UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2015
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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001-16383 |
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95-4352386 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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700 Milam Street
Suite 1900 Houston,
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (713) 375-5000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 9, 2015, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the Company) issued 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2045 (the Notes)
in connection with the sale of $625.0 million aggregate principal amount of such Notes to certain investors through a registered direct offering (the Offering). The Notes were issued with an original issue discount of 20.0%. The Company
received net proceeds from the Offering of approximately $495.7 million, after deducting estimated fees and estimated offering expenses of approximately $4.3 million.
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC (Lazard) acted as placement agent for the Notes pursuant to a placement agent agreement,
dated March 3, 2015 (the Placement Agent Agreement), by and between the Company and Lazard.
The Company issued the Notes
under an indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015 (the Base Indenture), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of
March 9, 2015 (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), by and between the Company and the Trustee. The Bank of New York Mellon also serves as trustee under the indenture
governing the Companys 4.875% Unsecured PIK Convertible Notes Due 2021 and provides other financial services to the Company and its affiliates.
The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 4.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of
each year, beginning on September 15, 2015. The Notes will be the Companys general unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with its other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and senior in right of
payment to any of its indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes. The Notes will also be effectively subordinated to any of the Companys existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral
securing such indebtedness and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness (including trade payables) and preferred equity of the Companys subsidiaries. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any such subsidiary, the Company, as a common equity owner of such subsidiary, and, therefore, the holders of the Companys debt, including holders of the Notes, will be subject to the prior
claims of such subsidiarys creditors and preferred equity holders. The provisions of the Indenture do not prohibit the Companys subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness or issuing preferred equity in the future.
The Company has the right, at its option, at any time after March 15, 2020, to redeem all or, from time to time, any part of the Notes at
a redemption price payable in cash equal to the accreted amount of the Notes (determined as set forth in the Indenture) to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, such redemption date.
The Notes will mature on March 15, 2045 (the Maturity Date), unless earlier purchased or redeemed by the Company or converted
into shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.003 per share (the Common Stock). Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 15, 2044, holders of the Notes may convert their Notes
into the corresponding number of shares of the Common Stock as determined by the then in effect conversion rate only under the following circumstances: (1) during any fiscal quarter commencing after June 30, 2015, if the daily VWAP (as defined in
the Indenture) of the Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) in the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of
the applicable conversion price of the Notes in effect on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five consecutive business-day period after any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
for each trading day of such period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Common Stock and the applicable conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) upon the Companys election to terminate conversion rights
for such Notes; (4) if the Company calls the Notes for redemption; or (5) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. Thereafter, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the
Maturity Date, holders of the Notes may convert regardless of the foregoing circumstances. The conversion rate will initially equal 7.2265 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which corresponds to an initial conversion price
of approximately $138.38 per share of Common Stock. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Indenture. Following certain corporate transactions that occur on or prior to March 15,
2020 or the occurrence of a conversion termination date on or prior to March 15, 2020, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder that converts its Notes in connection with such corporate transaction or
termination of conversion rights. The Company will have the option to satisfy the conversion obligation with cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.
The Company may elect to terminate the right of holders to convert all or part of their Notes if the daily VWAP of the Common Stock is greater
than or equal to 130% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days during any 30 consecutive trading day period. If the Company elects to terminate the conversion rights of all or part of the Notes on or prior to March 15, 2020, the
conversion rate for any Notes converted in connection with such termination will be increased as set forth in the Indenture.
Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) involving
the Company, holders of the Notes will have the option to require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes. The fundamental change purchase price will be equal to 100% of the accreted amount of the Notes (determined as set forth
in the Indenture) to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the fundamental change purchase date. The fundamental change purchase date will be a date specified by the Company that is not less than 20 or more than 35
calendar days following the date of the notice provided by the Company regarding the occurrence of a fundamental change.
The Indenture
contains customary covenants, such as reporting of annual and quarterly financial results, and restrictions on certain mergers, consolidations and sales of substantially all the Companys assets. The Notes and the Indenture do not contain any
financial covenants. The Notes and the Indenture contain customary events of default, including failure to pay principal or interest, failure by the Company to comply with its conversion obligations, breach of covenants, failure to pay indebtedness
for borrowed money owed by the Company or the acceleration of the maturity of any of the Companys indebtedness for borrowed money (in either case in an aggregate amount in excess of $100 million), unsatisfied final judgments of $100 million or
more and certain bankruptcy events, all subject to terms, including but not limited to notice and cure periods, set forth in the Indenture. If an event of default with respect to the Notes occurs, holders may, upon satisfaction of certain
conditions, accelerate the accreted principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, the accreted principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest will automatically become due and payable in the case of
certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company.
The Notes offered and sold in the Offering and the
Common Stock into which the Notes are convertible have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181190) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on May 7, 2012, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated March 3, 2015, relating to the Offering and filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act. There is no public market for the Notes, and the Company does not intend to apply to list the Notes on any securities exchange or for inclusion of the Notes on any automated dealer quotation system.
This description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental
Indenture, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description |
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015, between Cheniere Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. |
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4.2 |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015, between Cheniere Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. |
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4.3 |
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Form of 4.25% Convertible Senior Note due 2045 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. |
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Date: March 13, 2015 |
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By: |
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/s/ Michael J. Wortley |
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Name: |
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Michael J. Wortley |
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Senior Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Description |
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015, between Cheniere Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015, between Cheniere Energy, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. |
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4.3 |
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Form of 4.25% Convertible Senior Note due 2045 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON
Trustee
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF MARCH 9, 2015
SENIOR DEBT
SECURITIES
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED,
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF MARCH 9, 2015
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION |
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INDENTURE SECTION |
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Section 310(a)(1) |
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6.9 |
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(a)(2) |
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6.9 |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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6.9 |
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(b) |
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6.8 |
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Section 311 |
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6.13 |
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Section 312(a) |
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7.1, 7.2(a) |
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(b) |
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7.2(b) |
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(c) |
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7.2(c) |
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Section 313(a) |
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7.3 |
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(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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7.3 |
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Section 314(a) |
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10.5 |
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(b) |
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Not Applicable |
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(c)(1) |
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1.3 |
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1.3 |
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(d) |
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Section 315(a) |
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6.1(b) |
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(d) |
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6.1(c) |
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6.1(a)(1) |
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6.1(c)(3) |
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(e) |
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Section 316(a) |
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1.1, 1.2 |
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5.13 |
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(b) |
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION |
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INDENTURE SECTION |
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Section 317(a)(1) |
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10.3 |
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Section 318(a) |
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1.8 |
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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Deemed included pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.1. |
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Definitions |
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Section 1.2. |
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.3. |
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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Section 1.4. |
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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Section 1.5. |
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates |
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Section 1.6. |
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantors |
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Section 1.7. |
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Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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Section 1.8. |
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.9. |
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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Section 1.10. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Section 1.11. |
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Separability Clause |
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Section 1.12. |
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Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 1.13. |
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Force Majeure |
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Section 1.14. |
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 1.15. |
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Governing Law |
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Section 1.16. |
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Legal Holidays |
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Section 1.17. |
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Securities in a Composite Currency, Currency Unit or Foreign Currency |
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Section 1.18. |
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Payment in Required Currency; Judgment Currency |
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Section 1.19. |
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Language of Notices, Etc. |
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Section 1.20. |
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Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company and the Guarantors Exempt from Individual Liability |
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
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Section 2.1. |
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Forms Generally |
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Section 2.2. |
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Form of Face of Security |
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Section 2.3. |
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Form of Reverse of Security |
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Section 2.4. |
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Global Securities |
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Section 2.5. |
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Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
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Section 3.1. |
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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Section 3.2. |
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Denominations |
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Section 3.3. |
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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Section 3.4. |
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Temporary Securities |
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Section 3.5. |
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 3.6. |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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Section 3.7. |
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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Section 3.8. |
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Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 3.9. |
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Cancellation |
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Section 3.10. |
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Computation of Interest |
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Section 3.11. |
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CUSIP or CINS Numbers |
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 4.1. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 4.2. |
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Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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Section 5.1. |
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Events of Default |
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Section 5.2. |
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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Section 5.3. |
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Section 5.4. |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 5.5. |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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Section 5.6. |
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Application of Money Collected |
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Section 5.7. |
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Limitation on Suits |
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Section 5.8. |
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 5.9. |
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 5.10. |
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 5.11. |
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 5.12. |
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Control by Holders |
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Section 5.13. |
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 5.14. |
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Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 5.15. |
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 6.1. |
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
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Section 6.2. |
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Notice of Defaults |
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Section 6.3. |
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Certain Rights of Trustee |
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Section 6.4. |
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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Section 6.5. |
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May Hold Securities |
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Section 6.6. |
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Money Held in Trust |
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Section 6.7. |
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Compensation and Reimbursement |
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Section 6.8. |
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Disqualification; Conflicting Interests |
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Section 6.9. |
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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Section 6.10. |
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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Section 6.11. |
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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Section 6.12. |
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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Section 6.13. |
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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Section 6.14. |
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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Section 7.1. |
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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Section 7.2. |
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
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Section 7.3. |
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Reports by Trustee |
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Section 7.4. |
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Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER AND SALE |
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Section 8.1. |
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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Section 8.2. |
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Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 9.1. |
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Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.2. |
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With Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.3. |
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Execution of Amendments and Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.4. |
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Effect of Amendments and Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.5. |
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.6. |
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Reference in Securities to Amendments or Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
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Section 10.1. |
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 10.2. |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 10.3. |
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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Section 10.4. |
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Existence |
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Section 10.5. |
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Statement by Officers as to Default |
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Section 10.6. |
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Calculation of Original Issue Discount |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 11.1. |
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Applicability of Article |
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Section 11.2. |
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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Section 11.3. |
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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Section 11.4. |
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Notice of Redemption |
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Section 11.5. |
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Deposit of Redemption Price |
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Section 11.6. |
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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Section 11.7. |
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Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 12.1. |
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Applicability of Article |
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Section 12.2. |
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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Section 12.3. |
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE |
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Section 13.1. |
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 13.2. |
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 13.3. |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 13.4. |
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
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62 |
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Section 13.5. |
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust, Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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64 |
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Section 13.6. |
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Repayment |
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64 |
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Section 13.7. |
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Reinstatement |
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64 |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES |
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65 |
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Section 14.1. |
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Securities Guarantee |
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65 |
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Section 14.2. |
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
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66 |
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Section 14.3. |
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Execution and Delivery of Securities Guarantee Notation |
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66 |
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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PARTIES
INDENTURE, dated as of March 9, 2015, among CHENIERE ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein called the Company), the Guarantors (as defined hereinafter) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities), which may but are not required to be guaranteed by the Guarantors, to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and of the Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the
extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions.
For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(c) 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;
(d) the words Article
and Section refer to an Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture;
(e) the word
includes and its derivatives means includes, but is not limited to and corresponding derivative definitions; and
(f) references to any officer of any partnership or limited liability company that does not have officers but is managed or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity that does have officers, shall be deemed to be references to the officers of such managing or controlling entity.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.5.
Additional Defeasible Provision means a covenant or other provision that is (a) made part of this Indenture pursuant to an
indenture supplemental hereto, a Board Resolution or an Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1, and (b) pursuant to the terms set forth in such supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers Certificate,
made subject to the provisions of Article Thirteen.
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 purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling,
controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Authenticating Agent means any
Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Banking Day means, in respect of
any city, any date on which commercial banks are open for business in that city.
Bankruptcy Law means any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law.
Board of Directors means:
(a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such
board;
(b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managers or members thereof or
any board or committee serving a similar management function; and
(d) with respect to any other Person, the individual or board or
committee of such Person serving a management function similar to those described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor,
the principal financial officer of the Company or a Guarantor, any other authorized officer of the Company or a Guarantor, or a person duly authorized by any of them, in each case as applicable, 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. Where any provision of this Indenture refers to action to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution (including the establishment of any series of the
Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such action may be taken by any committee, officer or employee of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, authorized to take such action by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means, except as otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, each
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions and trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or regulation to close.
CINS means CUSIP International Numbering System.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor or resulting
Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor or resulting Person.
Company Request or Company Order means, in the case of the Company, a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or any other duly authorized officer of the Company or any person duly authorized by any of them, and
delivered to the Trustee and, in the case of a Guarantor, a written request or order signed in the name of such Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or any other duly
authorized officer of such Guarantor or any person duly authorized by any of them, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust
Office means the office of the Trustee at the address specified for delivery of notices to the Trustee in Section 1.6(a) or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
corporation, when used in reference to the Trustee or any prospective Trustee, shall include any corporation, company,
association, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust or other entity, in each case, satisfying the requirements of Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
CUSIP means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Debt means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the repayment of money borrowed and any purchase money obligation
created or assumed by such Person and any guarantee of the foregoing.
Default means, with respect to a series of Securities,
any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning
specified in Section 3.7.
Definitive Security means a security other than a Global Security or a temporary Security.
Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1, until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean or include each Person which is a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
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Dollar or $ means the coin or currency of the United States of America,
which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Event of Default has the meaning
specified in Section 5.1.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Foreign Currency means a currency used by the government of a country other than the United States of America.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, including
those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements
by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture will be computed in conformity with GAAP.
Global Security means a Security in global form that evidences all or part of a series of Securities and is authenticated and
delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for the Securities of such series or its nominee.
Guaranteed
Securities has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.
Guarantor means each Person that becomes a guarantor of any
Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more amendments or indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such amendment or supplemental indenture, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be part of and govern this instrument and any such amendment or supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture also shall include the terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date,
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
Judgment
Currency has the meaning specified in Section 1.18.
Legal Defeasance has the meaning specified in
Section 13.2.
mandatory sinking fund payment has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
Market Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 1.17.
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Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.1(c) or Section 5.1(d).
Officers Certificate means, in the case of the Company, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President or any other duly authorized officer of the Company, or a person duly authorized by any of them, and delivered to the Trustee and, in the case of a Guarantor, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President or any other duly authorized officer of such Guarantor, or a person duly authorized by any of them, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or a Guarantor, as the
case may be, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
optional sinking fund payment has the meaning specified
in Section 12.1.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided,
however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and
(d) Securities, except to the extent provided in
Section 13.2 and Section 13.3, with respect to which the Company has effected Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen, which Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance then continues in effect;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to
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be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof on such date pursuant to
Section 5.2, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more currencies or currency units other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent of such currencies or currency units, determined in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 on the date of original issuance of such Security or by Section 1.17, if not otherwise so provided pursuant to Section 3.1, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent (as so determined) on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company, any Guarantor
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned as described in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Guarantor or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of and any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Periodic
Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if
any, the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, and any other terms specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect thereto, are to
be determined by the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
Person means any individual, corporation, company, limited
liability company, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, other entity, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means, unless otherwise specifically provided for with
respect to such series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the office or agency of the Company and such other place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 10.2, the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of
that series are payable as contemplated by Section 3.1.
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 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to
this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
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Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Required Currency has
the meaning specified in Section 1.18.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer
assigned to the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee or who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Section 6.1(c)(ii)
and Section 6.2 shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this instrument such 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.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Guarantee means each guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this
Indenture and the Securities by a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Security Register and Security
Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.
Special Record Date for the payment of any
Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to
any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed, except as provided in Section 9.5; provided, however, that if 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.
U.S. Person shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7701(a)(30) of
the Code.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities which are (a) direct obligations of the United States for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States, and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
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Vice President, when used with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee,
means any vice president, regardless of whether designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title vice president.
Section 1.2. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
commission means the
SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Holder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company, the Guarantor (if applicable) or any other obligor on the indenture
securities.
All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by a Trust Indenture Act reference to
another statute or defined by an SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.3. Compliance Certificates
and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of
this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished except as required under Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for
certificates provided for in Section 10.5) shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.4. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows or, in the exercise of reasonable
care, should know that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.5. Acts of Holders; Record
Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by means of a facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that such
electronic transmission is transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or the Guarantors. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a
witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or
the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any
Person, and the date of commencement of such Persons holding of same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d)
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof
or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors in reliance thereon, regardless of whether notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
(e) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any
particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount.
(f) The Company may set any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series,
but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action, regardless of whether such Holders remain Holders after such record date.
Section 1.6.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantors.
(a) Any notice, request, demand, authorization, direction,
consent, waiver or other communication by the Company, any of the Guarantors or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, facsimile or overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
700 Milam
Street, Suite 1900
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 375-5000
Facsimile: (713) 375-6000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of
New York Mellon
101 Barclays Street, 7 W
New York, NY 10286
Facsimile:
(212) 815-5595
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Corporate Finance Unit
(b) The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
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(c) All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after
timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, except in the case of notices or communications given to the Trustee, which shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office.
(d) The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with instructions
and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to
verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or
expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and
directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 1.7. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect
to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, regardless of whether such Holder actually receives such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
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Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company and the Guarantors shall bind their respective successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities or, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.12.
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.13. 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 reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 1.14. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.
Section 1.15. Governing Law.
THIS
INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 1.16. Legal Holidays.
In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities or, if applicable, the
Securities Guarantee (other than a provision of the Securities of any series or, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section 1.16)) payment of interest or principal
and any premium need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the
Stated Maturity, and if payment is so made, no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
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Section 1.17. Securities in a Composite Currency, Currency Unit or Foreign Currency.
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto delivered pursuant to
Section 3.1 of this Indenture with respect to a particular series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series
or all series affected by a particular action at the time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any affected series which are denominated in a coin, currency or currencies other than Dollars (including, but not limited
to, any composite currency, currency units or Foreign Currency), then the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 1.17, the term Market Exchange Rate shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of such currency or currencies
as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as of the most recent available date. If such Market Exchange Rate is not so available for any reason with respect to such currency, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of
the most recent available date, or quotations or rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question, which for purposes of Euros shall be Brussels, Belgium, or such other
quotations or rates of exchange as appropriate shall be used. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars in connection
with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
In no event will the Trustee have any duty or
liability regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph.
Section 1.18. Payment in
Required Currency; Judgment Currency.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do
so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities of any series (the Required Currency) into a
currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the Judgment Currency), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Required Currency could be purchased in The City of New York
with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a Banking Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures the Required Currency could be purchased in The City of New York with the Judgment Currency on the Banking Day next preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this
Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (regardless of whether entered in accordance with subclause (a)), in any currency other than
the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be
payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.
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Section 1.19. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 1.20. Incorporators,
Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company and the Guarantors Exempt from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement of or contained in this Indenture or of or contained in any Security or, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or because of the creation of any
indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, member, officer, manager, employee, partner or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company, any Guarantor or any successor Person, either directly
or through the Company, any Guarantor or any successor Person, 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 part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally.
The
Securities of each series and, if applicable, the notation thereon relating to the Securities Guarantee, shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article Two, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities and, if
applicable, the Securities Guarantee, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The forms of Global Securities of
any series shall have such provisions and legends as are customary for Securities of such series in global form, including without limitation any legend required by the Depositary for the Securities of such series.
Section 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
[If the
Security is an Original Issue Discount Security and is not publicly offered within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-1(b), insertFOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED, THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE
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DISCOUNT IS [ % OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT] [$ PER $1,000 OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT], THE ISSUE DATE IS
, 20 AND, THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS
, COMPOUNDED [SEMIANNUALLY OR OTHER PROPER PERIOD].]
[In the alternative instead of providing such legend, insert the following legendFOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, AND [THE NAME OR TITLE AND ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
COMPANY] WILL, BEGINNING NO LATER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUE DATE, PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, THE YIELD TO MATURITY AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE TREASURY
REGULATIONS.]
[Insert any other legend required by the Code or the regulations thereunder.]
[If a Global Security,insert legend required by Section 2.4 of the Indenture] [If applicable, insertUNLESS THIS SECURITY
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
[TITLE OF
SECURITY]
Cheniere Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the Company, which term includes any successor or resulting Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of United
States Dollars on [If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert, and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in
each year, commencing , at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert,
and at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any installment of interest (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable)]. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the or (regardless of whether a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
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Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If
the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in
such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default
in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the
rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
[If a Global Security, insertPayment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and [if applicable, insertany such] interest on this Security will be made by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account in designated by the
Holder in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [state other currency].]
[If a Definitive Security, insertPayment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insertany such] interest on
this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts] [state other currency] [or subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (as provided in the
Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of in
, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check drawn
on, or transfer to a [United States Dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the applicable Paying Agency has received proper transfer instructions in writing at least days
prior to the payment date)] [if applicable, insert; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check mailed to the addresses of the
Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United States Dollar] [state other currency] account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City of New York [state other Place of Payment]
(so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions in writing by the record date prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date)].]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse
hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Section 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the Securities), issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of , 20 (herein called the Indenture), between the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and The Bank
of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. As provided in the Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates,
may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or
permitted. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $ ].
This security is the general, unsecured, senior obligation of the Company [if applicable, insertand is guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (the
Securities Guarantee) by [insert name of each Guarantor] (the Guarantors). The Securities Guarantee is the general, unsecured, senior obligation of each Guarantor.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than days notice by
mail, [if applicable, insert, (1) on in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2) ] at any time [on or after , 20 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before , %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month
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such redemption [if applicable, insert(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
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[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than
nor more than days notice by mail, (1) on in any year commencing
with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or
after ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through
operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
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such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insertNotwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in
anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than % per annum.]
[If applicable, insertThe sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year
of [not less than] $ [ (mandatory sinking fund) and not more than $ ] aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [If applicable, insertin the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Securities are subject to redemption in part of
any kind, insertIn the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are not redeemable prior to Stated Maturity.]
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[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,If an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal toinsert formula for determining the amount.
Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of
the Companys obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company [If applicable, insertand the Guarantors] and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company [If applicable, insertand the Guarantors] and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company [If applicable, insertand the Guarantors] with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, regardless of whether notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and
no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place(s) and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
[If a Global Security, insertThis Global Security or portion hereof may not be exchanged for
Definitive Securities of this series except in the limited circumstances provided in the Indenture. The holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Securities except as
described in the Indenture and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture.]
[If a Definitive Security,
insertAs provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency of the Company in [if applicable, insertany place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable] [if applicable, insertThe City of New York [, or, subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of
in or
at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate]], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his or its
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of U.S.
$ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, [If applicable, insertany Guarantor,] the Trustee and any
agent of the Company [If applicable, insert, a Guarantor] or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, regardless of whether this Security be overdue, and none of
the Company, [If applicable, insertthe Guarantors,] the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of or contained in the Indenture or of or contained in any Security, [If applicable, insert, or the Securities Guarantee endorsed thereon,] or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, member, officer, manager or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company [If
applicable, insertor any Guarantor] or of any successor Person, either directly or through the Company [If applicable, insertor any Guarantor] or any successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment, penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for,
the Securities and the execution of the Indenture.
The Indenture provides that the Company [If applicable, insertand the Guarantors]
(a) will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Securities (except for certain obligations described in the Indenture), or (b) need not comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in each case if the
Company [If applicable, insertor a Guarantor] deposits, in trust, with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations (or a combination thereof) which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient to pay all the principal of and interest on the Securities, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
[If a Definitive Security, insert as a separate page
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(Please Print or Type Name and Address of
Assignee)
the within instrument of Cheniere Energy, Inc. and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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Please Insert Social Security or Other Identifying Number of Assignee:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in
every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.]
[If a Security to which Article Fourteen has been made
applicable, insert the following Form of Notation on such Security relating to the Securities Guarantee
Each of the Guarantors (which
term includes any successor Person in such capacity under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities of this series by the Company.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Securities of this series and to the Trustee pursuant to the Securities Guarantee and the Indenture are
expressly set forth in Article Fourteen of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Securities Guarantee.
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Section 2.4. Global Securities.
Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR
IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
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If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, then, notwithstanding clause (i) of Section 3.1 and the provisions of Section 3.2, any Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as
shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as the case may be, to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any reduction or increase in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in a Company Order. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3, Section 3.4 and Section 3.5, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security
in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in a Company
Order (which need not comply with Section 1.3 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel).
The provisions of the last
sentence of Section 3.3 shall apply to any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with a Company Order (which need
not comply with Section 1.3 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction or increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.3.
Section 2.5. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificate(s) of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated [insert title of applicable series] referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities
and which may be part of a series of Securities previously issued);
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(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4,
Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 9.6 or Section 11.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the formula, method or
provision pursuant to which such rate or rates are determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method of determination thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record
Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(f) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 10.2, the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, and
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to
redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(j) whether payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be without
deduction for taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders of the series;
(k) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(l) if the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
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(m) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such
Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered;
(n) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.1 or the covenants
of the Company set forth in Article Ten with respect to the Securities of such series;
(o) whether and under what
circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have
the option to redeem the Securities of the series rather than pay such additional amounts;
(p) if the Securities of the
series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(q) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any other security or property of the Company, including, without limitation, securities of another Person held by the Company or its Affiliates and, if so, the terms thereof;
(r) if other than as provided in Section 13.2 and Section 13.3, the means of Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
as may be specified for the Securities of the series;
(s) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the initial Security
Registrar and any initial Paying Agent;
(t) whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed pursuant to the
Securities Guarantee set forth in Article Fourteen, any modifications to the terms of Article Fourteen applicable to the Securities of such series and the applicability of any other guarantees; and
(u) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the
consent of the Holders, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of such series of Securities and issuances of additional Securities of such series or for the establishment of additional terms with respect to the Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record
of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person on behalf of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate setting
forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the series.
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With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolution or
Officers Certificate may provide general terms for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the
Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors or one or more agents thereof designated in an Officers Certificate, in accordance with a Company Order.
Section 3.2. Denominations.
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or any of its Vice Presidents and need not be attested. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Any Securities Guarantee endorsed on the Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the applicable Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or any of its Vice Presidents and need not be attested. The signature of any of these
officers on any endorsement of the Securities Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
Securities and any endorsement of a Securities
Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, shall bind the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the
receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, thereafter promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the
Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. If the forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Section 2.1 and
Section 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such documents as it may reasonably request. The Trustee
shall also be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) if the form or forms of such Securities has been established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 2.1, that each such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
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(b) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a
series offered in a Periodic Offering will be, established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering will be, established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(c) that such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to
any conditions and assumptions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the following
limitations: (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights, or to
general equity principles, (ii) the availability of equitable remedies being subject to the discretion of the court to which application therefor is made; and (iii) such other usual and customary matters as shall be specified in such
Opinion of Counsel.
If such form or forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the
issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior
to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of
such Securities, on the form or forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 3.1 and this
Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication.
No Security, nor any Securities Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause Definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of Definitive Securities of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment required by Section 10.2 a register
(the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as 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. The Trustee is hereby appointed as the initial Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided, and its Corporate Trust Office, is the initial office
or agency where the Securities Register will be maintained. The Company may at any time replace such Security Registrar, change such office or agency or act as its own Security Registrar. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any change of the Security Registrar or of the location of such office or agency.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Security of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 for such purpose, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the Guarantors, of the same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may be exchanged for other Securities of the
same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company and, if
applicable, the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the Guarantors, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company
and, if applicable, the Guarantors evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his or its attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, Section 9.6 or
Section 11.7 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture and except as otherwise specified with respect to any particular series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 3.1, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred, except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security shall be a Global Security except as provided in the two paragraphs immediately following.
If at any time the Depositary for any Securities of a series represented by one or more Global Securities notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Securities shall no longer be eligible to continue as Depositary under Section 3.1 or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware
of such ineligibility, the Companys election pursuant to Section 3.1 that such Securities be represented by one or more Global Securities shall no longer be effective and the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors will execute and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the
Guarantors, of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such Securities in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities registered in the names of such Persons as the Depositary shall direct.
The Company may at any
time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities. In such event, the Company and, if applicable, the
Guarantors will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if
applicable, executed by the Guarantors, of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
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any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such Securities in exchange for such Global Security
or Securities registered in the names of such Persons as the Depositary shall direct.
If specified by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.1 with respect to Securities represented by a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series and tenor in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of Securities in definitive registered form, shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge:
(i) to the
Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the Guarantors, of the same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the
Guarantors, in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Every Person who takes or holds any beneficial interest in a Global Security agrees that:
(A) the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) and the Trustee may deal with the Depositary as sole owner of the Global
Security and as the authorized representative of such Person;
(B) such Persons rights in the Global Security shall
be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreement between such Person and the Depositary and/or direct and indirect participants of the Depositary;
(C) the Depositary and its participants make book-entry transfers of beneficial ownership among, and receive and transmit
distributions of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Global Securities to, such Persons in accordance with their own procedures; and
(D) none of the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable), the Trustee, nor any agent of any of them will 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 for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) or the Trustee to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the Guarantors, of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) and the Trustee
(a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security, with an endorsement of the Securities Guarantee, if applicable, executed by the Guarantors, of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors, regardless of whether the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this
Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company,
at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment
of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit
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of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not
more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his or its address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (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 (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, prior to due presentment of a
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, the Guarantors and any agent thereof may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.5 and Section 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, regardless of whether such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee
nor, if applicable, the Guarantors nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial
interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and, if applicable, the Guarantors
and any agent of thereof as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a Global Security, an agent member or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member, with
respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount,
under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Security Holders and all payments to be made to Security Holders under the Securities and this Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of
the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected
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in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar shall be
entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security) as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations
to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any
such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any Agent Member or between or among the Depositary, any such Agent Member and/or
any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such Depositary and
owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.
Section 3.9. Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to
any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of, and the Trustee shall
thereafter deliver to the Company a certificate with respect to such destruction unless by a Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it. Where Securities of a particular series are held in global form and to
the extent less than all of the Securities of such series are to be cancelled, the Security Registrars notation of such cancellation shall be deemed to satisfy any cancellation or obligation herein.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11. CUSIP or CINS Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP or CINS numbers (if then generally in use, and in addition to the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or CINS numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the correctness of such CUSIP or CINS numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP or CINS numbers.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section
4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect and will be discharged with
respect to the Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and certain rights of the Trustee, in each case, herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Company Request
and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities, when:
(a) either:
(i) all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) such Securities which have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (B) such Securities for the payment of which money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(A) have become due and payable; or
(B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year; or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (ii)(A), (B) or
(C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, together with instructions
from the Company irrevocably directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such Securities;
and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, which, taken
together, state that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series,
(x) the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and the right of the Trustee to resign under Section 6.10 shall survive, and
(y) if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Section 4.2, Section 6.6, Section 10.2 and the last paragraph of
Section 10.3 shall survive.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall
be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for the payment of which such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of
Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the performance, or
breach, of any covenant set forth in Article Ten in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in
this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
Notice of Default hereunder; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant in this Indenture
(other than a covenant in Article Ten or any other covenant a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 180 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default
hereunder; or
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(e) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of any order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of
the Company; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
(g) default in the deposit
of any sinking fund payment when due; or
(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series
in accordance with Section 3.1.
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 5.1 occurs, the Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company or, if applicable, one or more of the Guarantors has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:
(i) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series;
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
(iii) to
the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities; and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
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(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than
the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable
and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and any premium and on
any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors or any
other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or, if applicable, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, their property or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
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as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, if the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, compromise, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar
committee.
Section 5.5. 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 of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Five or, after an Event of Default, any money or other property distributable
in respect of the Companys obligations under this Indenture shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or other property on account of principal or any
premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) under Section 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively;
and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
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Section 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture
(including, if applicable, the Securities Guarantee), or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such
written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional (subject to Section 3.7 and Section 9.2), to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.9. 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 Guarantors, 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 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
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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 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
To fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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 Five or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12.
Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided,
however, that:
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if
the Trustee in good faith shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 5.13. Waiver of
Past Defaults.
By written notice to the Company and the Trustee, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except:
(a) a continuing default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series; or
(b) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant, other
than the Trustee, in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard
to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company
and the Guarantors (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 hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and as
are provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical
calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).
(b) In case an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
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(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own bad faith or willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) and (d) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, given pursuant to Section 5.12, relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Regardless of whether therein expressly so 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.
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the
Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities
of such series; and, provided, further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(c) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 90 days after
the occurrence thereof and that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 180 days after the occurrence thereof.
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Section 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company or a Guarantor mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3, which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the
administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) shall be
entitled to receive and may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder and shall not be responsible for the supervision of officers and
employees of such agents or attorneys;
(h) the Trustee may request that the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors
deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers
Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
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(i) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the
Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such Default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
(k) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect, punitive,
incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Company has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and
(l) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by
it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
Section 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of authentication,
shall be taken as the statements of the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent makes any
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
The Trustee shall have no duty to make any computation or calculation referred to herein, unless it otherwise expressly so agrees in writing. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor compliance or observance or to perform or observe or
cause the performance or observance of any of the obligations of the Company, any Guarantor or any other party to be performed or observed hereunder or referred to herein.
Section 6.5. May Hold Securities.
The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or, if applicable, any Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act and Section 6.8, Section 6.9 and Section 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantors with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money 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 received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or, if applicable, one or more of the Guarantors.
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Section 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee and its
officers, directors, agents and employees for, and to hold it and them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its or their part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself or themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its or their powers or duties
hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to
the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities.
Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee hereunder and under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services
in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(e) or Section 5.1(f), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services of the Trustee are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Legal Defeasance of the Securities.
Section 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
Reference is made to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. There shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of
the Trust Indenture Act this Indenture with respect to the Securities of more than one series.
Section 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation or Person organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus required by the Trust Indenture Act, subject to supervision
or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation or Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Trustee shall not be an
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obligor upon the Securities or an Affiliate thereof. 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 Six.
Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If the instrument of acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any
time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(ii)
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
(iii) 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 any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject
to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with
respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be
removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series), and the Company and the successor Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or
the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
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shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.7. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.11.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, the successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the
Company, any Guarantor (if applicable) or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all)
series, the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable), the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
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retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company, any Guarantor (if applicable)
or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
the series to which the appointment of such successor relates and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall
be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by
the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
Reference is made to Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the term cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made
within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
(b) the term self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made,
drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company or, if applicable, any Guarantor for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing
title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee
simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company or, if applicable, such Guarantor arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
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Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate
of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act
as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company
and, if applicable, the Guarantors. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company and, if applicable, the
Guarantors. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be qualified and eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such
series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of
the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation, including reimbursement of its reasonable
expenses, for its services under this Section 6.14.
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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 6.14,
the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date for a series of Securities, a list for such series of
Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided,
however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.
Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, with respect to each series of Securities, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or
more Holders (herein referred to as applicants) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication
which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either:
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 7.2(a); or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
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If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a) a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five
days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the SEC, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the
best interest of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the SEC, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed,
shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the SEC shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have
been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of
any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) and the Trustee that none of the Company, the Guarantors (if applicable) nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of
any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.2(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
Any Trustees report required pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be dated as of May 15, and shall be
transmitted within 60 days after May 15 of each year (but in all events at intervals of not more than 12 months), commencing with the year 2015, by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. A copy of
each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the SEC and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities
are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.4. Reports by Company.
So long as clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (or any successor provisions of law) are
applicable to this Indenture, the Company shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the
same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information,
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documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such
of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations; and
(c) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register,
within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER AND SALE
Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors on a consolidated basis to any other Person unless:
(a) either: (i) the Company is the surviving Person; or (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation, amalgamation or merger or resulting from such conversion (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(b)
the Person formed by or surviving any such conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.2. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors on a consolidated basis in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor or resulting Person formed by or resulting upon such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company and each of the Guarantors shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and
the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or the Securities without the
consent of any holder of a Security:
(a) to cure any ambiguity or defect or to correct or supplement any provision herein
that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(b) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and, to the extent applicable, of the Securities; or
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in the manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code; or
(d) to add a Securities Guarantee and cause any Person to become a Guarantor, and/or to evidence the succession of another
Person to a Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the Securities Guarantee of such Guarantor herein and, to the extent applicable, endorsed upon any Securities of any series; or
(e) to secure the Securities of any series; or
(f) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Company shall
consider to be appropriate for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default permitting the
enforcement of all or any of the
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several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; provided, that in respect of any such additional
covenant, restriction, condition or provision such amendment or supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults), may provide
for an immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default, may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
series to waive such an Event of Default; or
(g) to make any change to any provision of this Indenture that does not
adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of Securities; or
(h) to provide for the issuance of additional
Securities in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Indenture on the date of this Indenture; or
(i) to add any
additional Defaults or Events of Default in respect of all or any series of Securities; or
(j) to add to, change or
eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or
(k) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall
become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(l) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 2.1 and Section 3.1, including
to reopen any series of any Securities as permitted under Section 3.1; or
(m) to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or
(n) to conform the
text of this Indenture (and/or any supplemental indenture) or any debt securities issued thereunder to any provision of a description of such debt securities appearing in a prospectus, prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or offering circular
to the extent that such provision appears on its face to have been intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture (and/or any supplemental indenture) or any debt securities issued thereunder; or
(o) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or under any similar federal statute subsequently enacted, and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Securities Guarantees and the Securities with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
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of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture, with each such series voting as a separate class (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) and, subject to Section 5.8 and Section 5.13 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this
Indenture, the Securities Guarantees or the Securities may be waived with respect to each series of Securities with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series voting as a separate class
(including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities).
It is not necessary
for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Article Nine becomes effective, the Company will mail to the
Holders of Securities affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Section 5.8 and Section 5.13 hereof, the application of or compliance with, either generally or in any particular instance, of any provision of this Indenture, the Securities or the
Securities Guarantees may be waived as to each series of Securities by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series voting as a separate class (including consents obtained in connection with a
purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.2 may not (with
respect to any Securities held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which
is required for any such amendment or supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for
in this Indenture; or
(c) modify any of the provisions of Section 5.8 or Section 5.13; or
(d) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security; provided, however, that any purchase or repurchase of
Securities shall not be deemed a redemption of the Securities; or
(e) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations
under its Securities Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (as amended or supplemented); or
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(f) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver provisions, except to
increase any percentage provided for therein or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
An amendment or supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been
included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
Section 9.3. Execution of Amendments and Supplemental Indentures.
Subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.3, upon the request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amendment or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities as necessary, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 6.3 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and any Guarantor in the execution of any such amendment or supplemental indenture. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any amendment or
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment or supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4. Effect of Amendments and Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any amendment or supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such amendment or supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act as then in effect.
Section 9.6. Reference in Securities to Amendments or Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment or supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such amendment or supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such amendment or supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 10.1. Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly
and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the United States an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or Registrar or agent of the Trustee
or Registrar) where Securities of each series may be presented or surrendered for payment and surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series 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 of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. 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.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
Company hereby initially designates the office of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as the Companys office or agency for each such purpose for each series of Securities. The Trustee shall initially serve as
Paying Agent. In the event the Company makes any payment in any currency in which the Trustee is unable to pay, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee to make such payment
and the Trustee will have no obligations with respect to such payment and will incur no liability with respect to the failure by the Company or such other Paying Agent to make, or cause to be made, such payment.
Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of and any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
and any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. For purposes of this Section 10.3, should a due date for principal of and any premium
or interest on, or sinking fund payment with respect to any series of Securities not be on a Business Day, such payment shall be due on the next Business Day without any interest for the period from the due date until such Business Day.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on Securities of that series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the
making of any payment of principal and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(c) at any time
during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Subject to any applicable escheat or abandoned property laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the
Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on
Company Request, 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 all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), or mail to each such Holder, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that,
after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.4. Existence.
Subject to
Article Eight, the Company and, if any Securities of a series to which Article Fourteen has been made applicable are Outstanding, each Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company and, if applicable, each Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.
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Section 10.5. Statement by Officers as to Default.
Annually, within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year beginning with the first fiscal year during which one or more series of
Securities are Outstanding, the Company and, if any Securities of a series to which Article Fourteen has been made applicable are Outstanding, each Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee a brief certificate (which need not include the statements
set forth in Section 1.3) from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and, if applicable, such Guarantor, stating that a review of the activities of the Company during such
year end of performance under this Indenture has been made, and as to his or her knowledge of the Companys or such Guarantors, as the case may be, compliance (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided
herein) with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, if the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be in Default, specifying all such Defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such officer has knowledge.
Section 10.6. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
If applicable, the Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the
amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may be required to
be provided to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section
11.1. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in
accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article Eleven.
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the
Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 15 days prior to the last date for the giving of notice of such redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company that is subject to a condition specified in the terms of the Securities of the series to be
redeemed, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section
11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such
series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
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fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If the Securities of any series to be redeemed consist of Securities having different dates on which the principal is payable or different rates of interest, or different methods
by which interest may be determined or have any other different tenor or terms, then the Company may, by written notice to the Trustee, direct that the Securities of such series to be redeemed shall be selected from among the groups of such
Securities having specified tenor or terms and the Trustee shall thereafter select the particular Securities to be redeemed in the manner set forth in the preceding paragraph from among the group of such Securities so specified.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his or its address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption
shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof;
(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) that on the Redemption Date
the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
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Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are
to be redeemed on that date.
Section 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at
the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that unless otherwise specified with respect to
Securities of any series as contemplated in Section 3.1, installments of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his or its 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 the same series and tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1.
Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series.
The minimum
amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities
of any series is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
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Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (b) may apply as
a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities,
in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that
such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have not been
previously so credited, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment
date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption
of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 11.6 and Section 11.7.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE
Section 13.1. Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a Board
Resolution, and at any time, elect to have either Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 hereof be applied to all outstanding Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.
Section 13.2. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 13.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 13.2, the Company and each of the
Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities (including the Securities Guarantees) on the
date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the
outstanding Securities (including the Securities Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 13.5 hereof and the other sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses
(a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities, the Securities Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium,
if any, on, such Securities when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 13.4 hereof;
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(b) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under
Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, Section 10.2 and Section 10.3 hereof;
(c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Companys and the Guarantors obligations in connection therewith; and
(d) this Article Thirteen.
Subject to compliance with this Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 13.2 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 13.3 hereof.
Section 13.3. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 13.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 13.3, the Company and each of the
Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Section 7.4, Section 8.1 and Section 10.4 hereof as well
as any Additional Defeasible Provisions (such release and termination hereinafter referred to as Covenant Defeasance), and the Securities will thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities will
not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities and Securities Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may fail to comply with and will have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such failure to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and
Securities Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 13.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 13.3 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 13.4 hereof, any Event of Default that constitutes an Additional Defeasible Provision will no longer constitute an Event of Default.
Section
13.4. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either
Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 hereof:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, the Outstanding Securities on the stated date for payment thereof or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Securities are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;
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(b) in the case of an election under Section 13.2 hereof, the Company must
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:
(i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(ii) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the
Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under
Section 13.3 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);
(e) the deposit must not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(f) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance must not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company
with the intent of preferring the Holders of Securities over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others;
(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent set forth in
clauses (a) through (f) of this Section 13.4 have been complied with; and
(i) the Company must deliver to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions, qualifications and exclusions) stating that all conditions precedent set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (f) of this Section 13.4 have
been complied with.
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Section 13.5. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust, Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
Subject to Section 13.6 hereof, all money and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.5, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 13.4 hereof in respect of the Outstanding Securities will be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders
of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article Thirteen to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from
time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 13.4(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 13.6. Repayment.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Security will thereafter be permitted to 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 all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in The New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 13.7. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys and the
Guarantors obligations under this Indenture and the Securities and the Securities Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 hereof until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
Section
14.1. Securities Guarantee.
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article Fourteen, each of the
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Holder of a Security of each series to which this Article Fourteen has been made applicable as provided in Section 3.1(t) (the Securities of such series being referred to herein as
the Guaranteed Securities) (which Security has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee), and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Guaranteed
Securities, or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the Guaranteed Securities will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, or by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Guaranteed Securities, if any, if lawful,
and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders of Guaranteed Securities, or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Guaranteed Securities or any of such other obligations, that
same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and
severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) To the extent permissible under applicable law, the obligations of the Guarantors under this Securities Guarantee are
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Guaranteed Securities with respect to
any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company,
protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Securities Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Guaranteed Securities and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any
custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Securities Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be
reinstated in full force and effect.
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(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of
subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, as between the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders of Guaranteed Securities and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of this
Securities Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as
provided in Article Five hereof, such obligations (regardless of whether due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Securities Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Securities Guarantee.
Section 14.2. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Guaranteed Securities, each Holder thereof, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such
parties that the Securities Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or State law
to the extent applicable to any Securities Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving
effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf
of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article Fourteen, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Securities Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 14.3. Execution and Delivery of Securities Guarantee Notation.
To evidence its Securities Guarantee set forth in Section 14.1 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Securities
Guarantee substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.3 or established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1, will be endorsed by an officer of
such Guarantor on each Guaranteed Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Securities Guarantee set forth in Section 14.1 hereof will remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Guaranteed Security a notation of such Securities Guarantee.
If an officer whose signature
is on this Indenture or on the Securities Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Guaranteed Security on which a Securities Guarantee is endorsed, the Securities Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Guaranteed Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the
Securities Guarantee of such Guaranteed Security set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all 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 electronic (i.e., pdf or tif)
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 electronic
(i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
as Issuer
The Bank of
New York Mellon
as Trustee
First
Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of March 9, 2015
to the Indenture dated as of
March 9, 2015
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2045
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Article 1. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Scope of Supplemental Indenture |
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Definitions |
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References to Interest |
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Article 2. THE SECURITIES |
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Title and Terms; Payments |
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Forms |
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Transfer and Exchange |
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Payments on the Notes |
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Article 3. REDEMPTIONS AND PURCHASES |
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No Sinking Fund |
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Purchase at Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change |
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Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice |
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Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice |
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Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price |
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Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part |
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Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Notes |
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Repayment to the Company |
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Optional Redemption |
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Notice of Redemption |
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Article 4. CONVERSION |
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Right To Convert |
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Conversion Procedures |
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Settlement upon Conversion |
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Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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Termination of Conversion Rights |
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Discretionary and Voluntary Adjustments |
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Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Termination of Conversion Rights |
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Effect of Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale |
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Stock Issued upon Conversion |
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Responsibility of Trustee |
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Notice to Holders |
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Article 5. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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Payment of Principal and Interest |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office |
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Provisions as to Paying Agent |
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Section 5.05 |
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Reports |
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Section 5.06 |
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Statements as to Defaults |
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Supplementary Interest Notice |
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Article 6. REMEDIES |
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Events of Default |
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Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment |
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Supplementary Interest |
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Control by Majority |
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Limitation on Suits |
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Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert |
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Collection of Indebtedness; Suit for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Delay or Omission Not a Waiver |
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Priorities |
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Undertaking for Costs |
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Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
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Inapplicability of Provisions of Base Indenture; Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture |
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Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee |
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Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held |
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Return of Unclaimed Monies |
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Reinstatement |
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Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets |
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Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms |
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Successor Corporation to Be Substituted |
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Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction |
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Benefits of Supplemental Indenture |
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Calculations |
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Execution in Counterparts |
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 9, 2015 (this Supplemental
Indenture), between CHENIERE ENERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the Trustee), under the Indenture, dated as
of March 9, 2015, between the Company and the Trustee (the Base Indenture).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore entered into the Base Indenture to provide, among other things, for the issuance, from
time to time, of the Companys Securities, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, in one or more series to be established by the Company under, and authenticated and delivered as provided in, the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, under the Base Indenture, a new series of Securities may at any time be established by an indenture supplemental to the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company has authorized the creation and issuance under this
Supplemental Indenture of its 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2045 (the Notes), the form and substance of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested and hereby requests that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture, and that all requirements necessary to make (i) this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and (ii) the Notes, when executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized in all respects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree, for the benefit of the Company and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01 Scope of Supplemental Indenture. The changes, modifications and
supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and shall govern only the terms of (and only the rights of the Holders and the obligations of the Company with respect to), the
Notes, which may be issued from time to time, and shall not apply to any other Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture (or govern the rights of the Holders or the obligations of the Company with respect to any such other Securities)
unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. The provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede any corresponding
provisions in the Base Indenture solely to the extent inconsistent therewith. Subject to the preceding sentence, and
except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes and govern the rights of the Holders and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with
respect thereto.
Section 1.02 Definitions. For all purposes of the Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(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; and
(ii) all words, terms and phrases defined in the Base Indenture (but not otherwise
defined herein) shall have the same meanings as in the Base Indenture and all words, terms and phrases defined in both the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Supplemental Indenture.
Accreted Amount means, as of any date of determination, the amount per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes as determined
as of such date and calculated in accordance with Exhibit B hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the Accreted Amount on the Maturity Date will be $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes.
Additional Shares has the meaning specified in Section 4.07(a).
Adjustment Event means any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04(a), (b),
(c), (d), (e) and (h), Section 4.06(b), Section 4.07(a) and Section 4.08(a).
Agent Members has the
meaning specified in Section 2.02(c).
Applicable Procedures of a Depositary means, with respect to any matter at any
time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.
Averaging
Period has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(e).
Base Indenture has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, as such instrument may be amended and supplemented from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto, including this Supplemental Indenture, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions
of the Base Indenture, including, for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any such other supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Base Indenture,
this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.
Bid Solicitation Agent means the
Company or an independent nationally recognized investment banking firm as may be appointed, from time to time, by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(2).
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board of directors duly authorized to
act for it hereunder.
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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 to 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 set forth in Section 4.03(a).
Cash Settlement Averaging Period means, with respect to any Note: (x) subject to clause (y), the 25 consecutive
VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third VWAP Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion Date; (y) if such Note is converted in connection with a redemption under Section 3.09, the 15 consecutive VWAP
Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 17th Scheduled Trading Day preceding the Redemption Date; and (z) subject to clause (y), for any Note having a Conversion Date occurring during the period beginning on, and including, the 30th
Scheduled Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date and ending at the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the Maturity Date, the 25 consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 27th Scheduled
Trading Day prior to the Maturity Date or, if such day is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately following VWAP Trading Day.
Clause A Distribution has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Clause B Distribution has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Clause C Distribution has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Close of Business means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
Combination Settlement has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).
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 the common stock, par value $0.003 per share, of the Company authorized at the date of this
Supplemental Indenture as originally executed (other than with respect to the rights thereof, which may be amended or modified at any time in accordance with the constituent documents of the Company) or shares of any class or classes of common stock
resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares so issuable on conversion of the Notes shall include shares of all
such classes, and the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion that the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
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common stock includes any stock of any class of Capital Stock that has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer thereof and that is not subject to redemption by the issuer thereof.
Company has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, and subject to the provisions of
Section 9.02, shall include its successors and assigns.
Conversion Agent means the office or agency designated by
the Company where Notes may be presented for conversion, which shall initially be the Trustee.
Conversion Date has the
meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).
Conversion Notice has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).
Conversion Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).
Conversion Price means, in respect of each Note, as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate in effect on
such date.
Conversion Rate means initially 7.2265 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject
to an Adjustment Event as set forth herein.
Conversion Rights Termination Notice has the meaning specified in Section
4.05.
Conversion Termination Date has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
Conversion Termination Threshold means, with respect to a Trading Day, the Daily VWAP being greater than or equal to 130%
of the Conversion Price then in effect for each of at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, such Trading Day.
Conversion Termination Trigger Period has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes (so long as the Notes constitute Global Notes), or any
successor entity.
Daily Conversion Value means, (x) for any conversion of Notes in connection with a redemption
under Section 3.09, for any of the 15 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during any Cash Settlement Averaging Period, one-fifteenth (1/15th) of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such VWAP Trading Day and (ii) the
Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day, and (y) for any other conversion of Notes, for any of the 25 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during any Cash Settlement Averaging Period, one-twenty-fifth
(1/25th) of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such VWAP Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP on such VWAP Trading Day.
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Daily Settlement Amount means, for any of the 25 (or, in the case of a
conversion of Notes in connection with a redemption under Section 3.09, 15) consecutive VWAP Trading Days during a Cash Settlement Averaging Period, an amount consisting of:
(a) cash equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Specified Dollar Amount and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day;
and
(b) if the Daily Conversion Value exceeds the Daily Specified Dollar Amount, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient
of (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Specified Dollar Amount, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day.
Daily Specified Dollar Amount means the quotient of the Specified Dollar Amount divided by 25 (or, in the case of a
conversion of Notes in connection with a redemption under Section 3.09, 15).
Daily VWAP means, for any VWAP
Trading Day, the per-share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page LNG.Q <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 VWAP Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on
such VWAP 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 trading hours of the regular trading session.
Definitive Note means a Note
that is not a Global Note that is in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.
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.
Distributed
Property has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Effective Date means (i) with respect to a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring on or prior to March 15, 2020, the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective or (ii) with respect to any conversion in connection with a termination of conversion
rights under Section 4.05 on or prior to March 15, 2020, the first date on which the Conversion Termination Threshold was met during the 30 Trading Day period immediately preceding the date on which the related Conversion Rights
Termination Notice is provided to Holders by the Company.
Equity Conditions has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
Equity Conditions Measuring Period has the meaning specified in Section 4.05.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
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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.
Form of Assignment and Transfer means the Form of Assignment and Transfer attached as Attachment 3 to
the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice means the Form
of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note 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 Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Fundamental Change means:
(1) any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or its
Subsidiaries that files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect ultimate beneficial owner, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act, of the Companys Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Companys Common Equity;
(2)
consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Companys Common Equity (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) pursuant to which the Companys Common Equity would be converted
into, or exchanged for, or represent solely the right to receive, shares, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), (B) any share exchange, consolidation, merger or similar event involving
the Company pursuant to which the Companys Common Equity will be converted into, or exchanged for, or represent solely the right to receive, shares, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof)
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 or more of the
Companys wholly owned Subsidiaries (any such share exchange, consolidation, merger, similar event, transaction or series of transactions being referred to in this clause (2) as an event); provided, however, that
any such event described in clause (A) or (B) above (i) where the Persons that beneficially owned, directly or indirectly the voting shares of the Company, immediately prior to such event beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of voting shares or stock of the continuing or surviving Person or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such event and such holders
proportional voting power immediately after such transaction vis-à-vis each other with respect to the securities they receive in such transaction will be in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power vis-à-vis
each other immediately prior to such transaction, or (ii) effected solely to change the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation or to form a holding company for the Company and that results in a share exchange or reclassification or
similar exchange of the outstanding Common Stock solely into shares of common stock or other Common Equity interests of the surviving entity (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters rights)
will not constitute a Fundamental Change;
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(3) the Companys stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company (other than a transaction described in clause (2) above); or
(4) the Common Stock ceases to be listed or
quoted on NYSE MKT, The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction or series of transaction described in clause (1) or clause (2) above (whether or not giving effect to
the proviso in clause (2)) shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 80% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect
of dissenters appraisal rights) in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of common shares that are traded on NYSE MKT, 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 traded immediately following such transaction, and, as a result of such transaction or transactions, such consideration will constitute Reference Property. For the avoidance of doubt, a transaction or a
series of transactions that is not considered a Fundamental Change pursuant to this paragraph shall not be a Fundamental Change solely because such event could also be described by clause (1) or clause (2) above.
Fundamental Change Company Notice has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b).
Fundamental Change Expiration Time has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).
Fundamental Change Purchase Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).
Fundamental Change Purchase Price has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(a).
Global Note means a Note in global form that evidences all or part of the Notes and is authenticated and delivered to, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Notes.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in
the Note Register.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, as supplemented
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including, for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any such other supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part
of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.
Interest
Payment Date means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Notes, each March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2015.
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Issue Date means, with respect to the Notes, March 9, 2015.
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing
sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) on that Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the
principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange 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 Link LLC 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 last ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant Trading Day from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for
this purpose. Any such determination will be conclusive absent manifest error.
Make-Whole Fundamental Change means any
event that (i) is a Fundamental Change or (ii) would be a Fundamental Change, but for the exclusion in section (i) of the proviso in clause (2) of the definition thereof.
Market Disruption Event means, if the Common Stock is listed for trading on NYSE MKT or listed on another U.S. national or
regional securities exchange, the occurrence or existence during the one half-hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Trading Day of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
Maturity Date means, with respect to any Note and the payment of the principal amount thereof, March 15, 2045.
Measurement Period has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(b).
Merger Event has the meaning specified in Section 4.08(a).
Merger Event Supplemental Indenture has the meaning specified in Section 4.08(a).
Notes has the meaning specified in the third paragraph of the Recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.
NYSE MKT means NYSE MKT LLC (including each successor thereto).
Offer Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(e) .
Open of Business means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
Outstanding means any Notes authenticated by the Trustee except (i) Notes cancelled by it, (ii) Notes delivered
to it for cancellation and (iii)(A) Notes replaced pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Base Indenture, on and after the time such Note is replaced (unless the Trustee and the
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Company receive proof satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a bona fide purchaser), (B) Notes converted pursuant to Article 4, on and after their Conversion Date, (C) any
and all Notes, as of the Maturity Date, if the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of the Notes then payable, and (D) any and all Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or other action that is to be made by a
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes, only such Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.
Paying Agent has the meaning set forth in the Base Indenture and shall be the Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal amount of, interest on, Redemption Price of, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price of, any Notes on behalf of the Company. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Trustee.
Physical Settlement has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a).
Reference Property has the meaning specified in Section 4.08(a).
Regular Record Date means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the March 1 or the September 1 (in each
case, regardless of whether a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Reporting
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(a).
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities
Act, or any similar successor rule or regulation, as amended from time to time.
Scheduled Trading Day means a day that
is scheduled to be a trading day on the principal United States 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.
Settlement Amount has the meaning specified in Section
4.03(a)(2).
Settlement Election has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(1).
Settlement Election Notice has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(1).
Settlement Method means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination
Settlement, as elected by the Company. The Settlement Method shall initially be Combination Settlement until elected otherwise by the Company.
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 Notes.
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Specified Dollar Amount means an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of
converted Notes equal to $1,000; provided that in the event of the delivery of any Settlement Election Notice specifying a different Specified Dollar Amount pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1), during the period during which such Settlement
Election Notice is effective, the Specified Dollar Amount shall be as specified in such Settlement Election Notice.
Specified
Dollar Amount Election has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(1).
Specified Dollar Amount Election
Notice has the meaning specified in Section 4.03(a)(1).
Spin-Off has the meaning specified in Section
4.04(c).
Stock Price means (i) if the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share, (ii) with respect to any other Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the
10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (iii) with respect to any conversion in connection with a termination of conversion rights
under Section 4.05, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Days ending two Trading Days prior to the date on which the related Conversion Rights Termination Notice is provided to
Holders by the Company.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof is at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person; and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the
managing general partner of which is such Person or an entity described in clause (1) immediately above or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more entities described in clause (1) immediately above (or
any combination thereof).
Successor Company has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(a).
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof, as such instrument may be supplemented from
time to time by one or more indentures supplemental thereto, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, including, for all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and any such other
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and any other such supplemental indenture, respectively.
Supplementary Interest has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(a).
Terminated Portion has the meaning specified in Section 4.05(d).
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Trading Day means a Scheduled Trading Day on which (i) there is no Market
Disruption Event and (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on NYSE MKT or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on NYSE MKT, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock
is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded,
Trading Day means a Business Day.
Trading Price of the Notes on any date of determination means the
average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5.0 million principal amount of the Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day from three independent nationally recognized
securities dealers selected 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 $5.0 million principal amount of the Notes from a nationally recognized securities
dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day multiplied by (ii) the Last Reported Sale Price of
the Common Stock on such Trading Day. Any such determination will be conclusive absent manifest error. If (1) the Company does not so instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids when required, or the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to
solicit bids when required, (2) the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent and fails to obtain bids when so required or (3) the Trading Price is otherwise not determined as required, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
the Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (x) the Conversion Rate on each Trading Day on which the Company or the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to do so multiplied by (y) the Last Reported Sale Price of the
Common Stock on each Trading Day on which the Company or the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to do so.
Trigger Event has
the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first
paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each
Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
U.S. means the United States of America.
Valuation Period has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(c).
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to
vote in the election of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of such Person.
VWAP Market Disruption
Event means (i) a failure by the principal United States national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or
(ii) the occurrence or
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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 securities exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common
Stock.
VWAP Trading Day means a Scheduled Trading Day on which (i) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event and
(ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on NYSE MKT or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on NYSE MKT, on the principal other United States national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if
the Common Stock is not then listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, VWAP Trading Day
means a Business Day.
Section 1.03 References to Interest. Any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in the
Indenture shall be deemed to include Supplementary Interest if, in such context, Supplementary Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 6.04.
Section 1.04 References to Principal Amount. Unless otherwise indicated in this Supplemental Indenture, any reference to the
principal amount of the Notes is to $1,000 principal amount at maturity of the Notes (and not the Accreted Amount of the Notes on any particular date) and references to the Conversion Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes are to $1,000
principal amount of the Notes at maturity divided by the applicable Conversion Rate.
ARTICLE 2.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Title and Terms; Payments.
(a) Establishment; Designation. Pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, there is hereby established and authorized a new
series of Notes under the Indenture, which series of Notes shall be designated the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2045.
(b) Initial Issuance. Subject to Section 2.01(c), the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may initially be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture is limited to $625,000,000. In addition, the Company may execute, and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver, in each case, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, an unlimited aggregate principal
amount of additional Notes upon the transfer, exchange, purchase or conversion of Notes pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 and 11.7 of the Base Indenture and Sections 3.06, 4.02 and 4.05 hereof.
(c) Further Issues. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders, issue additional Notes under the Indenture with substantially
the same terms as the Notes initially issued under the Indenture (other than with respect to (i) the date of issuance, (ii) the issue price, (iii) transfer restrictions, if applicable, (iv) whether or not additional interest is
payable thereon, if applicable (to the extent such additional Notes are issued with a different CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number than such Notes) and (v) in the event of a partial termination of conversion
rights pursuant to Section 4.05, lack of conversion rights, if applicable) in an
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unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided, that no such additional Notes may be issued with the same CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number as other
Notes unless it is so permitted in accordance with applicable law and such additional Notes are fungible with such other Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such additional Notes will, for all purposes of the Indenture, including
waivers, amendments and offers to purchase, be treated as part of the same series as the Notes initially issued under the Indenture.
(d)
Purchases. The Company and its Subsidiaries may from time to time purchase Notes in open market purchases, in negotiated transactions, or otherwise without giving prior notice to or obtaining any consent of the Holders. Any Notes purchased by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the foregoing sentence or otherwise will be retired and will no longer be Outstanding under the Indenture.
(e) Denominations. Pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Base Indenture, the Notes will be issued only in minimum denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
Section 2.02 Forms.
(a) In General. Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Base Indenture, the Notes will be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A hereto, and may include such insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, each Note will bear a Trustees certificate of authentication substantially in
the form included in Exhibit A hereto. Each Note will also bear a form of notice of conversion, form of fundamental change purchase notice, and form of assignment and transfer, in each case substantially in the form set forth in
Attachments 1, 2, and 3, respectively, to Exhibit A hereto.
Any Note that is a Global Note will bear a legend
substantially in the form of the legend set forth in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture and shall also bear the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note set forth in Annex A to Exhibit A hereto.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and, to
the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will govern and control.
(b) Initial and
Subsequent Form of Notes. The Company hereby initially appoints The Depository Trust Company as the Depositary for the Notes, which initially shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes without interest coupons (i) registered in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary, and (ii) delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.
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So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise
required by law, and except to the extent provided in Section 2.03(c), all Notes will be represented by one or more Global Notes.
(c) Global Notes. Except as expressly set forth herein and therein when such Global Note will represent the right to receive the
Accreted Amount, each Global Note will represent the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes endorsed thereon and provide that it represents such aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, which aggregate principal
amount may, from time to time, be reduced or increased to reflect transfers, exchanges, conversions or purchases by the Company.
Only the
Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, may endorse a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes
represented thereby, and whenever the Holder of a Global Note delivers instructions to the Trustee to increase or decrease the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes represented by a Global Note in accordance with the Indenture and
the Applicable Procedures, the Trustee, or the custodian holding such Global Note for the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, will endorse such Global Note to reflect such increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the then
Outstanding Notes represented thereby. None of the Trustee, the Company or any agent of the Trustee or the Company will have any responsibility or bear any liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the
ownership of any beneficial interest in a Global Note or with respect to maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interest.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect
to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note, and Cede & Co., or such other Person designated by the Depositary as its nominee, may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of any
Holder.
Section 2.03 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) In General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article 3 of the Base Indenture, the Company is not required to transfer or
exchange any Notes or portions thereof that have been surrendered for purchase or called for redemption in accordance with Article 3 or surrendered for conversion in accordance with Article 4, and a written form of transfer substantially in the form
of the Form of Assignment and Transfer set forth in Attachment 3 to Exhibit A hereto will be deemed to be a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the
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Company and the Registrar. In the event that any Notes are issued after the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.01(c), and such Notes are subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to the
Securities Act, the form of such Global Note will set forth the terms of any such restrictions on transfer.
At such time as all interests
in a Global Note have been redeemed, purchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Notes, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between
the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is redeemed, purchased, converted, cancelled or exchanged for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of such Global Note
shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the custodian
for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.
In the event that (i) the Company exercises its
right to terminate the conversion rights of less than all of the Notes represented by a Global Note pursuant to Section 4.05, and (ii) any portion of the Terminated Portion represented by such Global Note remains outstanding after the
applicable Conversion Termination Date, then (x) such Global Note, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note, shall be appropriately reduced by the
outstanding Terminated Portion, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction and (y) a new Global Note in a principal
amount equal to the Terminated Portion outstanding shall be executed and authenticated in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture and Section 4.05(e).
(b) Global Notes. Every transfer and exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note will be effected through the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures and the provisions of the Indenture, and each Global Note may be transferred only as a whole and only (A) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (B) by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or (C) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) Holders Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any interest (subject to Section 3.8 of the Base Indenture) on such Note at
the Maturity Date, in connection with a Fundamental Change, upon redemption, upon any conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever, including delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion, for distribution of notices to such Holders or
solicitations of their consent, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.5 of the Base Indenture:
(1) Each Global Note will be exchanged for Definitive Notes if the Depositary delivers notice to the Company that the Depositary is
unwilling, unable or no longer
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permitted under applicable law to continue to act as Depositary, and, in each case, the Company promptly delivers a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Company fails to appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days after receiving notice from the Depositary.
(2) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any
owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for Definitive Notes by delivering a written request to the Registrar.
(3) If the Company notifies the Trustee that it wishes to terminate and exchange all or part of a Global Note for Definitive Notes and the
beneficial owners of the majority of the principal amount of such Global Note (or portion thereof) to be exchanged consent to such exchange, the Company may exchange all beneficial interests in such Global Note (or portion thereof) for Definitive
Notes by delivering a written request to the Registrar.
In the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (1) above:
(A) each Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(B) the Trustee will cause each Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures; and
(C) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver, for each beneficial interest in each Global Note so exchanged, an aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes equal to the aggregate
principal amount of such beneficial interest, registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary specifies, and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under the Indenture.
In the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (2) above:
(A) the Registrar will deliver notice of such request to the Company and the Trustee, which notice will identify the owner of the beneficial
interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Note, in each case if and as such information is provided to the Registrar by the Depositary;
(B) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to such owner, for the beneficial interest so exchanged by such owner, Definitive Notes registered in such owners name having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such beneficial interest and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under the Indenture; and
(C) the Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of such Global Note to be decreased by the
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aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so exchanged, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
In
the case of an exchange for Definitive Notes under clause (3) above:
(A) the Company will deliver notice of such request to the
Registrar and the Trustee, which notice will identify each owner of a beneficial interest to be exchanged, the aggregate principal amount of each such beneficial interest and the CUSIP of the relevant Global Note;
(B) the Company, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, will promptly authenticate and deliver to each such beneficial owner, Definitive Notes registered in such beneficial owners name having an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of its exchanged beneficial interest and bearing any legends that such Definitive Notes are required to bear under the Indenture and any applicable law; and
(C) the Registrar, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures, will cause the principal amount of each relevant Global Note to be decreased
by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interests so exchanged. If all of the beneficial interests in a Global Note are so exchanged, such Global Note will be deemed surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee will cause
such Global Note to be cancelled in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
In each of the cases described in clauses (1),
(2) and (3) above, the Company may rely on the Depositary to provide all names of beneficial owners and their respective principal amounts beneficially owned and may issue Definitive Notes registered in the names and amounts so provided by
the Depositary.
(d) Definitive Notes. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 2.03(a), Definitive Notes may be
transferred or exchanged in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.04 Payments on the Notes.
(a) In General. The principal amount of each Note will accrue interest at a rate equal to 4.25% per annum from the most recent date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, the Issue Date. Interest on a Note will cease to accrue upon the earliest of the Maturity Date, subject to the provisions of Article 3, any
Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Redemption Date for such Note, and subject to the provisions of Article 4, any Conversion Date for such Note. Interest on any Note will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning
on September 15, 2015, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. As provided in Section 3.10 of the Base Indenture, interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall be obligated to pay Holders Supplementary Interest under the circumstances set forth in Section 6.04.
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The Notes will mature on the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date, each Holder of a then
Outstanding Note will be entitled on such date to receive $1,000 in cash for each $1,000 in principal amount of then Outstanding Notes held, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Maturity Date on such then Outstanding
Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the Maturity Date, any Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date,
Redemption Date or Conversion Date falls, or if any payment, delivery, notice or other action by the Company is otherwise due, on a day that 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 immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no additional interest will accrue and no default shall occur on account of such delay.
(b) Method of Payment. The Company will pay the principal of, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, and any
cash portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Definitive Note to the Holder of such Note in cash at the designated office of the Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York, prior to 11:00 a.m. on the
relevant payment or settlement date, as the case may be. The Company will pay any interest on any Definitive Note to the Holder of such Note (i) if such Holder holds $2,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, by check mailed to
such Holders registered address, and (ii) if such Holder holds more than $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, (A) by check mailed to such Holders registered address or, (B) if such Holder delivers to the
Registrar a written request that the Company make such payments by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, for each interest payment corresponding to each Regular Record Date occurring during the period beginning on the
date on which such Holder delivered such request and ending on the date, if any, on which such Holder delivers to the Registrar a written instruction to the contrary, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such
Holder.
The Company will pay the principal of, interest on, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, and any cash
portion of the Settlement Amount with respect to, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the relevant payment date in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
(c) Defaulted Payments. The Company shall pay any interest on the Notes that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, in accordance with Section 3.7 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTIONS AND PURCHASES
Section 3.01 No Sinking Fund. Article XII of the Base Indenture shall not apply with respect to the Notes.
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Section 3.02 Purchase at Option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to
purchase for cash any or all of such Holders Notes, or any portion thereof such that the principal amount that remains outstanding of each Note that is not purchased in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, on a date (the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 calendar days nor more than 35 calendar days following the date on which the Company delivers the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the Accreted Amount of the Notes to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the
Fundamental Change Purchase Price); provided, however, that if the Company purchases a Note on a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to
which such Regular Record Date relates, the Company shall instead pay such accrued and unpaid interest on such Note on the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Note as of such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Purchase
Price shall be equal to 100% of the Accreted Amount of the Notes to be purchased.
(b) On or before the 20th calendar day after the
occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Notes, 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 Holders right arising as a result of such Fundamental Change to have the Company purchase the Notes from the Holders.
Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:
(1) the events causing the Fundamental Change;
(2) the date of the Fundamental Change;
(3) the last date on which a Holder of the Notes may exercise the purchase right pursuant to Section 3.02;
(4) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;
(5) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;
(6) if applicable, the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(7) if applicable, the applicable Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Conversion Rate;
(8) if applicable, that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted
only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and
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(9) any procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase the Notes.
Such notice shall be sent by first class mail or, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary for
providing notices. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall publish a notice containing such information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish such information on the
Companys website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at such time.
No failure of the Company to provide the
Fundamental Change Company Notice and no defect therein shall limit the purchase rights of the Holders of the Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.02
(c) Purchases of Notes under this Section 3.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon: (i) if the Notes to be
purchased are Definitive Notes, delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a duly completed notice (the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as
Exhibit A and delivery of the Notes, duly endorsed for transfer, on or before the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the Fundamental Change Expiration
Time); and (ii) if the Notes to be purchased are Global Notes, delivery of the Notes, 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 Note for purchase, in each case, by the Fundamental Change Expiration Time.
The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased shall state:
(1) if Definitive Notes, the certificate numbers of such Notes being delivered for purchase;
(2) the portion of the principal amount of such Notes, which must be such that the principal amount that remains outstanding of each Note
that is not to be purchased in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(3) that such Notes are to be purchased by the
Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to the Paying Agent shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Fundamental Change Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.04.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of
withdrawal thereof.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to this
Section 3.02 if the Accreted Amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the
Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes) in accordance with Section 6.03. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Definitive Notes held by it during the
acceleration of the Accreted Amount of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes) and shall deem to be cancelled any
instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in which case, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed
to have been withdrawn.
Section 3.03 Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of a
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with the requirements therefor in Section 3.02, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall thereafter be entitled to receive (unless such
Fundament Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04) solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price in cash with respect to such Note. Such Fundamental Change Purchase 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 Purchase Date (provided the conditions in Section 3.02 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note
to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.02.
Section 3.04 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change
Purchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, specifying:
(1) the principal amount and Accreted Amount of the Notes with respect to
which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(2) if Definitive Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes; and
(3) the principal amount and Accreted Amount, if any, of each Note that remains subject to the Fundamental Change Purchase
Notice, which must be such that the principal amount not to be purchased equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;
provided, however,
that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary.
The Paying Agent will
promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Definitive Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.04.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit
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with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company or any such Subsidiary 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 Purchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change
Purchase Date. If the Paying Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with the Indenture on the Fundamental
Change Purchase Date, then as of such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, (a) such Notes will cease to be Outstanding and interest will cease to accrue thereon (regardless of whether book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or such Notes 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 Purchase Price upon delivery or book-entry transfer of such Notes).
Section 3.06 Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part. Any Note 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 Definitive Notes, due 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 Holders attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, 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 Note so surrendered that is not purchased.
Section 3.07 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws upon Purchase of Notes. In connection with any offer to purchase Notes under
Section 3.02, 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 applicable to the Company in connection with such purchase offer, in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under
Section 3.02 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 3.02.
Section 3.08 Repayment to the
Company. To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.05 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase as
of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then, following such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Paying Agent shall promptly return any such excess to the Company.
Section 3.09 Optional Redemption.
(a) The Company shall have the right, at the Companys option, at any time after March 15, 2020, to redeem all or, from time to time,
any part of the Notes at a Redemption Price payable in cash equal to the Accreted Amount of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. The Company will calculate the
Redemption Price.
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.09(a), and anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the
Notes, (i) if the Redemption Date with respect to a Note is after a Regular Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, then accrued and unpaid
interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date shall be paid, on such Redemption Date, to the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date, and the Holder surrendering such Note for redemption shall not be
entitled to any such interest unless such Holder was also the Holder of record of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date, and (ii) in no event shall the Company redeem any Notes at a time when the Company has failed to
pay interest on the Notes and such failure to pay is continuing.
(c) If any Notes selected for partial redemption are thereafter
surrendered for conversion in part before the third Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date, the converted portion of such Notes shall be deemed (so far as may be), solely for purposes of determining the aggregate principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed by the Company, to be the portion selected for redemption. Notes that have been converted during a selection of Notes to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection. Nothing in this
Section 3.09 shall affect the right of any Holder to convert any Notes pursuant to Article 4 before the third Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date.
(d) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.09, the particular Notes to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, by lot, on a pro rata basis among the classes of Notes or by such other method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Notes; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note
not redeemed to less than $1,000.
Section 3.10 Notice of Redemption. Each notice of redemption provided pursuant to
Section 11.4 of the Base Indenture shall state, in addition to the information required by such Section 11.4 to be included in such notice, (i) that Holders have the right to convert the Notes called for redemption; (ii) the
Conversion Rate then in effect and, if applicable, the adjustment to such Conversion Rate in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.06; and (iii) any change in the Settlement Election that the Company shall have previously selected
pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) with respect to Notes called for redemption that are converted. Such notice of redemption shall be provided not more than 60, and not less than 30, calendar days prior to the related Redemption Date.
ARTICLE 4.
CONVERSION
Section 4.01 Right To Convert. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, each Holder
shall have the right, at such Holders option, to convert its Notes, or any portion of its Notes such that the principal amount that remains Outstanding of each Note that is not converted in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof,
into the Settlement Amount determined in accordance with Section 4.03(a) (the Conversion
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Obligation) (x) prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding December 15, 2044, only upon satisfaction of one or more of the conditions
described in Section 4.01(b), and (y) on or after December 15, 2044, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, in the event that the Notes are submitted for conversion after the date of an issuance of a Redemption Notice and on or prior to the third Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, such Notes will be deemed to
be converted in connection with a redemption as described under Section 4.01(b)(6), regardless of whether the Notes are also convertible under clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence or under any of Sections 4.01(b)(1)
through 4.01(b)(5).
(b) (1) A Holder may surrender its Notes for conversion during any fiscal quarter commencing after June 30, 2015
(and only during such fiscal quarter) if the Daily VWAP 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 fiscal
quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price in effect on each Trading Day.
(2) A Holder may surrender its Notes for
conversion during the five Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the Measurement Period) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.01(b)(2), for each Trading Day of such Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day multiplied by
(ii) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day. The Trading Price shall be determined by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.01(b)(2) and the definition of Trading Price set forth in
Section 1.02. 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 solicit secondary market bid quotations for the Notes for purposes of this
Section 4.01(b)(2) unless the Company has requested it to do so; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, to determine the Trading Price of the Notes) unless a Holder
of a Note provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the next Trading Day multiplied by
(ii) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day. At such time, the Company shall, or shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to (if other than the Company), determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for a Trading Day is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on
such Trading Day multiplied by (ii) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day. Whenever the condition to conversion set forth in this Section 4.01(b)(2) has been met, 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 Section 4.01(b)(2) has been met, the condition to conversion set forth in this
Section 4.01(b)(2) ceases to be met, the Company will so notify the
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Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) on the first Trading Day on which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes is greater than or equal to
98% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day multiplied by (ii) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day.
(3) If the Company elects to (x) issue to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock rights, options or warrants entitling
them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of announcement 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; or (y) distribute to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock the
Companys assets, debt securities or rights to purchase the Companys 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 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 30 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution. Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time during the period beginning on the 30th Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the
Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and ending on the earlier of (A) the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution or (B) the Companys
announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place, even if the Notes are not otherwise convertible at such time; provided, however, that Holders may not convert their Notes pursuant to this Section 4.01(b)(3) if
the Company provides that Holders shall participate, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and, as a result of holding the Notes, in the relevant issuance or distribution without having to convert their Notes as if
they held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution multiplied by (ii) the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of
Notes held by such Holder on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution.
(4) If (i) a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
occurs or (ii) the Company is a party to (a) a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other assets (other than any transaction effected solely to
change the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation or to form a holding company for the Company and that results in a share exchange or reclassification or similar exchange of the outstanding Common Stock solely into shares of common stock or
other Common Equity of the surviving entity (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters rights)) or (b) a sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to another Person (other than any of the Companys Subsidiaries), the Notes may be surrendered for conversion at any time from or after the date that is 20 Scheduled Trading Days prior
to the anticipated effective date of such transaction (or, if later, the Business Day after the Company gives notice of such transaction) until the Close of Business (i) if such transaction or event is a Fundamental Change, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, and (ii) otherwise, on the 35th Business Day immediately following the
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effective date for such transaction or event. The Company will notify the Holders and the Trustee of any such transaction:
(A) as promptly as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces such transaction but in no event less than 20 Scheduled
Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction; or
(B) if the Company does not have knowledge of such
transaction at least 20 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction, within two Business Days of the date upon which the Company receives notice, or otherwise becomes aware, of such transaction, but in no event
later than the actual effective date of such transaction.
(5) If the Company elects to terminate the conversion rights of the Holders
with respect to any of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.05, a Holder may surrender such Notes for conversion at any time on or prior to the 25th Trading Day following the date of the Conversion Rights Termination Notice, even if the Notes are
not otherwise convertible at such time, after which time a Holders right to convert such Notes will terminate.
(6) If the Company
calls any or all of the Notes for redemption pursuant to Section 3.09, a Holder may surrender for conversion any or all of its Notes that have been called for redemption at any time prior to the Close of Business on the third Scheduled Trading
Day prior to the related Redemption Date, even if such Notes are not otherwise convertible at such time, after which time a Holders right to convert such Notes will expire unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price.
Section 4.02 Conversion Procedures.
(a) Each Note 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 Note, the Holder must complete
the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to the Depositarys book-entry conversion program, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, if required by the Company or the Conversion Agent, and pay the funds, if any,
required by Section 4.02(g) and any taxes or duties, if required, pursuant to Section 4.02(h), and the Conversion Agent must be informed of the conversion in accordance with the customary practice of the Depositary.
(c) To exercise the conversion privilege with respect to any Definitive Notes, the Holder of such Definitive Notes shall:
(1) 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;
(2) deliver the Conversion Notice, which is irrevocable, and the Note to the
Conversion Agent;
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(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;
(4) if required, make any payment required under Section 4.02(g); and
(5) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in Section 4.02(h).
If, upon conversion of a Note, any shares of Common Stock are to be issued to a Person other than the Holder of such Note, the related Conversion Notice shall
include such other Persons name and address.
If a Note is subject to a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, such Note may not be
converted unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.04 prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
For any Note, the first Business Day on which the Holder of such Note satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth above with
respect to such Note and on which conversion of such Note is not otherwise prohibited under the Indenture shall be the Conversion Date with respect to such Note.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (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 of Common Stock delivered upon conversion is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of record as of
the Close of Business on the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). At the Close of Business on the Conversion
Date for a Note, the converting Holder shall no longer be the Holder of such Note.
(d) Endorsement. Any Notes 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 Notes, 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.
(e) Definitive Notes. If any Notes 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 Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Notes.
(f) Global Notes. Upon the conversion of a beneficial interest
in Global Notes, 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 Notes effected through any Conversion
Agent other than the Trustee.
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(g) Interest Due upon Conversion. If a Holder converts its Notes 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 surrender such Notes along with an amount of cash equal to the amount of interest that will
be payable on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment 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 Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (3) if, in connection with a
termination of conversion rights occurring prior to March 15, 2020 and pursuant to Section 4.05, the Company has specified a Conversion Termination Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest
Payment Date; (4) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (5) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists
at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.
(h) Taxes Due upon Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note, 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 Holders
name, in which case the Holder will pay that tax.
Section 4.03 Settlement upon Conversion.
(a) Settlement. Subject to this Section 4.03 and Section 4.08, upon conversion of any Note, the Company may elect to deliver
to Holders in full satisfaction of its Conversion Obligation in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted: cash (Cash Settlement), shares of Common Stock (Physical Settlement) or a
combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (Combination Settlement).
(1) Settlement Election. The Company
shall from time to time make an election with respect to the Settlement Method (a Settlement Election) and the Specified Dollar Amount, if applicable (a Specified Dollar Amount Election), it chooses to satisfy
its Conversion Obligation under Section 4.01. Each Settlement Election and Specified Dollar Amount Election shall be effective until the Company provides a notice of a different Settlement Election (each such notice, a Settlement
Election Notice) or a different Specified Dollar Amount Election, if applicable (each such notice, a Specified Dollar Amount Election Notice), and such different Settlement Election or Specified Dollar Amount Election,
if applicable, becomes effective. The Company may not make a different Settlement Election or Specified Dollar Amount Election after (x) the 30th Scheduled Trading Date preceding the Maturity Date or (y) with respect to Notes converted in
connection with a termination of conversion rights or a redemption, after the Company shall have provided a Conversion Rights Termination Notice or a notice of redemption of the Notes, as applicable. As of the date of this Supplemental Indenture,
the Company has made a Settlement Election of Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount Election equal to $1,000. If the Company makes a different Settlement Election or Specified Dollar Amount Election, the Company shall provide to all
Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a Settlement Election Notice or Specified
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Dollar Amount Election Notice (which may be part of the Settlement Election Notice) with respect to each Settlement Election or Specified Dollar Amount Election specifying the newly chosen
Settlement Method or Specified Dollar Amount and the effective date of such Settlement Election or Specified Dollar Amount Election (which effective date cannot be earlier than the second Trading Day preceding the delivery of the applicable notice).
If the Company makes a Settlement Election specifying Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation but does not make a Specified Dollar Amount Election, the Specified Dollar Amount shall be deemed to be equal to $1,000.
Simultaneously with providing a Settlement Election Notice or Specified Dollar Amount Election, the Company shall issue a press release containing the relevant information and make such information available on its website.
Prior to the date described in the third sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company may make the irrevocable election of
Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount of $1,000 described in the preceding paragraph in its sole discretion without any consent of the Holders. If the Company chooses to make this irrevocable election, the Company shall provide
notice to all Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent. Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company shall issue a press release containing the relevant information and make this information available on its website. Following such
irrevocable election, the Company will not have the right to make a different Settlement Election.
(2) Settlement Amount. The
cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Notes (the Settlement Amount) shall be computed as follows:
(A) if the Company elects Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the product of (i) the quotient of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted divided by $1,000, multiplied by (ii) the applicable Conversion Rate (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion in accordance with Section 4.03(b));
(B) if the Company elects Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the
converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes being converted, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 25 (or, in the case of a conversion of Notes in connection with a
redemption under Section 3.09, 15) consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Cash Settlement Averaging 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 the Notes being converted, an amount of cash and
shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 25 (or, in the case of a conversion of Notes in connection with a redemption under Section 3.09, 15) consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the applicable
Cash Settlement Averaging Period (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion in accordance with Section 4.03(b)).
(3) Delivery Obligation. The Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of its Conversion
Obligation (i) no later than on
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the third Business Day immediately following the applicable Conversion Date, if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement;
provided that for all such conversions occurring on or after the 30th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, the Company shall deliver the shares of Common Stock on the Maturity Date or such
Redemption Date; (ii) except to the extent otherwise provided pursuant to Section 4.07, no later than on the third Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period, if the
Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement; and (iii) with respect to Notes converted in connection with a partial termination of conversion rights, (x) on
the third Business Day immediately following the applicable Conversion Termination Date if the Company elects Physical Settlement and (y) on the third Business Day immediately following the 28th Trading Day after the applicable Conversion
Termination Date, in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement.
(b) Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company will not issue fractional shares of Common Stock as part of the Settlement Amount due with respect to any converted Note. Instead, if any Settlement Amount includes a fraction of a share of the Common Stock, the Company will, in lieu of
delivering such fraction of a share of Common Stock to satisfy the Conversion Obligation, pay an amount of cash (i) in the case of Physical Settlement, based on the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the relevant Conversion Date or, if such
Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day or (ii) in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period
(subject to Section 4.03(c) below).
(c) Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder surrenders more than one
Note 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 Notes as if such Holder had surrendered for conversion one Note having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the sum of the principal amounts of each of the Notes surrendered for conversion by such Holder on such Conversion Date.
(d) Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will not adjust the
Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest (including original discount) on such Note and the Companys delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock into which a Note is
convertible will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Companys obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including original discount), if any, on, such Note to, but excluding, the Conversion Date;
provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.02(g), if a Holder converts a Note after 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
on the Interest Payment Date that amount of interest that would then be due to the Holder of such Note on such Regular Record Date.
As a
result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence or in Section 4.03(e) below, any accrued and unpaid interest (including original
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discount) with respect to a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, except as set forth in Section 4.03(e) below, if
the Settlement Amount for any Note includes both cash and shares of the Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest (including original discount) will be deemed to be paid first out of the amount of cash delivered upon such conversion.
(e) Settlement of Accrued Interest upon Conversion in Connection with a Termination of Conversion Rights. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon a conversion in connection with a termination of conversion rights pursuant to Section 4.05, then a Holder will receive, in addition to the cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, due upon conversion, a cash payment
representing accrued and unpaid interest to the Conversion Date; provided that no such payment shall be required to be made where the applicable Conversion Date is after a Regular Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or
before the corresponding Interest Payment Date and such accrued and unpaid interest is paid in accordance with Section 4.02(g).
(f)
Notices. Whenever a Conversion Date occurs with respect to a Note, the Conversion Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day 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 Notes converted on such Conversion Date and the names of the Holders that converted
Notes on such Conversion Date.
On the first Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging
Period applicable to any converted Note to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, the Company will deliver written notice to the Conversion Agent and the Trustee stating the amount of cash and the number of shares of Common
Stock, if any, that the Company is obligated to pay to satisfy its conversion obligation with respect to each Note converted on such Conversion Date.
Section 4.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be adjusted as described in this Section 4.04, except
that the Company shall not make any adjustment to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and as a result of
holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described below without having to convert their Notes, as if they held in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate.
(a) If the Company exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all 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,
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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; |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date, as applicable; |
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date, as applicable; and |
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 4.04(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 4.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not so split or combined, as the case may be, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of
Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such share split or combination to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution or share split or share combination 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 date of announcement 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:
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where,
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance; |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
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OS0 |
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
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the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and |
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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 4.04(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 such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common
Stock are not delivered upon the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted 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 such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration,
the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.
For purposes of this Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.01(b)(3), 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 a price per share that is less than such 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 for 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, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:
(1) dividends or distributions, rights options or warrants as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or
Section 4.04(b);
(2) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to
Section 4.04(d); and
(3) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 4.04(c) shall apply;
(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 of the Company, the
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Distributed Property), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where,
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
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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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the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of the Companys indebtedness, other assets, or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire the
Companys Capital Stock or other securities distributed with respect to each outstanding share of the Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if FMV (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of Notes shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes it holds, at the same time and upon the same
terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Capital Stock, evidences of the Companys indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Capital Stock or other securities that
such Holder would have received as 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.
Any increase made under the portion of this Section 4.04(c) 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.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.04(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 of the Company or other business unit of the Company, and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted
(or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the distribution) on a United States national securities exchange or a reasonably comparable non-U.S. equivalent (a Spin-Off), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on
the following formula:
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where,
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off; |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off; |
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the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and
including, the Ex-Dividend date for such Spin-Off (the Valuation Period); and |
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the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the Valuation Period. |
If (i) the first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a
conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or (ii) the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to which Physical Settlement is applicable) occurs after the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period for a
Spin-Off, but on or before the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, the Valuation Period for determining the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion shall be deemed to end on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to which Physical Settlement
is applicable). If (i) the first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or (ii) the Conversion Date (in the case of a
conversion to which Physical Settlement is applicable) is on the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period for a Spin-Off, then the Valuation Period shall be one Trading Day, with the reference in the above definition of FMV0 to 10 Trading Days being deemed replaced with a reference to one Trading Day; provided further, that if one or more VWAP Trading Days of any Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the
case of a conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to which Physical Settlement is applicable) occurs on or after the Ex-Dividend Date for a Spin-Off, but on or
prior to the first Trading Day of the Valuation Period, then such Cash Settlement Averaging Period will be suspended on the first such Trading Day and will resume on the second Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, or such
Conversion Date will be deemed to occur on the second Trading Day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, as applicable, with references in the above definition of FMV0 to 10
Trading Days being deemed replaced with a reference to one Trading Day.
For purposes of the second adjustment set forth in this
Section 4.04(c), (i) the Last Reported Sale Price of any Capital Stock or similar equity interest shall be calculated in a
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manner analogous to that used to calculate the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock in the definition of Last Reported Sale Price set forth in Section 1.02,
(ii) whether a day is a Trading Day (and whether a day is a Scheduled Trading Day and whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred) for such Capital Stock or similar equity interest shall be determined in a manner analogous to that used to
determine whether a day is a Trading Day (or whether a day is a Scheduled Trading Day and whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred) for the Common Stock, and (iii) whether a day is a Trading Day to be included in a Valuation Period will
be determined based on whether a day is a Trading Day for both the Common Stock and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest.
Subject to Section 4.04(g), for the purposes of this Section 4.04(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 Companys Capital 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 4.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 4.04(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 4.04(c). If any such right, option or warrant, 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 (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 4.04(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 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 and warrants had not been issued.
For purposes of Section 4.04(a), Section 4.04(b) and this Section 4.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this
Section 4.04(c) applies includes one or both of:
(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which
Section 4.04(a) also applies (the Clause A Distribution); or
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(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 4.04(b) 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 4.04(c) applies (the Clause C Distribution) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required to be made under this Section 4.04(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 4.04(b) with respect
thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause B Distribution and 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 or 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 4.04(b), 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 and 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 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 4.04(a).
(d) If the Company pays any cash dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall
be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
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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 |
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the amount in cash per share that the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock. |
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 Notes it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders
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of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such cash dividend or distribution. Such increase 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 of the Company determines not to pay such dividends or distributions, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender offer 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 Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges
may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the Offer Expiration Date), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
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where,
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Offer Expiration Date; |
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CR1 |
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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Offer Expiration Date; |
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the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender offer or exchange offer; |
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration time of the tender or exchange offer on the Offer Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or
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If (i) the first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a
conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or
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(ii) the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to which Physical Settlement is applicable) occurs after the first Trading Day of the Averaging Period for a tender offer or exchange
offer, but on or before the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period for such tender offer or exchange offer, the Averaging Period for determining the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion shall be deemed to end on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable), or the Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to
which Physical Settlement is applicable). If (i) the first VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period (in the case of a conversion to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable) or (ii) the
Conversion Date (in the case of a conversion to which Physical Settlement is applicable) is on the first Trading Day of the Averaging Period for a tender offer or exchange offer, then the Averaging Period shall be one Trading Day, and the reference
in the above definition of SP1 to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with a reference to one Trading Day.
If a Holder converts a Note when Physical Settlement is applicable to such Note and any Conversion Rate adjustment described herein has become
effective on or prior to the applicable Conversion Date, but the Holder will be entitled to participate in the event giving rise to such adjustment on account of the shares of Common Stock it receives upon conversion of such Note, then,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall calculate its conversion obligation to such Holder as if such Conversion Rate adjustment had not been required hereunder and treat such Holder as entitled to participate in such
event on account of the shares of Common Stock it receives upon conversion of such Note.
(f) Special Settlement Provisions.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Holder converts a Note when Combination Settlement is applicable to such Note and the Daily Settlement Amount for any VWAP Trading Day during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period
applicable to such Note:
(A) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate adjusted on account of any event described in Sections 4.04(a)
through 4.04(e); and
(B) includes any shares of Common Stock that, but for this provision, would entitle their holder to participate in
such event;
then, although the Company will otherwise treat such Holder as the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the last VWAP Trading
Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the Company will not permit such Holder to participate in such event on account of such shares of Common Stock.
(2) In addition, if a Holder converts a Note and (a) the record date, effective date, or expiration date for any event that requires an
adjustment to the Conversion Rate under Sections 4.04(a) through 4.04(e) occurs (i) on or after the first Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period and (ii) on or prior to the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement
Averaging Period and (b) the Daily Settlement Amount for any Trading Day in such Cash Settlement Averaging Period that occurs on or prior to such record date, effective date, or expiration date (i) includes shares of Common Stock that do
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participate in such event and (ii) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate that is not adjusted on account of such event, then, on account of such conversion, the Company will, on such
record date, effective date, or expiration date, treat such Holder, as a result of having converted such Notes, as though it were the record holder of a number of Common Shares equal to the total number of Common Shares that (x) are deliverable
as part of the Daily Settlement Amount (i) for a Trading Day in such Cash Settlement Averaging Period that occurs on or prior to such record date, effective date, or expiration date and (ii) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate that is
not adjusted for such event and (y) if not for this provision, would not entitle such Holder to participate in such event.
(g)
Poison Pill. Whenever a Holder converts a Note, to the extent that Combination Settlement applies to such Note and the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect on any VWAP Trading Day in the Cash Settlement Averaging Period applicable
to such Note, or to the extent that Physical Settlement applies to such Note and the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect on the Conversion Date, then the Holder converting such Note will receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock
otherwise received in connection with such conversion on such Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as the case may be, the rights under the stockholder rights plan for each share of Common Stock issued upon such conversion, unless prior to such
Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as the case may be, the rights have separated from and are no longer stapled to the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the
Company distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as described in Section 4.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration,
termination or redemption of rights issued under such stockholders rights plan.
(h) Deferral of Adjustments. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, except on and after the first VWAP Trading Day of any Cash Settlement Averaging Period with respect to a Note and on or prior to the last VWAP Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the Company will
not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent; provided, however, that any such minor adjustments that are not required to be made will be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and provided, further, that any such adjustment of less than one percent that has not been made shall be made upon the occurrence of (i) the Effective Date for any
Make-Whole Fundamental Change, (ii) a Redemption Date and (iii) in the case of any Note to which Physical Settlement applies, upon the Conversion Date, and in the case of a Note to which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies,
on the first VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period. In addition, the Company shall not account for such deferrals when determining whether any of the conditions to conversion have been satisfied.
(i) Limitation on Adjustments. Except as stated in this Section 4.04, 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. If, however, the application of the
formulas in Sections 4.04(a) through 4.04(e) would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, then, except to the extent of any readjustment to the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be made (other than as a result of
a reverse share split, share combination or readjustment to the Conversion Rate).
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In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Conversion Rate will not be
adjusted:
(1) on account of stock repurchases that are not tender offers referred to in Section 4.04(e), including structured or
derivative transactions, or transactions pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors or otherwise;
(2)
upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of
Common Stock under any plan;
(3) 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, program or agreement of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(4) 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 bullet and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;
(5) for a change in the par
value of the Common Stock;
(6) for accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any; or
(7) for an event otherwise requiring an adjustment under the Indenture if such event is not consummated.
In addition, before taking any action that would cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate such that the Conversion Price per share of Common
Stock would be less than the par value of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, 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.
(j) For purposes of this Section 4.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the 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.
Section 4.05 Termination of Conversion
Rights.
(a) The Company may elect, in its sole discretion and subject to the Equity Conditions, to terminate the rights of the Holders
to convert all or part their Notes if the Daily VWAP has been greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for each of
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at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during a 30 consecutive Trading Day period (such period, the Conversion Termination Trigger Period). To elect to terminate
such conversion rights, the Company must deliver an irrevocable notice to holders of the Notes within five Trading Days of the end of such Conversion Termination Trigger Period (such notice, the Conversion Rights Termination
Notice). Holders may convert any such Notes (even if the Notes are not otherwise convertible at such time) at any time on or prior to the 25th Trading Day following the date of such Conversion Rights Termination Notice (the
Conversion Termination Date). The Holders rights to convert such Notes shall terminate after the Conversion Termination Date, and thereafter the Holders shall have no rights to convert such Notes. If the Conversion
Termination Date occurs on or prior to March 15, 2020, the Conversion Rate for any Notes converted in connection with such termination of conversion rights will be increased as set forth pursuant to Section 4.07. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may only exercise its option to terminate the conversion rights pursuant to this Section 4.05 if all of the conditions listed in Section 4.05(b) (the Equity Conditions) are satisfied on each day
during the period (x) commencing 10 days prior to the date a Conversion Rights Termination Notice is mailed to Holders and (y) ending on the Conversion Termination Date (the Equity Conditions Measuring Period).
(b) The Equity Conditions are as follows:
(1) Either (i) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes that are held by non-affiliates of the Company shall be
eligible for sale without the need for registration under applicable federal or state securities laws or (ii) a shelf registration statement registering the resale of the shares of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes has been
filed by the Company and been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective and available for use, and the Company expects such shelf registration statement to remain effective and available for use from the date of the Conversion
Rights Termination Notice until 30 days following the Conversion Termination Date;
(2) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period,
the Common Stock is listed or traded on NYSE MKT, The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or
market (other than suspensions of not more than two trading days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market have been
threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market;
(3) prior to the date of mailing of a Conversion Rights Termination Notice, to the extent any Notes have been delivered to the Company for
conversion in accordance with the terms of the Notes, the Company shall have delivered cash or shares of Common Stock, as applicable, upon conversion of the Notes to the Holders in accordance with the Indenture;
(4) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion may be issued in full without violating the rules or regulations of
NYSE MKT, The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors), as applicable; and
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(5) no Default or Event of Default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) If the Trustee selects a portion of a Holders Notes for termination of conversion rights and the Holder converts a portion of
such Holders Notes, the converted portion of such Holders Notes shall be deemed to be from the portion selected for termination of conversion rights.
(d) If the Company exercises its right to terminate the conversion rights with respect to less than all of the Notes (such amount, the
Terminated Portion), and Notes in excess of the Terminated Portion are submitted for conversion in connection with such termination of conversion rights, the particular Notes to be converted shall be selected, not later than one
Business Day after the Conversion Termination Date, by the Trustee, from the Notes submitted for conversion, by lot, on a pro rata basis among the Notes or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for
the selection for conversion of the Terminated Portion; provided, however, that no such partial conversion shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Note not converted to less than $1,000.
(e) If the Company exercises its right to terminate the conversion rights with respect to the Terminated Portion, and Notes in principal
amount at least equal to the Terminated Portion are not submitted for conversion in connection with such termination of conversion rights, then a portion of the Notes shall no longer be entitled to conversion rights, which Notes will be selected not
later than one Business Day after the Conversion Termination Date, by the Trustee, from the outstanding Notes not submitted for conversion, by lot, or on a pro rata basis among the Notes not submitted for conversion in connection with such
termination of conversion rights or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holders thereof new Notes, in authorized
denominations in like principal amount (subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary in the case of Global Notes), representing the portion of such Holders Notes no longer entitled to conversion rights. The Company shall, at its own
expense, as promptly as practicable, obtain new CUSIP and ISIN numbers for any such new Notes, and shall promptly notify the Trustee and the applicable Holders in writing of such new CUSIP and ISIN numbers.
Section 4.06 Discretionary and Voluntary Adjustments.
(a) Discretionary Adjustments. Whenever any provision of the Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices,
the Daily VWAPs or any function thereof, including the number of shares of Common Stock that would be deliverable, over a span of multiple days (including during a Cash Settlement Averaging Period), the Company 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 Effective Date, Ex-Dividend Date or Offer Expiration Date of the event occurs, at any time during
the period when such Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs or function thereof, including the number of shares of Common Stock that would be deliverable, is to be calculated.
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(b) Voluntary Adjustments. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company is
permitted to increase the Conversion Rate of the Notes 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 Companys 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 4.07 Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon Conversion in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Termination of
Conversion Rights.
(a) Increase in the Conversion Rate. If (i) a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to
March 15, 2020 or (ii) the Company terminates the rights of Holders to convert all or any portion of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.05 on or prior to March 15, 2020 and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with
such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or such termination of conversion rights, the Company shall increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the Additional
Shares), as set forth in this Section 4.07. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be in connection with a 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 Purchase Date or, if such
Make-Whole Fundamental Change is not a Fundamental Change, the 35th Business Day immediately following the Effective Date for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be in connection
with a termination of conversion rights under Section 4.05 if the relevant Conversion Notice is received by the Conversion Agent during the period from, and including, the date of the Conversion Rights Termination Notice and prior to the
Close of Business on the third Scheduled Trading Day prior to the related Conversion Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Notes, in the event that a conversion may be deemed to be both in
connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change and in connection with a termination of conversion rights pursuant to Section 4.05, such conversion will be deemed to be in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change and not in connection with a termination of conversion rights pursuant to Section 4.05.
(b) Cash Mergers. Upon
surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a termination of conversion rights pursuant to Section 4.05, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy its conversion obligation by Physical Settlement,
Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, if the consideration paid to holders of the Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of
Fundamental Change is comprised entirely of cash, then, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the payment and delivery obligations upon the conversion of a Note shall be calculated based
solely on the Stock Price for such Make-Whole
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Fundamental Change and shall, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted, be deemed to be an amount of cash 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 4.07) multiplied by (ii) such Stock Price. In such event, the Company will pay such amount of cash to a converting Holder on the
third Business Day following the applicable Conversion Date. Otherwise, the Company will settle any conversion of the Notes following the Effective Date for a Make-Whole Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 4.02 (but subject to Section
4.08).
(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 Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring on or prior to March 15, 2020 or a termination of conversion rights pursuant to Section 4.05 on or prior to March 15, 2020
shall be determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the Effective Date and the Stock Price.
(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:
(1) 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 shall 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.
(2) If the Stock Price is greater than $300.00 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 4.07(d)(4)), the Conversion Rate shall not be increased.
(3)
If the Stock Price is less than $81.40 per share (subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table in Schedule A pursuant to Section 4.07(d)(4)), the Conversion Rate shall not be
increased.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased on account of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
or a termination of conversion rights to exceed 12.2850 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted as set forth in Section 4.04.
(4) 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 Notes is otherwise required to be 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 required to be adjusted as set forth in Section 4.04.
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(5) The Conversion Rate applicable to the Notes shall not be subject to increase on account of
this Section 4.07 if the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs after March 15, 2020 or with respect to any termination of conversion rights under Section 4.05 after March 15, 2020.
(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 4.08 Effect of
Recapitalization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
(a) Merger Events. In the case of:
(1) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par
value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a split, subdivision or combination for which an adjustment was made pursuant to Section 4.04(a));
(2) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company;
(3) 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
(4) any statutory share exchange;
and, 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, and any such stock other securities, other property or assets, Reference Property), then, at the effective time of the Merger Event,
the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate will be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Notes into the Reference Property that a holder of a
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Merger Event. However, at and after the effective time of the Merger Event, (i) the
Company will continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid and delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.03 and (ii)(x) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the
Notes pursuant to Section 4.03 will continue to be payable in cash, (y) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.03 will instead be deliverable
in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (z) the Daily VWAP will be calculated based on the value of the amount and kind of Reference
Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event. If the Merger Event causes 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), the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have
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been entitled to receive in such Merger Event (and into which the Notes will be convertible) will be deemed to be (I) based on the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration
received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election or (II) if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by a holder of one share of Common
Stock. If the holders of Common Stock 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 Notes
shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 4.07), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Merger Event
and (ii) the Company will satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying cash to converting Holders on the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date. Prior to the effective time of the Merger Event, the Company or the successor
or purchasing Person, as the case may be, and the Trustee, without the consent of any Holder, shall each execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture (which shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act) providing for the changes described in this
Section 4.08 (such supplemental indenture, the Merger Event Supplemental Indenture).
The Company shall not become
a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 4.08. The Merger Event Supplemental Indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent to the adjustments provided for in this Article 4 in
the judgment of the Board of Directors or the board of directors of the successor Person. If, in the case of any such Merger Event, the Reference Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other
property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then the Merger Event Supplemental Indenture shall also be executed by such other
Person.
(b) Notice of Merger Event Supplemental Indenture. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of the Merger Event
Supplemental Indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the
legality or validity of the Merger Event Supplemental Indenture. The above provisions of this Section 4.08 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.
(c) Prior Notice. In addition, at least 20 Scheduled Trading Days before any Merger Event, the Company shall give notice to Holders of
such Merger Event, or, if the Company has not publicly announced such Merger Event at such time, as promptly as practicable after publicly announcing such Merger Event. In any such notice, the Company shall also specify the composition of the
Reference Property and the amount of Reference Property receivable by the holder of one share of Common Stock for such Merger Event, or, if the Company has not determined the composition of such Reference Property or the amount of Reference Property
receivable by the holder of one share of Common Stock at such time, the Company will provide an additional notice to Holders that states the composition of such Reference Property or the amount of Reference Property receivable by the holder of one
share of Common Stock as applicable, as promptly as practicable after determining its composition.
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Section 4.09 Stock Issued upon Conversion.
(a) Reservation of Shares. To the extent necessary to satisfy its obligations under the 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 Notes.
(b) Certain Other Covenants. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion
of Notes 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 Notes on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
Section 4.10 Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any Conversion Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying Agent
(in each case, if other than the Company) shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine or calculate amounts to be paid or for monitoring the price of the Common Stock or be charged with any knowledge
of or have any duties to monitor any Measurement Period. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes, the Daily VWAP, the Daily
Conversion Value, the Daily Settlement Amount and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. Further, the Trustee and any Conversion Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying Agent (in each case, if other than the Company) shall not at any time be
under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes 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 Conversion Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying Agent (in each case, if other than the Company) shall not be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of the Common Stock or of any other securities or property that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Notes; and the Trustee and any
Conversion Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying Agent (in each case, if other than the Company) make no representations with respect thereto. None of the Trustee or any Conversion Agent, Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying
Agent (in each case, if other than the Company) 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
Notes for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 4. 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.
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Section 4.11 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 the 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.
(1) 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 4.04(b); (B) authorizes any distribution that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04(c) (including any
separation of rights from the Common Stock described in Section 4.04(g)); or (C) announces any dividend or distribution that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.04(d), 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.
(2) Voluntary Increases. If the Company increases the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 4.06(b), the Company shall deliver
notice to the Holders at least 10 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.
(3) 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.
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(b) Notices After Certain Actions and Events. Whenever an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate becomes effective pursuant to Section 4.04, Section 4.06 or Section 4.07, 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.
ARTICLE 5.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 5.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. This Section 5.01 shall replace Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture in
its entirety.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (or required portion thereof) of (including
the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price), and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.
Section 5.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. This Section 5.02 replaces Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture in its
entirety.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office of the Paying Agent, an office of the
Registrar and an office or agency where Notes may be surrendered for conversion (Conversion Agent) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the 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 co-registrars and one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes 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, Registrar, Custodian, Conversion Agent, Transfer Agent and the Corporate Trust Office, which shall be in the continental United States, shall be considered as one such office or
agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes. The Company hereby initially designates itself as the Bid Solicitation Agent.
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With respect to any Global Note, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Paying Agent
shall be the Place of Payment where such Global Note may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion or for registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Notes may be delivered in exchange therefor; provided,
however, that any such payment, conversion, presentation, surrender or delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Note shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such
Global Note in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Section 5.03 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees
Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10 of the Base Indenture, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 5.04 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 5.04:
(1) 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 Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Notes;
(2) 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 Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and
(3) 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 Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, accrued and unpaid interest, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption 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 11:00
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 Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such
principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on or Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price, as the case may
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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 Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 5.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 5.04, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of,
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price
or Redemption Price for, such Note 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 Note 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 all liability of the Company as trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that before the Trustee or such Paying Agent are required to make any such repayment, the Company shall cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 5.05
Reports.
(a) This Section 5.05(a) replaces Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.
(b) The Company will file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it is required to file the same with the SEC (giving effect to any grace
period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act), pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports, if any, that it is required to file with
the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and to otherwise comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such report, information or document that the Company files with the SEC through the EDGAR system (or
any successor thereto) will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee for the purposes of this Section 5.05 at the time of such filing through the EDGAR system (or such successor thereto).
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Delivery of any such reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational
purposes only, and the Trustees receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 5.06 Statements as to Defaults. In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any
event within thirty days after the Company becomes aware of 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. Such Officers Certificate shall also comply with any additional requirements set forth in Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture.
Section 5.07 Supplementary Interest Notice. If Supplementary Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 6.04,
respectively, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to that effect stating (a) the amount of such Supplementary Interest that is payable and (b) the date on which such 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 Supplementary Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Supplementary Interest directly to the
Persons entitled to such Supplementary Interest, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.
ARTICLE 6.
REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Amendments to the Base Indenture. The Event of Default provisions set forth in this Article 6 shall, with
respect to the Notes, supersede the entirety of Article 5 of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article 5 thereof and the provisions relating to Events of Default therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the
Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 6 and the Events of Default provisions set forth in this Article 6, respectively. Accordingly, and without limitation:
(a) the references to Section 5.12 in Section 6.1 of the Base Indenture is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced by
reference to Section 6.06;
(b) the references to Sections 5.1(e) and 5.1(f) in Section 6.7 of the Base Indenture are, with
respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced by references to Sections 6.02(i) and 6.02(j), respectively; and
(c) the reference to
Section 5.14 in Section 6.10 of the Base Indenture is, with respect to the Notes, hereby deemed replaced by a reference to Section 6.16.
Section 6.02 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 Notes:
(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and
the default continues for a period of 30 days;
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(b) default in the payment of the principal amount (or required portion thereof) of any Note
(including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or the Redemption Price) when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon required repurchase or redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 4 to convert the Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock, or the
combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, determined in accordance with Article 4 upon exercise of a Holders conversion right and that failure continues for five Business Days;
(d) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 9;
(e) failure by the Company to issue a notice in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.02(b), 4.01(b)(3) or 4.01(b)(4) for a period
of five Business Days after such notice becomes due;
(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 Notes then Outstanding (a copy of which notice, if given by Holders, must also to be given to the Trustee) has been received by the Company to comply with any of its agreements contained in the
Notes or the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 6.02 specifically provided for or that is not applicable to the Notes), which notice shall state that it is a
Notice of Default hereunder;
(g) (i) failure by the Company (beyond any applicable grace period) to pay any indebtedness for
borrowed money owed by the Company in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time) or (ii) the acceleration of the maturity of any of the Companys indebtedness for borrowed money in an
aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time) because of a default with respect to such indebtedness without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been cured, waived,
rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (provided,
however, that if any such failure or acceleration shall cease or be cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default by reason thereof shall be deemed not to have occurred);
(h) any final judgment (to the extent not covered by insurance) for the payment of money in excess of $100,000,000 is entered against the
Company by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, and shall not be paid or discharged, and there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days following entry of such final judgment during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment, by
reason of pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that if any such final judgment described above requires the payment by the Company of money in excess of $100,000,000, which payment(s) are to be made over a
stipulated future period after the date of such final judgment or upon or following the future
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occurrence of specified events, an Event of Default shall not occur under this clause (h), unless (1) any such payment is not made within 30 days of its due date and (2) such amount
that is not paid within 30 days of its due date, together with any other amounts in respect of such judgment that have become due and payable, including as a result of such nonpayment discussed in clause (1) immediately above, and have not been
paid, exceeds $100,000,000;
(i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking the liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its 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 or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of the Companys, or such Significant Subsidiary of the Companys, 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; or
(j) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary of the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or its 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 or such Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other
proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days.
Section 6.03 Acceleration; Rescission and
Annulment.
(a) 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 6.02(i) or Section 6.02(j) with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company)), unless the principal of all of the Notes
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), may declare
100% of the Accreted Amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything in the
Indenture or in the Notes contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.02(i) or Section 6.02(j) with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the
Company) occurs and is continuing, 100% of the Accreted Amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes shall be immediately due and payable.
(b) The provisions of Section 6.03(a), however, are subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the Accreted Amount of, and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the
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Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided:
(1) the Company pays or delivers, as the case may be, or deposits with the Trustee (A) an amount of cash sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Notes and the Accreted Amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the rate or rates, if any, specified in the Notes to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover all
amounts owing under the Indenture to the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and (B) an amount of cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, sufficient to settle every outstanding
Conversion Obligation;
(2) rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(3) any and all Events of Defaults under the Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the Accreted Amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, on, the Notes (including on overdue installments) that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.05,
then, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive
all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from a failure to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price of a Note, the failure to pay or deliver the cash,
shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, due upon conversion of a Note, or the breach of any provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each affected
Holder) and rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration resulting from such Defaults or Events of Default (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from a failure to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price
of a Note, the failure to pay or deliver the cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, due upon conversion of a Note, or the breach of any provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of each affected Holder) and their consequences and such Defaults or Events of Default (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the failure to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption
Price of a Note, the failure to pay or deliver the cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, due upon conversion of a Note, or the breach of any provision of the Indenture that cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of each affected Holder) shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Indenture; provided, that no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 6.04 Supplementary Interest.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the Indenture to the contrary, at the Companys election, the sole remedy under the Indenture for an
Event of Default arising under Section 6.02(f) relating to the Companys failure to comply with Section 5.05(b) (a Reporting Event of Default) will consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on
the Notes at a rate per year equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (Supplementary Interest), payable semi-annually in arrears at the same time and in the same manner as regular interest on the
Notes pursuant to Section 2.04 for each day during the 365-day period during which such Reporting Event of Default is continuing beginning on, and including, the date on which such Reporting Event of Default first occurs (and has neither been
waived nor cured). In no event shall Supplementary Interest accrue at a rate per year in excess of 0.25%, regardless of the number of Reporting Events of Default that could give rise to the requirement to pay Supplementary Interest. With regard to
any Reporting Event of Default, no Supplementary Interest shall accrue, and no right to declare the principal or other amounts due and payable in respect of the Notes shall exist after such Reporting Event of Default has been cured.
(b) On the 365th day after the date on which the Reporting Event of Default first occurred (if such Reporting Event of Default has not been
cured or waived prior to such 365th day), the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.03.
(c) In order to
elect to pay Supplementary Interest in accordance with this Section 6.04, the Company must notify in writing all Holders of record of the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election on or before the date on which such Reporting
Event of Default would otherwise occur. Upon the Companys failure to timely give such notice or pay Supplementary Interest, the Accreted Amount of the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided herein.
Section 6.05 Waiver of Past Defaults. If an Event of Default or a Default, other than (a) an uncured Event of Default
described in Section 6.02(a), (b) and (c) or (b) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 8.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder, occurs, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may waive such Event of Default or Default and all of its consequences hereunder. Whenever any Event of Default is so waived, it will cease to exist, and whenever any Default is so waived, it will be
deemed cured, and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to have occurred. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.
Section 6.06 Control by Majority. At any time, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding
Notes 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. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. However,
the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or, subject to the Trustees duties
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under Article 6 of the Base Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act, that the Trustee determines to be unduly prejudicial to the rights of a Holder or to the Trustee, or that would potentially
involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustees instituting such proceeding as the
Trustee. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it against all costs, expenses and liabilities caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.07 Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.08, no Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
Notes unless:
(a) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes deliver to the Trustee a
written request that the Trustee pursue a remedy with respect to such Event of Default;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if
requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense of compliance with such written request;
(d) the Trustee has not complied with such written request within 60 days after receipt of such written request and offer of indemnity or
security; and
(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes
did not deliver to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.
A Holder may not use the 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 the Indenture by a Holder is unduly prejudicial to such
other Holders.
Section 6.08 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
elsewhere in the Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, interest on, Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Conversion Price for, its Notes, on or after the respective due date, and to convert its Notes and receive
payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the consideration due with respect to such Notes in accordance with Article 4, 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 6.07.
Section 6.09 Collection of Indebtedness;
Suit for Enforcement by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.02(a), (b) or (c) 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 (or required portion thereof) of, interest on, Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, and any amounts due upon the
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conversion of, the Notes, 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 6.16.
Section 6.10 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under the Indenture or the
Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes 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.
Section 6.11 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee is
authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the 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 6.7 of the Base 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 6.7 of the Base 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 Notes 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 6.12 Restoration of Rights
and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under the 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 6.13 Rights and
Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 3.6
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of the Base 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 6.14 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 may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee (subject to the limitations contained in the
Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 6.15 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this
Article 6 or, after an Event of Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Companys obligations under the Indenture, it will pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee), its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 6.7 of the Base
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 Purchase Price
for, and any cash due upon conversion of, any Note, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on all of the Notes; 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 6.15. 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 6.16 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to the Indenture agree, and each Holder, by such Holders acceptance of a
Note, 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 the 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 6.16 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
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amount of the Notes 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 Purchase Price for, any Note on or after the due date expressed or provided for in the Indenture or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.
Section 6.17 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
performance of the 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 6.18 Notices from the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Base Indenture, 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 (or
required portion thereof) of, interest on, or Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price for, any Note or of a Default in the payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the consideration due upon conversion of a Note, 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.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 7.01 Inapplicability of Provisions of Base Indenture; Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture. The satisfaction and
discharge provisions set forth in this Article 7 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede the entirety of Article 4 of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article 4 thereof and the provisions relating to satisfaction
and discharge therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be deemed to be references to this Article 7 and the satisfaction and discharge provisions set forth in this Article 7, respectively. Article 13 of the Base Indenture shall
not apply with respect to the Notes.
When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation all Notes theretofore
authenticated (other than any Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (b) all the Notes 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 Purchase Date, on any Redemption 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, number of shares of Common Stock or the combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be (solely to settle amounts due with respect to outstanding
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conversions), sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Notes (other than any Notes that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which
other Notes 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 Notes are due and payable solely in cash at
the Maturity Date or upon an earlier Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Redemption Date, by a verification report as to the sufficiency of the deposited amount from an independent certified accountant or other financial professional reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then the Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights hereunder of Holders to receive
all amounts owing upon the Notes 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 the 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 the Indenture or the Notes.
Section 7.02 Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 7.04, all monies and shares of Common Stock,
as the case may be, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01 shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Notes, 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 Notes for the payment, settlement or redemption of which such monies or shares of Common Stock, or both, as the case may
be, have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums or amounts due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any.
Section 7.03 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, all monies and shares of
Common Stock, as the case may be, 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, or both, as the case may be.
Section 7.04 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 Notes and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the
Holders of the Notes for two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest, if any, on such Notes, 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 7.05 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money or shares of Common Stock, or both, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 7.02
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by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys obligations under the Indenture and
the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 7.01 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 7.02; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of interest on, principal of or payment or delivery in respect of any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or shares of Common Stock, if any, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 8.
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall
not apply with respect to the Notes, and this Section 8.01 shall replace Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.
Without the consent of any Holder, the Company (when authorized by a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture or the Notes;
(b) to conform the provisions of the Indenture to
the Description of the Notes section in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 3, 2015 and filed by the Company with the SEC on March 4, 2015, as supplemented by the free writing prospectus dated as of March 3,
2015 and filed by the Company with the SEC on March 4, 2015;
(c) to evidence the succession by a Successor Company and to provide
for the assumption by a Successor Company of the Companys obligations under the Indenture and the Notes;
(d) to make provisions
with respect to conversion rights of the Holders of the Notes as described in Section 4.08 in accordance with the terms thereof;
(e)
to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(f) to secure the Notes;
(g) to add to the Companys covenants such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender
any right or power conferred upon the Company by the Indenture;
(h) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder (other than any Holder that consents to such change) in any material respect;
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(i) to provide for a successor Trustee;
(j) to evidence the termination of conversion rights with respect to a portion of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.05 in accordance with
the terms thereof;
(k) to comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; or
(l) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall not apply with respect
to the Notes, and this Section 8.02 shall replace Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture in its entirety.
With the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes affected by such supplemental indenture, including without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, the Notes and by act of
said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may 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 the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under the Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Note affected thereby:
(a) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes Outstanding necessary to
waive any past Default or Event of Default;
(b) reduce the rate of interest on any Note or change the time for payment of interest on any
Note;
(c) reduce the principal amount of any Note or change the Maturity Date;
(d) change the place or currency of payment on any Note;
(e) make any change that impairs or adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes (except with respect to the termination of conversion
rights described in Section 4.05);
(f) reduce the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or Redemption Price of any Note or amend or
modify in any manner adverse to the rights of the Holders of the Notes the Companys obligation to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or the Redemption Price, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants,
definitions or otherwise;
(g) impair the right of any Holder of the Notes to receive payment of principal (or required portion thereof)
of, and interest, if any, on, its Notes, or the right to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the consideration due upon conversion of its Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment or delivery, as the case may be, with respect to such Holders Notes; or
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(h) make any change to the provisions of this Article 8 or in the waiver provisions of the
Indenture that requires each Holders consent to modify, amend or waive.
It shall not be necessary for any Act or consent of Holders
under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act or consent shall approve the substance thereof. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such supplemental indenture, regardless of whether such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior
to the date that is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Section 8.03 Notice of Amendment or Supplement. After an amendment or supplement under this Article 8 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, shall not impair or affect the validity of the amendment or
supplement.
ARTICLE 9.
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
Section 9.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. The successor company provisions set forth in this Article 9 shall, with
respect to the Notes, supersede the entirety of Article 8 of the Base Indenture, and all references in the Base Indenture to Article 8 thereof and the successor company provisions therein, as the case may be, shall, with respect to the Notes, be
deemed to be references to this Article 9 and the successor company provisions set forth in this Article 9, respectively.
Section 9.02 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.04, the Company may not
consolidate with, enter into a binding share exchange with, or merge with or into another Person or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to another Person, unless:
(a) the Company is surviving Person (the Successor Company), or the Successor Company, if not the Company, is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture as applicable to the Notes; and
(b) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture; and
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(c) the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, related to such consolidation, exchange, merger, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition provided for in the Indenture have
been complied with; and
(d) if as a result of such transaction the Notes become convertible into common stock or other securities issued
by a third party, such third party fully and unconditionally guarantees all obligations of the Company or such successor under the Notes and the Indenture.
Upon any such consolidation, exchange, merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of
the Companys properties and assets as an entirety, the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to the Company, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture.
At the election of the Company, a conveyance, transfer or lease of properties and assets substantially as an entirety to one or more
Subsidiaries of the Company may be deemed not to be a conveyance, transfer or lease to a Person other than the Company, and in the event of such election, such conveyance, transfer or lease shall not be subject to this Section 9.02 and the
Notes shall remain convertible into or based on Common Stock, subject to the provisions of Section 4.08. Notice of any such election shall be sent to the Trustee and Conversion Agent promptly following the consummation of any such conveyance,
transfer or lease of properties and assets to one or more Subsidiaries, specifying that such transaction does not constitute a conveyance, transfer or lease to a Person other than the Company in accordance with this Section 9.02.
Section 9.03 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, exchange, merger or sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of the Companys properties and assets as an entirety 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 (or required portion thereof) of and premium (including any Fundamental Change Purchase Price), if any, accrued and unpaid interest, accrued and unpaid
Supplementary Interest, if any, on all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of
the Indenture to be performed by the Company under the Indenture, such Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture, with the same effect as if it had been
named herein as the party of the first part; provided, however, that in the case of a conveyance, transfer or lease to one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Company of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company, the Notes will remain convertible into cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 4.03, but subject to adjustment (if any) in accordance with Section 4.08. 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 Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor
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Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in the Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated
and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Notes
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of the
Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 9 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 Notes and from its obligations under the Indenture.
In case of any such consolidation, exchange,
merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of the Companys properties and assets as an entirety, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes
thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 9.04 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. In the case of any
such consolidation, exchange, merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of the Companys properties and assets as an entirety, the Trustee shall receive an Officers Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that any such consolidation, exchange, merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of substantially all of the Companys properties and assets as an entirety, any such assumption
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the provisions of this Article 9.
ARTICLE 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns. Notwithstanding Section 1.10 of the Base Indenture, all agreements of the
Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent in the Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective successors.
Section 10.02 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be deemed
to be contracts made under the law of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State. Each party hereto and each Holder of Notes by acceptance thereof, hereby waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with the Indenture.
The Company irrevocably consents and submits, for itself and in respect of any of its assets or property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of
any court of the State of New York or any United States federal court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, United States of America, and any appellate court from any thereof in any suit,
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action or proceeding that may be brought in connection with the Indenture or the Notes, and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts. The Company irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any such suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it lawfully may do so, that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the
Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to the enforcement by any competent court in the Companys jurisdiction of organization of judgments validly obtained in any such court in New York on the basis of such suit,
action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company does not waive, and the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of, (i) any right to appeal any such judgment, to seek any
stay or otherwise to seek reconsideration or review of any such judgment or (ii) any stay of execution or levy pending an appeal from, or a suit, action or proceeding for reconsideration of, any such judgment.
Section 10.03 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in the Indenture or in the Notes, 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.
Section 10.04 Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern the Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of the Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 10.05
Benefits of Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, will give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any
Registrar or their successors hereunder or the Holders of the Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 10.06 Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Company shall be responsible for making all
calculations called for under the Notes. None of the Trustee, Conversion Agent, Note Registrar, Bid Solicitation Agent or Paying Agent (in each case if different from the Company) shall have any responsibility for making such calculations, for
determining amounts to be paid or for monitoring the market price of the Common Stock or be charged with any knowledge of or have any duties to monitor any measurement period. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the
Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes, the Daily VWAP, the Daily Conversion Value, the Daily Settlement Amount and the Conversion Rate. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and,
absent manifest error, the Companys calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. 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 Companys
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calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Companys 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 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock,
rounding any additional decimal places up or down in a commercially reasonable manner.
Section 10.07 Execution in
Counterparts. This Supplemental 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
Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto
and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic (i.e., pdf or tif) transmission shall be deemed to be their
original signatures for all purposes.
Section 10.08 Notices. The Company or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the
manner provided in Section 1.6 of the Base Indenture, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 1.6 and 1.7 of the Base Indenture, whenever the Company is required to deliver notice to
the Holders, the Company will, by the date it is required to deliver such notice to the Holders, deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent. Each notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent,
the Registrar and the Conversion Agent shall be sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid to the address most recently sent by the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the Conversion Agent, as the case may be,
to the Company.
Section 10.09 Ratification of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein provided. For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Company and each Holder of the
Notes, by its acceptance of such Notes, acknowledges and agrees that all of the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Trustee under the Base Indenture are deemed to be incorporated herein, and shall be enforceable
by the Trustee hereunder, in each of its capacities hereunder as if set forth herein in full.
Section 10.10 The Trustee. The
recitals and statements in this Supplemental Indenture and in the Notes are made by the Company only and not by the Trustee, and all of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and
duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of the Notes and of this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as set forth in full herein. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. |
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/s/ Lisa C. Cohen |
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Lisa C. Cohen |
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Vice President and Treasurer |
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
First Supplemental Indenture
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee |
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/s/ Latoya S. Elvin |
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Latoya S. Elvin |
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Vice President |
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
First Supplemental Indenture
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SCHEDULE A
The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased pursuant to Section 4.07
based on the Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below.
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$81.40 |
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$96.00 |
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$110.00 |
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$124.00 |
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$138.38 |
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$149.00 |
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$159.00 |
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$179.89 |
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1.7466 |
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1.6037 |
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1.4999 |
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1.1662 |
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1.0420 |
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0.7655 |
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0.5859 |
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March 15, 2016 |
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2.6771 |
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2.5281 |
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1.9370 |
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1.6001 |
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1.3884 |
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1.2748 |
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|
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1.1923 |
|
|
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0.9270 |
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|
|
0.8283 |
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|
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0.6085 |
|
|
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0.4657 |
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March 15, 2017 |
|
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2.7510 |
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|
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2.2521 |
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1.5336 |
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1.2004 |
|
|
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1.0415 |
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|
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0.9563 |
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|
|
0.8944 |
|
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0.6954 |
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|
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0.6214 |
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|
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0.4565 |
|
|
|
0.3493 |
|
March 15, 2018 |
|
|
2.8255 |
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|
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1.9762 |
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|
|
1.1303 |
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|
|
0.8006 |
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|
|
0.6947 |
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0.6378 |
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|
|
0.5965 |
|
|
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0.4638 |
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0.4144 |
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0.3045 |
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0.2330 |
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March 15, 2019 |
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2.9005 |
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1.7002 |
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0.7270 |
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0.4009 |
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0.3478 |
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0.3193 |
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0.2987 |
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0.2322 |
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0.2075 |
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0.1524 |
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0.1167 |
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March 15, 2020 |
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2.9760 |
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1.4235 |
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0.3226 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[For Global Notes, include the following legend:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.]
[For Notes issued with original issue discount, include the following legend:
THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. YOU MAY CONTACT THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
TREASURER OF CHENIERE ENERGY, INC., AT [ADDRESS], [TELEPHONE NO.], WHO WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITY (I.E., ISSUE PRICE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE
ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY).]
No.: [
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CUSIP:
ISIN:
Principal Amount $[ ]
[as revised by the Schedule of Increases
and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]1
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2045
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Include for Global Notes only. |
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Cheniere Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to
[ ] [include Cede & Co. for Global Note] or registered assigns, the principal
amount of $[ ] [or such other principal amount as shall be set forth on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto]2 on March 15, 2045 (the Maturity Date), and to pay interest hereon as set forth in the Indenture in the manner, at the rates and to the Persons set forth therein.
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Interest Payment Dates: |
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March 15 and September 15,
commencing [ ]. |
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Regular Record Dates: |
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March 1 and September 1. |
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
[Remainder of the page intentionally left blank]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by
facsimile by two of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
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CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. |
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[Trustees Certificate of Authentication Follows]
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
4.25%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2045
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
Notes), issued under an Indenture dated as of March 9, 2015 (herein called the Base Indenture), and as further supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2015 (herein called
the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, herein called the Trustee, and reference is hereby made to
the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder of this
Note will have the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to purchase this Note, or any portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not purchased equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, on the
Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for such Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
This Note will be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at any time after
March 15, 2020 at a Redemption Price payable in cash equal to the Accreted Amount to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date is between a Regular
Record Date and the Interest Payment Date to which it relates, in which case the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date).
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company may elect during a 30 consecutive Trading Day period to terminate
the right of Holders to convert all or part of their Notes if the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading Days during such 30 consecutive Trading Day period. If the Company
elects to terminate the conversion rights with respect to any Notes on or prior to March 15, 2020, the Conversion Rate for any Notes converted in connection with such termination of conversion rights will be increased as set forth in the
Indenture.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option (i) 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 December 15, 2044, and (ii) on or after December 15, 2044, at any time
prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert this Note or a portion of this Note such that the principal amount of this Note that is not converted equals $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof into an amount of cash, a number of shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, determined in accordance with Article 4 of the Supplemental Indenture.
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As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments
in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and Redemption Price for, and the principal amount of, this Note to the Holder that surrenders this Note to the Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of this Note. 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 permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall
not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Note, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee satisfactory indemnity or security, the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity or security, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein
to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal (or required portion thereof) of
(including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and Redemption Price), interest on and all amounts of consideration due upon conversion of, this Note at the time, place and rate, and in the coin and currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Register,
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest
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on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
All defined terms used in this Note that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. If any provision of this Note limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Indenture, such provision of the Indenture shall control.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
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TEN COM - as tenants in common |
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Custodian |
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(Cust) |
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TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties |
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(Minor) |
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JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
Survivorship and not as tenants in common |
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Uniform Gifts to Minors Act |
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(State) |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ANNEX A
[Include for Global Note]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
Initial principal amount of Global Note:
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Amount of Decrease in principal amount of Global Note |
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Principal amount of Global Note after Increase or Decrease |
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Notation by Registrar or Note Custodian |
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ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]
To: |
Cheniere Energy, Inc. |
The undersigned owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert
this Note, or a portion hereof (which is such that the principal amount of the portion of this Note that will not be converted equals $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into an amount of cash, number of shares of Common Stock
or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon
conversion, together with any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be paid or issued or delivered, as the case may be, to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name is indicated below.
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, if this notice is being delivered on a date after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and
prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, this notice must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this
Note to be converted. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect to such issuance and transfer as set forth in the Indenture.
Principal amount to be converted (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all):
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature Guarantee Programs: |
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(i) The Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) The New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MNSP); (iii) The Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) or (iv) another guarantee program acceptable to the
Trustee. |
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Signature Guarantee |
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Fill in for registration of any shares of Common Stock and Notes if to be issued otherwise than to the registered
Holder.
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(Address) |
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Please print Name and Address |
(including zip code number) |
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Social Note or other Taxpayer |
Identifying Number
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ATTACHMENT 2
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE]
To: |
Cheniere Energy, Inc. |
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice
from Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the Company) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. The undersigned requests and instructs the Company to pay to
the registered holder hereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture referred to in this Note (i) the Accreted Amount of this Note as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, or a portion thereof (such that the portion of
the Note not to be purchased has a principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (ii) if such Fundamental Change Purchase Date does not occur within the period after a Regular Record Date and on or
prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
In the case of certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be purchased are as set forth below:
Dated:
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Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number |
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Principal amount to be repaid (if less than entire Note): |
$ ,000 |
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NOTICE: The signature on the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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ATTACHMENT 3
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
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Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of assignee |
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing |
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attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises. |
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Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
*Signature guaranteed by:
By:
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The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Notes Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee. |
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EXHIBIT B
The following table sets forth the Accreted Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Notes, as of
the specified dates during the period from the Closing Date through the Maturity Date. The Accreted Amount at any given time shall be determined by the Company. The Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or
verify the Accreted Amount.
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Accreted Price |
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Period |
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Date |
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As % of Par |
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Dollars |
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0.0 |
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March 9, 2015 |
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80.00 |
% |
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$ |
800.00 |
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0.5 |
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September 15, 2015 |
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80.30 |
% |
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$ |
803.00 |
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1.0 |
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March 15, 2016 |
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80.60 |
% |
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$ |
806.00 |
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1.5 |
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September 15, 2016 |
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80.90 |
% |
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$ |
809.00 |
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2.0 |
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March 15, 2017 |
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81.20 |
% |
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$ |
812.00 |
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2.5 |
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September 15, 2017 |
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81.50 |
% |
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$ |
815.00 |
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3.0 |
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March 15, 2018 |
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81.81 |
% |
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$ |
818.10 |
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3.5 |
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September 15, 2018 |
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82.11 |
% |
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$ |
821.10 |
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4.0 |
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March 15, 2019 |
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82.42 |
% |
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$ |
824.20 |
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4.5 |
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September 15, 2019 |
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82.72 |
% |
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$ |
827.20 |
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5.0 |
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March 15, 2020 |
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83.03 |
% |
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$ |
830.30 |
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5.5 |
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September 15, 2020 |
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83.34 |
% |
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$ |
833.40 |
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6.0 |
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March 15, 2021 |
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83.65 |
% |
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$ |
836.50 |
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6.5 |
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September 15, 2021 |
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83.96 |
% |
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$ |
839.60 |
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7.0 |
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March 15, 2022 |
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84.28 |
% |
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$ |
842.80 |
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7.5 |
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September 15, 2022 |
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84.59 |
% |
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$ |
845.90 |
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8.0 |
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March 15, 2023 |
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84.90 |
% |
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$ |
849.00 |
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8.5 |
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September 15, 2023 |
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85.22 |
% |
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$ |
852.20 |
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9.0 |
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March 15, 2024 |
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85.54 |
% |
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$ |
855.40 |
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9.5 |
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September 15, 2024 |
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85.86 |
% |
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$ |
858.60 |
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10.0 |
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March 15, 2025 |
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86.18 |
% |
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$ |
861.80 |
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10.5 |
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September 15, 2025 |
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86.50 |
% |
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$ |
865.00 |
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11.0 |
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March 15, 2026 |
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86.82 |
% |
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$ |
868.20 |
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11.5 |
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September 15, 2026 |
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87.14 |
% |
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$ |
871.40 |
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12.0 |
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March 15, 2027 |
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87.47 |
% |
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$ |
874.70 |
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12.5 |
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September 15, 2027 |
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87.79 |
% |
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$ |
877.90 |
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13.0 |
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March 15, 2028 |
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88.12 |
% |
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$ |
881.20 |
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13.5 |
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September 15, 2028 |
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88.45 |
% |
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$ |
884.50 |
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14.0 |
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March 15, 2029 |
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88.78 |
% |
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$ |
887.80 |
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14.5 |
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September 15, 2029 |
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89.11 |
% |
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$ |
891.10 |
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15.0 |
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March 15, 2030 |
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89.44 |
% |
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$ |
894.40 |
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15.5 |
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September 15, 2030 |
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89.78 |
% |
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$ |
897.80 |
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16.0 |
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March 15, 2031 |
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90.11 |
% |
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$ |
901.10 |
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16.5 |
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September 15, 2031 |
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90.45 |
% |
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$ |
904.50 |
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17.0 |
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March 15, 2032 |
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90.78 |
% |
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$ |
907.80 |
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17.5 |
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September 15, 2032 |
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91.12 |
% |
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$ |
911.20 |
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18.0 |
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March 15, 2033 |
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91.46 |
% |
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$ |
914.60 |
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18.5 |
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September 15, 2033 |
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91.80 |
% |
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$ |
918.00 |
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19.0 |
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March 15, 2034 |
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92.14 |
% |
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$ |
921.40 |
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19.5 |
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September 15, 2034 |
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92.49 |
% |
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$ |
924.90 |
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Accreted Price |
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Period |
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Date |
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As % of Par |
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Dollars |
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20.0 |
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March 15, 2035 |
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92.83 |
% |
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$ |
928.30 |
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20.5 |
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September 15, 2035 |
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93.18 |
% |
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$ |
931.80 |
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21.0 |
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March 15, 2036 |
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93.52 |
% |
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$ |
935.20 |
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21.5 |
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September 15, 2036 |
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93.87 |
% |
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$ |
938.70 |
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22.0 |
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March 15, 2037 |
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94.22 |
% |
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$ |
942.20 |
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22.5 |
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September 15, 2037 |
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94.57 |
% |
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$ |
945.70 |
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23.0 |
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March 15, 2038 |
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94.93 |
% |
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$ |
949.30 |
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23.5 |
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September 15, 2038 |
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95.28 |
% |
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$ |
952.80 |
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24.0 |
|
March 15, 2039 |
|
|
95.64 |
% |
|
$ |
956.40 |
|
24.5 |
|
September 15, 2039 |
|
|
95.99 |
% |
|
$ |
959.90 |
|
25.0 |
|
March 15, 2040 |
|
|
96.35 |
% |
|
$ |
963.50 |
|
25.5 |
|
September 15, 2040 |
|
|
96.71 |
% |
|
$ |
967.10 |
|
26.0 |
|
March 15, 2041 |
|
|
97.07 |
% |
|
$ |
970.70 |
|
26.5 |
|
September 15, 2041 |
|
|
97.43 |
% |
|
$ |
974.30 |
|
27.0 |
|
March 15, 2042 |
|
|
97.79 |
% |
|
$ |
977.90 |
|
27.5 |
|
September 15, 2042 |
|
|
98.16 |
% |
|
$ |
981.60 |
|
28.0 |
|
March 15, 2043 |
|
|
98.52 |
% |
|
$ |
985.20 |
|
28.5 |
|
September 15, 2043 |
|
|
98.89 |
% |
|
$ |
988.90 |
|
29.0 |
|
March 15, 2044 |
|
|
99.26 |
% |
|
$ |
992.60 |
|
29.5 |
|
September 15, 2044 |
|
|
99.63 |
% |
|
$ |
996.30 |
|
30.0 |
|
March 15, 2045 |
|
|
100.00 |
% |
|
$ |
1000.00 |
|
If any date where the Accreted Amount must be determined for purposes of the Indenture is between two consecutive dates set
forth above, the Accreted Amount will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Accreted Amounts set forth for such two dates, based on a 365-day year.
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