 

Section 7.10.  Acceptance by Successor Trustee.  Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act.  Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers.  Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Securities, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06.

 

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, each of the Company and the successor trustee, at the written direction and at the expense of the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders.  If the Company fails to deliver such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.

 

Section 7.11.  Succession by Merger, Etc.  Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act

 

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on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

 

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

 

Section 7.12.  Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company.  Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the Securities under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective.  The Trustee shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer that the Company has indicated to the Trustee should receive such application actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in accordance with this Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

ARTICLE 8
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Section 8.01.  Action by Holders.  Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 9, or (c) by

 

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a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.  Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Securities, the Company or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action.  The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

 

Section 8.02.  Proof of Execution by Holders.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.  The holding of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security Registrar.  The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

 

Section 8.03.  Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.  The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Security Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Security shall be registered upon the Security Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal (including any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of and (subject to Section 2.03) accrued and unpaid interest on such Security, for conversion of such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.  All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares deliverable upon any such Security.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities following an Event of Default, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Security in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 8.04.  Company-Owned Securities Disregarded.  In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Securities that are owned by the Company, by any Subsidiary thereof or by any Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action only Securities that a Responsible Officer knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Securities so owned that have

 

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been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary thereof or an Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof.  In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.  Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

 

Section 8.05.  Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.  At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security.  Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.

 

ARTICLE 9
 HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section 9.01.  Purpose of Meetings.  A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 for any of the following purposes:

 

(a)         to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;

 

(b)         to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 7;

 

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

 

Section 9.02.  Call of Meetings by Trustee.  The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine.  Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 8.01, shall be delivered to Holders of such Securities.  Such notice shall also be delivered to the Company.  Such notices shall be delivered not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

 

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

 

Section 9.03.  Call of Meetings by Company or Holders.  In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have delivered the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by delivering notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

 

Section 9.04.  Qualifications for Voting.  To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting.  The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

 

Section 9.05.  Regulations.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

 

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Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him or her; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding.  The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders.  Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

Section 9.06.  Voting.  The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them.  The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting.  A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was delivered as provided in Section 9.02.  The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution.  The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

 

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

 

Section 9.07.  No Delay of Rights by Meeting.  Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 10
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 10.01.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.  The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto or amend the Securities for one or more of the following purposes, to:

 

(a)         cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency under this Indenture or the Securities;

 

(b)         provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture as set forth in Article 11;

 

(c)          add guarantees with respect to the Securities;

 

(d)         secure the Securities;

 

(e)          add to the covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

 

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

 

(g)          in connection with any Merger Event, provide that the Securities are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions of Section 14.02, and make such related changes to the terms of the Securities to the extent expressly required by Section 14.07;

 

(h)         provide for the issuance of additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.10;

 

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

 

(j)            comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary so long as such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

 

(k)         irrevocably elect or eliminate one of the Settlement Methods and/or irrevocably elect a Specified Dollar Amount;

 

(l)             increase the Conversion Rate as provided in this Indenture; or

 

(m)     to evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee under this Indenture.

 

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appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02.

 

Section 10.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.  With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities), the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d)         make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Securities;

 

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

 

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

 

(g)          change the ranking of the Securities; or

 

(h)         impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and interest on such Holder’s Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Securities.

 

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Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

 

Holders do not need under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture.  It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof.  After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.

 

Section 10.03.  Effect of Supplemental Indentures.  Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 10.04.  Notation on Securities.  Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Securities then outstanding, upon surrender of such Securities then outstanding.

 

Section 10.05.  Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee.  In addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, the Trustee shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10 and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 11
 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

 

Section 11.01.  Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.  Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, another Person, unless:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

For purposes of this Section 11.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person.

 

Section 11.02.  Successor Corporation to Be Substituted.  In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Securities, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part.  Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the

 

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Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose.  All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.  In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 11 the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 11) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Securities and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

Section 11.03.  Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee.  If the Successor Company is not the Company, no such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article 11.

 

ARTICLE 12
 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 12.01.  Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.  No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on any Security, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Security, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 14
 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 14.01.  Right to Convert.  (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert its Securities, or any portion of its Securities such that the principal amount that remains outstanding of each Security that is not converted in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, into the Settlement Amount determined in accordance with Section 14.03(a) hereof, (x) prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding August 1, 2022, only upon satisfaction of one or more of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b) hereof, and (y) on or after August 1, 2022, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

 

(b)         (i) Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding August 1, 2022, a Holder may surrender its Securities for conversion at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 2020 (and only during such calendar quarter) if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 115% of the Conversion Price in effect on each applicable Trading Day.

 

(ii)          Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding August 1, 2022, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Securities for conversion at any time during the five Business Day period after any ten consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, as determined following a request by a Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection (b)(ii), for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period was less than 97% of the product of (1) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (2) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day.  The Trading Prices shall be determined by the Bid Solicitation Agent pursuant to this subsection (b)(ii) and the definition of “Trading Price” set forth in this Indenture.  The Company shall provide written notice to the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) of the three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company in accordance with the definition of Trading Price, along with the appropriate contact information for each.  The Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities unless the Company has requested such determination; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if the Company is the Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Securities)

 

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unless a Holder of at least $1,000,000 principal amount of Securities provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities would be less than 97% of the product of (1) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (2) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day. At such time, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) to determine (or, if the Company is the Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall determine) the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Securities beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities for a Trading Day is greater than or equal to 97% of the product of (1) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (2) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day.  Whenever the condition to conversion set forth in this subsection (b)(ii) has been met, but was not met on the immediately preceding Trading Day, the Company will so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee).  If, at any time after the condition to conversion set forth in this subsection (b)(ii) has been met, the condition to conversion set forth in this subsection (b)(ii) ceases to be met, the Company will so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) promptly after such condition ceases to be met. The Company will initially act as Bid Solicitation Agent.

 

(iii)       If, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding August 1, 2022, the Company elects to:

 

(A)       issue to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance (taking into account any consideration received by the Company as described in Section 14.04(b)); or

 

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

 

then, in either case, the Company must deliver notice of such issuance or distribution, and of the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution, to the Holders at least 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution.

 

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Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender all or any portion of their Securities for conversion at any time until the earlier of (1) the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and (2) the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place, even if the Securities are not otherwise convertible at such time; provided, however, that Holders shall not have the right to convert their Securities pursuant to this subsection (b)(iii) if the Company provides that Holders shall participate, at the same time and upon the same terms, as holders of the Common Stock in any of the transactions described above without having to convert their Securities as if they held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Securities held by such Holder on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution.

 

(iv)      If (A) a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding August 1, 2022, regardless of whether a Holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase the Securities as described under Article 15, or (B) the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, or transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its assets (other than a merger effected solely to change the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation that does not otherwise constitute a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets, all or any portion of a Holder’s Securities may be surrendered for conversion at any time from or after the effective date of the transaction or event until 35 Trading Days after such effective date or, if such transaction or event also constitutes a Fundamental Change, until the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.  The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) no later than the effective date of such transaction or event.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding any other provision of the Securities or this Indenture, no Holder of Securities will be entitled to receive Common Stock following conversion of such Securities to the extent that receipt of such Common Stock would cause such Holder to exceed the ownership limitations contained in the Company’s charter.

 

(d)         If any delivery of shares of Common Stock owed to a Holder upon conversion of Securities is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the limitations described in Section 14.01(c), the Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver such shares as promptly as practicable after any such converting Holder gives notice to the Company that such delivery would not result in it exceeding the ownership limitations in the Company’s charter.

 

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Section 14.02.  Conversion Procedures.

 

(a)         Each Security shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent and, if applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary.

 

(b)         To exercise the conversion privilege with respect to a beneficial interest in a Global Security, the Holder must comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time, and pay the funds, if any, required by Section 14.02(f), and the Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary.

 

To exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any Physical Securities, the Holder of such Physical Securities shall:

 

(i)             complete and manually sign a conversion notice in the form set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (the “Conversion Notice”) or a facsimile of the Conversion Notice;

 

(ii)          deliver the Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Security to the Conversion Agent;

 

(iii)       if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

 

(iv)      if required, make any payment required under Section 14.02(f).

 

If, upon conversion of a Security, any shares of Common Stock are to be issued to a Person other than the Holder of such Security, the related Conversion Notice shall include such other Person’s name and address.

 

If a Security is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, such Security may not be converted unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 15.04 hereof prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Expiration Time. If a Holder submits its Securities for repurchase pursuant to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, such Holder’s right to withdraw the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and convert the Securities that are subject to repurchase shall terminate at the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

 

For any Security, the first Business Day on which the Holder of such Security satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth above with respect to such Security and on which conversion of such Security is not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture shall be the “Conversion Date” with respect to such Security.

 

Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Securities (or portion thereof) surrendered for conversion at the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date; provided, however, that the Person in whose name the certificate for any shares

 

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of Common Stock delivered upon conversion is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of record as of the Close of Business on (i) such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or (ii) the last Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) except to the extent required by Section 14.04 hereof.  At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for a Security, the converting Holder shall no longer be the Holder of such Security.

 

(c)                    Endorsement.  Any Securities surrendered for conversion shall, unless shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such Securities, be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder or its duly authorized attorney.

 

(d)                   Physical Securities.  If any Physical Securities in a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Securities so surrendered, without charge, new Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Securities.

 

(e)       Global Securities.  Upon the conversion of a beneficial interest in Global Securities, the Conversion Agent shall make a notation in its records as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversions of Securities effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

 

(f)       Interest Due Upon Conversion.  If a Holder converts a Security after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date but prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, such Holder must accompany such Security with an amount of cash equal to the amount of interest payable on such Security on the corresponding Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether the converting Holder was the Holder of record on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided, however, that a Holder need not make such payment (1) if the Conversion Date follows the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (3) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Security.

 

(g)                    Taxes Due upon Conversion.  If a Holder converts a Security, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of the Common Stock upon the conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests that any shares be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder will pay that tax.

 

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Section 14.03.  Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(a)                   Settlement Amount.  Subject to this Section 14.03 and Section 14.06(b), if a Holder converts a Security, the Company shall pay or deliver to such Holder, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, solely cash, solely shares of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided herein) or a combination of cash and Common Stock (the “Settlement Amount”), at the Company’s election, as set forth in this Section 14.03.

 

(i)             The Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount on the second Business Day immediately following (i) the last Trading Day of the Observation Period in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement or (ii) the Conversion Date in the case of Physical Settlement.

 

(ii)          All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after August 1, 2022 will be settled using the same Settlement Method.

 

(iii)       Except for any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after August 1, 2022, the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all conversions with the same Conversion Date, but the Company will not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions with different Conversion Dates.

 

(iv)      With respect to each Conversion Date occurring prior to August 1, 2022, the Company shall deliver a notice (each, a “Settlement Notice”) of the relevant Settlement Method not later than the Close of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion Date (or in the case of any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after August 1, 2022, no later than August 1, 2022).  Each such Settlement Notice shall specify whether the Company shall satisfy its conversion obligation by (i) delivering solely shares of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided herein) (“Physical Settlement”), (ii) paying solely cash (“Cash Settlement”) or (iii) paying and delivering, as the case may be, a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (“Combination Settlement”).  In the case of an election that provides for Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount.  If the Company does not deliver a Settlement Notice within the time periods specified above, or if the Company provides a Settlement Notice within the time periods specified above and elects Combination Settlement but the Settlement Notice does not specify a Specified Dollar Amount, the Company will be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount of $1,000.

 

(v)         The Settlement Amount in respect of any conversion shall be computed as follows:

 

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(A)                     if the Company elects Physical Settlement, the Company will deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate;

 

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

 

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

 

(vi)      The “Daily Settlement Amount” for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days of the applicable Observation Period, will consist of:

 

(A)                     cash equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice (the “Specified Dollar Amount”), if any, divided by 40 (such quotient being referred to as the “Daily Measurement Value”) and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value; and

 

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

 

(vii)                      In the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, the Settlement Amount or Daily Conversion Values shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Observation Period.  Promptly after such determination, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash deliverable in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock.  The Trustee and the Conversion Agent shall be entitled to rely exclusively on the notice given by the Company and shall have no responsibility for any such determination.

 

(b)                   Fractional Shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock with respect to any converted Security in respect of which

 

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shares of Common Stock are deliverable.  Instead, if any such shares of Common Stock includes a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company will, in lieu of delivering such fraction of a share of Common Stock, pay an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a share and (ii) the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on the last Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement), subject in each case to the following paragraph.

 

If a Holder surrenders more than one Security for conversion on a single Conversion Date, the Company will calculate the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock due with respect to such Securities as if such Holder had surrendered for conversion one Security having an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of the principal amounts of each of the Securities surrendered for conversion by such Holder on such Conversion Date.

 

(c)                    Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal.  Subject to Section 14.02(f), if a Holder converts a Security, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Security and the Company’s delivery of the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, into which a Security is convertible will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Security to, but excluding, the Conversion Date; provided, however, that if a Holder converts a Security after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will still be obligated to pay the interest due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Security on such Regular Record Date.  As a result of the foregoing, and Section 14.02(f), the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Maturity Date on all Securities converted after the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date to the holders of record of such Securities on such Regular Record Date, and converting Holders will not be required to pay the Company equivalent amounts.

 

As a result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to a converted Security will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.  In addition, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, if the Settlement Amount for any Security includes both cash and shares of the Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the amount of cash delivered upon such conversion.  Except as otherwise provided herein, in no event will a Holder be entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution with respect to any Common Stock issued on conversion of such Holder’s Securities if the applicable Conversion Date is after the Regular Record Date for such dividend or distribution.  Prior to any conversion in accordance with this Section 14.03, a Holder shall not be the owner of any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Holder’s Securities

 

(d)                   Notices.  Whenever a Conversion Date occurs with respect to a Security, the Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day

 

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immediately following such Conversion Date, deliver to the Company and the Trustee, if it is not then the Conversion Agent, notice that a Conversion Date has occurred, which notice will state such Conversion Date, the principal amount of Securities converted on such Conversion Date and the names of the Holders that converted Securities on such Conversion Date.

 

If any delivery of shares of the Company’s Common Stock owed to a Holder upon conversion of Securities is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the limitations described in this Section 14.03(d), the Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver such shares as promptly as practicable after any such converting Holder gives notice to the Company that such delivery would not result in it exceeding the ownership limitations in the Company’s charter.

 

Section 14.04.  Adjustment of Conversion Rate.  The Conversion Rate will be adjusted as described in this Section 14.04, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Securities, in any of the transactions described below without having to convert their Securities, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Securities held by such Holder.

 

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

 

 

where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such Effective Date;

 

OS0                                =                            the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date; and

 

OS’                                 =                            the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination.

 

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Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable.  If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

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

 

 

where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

OS0                                =                            the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

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

 

Y                                            =                            the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

 

Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance.  To the extent that shares of Common

 

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Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.  If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, or if no such rights, options or warrants are exercised prior to their expiration, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

 

For the purpose of this Section 14.04(b) and Section 14.01(b)(iii) hereof, in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of the Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(c)                    If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed Property”), to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding: (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(a) hereof or Section 14.04(b) hereof; (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14.04(d) hereof shall apply; and (iii) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 14.04(c) hereof shall apply, then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

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

 

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FMV                         =                            the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding share of the Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

 

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.  If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of Securities shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period;

 

FMV0                    =                            the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

 

MP0                             =                            the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

 

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 14.04(c) will occur on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that (x) in respect

 

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of any conversion of Securities for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off and such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day.  In addition, if the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off is after the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation Period in respect of a conversion of Securities, references to “10” or “10th” within this Section 14.04(c) shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period.

 

Subject to Section 14.04(g), for the purposes of this Section 14.04(c), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (a “Trigger Event”): (1) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (2) are not exercisable; and (3) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.04(c), (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c).  If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Issue Date are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date of such deemed distribution with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the original rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders).  In addition, in the event of any distribution or deemed distribution of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants which shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to

 

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the per share redemption or purchase price received by holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming each such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants which shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.

 

For purposes of Section 14.04(a) hereof, Section 14.04(b) hereof and this Section 14.04(c) hereof, if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) applies includes one or both of:

 

(A)                               a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) hereof also applies (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

 

(B)                               a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) hereof also applies (the “Clause B Distribution”),

 

then (i) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) applies (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required to be made under this Section 14.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall be made, (ii) the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 14.04(a) hereof with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause B Distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b) hereof, and (iii) the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution or the Clause B Distribution, as the case may be, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution, and (B) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a) hereof.

 

(d)                   If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.30 per share (the “Initial Dividend Threshold”), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

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where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

SP0                                  =                            the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

 

C                                            =                            the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock; provided that, in the case of a regular quarterly cash dividend, such amount shall only include the amount of such dividend or distribution in excess of the Initial Dividend Threshold.

 

The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment will be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(d).

 

Any increase made under this Section 14.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution.  If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

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

 

 

 

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where,

 

CR0                              =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

CR’                               =                            the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

AC                                   =                            the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0                                =                            the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

OS’                                 =                            the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP’                                   =                            the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

 

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 14.04(e) will occur at the Close of Business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Securities for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day.  In addition, if the

 

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Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires is after the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation Period in respect of a conversion of Securities, references to “10 Trading Days” or “10th” within this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period.

 

(f)                     Special Settlement Provisions.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date as described above, and a Holder that has converted its Securities on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Regular Record Date would be treated as the record holder of shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 14.02(b) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing Conversion Rate adjustment provisions, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

 

(g)                    Poison Pill.  To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of a Security into Common Stock, the Holder converting such Security will receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock otherwise received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, Distributed Property as described in Section 14.04(c) hereof, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

 

(h)                   Deferral of Adjustments. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Section 14.04 would result in a change of less than 1% to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company may, at its election, defer and carry forward such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least 1% to the Conversion Rate; (ii) the Conversion Date of, or any Trading Day of an Observation Period for, any Security; (iii) the date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; and (iv) August 1, 2022

 

(i)                       Limitation on Adjustments.  Except as stated in this Section 14.04, the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

 

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In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(iv)                         upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock at a price below the Conversion Price or otherwise, other than any such issuance described in Section 14.04(a), (b) or (c) above;

 

(v)                            for a third-party tender offer by any party other than a tender offer by one or more of the Company’s subsidiaries as described in Section 14.04(e);

 

(vi)                         upon the repurchase of any shares of the Common Stock pursuant to an open market share repurchase program or other buy-back transaction, including structured or derivative transactions, that is not a tender offer or exchange offer of the kind described in Section 14.04(e);

 

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

 

(viii)                   for accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities, if any.

 

(j)                      For purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

 

(k)                   Withholding on Adjustments.  If, in connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate as set forth in this Section 14.04, a Holder shall be deemed for U.S. federal tax purposes to have received a distribution and the Company reasonably believes it is required to collect withholding tax with respect to any such deemed distribution, the Company may withhold from cash payments of interest in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03 hereof or from cash and Common Stock, if any, otherwise deliverable to a Holder upon a conversion of

 

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Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.03 hereof or repurchase of a Security in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof.

 

Section 14.05. Other Adjustments.

 

(a)                   Adjustments of Prices.  Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including an Observation Period and the Stock Price for purposes of Section 14.06), the Board of Directors will make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date or the expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when such Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated

 

(b)                   Voluntary Adjustments.  To the extent permitted by the rules of The New York Stock Exchange, the Company is permitted to increase the Conversion Rate of the Securities by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest.  The Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event.

 

Section 14.06.  Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Conversion in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

(a)                   Increase in the Conversion Rate.  If the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date and a Holder elects to convert its Securities in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, under certain circumstances, increase the Conversion Rate for the Securities so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described in this Section 14.06.  A conversion of Securities shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent during the period from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change) (such period, the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period”).

 

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obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, pursuant to Section 14.03. However, if the consideration paid for the Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, then, for any conversion of Securities following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the payment and delivery obligations upon the conversion of a Security shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash, per $1,000 principal amount of Securities converted, equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the applicable Conversion Date (as increased by any number of Additional Shares required by this Section 14.06) multiplied by (ii) such Stock Price.  In such event, the Company will determine the settlement amount and pay such amount of cash to a converting Holder on the second Business Day following the applicable Conversion Date.

 

(c)                    Determining the Number of Additional Shares.  The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate will be increased for a Holder that converts its Securities in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the Effective Date the Make-Whole Fundamental Change and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of the Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change.  If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share.  Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

(d)                   Interpolation and Limits.  The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table in Schedule A, in which case.

 

(i)             If the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional 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.

 

(ii)          If the Stock Price is greater than $21.67 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A pursuant to Section 14.06(d)(iv) hereof), the Conversion Rate shall not be increased.

 

(iii)       If the Stock Price is less than $15.48 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in

 

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Schedule A pursuant to Section 14.06(d)(iv) hereof), the Conversion Rate shall not be increased.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities exceed 64.5948 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04 hereof.

 

(iv)      The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A hereto shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Securities is otherwise adjusted.  The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.  The number of Additional Shares set forth in such table shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate is adjusted as set forth in Section 14.04.

 

(e)                    Notices.  The Company shall notify the Holders of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

 

Section 14.07.  Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

 

(a)                   Merger Events.  In the case of:

 

(i)             any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change to the par value, or from par value to no par value, or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination);

 

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

 

(iii)       any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

 

(iv)      any statutory share exchange;

 

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Merger Event,” any such stock, other securities, other property or assets, “Reference Property,” and the amount of kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive in the applicable Merger Event a “Unit of Reference Property”) then, at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Securities based on a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate will, without the consent of the Holders, be changed into a

 

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right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Securities based on a number of Units of Reference Property equal to the applicable Conversion Rate and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 10.01(g) providing for such change in the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Securities; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event (i) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Section 14.02 and (ii) (A) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Sections 14.03 and 14.06 hereof shall continue to be payable in cash, (B) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Sections 14.03 and 14.06 hereof shall instead be deliverable in Units of Reference Property and (C) the Daily VWAP and the Last Reported Sale Price will, to the extent reasonably possible, be calculated based on the value of a Unit of Reference Property and the definitions of Trading Day and Market Disruption Event shall be determined by reference to the components of a Unit of Reference Property.

 

If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election) as contemplated by the preceding paragraph, a Unit of Reference Property will be deemed to be (i) the per-share of Common Stock weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock in the Merger Event that affirmatively make such an election or (ii) if no holders of the Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of the Common Stock and, in each case, the Company shall notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

If the holders of the Common Stock to receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Merger Event, (i) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased pursuant to Section 14.06), multiplied by the price paid per share of the Common Stock in such Merger Event and (ii) the Company shall satisfy its conversion obligation by paying cash to converting Holders on the second Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date.

 

The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 14.07.  Such supplemental indenture described in the third immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that are as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments described in this Article 14. If the Reference Property in respect of any Merger Event includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets of a Person other than the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person, and such supplemental indenture shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of

 

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the Holders, including the right of Holders to require the Company to repurchase their Securities upon a Fundamental Change pursuant to Article 15, as the Board of Directors reasonably considers necessary by reason of the foregoing.

 

In connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate described herein, the Company shall also adjust the Initial Dividend Threshold based on the number of shares of common stock comprising the Reference Property and (if applicable) the value of any non-stock consideration comprising the Reference Property. If the Reference Property is composed solely of non-stock consideration, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be zero.

 

(b)                   Notice of Supplemental Indentures.  When the Company executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 14.07, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise a unit of Reference Property after any such Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly deliver notice thereof to all Holders. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be delivered to each Holder within 20 days after execution thereof.  Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.  The above provisions of this Section 14.07 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

 

Section 14.08.  Stock Issued Upon Conversion.

 

(a)                    Reservation of Shares.  To the extent necessary to satisfy its obligations under this Indenture, prior to issuing any shares of Common Stock, the Company will reserve out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Securities.

 

(b)                    Certain other Covenants.  The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free from any tax, lien or charge (other than those created by the Holder or due to a change in registered owner).

 

The Company shall list or cause to have quoted any shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of Securities on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

 

Section 14.09.  Responsibility of Trustee.  The Trustee and any Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine or calculate the Conversion Rate, to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or to confirm the accuracy of any such adjustment when made or the appropriateness of the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same.  The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent

 

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shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock or of any other securities or property that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Securities; and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto.  Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Securities for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 14.  The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation its right to be compensated, reimbursed, and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including its capacity as Conversion Agent.

 

Section 14.10.  Notice to Holders.

 

(a)                   Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions.  The Company shall deliver notices of the events specified below at the times specified below and containing the information specified below unless, in each case, (i) pursuant to this Indenture, the Company is already required to deliver notice of such event containing at least the information specified below at an earlier time or, (ii) the Company, at the time it is required to deliver a notice, does not have knowledge of all of the information required to be included in such notice, in which case, the Company shall (A) deliver notice at such time containing only the information that it has knowledge of at such time (if it has knowledge of any such information at such time), and (B) promptly upon obtaining knowledge of any such information not already included in a notice delivered by the Company, deliver notice to each Holder containing such information.  In each case, the failure by the Company to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 

(i)             Issuances, Distributions, and Dividends and Distributions.  If the Company (A) announces any issuance of any rights, options or warrants that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(b) hereof; (B) authorizes any distribution that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(c) hereof (including any separation of rights from the Common Stock described in Section 14.04(g) hereof); or (C) announces any dividend or distribution that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(d) hereof, then the Company shall deliver to the Holders, as promptly as possible, but in any event at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Ex-Dividend Date, notice describing such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be, and stating the expected Ex-Dividend Date and Record Date for such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be.  In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Holders notice if the consideration included in such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, or the Ex-Dividend Date or Record Date of such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be, changes.

 

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(ii)           Voluntary Increases.  If the Company increases the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.05(b), the Company shall deliver notice to the Holders at least 15 calendar days prior to the date on which such increase will become effective, which notice shall state the date on which such increased will become effective and the amount by which the Conversion Rate will be increased.

 

(iii)        Dissolutions, Liquidations and Winding-Ups.  If there is a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, the Company shall deliver notice to the Holders at promptly as possible, but in any event at least 15 calendar days prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, is expected to become effective or occur, and (ii) 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 dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, which notice shall state the expected effective date and Record Date for such event, as applicable, and the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock is expected to be entitled, or may elect, to receive in such event.  The Company shall deliver an additional notice to holders, as promptly as practicable, whenever the expected effective date or Record Date, as applicable, or the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock is expect to be entitled to receive in such event, changes.

 

(b)                        Notices After Certain Actions and Events.  Whenever an adjustment to the Conversion Rate becomes effective pursuant to Sections 14.04, 14.05 or 14.06 hereof, the Company will (i) file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such adjustment has become effective, the Conversion Rate, and the manner in which the adjustment was computed and (ii) deliver notice to the Holders stating that such adjustment has become effective and the Conversion Rate or conversion privilege as adjusted.  Failure to give any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment.

 

Section 14.11.  Exchange in Lieu of Conversion. When a Holder surrenders its Securities for conversion, the Company may, at its election (an “Exchange Election”), direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the Business Day following the Conversion Date, such Securities to a financial institution designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Securities surrendered for conversion, the designated institution must agree to timely deliver, in exchange for such Securities, the Settlement Amount that would otherwise be due upon conversion pursuant to Section 14.03. If the Company makes an Exchange Election, the Company shall, by the Close of Business on the Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify the Holder surrendering its Securities for conversion that the Company has made the Exchange Election and the Company will notify the designated financial institution of the relevant deadline for delivery of the Settlement Amount.

 

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Securities for exchange but does not timely deliver the related Settlement Amount, or if such designated financial institution does not accept the Securities for exchange, the Company shall deliver the relevant Settlement Amount as if it had not made an Exchange Election.

 

ARTICLE 15
 REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

 

Section 15.01.  Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 15.02.  Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.  (a)  If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Securities, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000, on a date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”); provided, however, that if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Security on the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Security as of such Regular Record Date and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Article 15.

 

Purchases of Securities under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

 

(i)             if the Securities to be purchased are Physical Securities, delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A and of the Securities, duly endorsed for transfer, on or before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Expiration Time”); and

 

(ii)          if the Securities to be purchased are Global Securities, delivery of the Securities, by book-entry transfer, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary and the satisfaction of any other requirements of the Depositary in connection with tendering beneficial interests in a Global Security for purchase, by the Fundamental Change Expiration Time.

 

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The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect of any Securities to be purchased shall state:

 

(i)             if certificated, the certificate numbers of such Securities;

 

(ii)          the portion of the principal amount of such Securities, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and

 

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

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 15.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 15.04.

 

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

 

(b)         On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Securities, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of any Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof.  Such notice shall be sent by first class mail or, in the case of any Global Securities, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for providing notices.  Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall publish this information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish the information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

 

Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

 

(i)                       the events causing the Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)                    the date of the Fundamental Change;

 

(iii)                 the last date on which a Holder of Securities may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 15;

 

(iv)                the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

 

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

 

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

 

(viii)          that the Securities with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

 

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

 

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the repurchase rights of the Holders of Securities or affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Securities pursuant to this Section 15.02.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to this Section 15.02 if the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Securities).  The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Securities held by it during the acceleration of the Securities (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Securities) and shall deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Securities in compliance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary, in which case, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

 

Section 15.03.  Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.  Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice specified in Section 15.02, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 15.04) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in cash with respect to such Security (and any previously accrued and unpaid interest on such Security).  Such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, on the later of (x) the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided the conditions in Section 15.02 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 15.02, subject in each case to extensions to comply with applicable law

 

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Section 15.04.  Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice.  (a)  A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice at any time prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time, specifying:

 

(i)             the principal amount of the Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;

 

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

 

(iii)       the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

 

provided, however, that if the Securities are Global Securities, the notice must comply with Applicable Procedures of the Depositary.

 

The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Securities with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this Section 15.04.

 

Section 15.05.  Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.  Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided herein) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.  If the Paying Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then as of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, (a) such Securities will cease to be Outstanding and interest will cease to accrue thereon (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Securities is made or such Securities have been delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights of the Holders in respect thereof will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and, if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date to receive the related interest payment).

 

Section 15.06.  Securities Purchased in Whole or in Part.  Any Security that is to be purchased, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires in the case of Physical Securities, due

 

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endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.  Any Holder whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Article 15 shall receive payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of the Securities so purchased.

 

Section 15.07.  Covenant To Comply with Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Securities.  In connection with any offer to purchase Securities under Section 15.02, the Company shall, in each case if required by law, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (ii) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such purchase offer.

 

Section 15.08.  Repayment to the Company.  To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 15.05 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Paying Agent shall promptly return any such excess to the Company.

 

ARTICLE 16
 NO OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

 

Section 16.01.  No Optional Redemption.  The Securities shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to the Maturity Date, and no sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

 

ARTICLE 17
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 17.01.  Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors.  All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 17.02.  Official Acts by Successor Corporation.  Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.

 

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Section 17.03.  Addresses for Notices, Etc.  Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders on the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., 333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 900, Uniondale, New York 11553, Attention: Paul Elenio, Chief Financial Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.

 

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

 

Any notice or communication delivered or to be delivered to a Holder of Physical Securities shall be mailed to it by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Security Register and shall be sufficiently given to it if so mailed within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication delivered or to be delivered to a Holder of Global Securities shall be delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary and shall be sufficiently given to it if so delivered within the time prescribed.

 

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

 

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

Section 17.04.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Securities and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Securities may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Securities have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally

 

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and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

 

The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 17.05.  Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee.  Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Indenture.

 

Each Officers’ Certificate provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with this Indenture (other than the Officers’ Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include (a) a statement that the person signing such certificate is familiar with the requested action and this Indenture; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate is based; (c) a statement that, in the judgment of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed judgment as to whether or not such action is permitted by this Indenture; and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the judgment of such person, such action is permitted by this Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 17.05, if any provision in this Indenture specifically provides that the Trustee shall or may receive an Opinion of Counsel in connection with any action to be taken by the Trustee or the Company hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to, or entitled to request, such Opinion of Counsel.

 

Section 17.06.  Legal Holidays.  In any case where any Interest Payment Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue in respect of the delay.

 

Section 17.07.  No Security Interest Created.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

 

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Section 17.08.  Benefits of Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any Security Registrar or their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 17.09.  Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.  The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 17.10.  Authenticating Agent.  The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Securities in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Securities hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04 and Section 15.05 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Securities.  For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Securities by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Securities “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Securities for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.  Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.08.

 

Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation or other entity.

 

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company.  Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall deliver notice of such appointment to all Holders.

 

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The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines such agent’s fees to be unreasonable.

 

The provisions of Section 7.02, Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.03 and this Section 17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

 

If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 17.10, the Securities  may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

,
 as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Securities described
 in the within-named Indenture.

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Authorized Officer
    	
 
    

 

Section 17.11.  Execution in Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes.  Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

Section 17.12.  Severability.  In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

 

Section 17.13.  Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 17.14.  Force Majeure.  In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use

 

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reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 17.15.  Calculations.  Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Securities.  These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Stock Price, Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Daily Settlement Amounts, accrued interest payable on the Securities and the Conversion Rate.  The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Securities.  The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification.  The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

 

Whenever the Company is required to calculate the Conversion Rate, the Company will do so to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock.

 

Section 17.16.  USA PATRIOT Act.  The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.  The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
ARBOR REALTY   TRUST, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Paul Elenio
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Paul Elenio
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Cheif Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Richard   Prokosch
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Richard   Prokosch
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Vice President
    

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased pursuant to Section 14.06 based on the Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Stock Price
    	
 
    
	
Effective Date
    	
 
    	
$15.48
    	
 
    	
$16.26
    	
 
    	
$17.03
    	
 
    	
$17.80
    	
 
    	
$18.58
    	
 
    	
$19.35
    	
 
    	
$20.13
    	
 
    	
$20.90
    	
 
    	
$21.67
    	
 
    
	
November 12,   2019
    	
 
    	
8.4253
    	
 
    	
6.8874
    	
 
    	
4.9574
    	
 
    	
3.4060
    	
 
    	
2.1922
    	
 
    	
1.2729
    	
 
    	
0.6047
    	
 
    	
0.1601
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    
	
November 1,   2020
    	
 
    	
8.4253
    	
 
    	
6.7080
    	
 
    	
4.7259
    	
 
    	
3.1520
    	
 
    	
1.9429
    	
 
    	
1.0499
    	
 
    	
0.4249
    	
 
    	
0.0559
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    
	
November 1,   2021
    	
 
    	
8.4253
    	
 
    	
6.2011
    	
 
    	
4.1305
    	
 
    	
2.5356
    	
 
    	
1.3694
    	
 
    	
0.5696
    	
 
    	
0.0981
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    
	
November 1,   2022
    	
 
    	
8.4253
    	
 
    	
5.3495
    	
 
    	
2.5532
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    	
0.0000
    	
 
    

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

 

[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A GLOBAL SECURITY]

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREUNDER IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A RESTRICTED SECURITY]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

 

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(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

 

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

 

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]

 

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

 

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ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.

 

4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

 

	
No. [     ]
    	
[Initially](1) $[         ]
    

 

CUSIP No. [         ]

 

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.](2) [       ](3), or registered assigns, the principal sum [as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Securities” attached hereto](4) [of $[       ]](5), which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Securities, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $230,000,000 (or $264,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Securities in full as set forth in the Purchase Agreement) in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and Applicable Procedures, on November 1, 2022, and interest thereon as set forth below.

 

This Security shall bear interest at the rate of 4.75% per year from November 12, 2019, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until November 1, 2022.  Interest on this Security is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2020, to Holders of record at the Close of Business on the preceding April 15 and October 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively.  Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) or Section 6.03, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

 

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

 

(1)  Include if a global note.

 

(2)  Include if a global note.

 

(3)  Include if a physical note.

 

(4)  Include if a global note.

 

(5)  Include if a physical note.

 

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The Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal of and interest on this Security, if and so long as such Security is a Global Security, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Security.  As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal of any Securities (other than Securities that are Global Securities) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose.  The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Security Registrar in respect of the Securities and its agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as a place where Securities may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	
 
    	
ARBOR REALTY   TRUST, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
TRUSTEE’S   CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION,
    	
 
    
	
as Trustee,   certifies that this is one of the Securities described
    	
 
    
	
in the   within-named Indenture.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorized Officer
    	
 
    

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

 

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.
 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, designated as its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”), initially limited to the aggregate principal amount of $230,000,000 (as increased by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of any additional Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the exercise of their option to purchase additional Securities as set forth in the Purchase Agreement) all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 12, 2019 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities.  Additional Securities may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture.  Capitalized terms used in this Security and not defined in this Security shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

In case certain Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Securities may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

 

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

 

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

 

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Each Holder shall have the right to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, this Security at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money or shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, herein prescribed.

 

The Securities are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.  At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Securities issued upon such exchange of Securities being different from the name of the Holder of the old Securities surrendered for such exchange.

 

The Securities are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund or otherwise.

 

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

 

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Securities or portion thereof that is $1,000 or a multiple thereof, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM = as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

 

CUST = Custodian

 

TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties

 

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

 

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

 

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SCHEDULE A(6)

 

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES

 

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.
 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

 

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is         DOLLARS ($[         ]).  The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

	
Date of exchange
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   decrease in
   principal amount
   of this Global
   Security
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   increase in
   principal amount
   of this Global
   Security
    	
 
    	
Principal amount
   of this Global
   Security following
   such decrease or
   increase
    	
 
    	
Signature of
   authorized
   signatory of
   Trustee or
   Custodian
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

(6)  Include if a global note.

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

 

[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]

 

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.
 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

 

To:                             U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

Mailcode: EP-MN-WS3C

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services —

Administrator for Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below.  If any shares of Common Stock or any portion of this Security not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any in accordance with Section 14.02(g) of the Indenture.  Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Signature(s)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guarantee
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Signature(s) must be guaranteed
 by an eligible Guarantor Institution
 (banks, stock brokers, savings and
 loan associations and credit unions)

 

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with membership in an approved
 signature guarantee medallion program
 pursuant to Securities and Exchange
 Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if shares
 of Common Stock are to be issued, or
 Securities are to be delivered, other than
 to and in the name of the registered holder.

 

Fill in for registration of shares if
 to be issued, and Securities if to
 be delivered, other than to and in the
 name of the registered holder:

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(Name)
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(Street Address)
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(City, State and   Zip Code)
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Please print name   and address
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Principal amount   to be converted (if less than all):
   $      ,000
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of   the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the   face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or   any change whatever.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Social Security or   Other Taxpayer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Identification   Number
    

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

 

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

 

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.
 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

 

To:                             U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

Mailcode: EP-MN-WS3C

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services —

Administrator for Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Security (1) the entire principal amount of this Security, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

 

In the case of Physical Securities, the certificate numbers of the Securities to be repurchased are as set forth below:

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Signature(s)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Social Security or   Other Taxpayer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Identification   Number
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Principal amount   to be repaid (if less than all):
   $      ,000
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
NOTICE: The above   signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name   as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without   alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
    

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

 

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

 

For value received                              hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto                   (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Security, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                       attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

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

 

o                                    To Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature(s)
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guarantee
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature(s) must   be guaranteed by an
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
eligible Guarantor   Institution (banks, stock
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
brokers, savings   and loan associations and
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
credit unions)   with membership in an approved
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
signature   guarantee medallion program pursuant
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
to Securities and   Exchange Commission
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Rule 17Ad-15   if Securities are to be delivered, other
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
than to and in the   name of the registered holder.
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

NOTICE:  The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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