Form 8-K
8-K — Sabre Corp
Accession: 0001193125-26-230898
Filed: 2026-05-19
Period: 2026-05-13
CIK: 0001597033
SIC: 7370 (SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC.)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item: Other Events
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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): May 13, 2026
SABRE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-36422
20-8647322
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX
76092
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(682) 605-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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:
☐
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))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading
Symbol
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value
SABR
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 18, 2026, Sabre GLBL Inc. (“Sabre GLBL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabre Corporation (“Sabre”), issued $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “New Exchangeable Notes”) under an indenture, dated May 18, 2026 (the “New Exchangeable Notes Indenture”), among Sabre GLBL, as issuer, and Sabre and Sabre Holdings Corporation (“Sabre Holdings”), as guarantors, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
The New Exchangeable Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Sabre GLBL and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Sabre and Sabre Holdings. The New Exchangeable Notes will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2026, at a rate of 7.00% per year, and will mature on May 15, 2031, unless earlier repurchased or exchanged. Before November 15, 2030, holders have the right to exchange their New Exchangeable Notes only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after November 15, 2030, holders may exchange their New Exchangeable Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before May 15, 2031. Sabre GLBL will have the right to elect to settle exchanges in cash, shares of Sabre’s common stock or in a combination of cash and Sabre’s common stock at Sabre GLBL’s election. The initial exchange rate per $1,000 principal amount of New Exchangeable Notes is 447.2272 shares of Sabre’s common stock, which represents an initial exchange price of approximately $2.24 per share of Sabre’s common stock. The exchange rate and exchange price are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. The New Exchangeable Notes will not be redeemable prior to May 21, 2029. On or after May 21, 2029, Sabre GLBL may redeem for cash all or any portion of the New Exchangeable Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, if the last reported sale price of Sabre’s common stock exceeds 130% of the exchange price then in effect for a specified period of time ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date Sabre GLBL provides the notice of redemption, and subject to the other limitations and conditions set forth in the New Exchangeable Note Indenture.
Holders of New Exchangeable Notes may require Sabre GLBL to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their New Exchangeable Notes on May 15, 2029, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. In addition, upon any future occurrence of a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture), holders may require Sabre GLBL to repurchase their New Exchangeable Notes at a price equal to principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. If a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture) occurs with respect to any New Exchangeable Note and the exchange date for the exchange of such New Exchangeable Note occurs during the related “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Exchange Period” (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture), then, subject to the provisions set forth in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture, the exchange rate applicable to such exchange will be increased by a number of shares set forth in the table contained in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture.
This description of the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture and the New Exchangeable Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture and the form of the New Exchangeable Notes, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
The New Exchangeable Notes were issued by Sabre GLBL in a private placement in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Sabre relied on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the investors purchasing the New Exchangeable Notes in the Purchase Agreements (as defined below) governing the issuance. At the initial
exchange rate, if all New Exchangeable Notes were exchanged and settled solely through delivery of shares of common stock, this would result in the issuance of 67,084,080 shares of Sabre’s common stock (or 87,209,295 shares if the exchange rate were increased by the maximum potential amount upon the occurrence of a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture)). Additional information pertaining to the New Exchangeable Notes and the shares of Sabre’s common stock issuable upon exchange of the New Exchangeable Notes is contained in Item 1.01 above and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01
Other Events.
On May 13, 2026, Sabre, Sabre Holdings and Sabre GLBL entered into privately-negotiated purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with certain investors who are institutional “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act) and “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). Certain of these investors are existing stockholders of Sabre.
Sabre used a portion of the net proceeds of the issuance of the New Exchangeable Notes to fund the repurchase of $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Sabre GLBL’s outstanding 7.32% exchangeable senior notes due 2026 (the “Existing Exchangeable Notes”), at par plus accrued and unpaid interest. Sabre intends to use the remaining net proceeds to repay, repurchase or otherwise retire from time to time the remaining $50.0 million of Existing Exchangeable Notes outstanding.
On May 14, 2026, Sabre issued a press release announcing entry into the Purchase Agreements (as defined below). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expect,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “trend,” “pro forma,” “on course,” “on track,” “target,” “potential,” “benefit,” “goal,” “believe,” “plan,” “confident,” “anticipate,” “indicate,” “trend,” “position,” “optimistic,” “will,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about potential risks and uncertainties that could materially affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2026, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 18, 2026 and in our other filings with the SEC. We cannot guarantee future events, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
4.1
Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2026, among Sabre GLBL Inc., Sabre Corporation and Sabre Holdings, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
4.2
Form of 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
99.1
Press Release dated May 14, 2026.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File-formatted as Inline XBRL.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 19, 2026
Sabre Corporation
By:
/s/ Rochelle Boas
Name:
Rochelle Boas
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
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Exhibit 4.1
SABRE GLBL INC.
as Issuer,
the Guarantors party
hereto, and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of
May 18, 2026
7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article 1. Definitions; Rules of Construction
1
Section 1.01.
Definitions
1
Section 1.02.
Other Definitions
12
Section 1.03.
Rules of Construction
13
Article 2. The Notes
14
Section 2.01.
Form, Dating and Denominations
14
Section 2.02.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery
14
Section 2.03.
Initial Notes and Additional Notes
15
Section 2.04.
Method of Payment
15
Section 2.05.
Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day
16
Section 2.06.
Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
17
Section 2.07.
Paying Agent and Exchange Agent to Hold Property in Trust
18
Section 2.08.
Holder Lists
18
Section 2.09.
Legends
19
Section 2.10.
Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions
20
Section 2.11.
Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Exchanged or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional Repurchase or Redemption
24
Section 2.12.
Removal of Transfer Restrictions
25
Section 2.13.
Replacement Notes
26
Section 2.14.
Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes
26
Section 2.15.
Cancellation
26
Section 2.16.
Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates
27
Section 2.17.
Temporary Notes
27
Section 2.18.
Outstanding Notes
27
Section 2.19.
Repurchases by the Company
28
Section 2.20.
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
28
Article 3. Covenants
28
Section 3.01.
Payment on Notes
28
Section 3.02.
Exchange Act Reports
29
Section 3.03.
Rule 144A Information
29
Section 3.04.
Additional Interest
30
Section 3.05.
Compliance and Default Certificates
32
Section 3.06.
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
32
Section 3.07.
Corporate Existence
33
Section 3.08.
Restriction on Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates
33
Section 3.09.
Further Instruments and Acts
33
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Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption
33
Section 4.01.
No Sinking Fund
33
Section 4.02.
Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change
33
Section 4.03.
Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes on the Optional Repurchase Date
37
Section 4.04.
Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes
41
Article 5. Exchange
44
Section 5.01.
Right to Exchange
44
Section 5.02.
Exchange Procedures
47
Section 5.03.
Settlement upon Exchange
49
Section 5.04.
Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued upon Exchange
52
Section 5.05.
Adjustments to the Exchange Rate
52
Section 5.06.
Voluntary Adjustments
63
Section 5.07.
Adjustments to the Exchange Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
63
Section 5.08.
Exchange by a Third Party
64
Section 5.09.
Effect of Common Stock Change Event
65
Section 5.10.
Responsibility of Trustee and Exchange Agent
67
Article 6. Successors
68
Section 6.01.
When the Company May Merge, Etc.
68
Section 6.02.
Successor Corporation Substituted
69
Article 7. Defaults and Remedies
69
Section 7.01.
Events of Default
69
Section 7.02.
Acceleration
71
Section 7.03.
Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report
72
Section 7.04.
Other Remedies
73
Section 7.05.
Waiver of Past Defaults
73
Section 7.06.
Cure of Defaults; Ability to Cure or Waive Before Event of Default Occurs
74
Section 7.07.
Control by Majority
74
Section 7.08.
Limitation on Suits
74
Section 7.09.
Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Exchange Consideration
75
Section 7.10.
Collection Suit by Trustee
75
Section 7.11.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
75
Section 7.12.
Priorities
76
Section 7.13.
Undertaking for Costs
76
Section 7.14.
Restoration of Rights
76
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Article 8. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
77
Section 8.01.
Without the Consent of Holders
77
Section 8.02.
With the Consent of Holders
78
Section 8.03.
Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
79
Section 8.04.
Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc.
79
Section 8.05.
Notations and Exchanges
79
Section 8.06.
Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures
80
Article 9. Satisfaction and Discharge
80
Section 9.01.
Termination of Company’s Obligations
80
Section 9.02.
Repayment to Company
81
Section 9.03.
Reinstatement
81
Article 10. Trustee
81
Section 10.01.
Duties of the Trustee
81
Section 10.02.
Rights of the Trustee
83
Section 10.03.
Individual Rights of the Trustee
84
Section 10.04.
Trustee’s Disclaimer
84
Section 10.05.
Notice of Defaults
85
Section 10.06.
Compensation and Indemnity
85
Section 10.07.
Replacement of the Trustee
86
Section 10.08.
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
87
Section 10.09.
Eligibility; Disqualification
87
Article 11. Guarantees
87
Section 11.01.
The Guarantees
87
Section 11.02.
Guarantee Unconditional
87
Section 11.03.
Discharge; Reinstatement
88
Section 11.04.
Waiver by the Guarantors
88
Section 11.05.
Subrogation and Contribution
88
Section 11.06.
Stay of Acceleration
88
Section 11.07.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
89
Section 11.08.
Release of Guarantee
89
Article 12. Miscellaneous
89
Section 12.01.
Notices
89
Section 12.02.
Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent
90
Section 12.03.
Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
91
Section 12.04.
Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar and the Paying Agent
91
Section 12.05.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
91
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Section 12.06.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
91
Section 12.07.
Submission to Jurisdiction
92
Section 12.08.
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
92
Section 12.09.
Successors
92
Section 12.10.
Force Majeure
92
Section 12.11.
U.S.A. Patriot Act
92
Section 12.12.
Calculations
92
Section 12.13.
Severability
93
Section 12.14.
Counterparts
93
Section 12.15.
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
93
Section 12.16.
Withholding Taxes
93
Section 12.17.
Tax Reporting
94
Exhibits
Exhibit A: Form of Note
A-1
Exhibit B-1: Form of Restricted Note Legend
B1-1
Exhibit B-2: Form of Global Note Legend
B2-1
Exhibit B-3: Form of Non-Affiliate Legend
B3-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 18, 2026, among Sabre GLBL Inc., as issuer (the
“Company”), Sabre Corporation, as guarantor (“Parent”), Sabre Holdings Corp., as guarantor (“Intermediate Holdco”, and together with Parent, the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank
Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Each party to this Indenture (as defined below)
agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
Article 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
“Additional Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 3.04.
“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 as in effect on the Issue Date.
“Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to a Note, a principal amount thereof equal to $1,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal
or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.
“Bid Solicitation Agent”
means the Person who is required to obtain bids for the Trading Price in accordance with Section 5.01(C)(i)(2) and the definition of “Trading Price.” The initial Bid Solicitation Agent on the Issue Date will be
the Company; provided, however, that the Company may appoint any other Person (including any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) to be the Bid Solicitation Agent at any time after the Issue Date without prior notice.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on
behalf of such board.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
“Capital Stock” of
any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible
into such equity.
“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Parent, subject to
Section 5.09.
“Company” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.
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“Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the
Company by one (1) of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the
Trustee or a Note Agent, as applicable, at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business in respect of this Indenture is administered, which office as of the Issue Date for purposes of surrender for registration of transfer or exchange
or for presentation for payment or repurchase or for exchange only is located at U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 333 Commerce Street, Suite 900, Nashville, TN 37201, or the corporate trust office of any successor Trustee or Note
Agent, as applicable (or such other address as such successor Trustee or Note Agent, as applicable, may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Daily Cash Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the lesser of (i) the applicable Daily Maximum Cash
Amount; and (ii) the Daily Exchange Value for such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily Exchange Value” means, with respect
to any VWAP Trading Day, one-fortieth (1/40th) of the product of (i) the Exchange Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) the Daily VWAP per share of the Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily Maximum Cash Amount” means, with respect to the exchange of any Note, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such exchange by (ii) forty (40).
“Daily Share Amount” means, with respect
to any VWAP Trading Day, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the excess, if any, of the Daily Exchange Value for such VWAP Trading Day over the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Daily Share Amount will be zero for such VWAP Trading Day if such Daily Exchange Value does not exceed such Daily Maximum Cash Amount.
“Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed
under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “SABR <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) 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 Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average
price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.
“De-Legending Deadline Date” means, with respect to any Note, the fifteenth (15th)
day after the Free Trade Date of such Note; provided, however, that if such fifteenth (15th) day is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then the
De-Legending Deadline Date for such Note will instead be the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date.
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“Default” means any event that is (or, after notice, passage of time or
both, would be) an Event of Default.
“Default Settlement Method” means Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar
Amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that, subject to Section 5.03(A)(iii), the Company may, from time to time, change the Default Settlement Method by sending written
notice of the new Default Settlement Method to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee).
“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.
“Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
“Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any exchange, transfer, exchange or other transaction involving a Global
Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such exchange, transfer, exchange or transaction.
“Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on
the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or
similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not
be considered “regular way” for this purpose.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“Exchange Date” means, with respect to a Note, the first Business Day on which the requirements set
forth in Section 5.02(A) to exchange such Note are satisfied.
“Exchange Price” means, as of
any time, an amount equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Exchange Rate in effect at such time.
“Exchange Rate” initially means 447.2272 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided,
however, that the Exchange Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 5; provided, further, that whenever this Indenture refers to the Exchange Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time
on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Exchange Rate immediately after the Close of Business on such date.
“Exchange Share” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of any Note.
“Free Trade Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is one (1) year after the Last Original Issue Date of
such Note.
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“Freely Tradable” means, with respect to any Note, that such Note would
be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise if held by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three
(3) months, without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act (except that, during the six (6) month period beginning on, and including, the date that is
six (6) months after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note, any such requirement as to the availability of current public information will be disregarded if the same is satisfied at that time); provided, however, that from and
after the Free Trade Date of such Note, such Note will not be “Freely Tradable” unless such Note (x) is not identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number; and (y) is not represented by any certificate that bears
the Restricted Note Legend. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) whether a Note is deemed to be identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number or to bear the Restricted Note Legend is subject to Section 2.12;
and (ii) the fact that a Note is identified by a CUSIP number but not an ISIN number will not, in itself, cause such Note to be deemed not to be Freely Tradable.
“Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:
(A) a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than (x) Parent
or (y) its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of Parent’s common equity representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of
Parent’s then-outstanding common equity;
(B) the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or
a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of
merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other
securities, cash or other property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of Parent pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined
below) all classes of Parent’s common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of common equity of the
surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à -vis each other
as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B);
(C)
Parent’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Parent; or
(D) the Common Stock ceases to
be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);
provided, however, that a transaction or event described in clause (A) or (B) above will not
constitute a Fundamental Change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such
transaction or event, consists of shares of common stock listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or
exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.
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For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both
clause (A) and in clause (B)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (B)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such
proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner” and whether shares are “beneficially owned” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act.
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company
pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a
notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.02(F)(i)
and Section 4.02(F)(ii).
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price
payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 4.02(D).
“Global Note” means a Note that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A,
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary.
“Global Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-2.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee of the Notes by each Guarantor, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
“Guarantor” means each Person named as a “Guarantor” in the
first paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, shall include its successor and assigns; provided that the obligations of a Guarantor under its Guarantee and this Indenture shall be subject to release and discharge in accordance
with Article 9 or Section 11.08 of this Indenture.
“Holder” means a person in whose
name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books. “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, each May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on
November 15, 2026 (or commencing on such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day
and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. For the avoidance of doubt, the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.
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“Issue Date” means May 18, 2026.
“Last Original Issue Date” means, with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture and any Notes issued in
exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the date such Notes are originally issued.
“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 price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average
last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the
Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale
Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected
by the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means (A) a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the proviso
immediately after clause (D) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso to clause (B)(ii) of such definition); or (B) the sending of a Redemption Notice pursuant to
Section 4.04(F); provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.04(I), the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes
called for Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and not with respect to any other Notes.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change
Effective Date” means (A) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective; and
(B) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the applicable Redemption Notice Date.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Exchange Period” has the following meaning:
(A) in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the period from, and
including, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental
Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change, to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date); and
(B) in the case of
a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the period from, and including, the Redemption Notice Date for the related Redemption to, and including, the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before
the related Redemption Date;
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provided, however, that if the Exchange Date for the exchange of a Note that has been called
for Redemption occurs during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Exchange Period for both a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (A) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” and a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change resulting from such Redemption pursuant to clause (B) of such definition, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.07, solely for purposes of such exchange, (x) such
Exchange Date will be deemed to occur solely during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Exchange Period for the Make-Whole Fundamental Change with the earlier Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date; and (y) the Make-Whole Fundamental Change
with the later Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date will be deemed not to have occurred.
“Market Disruption
Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or
otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.
“Maturity
Date” means May 15, 2031.
“Non-Affiliate Legend” means a legend
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-3.
“Note Agent”
means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent.
“Notes” means the 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 issued
by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.
“Observation Period” means, with respect to any Note to be exchanged,
(A) subject to clause (B) below, if the Exchange Date for such Note occurs before November 15, 2030, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the second (2nd) VWAP Trading Day
immediately after such Exchange Date; (B) if such Exchange Date occurs on or after the date the Company has sent a Redemption Notice calling all or any Notes for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.04(F) and on or before
the second (2nd) Business Day before the related Redemption Date, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the forty first (41st) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Date; and
(C) subject to clause (B) above, if such Exchange Date occurs on or after November 15, 2030, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the forty first (41st) Scheduled Trading Day
immediately before the Maturity Date.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable.
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“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate that is signed on
behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and that meets the requirements of Section 12.03.
“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion, from legal counsel (including an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries) who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.03, subject to customary qualifications and exclusions.
“Optional Repurchase” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03.
“Optional Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Optional
Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.03(E)(i) and Section 4.03(E)(ii).
“Optional Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon an Optional Repurchase,
calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(C).
“Parent” means the Person named as such in the first
paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.
“Person” or
“person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision
thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Indenture.
“Physical Note” means a Note (other than a Global Note) that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such Note and duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.
“Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.04(B).
“Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 4.04(D), for the settlement of the
repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Redemption.
“Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a
Redemption, the date on which the Company sends the Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 4.04(F).
“Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant
to Section 4.04(E).
“Regular Record Date” has the following meaning with respect to an
Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on May 15, the immediately preceding May 1 (whether or not a Business Day); and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on November 15, the immediately
preceding November 1 (whether or not a Business Day).
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“Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Note by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.
“Responsible Officer” means (A) any officer of
the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters and who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture; and (B) with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject.
“Restricted Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-1.
“Restricted Stock Legend” means, with respect to any Exchange Share,
a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of such Exchange Share have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such Exchange Share cannot be sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a transaction that is
registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
“Rule 12b-25” means Rule 12b-25 under the
Exchange Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A”
means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock
is not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“SEC” means the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security” means any Note or Exchange Share.
“Settlement Method” means Cash Settlement, Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that person that constitutes, or any group of
Subsidiaries of that Person that, in the aggregate, would constitute, a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC as in effect on the date of this
Indenture) of that Person.
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“Special Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant
to Section 7.03.
“Specified Dollar Amount” means, with respect to the exchange of a Note to
which Combination Settlement applies, the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of such Note deliverable upon such exchange (excluding cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock).
“Stock Price” has the following meaning for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (A) if the holders of Common Stock
receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (B) of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” then
the Stock Price is the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (B) in all other cases, the Stock Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for
the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than
a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and
voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such
Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general
partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.
“Trading Day” means any day on which
(A) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Trading Price” of the Notes on any Trading Day means the average of the secondary market bid quotations, expressed as a
cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for one million dollars ($1,000,000) (or such lesser amount as may then be outstanding) in principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City
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time, on such Trading Day from three (3) nationally recognized independent securities dealers selected by the Company; provided, however, that, if three (3) such bids
cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two (2) such bids are obtained, then the average of the two (2) bids will be used, and if only one (1) such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent,
then that one (1) bid will be used. If, on any Trading Day, (A) the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one (1) bid for one million dollars ($1,000,000) (or such lesser amount as may then be outstanding) in
principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized independent securities dealer; (B) the Company is not acting as the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Company fails to instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids when required; or
(C) the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to solicit bids when required, then, in each case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such Trading Day will be deemed to be less than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the
Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Exchange Rate on such Trading Day.
“Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule
144); provided, however, that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:
(A) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to a
registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;
(B) such Security is sold or
otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the
Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and
(C) such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the
Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice.
The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Security is a Transfer-Restricted Security and may conclusively rely on an
Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces
it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.
“VWAP Market Disruption
Event” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional
securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the
aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the
Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.
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“VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market
Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or
regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other
ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Term
Defined in
Section
“Additional Shares”
5.07(A)
“Business Combination Event”
6.01(A)
“Cash Settlement”
5.03(A)
“Combination Settlement”
5.03(A)
“Common Stock Change Event”
5.09(A)
“Default Interest”
2.05(B)
“Defaulted Amount”
2.05(B)
“Deferred Additional Interest”
3.04(C)(i)
“Deferred Additional Interest Demand Request”
3.04(C)(i)
“Designated Financial Institution”
5.08
“Event of Default”
7.01(A)
“Exchange Agent”
2.06(A)
“Exchange Consideration”
5.03(A)
“Exchange Election”
5.08
“Expiration Date”
5.05(A)(v)
“Expiration Time”
5.05(A)(v)
“Fundamental Change Notice”
4.02(E)
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”
4.02(A)
“Initial Notes”
2.03(A)
“Measurement Period”
5.01(C)(i)(2)
“Notice of Election to Pay Deferred Additional Interest”
3.04(C)(i)
“Optional Repurchase Date”
4.03(A)
“Optional Repurchase Date Notice”
4.03(D)
“Optional Repurchase Right”
4.03(A)
“Paying Agent”
2.06(A)
“Physical Settlement”
5.03(A)
“Redemption Notice”
4.04(F)
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“Reference Property”
5.09(A)
“Reference Property Unit”
5.09(A)
“Register”
2.06(B)
“Registrar”
2.06(A)
“Reporting Event of Default”
7.03(A)
“Specified Courts”
12.07
“Spin-Off”
5.05(A)(iii)(2)
“Spin-Off Valuation Period”
5.05(A)(iii)(2)
“Stated Interest”
2.05(A)
“Successor Corporation”
6.01(A)
“Successor Guarantor”
6.01(A)
“Successor Person”
5.09(A)
“Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”
5.05(A)(v)
“Trading Price Condition”
5.01(C)(i)(2)
“Underlying Shares Issuer”
5.09(A)
Section 1.03. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
For purposes of this Indenture:
(A) “or” is not exclusive;
(B) “including” means “including without limitation”;
(C) “will” expresses a command;
(D) the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;
(E) a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any
division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;
(F) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;
(G) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture, unless the context requires otherwise;
(H) references to currency mean the
lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise;
(I) the exhibits, schedules and other attachments
to this Indenture are deemed to form part of this Indenture; and
(J) the term “interest,” when used with respect to a
Note, includes any Default Interest, Additional Interest (including, if applicable, Deferred Additional Interest and interest on such Deferred Additional Interest) and Special Interest, unless the context requires otherwise.
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Article 2. THE NOTES
Section 2.01. FORM, DATING AND DENOMINATIONS.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The Notes will
bear the legends required by Section 2.09 and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. Each Note will be dated as of the date of its authentication.
Except to the extent otherwise provided in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance and authentication
thereof, the Notes will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes. Global Notes may be exchanged for Physical Notes, and Physical Notes may be exchanged for Global Notes, only as provided in Section 2.10.
The Notes will be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in Authorized Denominations.
Each certificate representing a Note will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another
outstanding Note.
The terms contained in the Notes constitute part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, agree to such terms and to be bound thereby; provided, however, that, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the provisions of this Indenture, the
provisions of this Indenture will control for purposes of this Indenture and such Note.
Section 2.02. EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY.
(A) Due Execution by the Company. At least one
(1) duly authorized Officer will sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, facsimile or other electronic signature. A Note’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Note to hold, at
the time such Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at the Company.
(B) Authentication by the Trustee and Delivery.
(i) No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an
authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.
(ii) The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign
the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.02(A); and (3) the Company delivers
a
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Company Order to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; and (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be
authenticated. If such Company Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.
(iii) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. A duly appointed
authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so under this Indenture, and a Note authenticated as provided in this Indenture by such an agent will be deemed, for purposes of this Indenture, to be authenticated by the
Trustee. Each duly appointed authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authentication agent was validly appointed to undertake.
Section 2.03. INITIAL NOTES AND ADDITIONAL NOTES.
(A) Initial Notes. On the Issue Date, there will be originally issued one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) aggregate
principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02). Notes issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(A), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof, are referred to in this Indenture as the “Initial Notes.”
(B) Additional Notes. The
Company may, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02), originally issue additional Notes with the same terms as the Initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of
which interest begins to accrue on such additional Notes and the first Interest Payment Date and the Last Original Issue Date of such additional Notes), which additional Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same
series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with other Notes issued under this Indenture for federal income tax or
federal securities laws purposes, then such additional Notes will be identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number. Additional Notes will be considered fungible for federal income tax purposes with the original Notes if the additional
Notes are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” of the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued without original issue discount (or with
original issue discount below a de minimis threshold), in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Section 2.04.
METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(A) Global Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying
Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date, Optional Repurchase on the Optional Repurchase Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on,
and any cash Exchange Consideration for, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture.
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(B) Physical Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the
principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date, Optional Repurchase on the Optional Repurchase Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash
Exchange Consideration for, any Physical Note no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture as follows: (i) if the principal amount of such Physical Note is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount
as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment has delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, no later than the time set forth in the immediately following sentence, a
written request that the Company make such payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and (ii) in all other cases, by check mailed to the
address of the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the Register. To be timely, such written request must be so delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the
payment of any interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; (y) with respect to any cash Exchange Consideration, the relevant Exchange Date; and (z) with respect to any other payment, the date
that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.
Section 2.05. ACCRUAL OF
INTEREST; DEFAULTED AMOUNTS; WHEN PAYMENT DATE IS NOT A BUSINESS DAY.
(A) Accrual of Interest. Each Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 7.00% (the “Stated Interest”),
plus any Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 7.03, respectively. Stated Interest on each Note will (i) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated
Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the date set forth in the certificate representing such Note as the date from, and including, which Stated Interest will begin to
accrue in such circumstance) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; and (ii) be, subject to Sections 4.02(D), 4.04(E) and 5.02(D) (but without duplication of any payment of interest), payable
semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on the first Interest Payment Date set forth in the certificate representing such Note, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular
Record Date. Stated Interest, and, if applicable, Additional Interest and Special Interest, on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
(B) Defaulted Amounts. If the Company fails to pay any amount (a
“Defaulted Amount”) payable on a Note on or before the due date therefor as provided in this Indenture, then, regardless of whether such failure constitutes an Event of Default, (i) such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder of such Note otherwise entitled to such payment; (ii) interest (“Default Interest”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which Stated Interest
accrues, from, and including, such due date to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest; (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid on a payment date selected by the Company to the
Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on a special record date selected by the Company, provided that such special record date must be no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and
(iv) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such
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special record date, the Company will send notice to the Trustee and the Holders that states such special record date, such payment date and the amount of such Defaulted Amount and Default
Interest to be paid on such payment date. For the avoidance of doubt, if any Defaulted Amounts, together with any required Default Interest, are paid to Holders in accordance with the terms of this Indenture prior to (x) the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect to the Default in the relevant payment set forth in Section 7.01(A); or (y) if later, the delivery of any notice of acceleration pursuant to
Section 7.02(B) with respect to the Event of Default relating to such Default in the relevant payment, such payment Default or Event of Default shall be deemed cured and the Notes shall not be subject to acceleration on
account of such payment Default or Event of Default.
(C) Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date
for a payment on a Note as provided in this Indenture is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will
accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be
deemed not to be a “Business Day.”
(D) Special Provision for Global Notes. If the first date on which any Additional
Interest or Special Interest begins to accrue on a Global Note is on or after the fifth (5th) Business Day before a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or
the Notes, the amount thereof accruing in respect of the period from, and including, such first date to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date but will instead be deemed to accrue (without
duplication) entirely on such Interest Payment Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no interest will accrue as a result of the related delay).
Section 2.06. REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND EXCHANGE AGENT.
(A) Generally. The Company will maintain (i) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (ii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”); and
(iii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for exchange (the “Exchange Agent”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, then the Trustee will
act as such and will receive compensation therefor in accordance with this Indenture and any other agreement between the Trustee and the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Paying Agent
or Exchange Agent.
(B) Duties of the Registrar. The Registrar will keep a record (the “Register”) of the names
and addresses of the Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and exchange of Notes. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Trustee may treat
each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.
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(C) Co-Agents; Company’s
Right to Appoint Successor Registrars, Paying Agents and Exchange Agents. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Paying Agents and co-Exchange Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, as applicable, under this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.06(A), the Company may change
any Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act in such capacity) without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee (and, upon request, any Holder) of the name and address
of each Note Agent, if any, not a party to this Indenture and will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with each such Note Agent, which agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Note Agent.
(D) Initial Appointments. The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Exchange
Agent. In acting in such capacities under this Indenture and in connection with the Notes, the Trustee in such capacities will act solely as an agent of the Company and will not thereby assume any obligations towards, or relationship of agency or
trust for or with, any Holder.
Section 2.07. PAYING AGENT AND EXCHANGE
AGENT TO HOLD PROPERTY IN TRUST.
The Company
will require each Paying Agent or Exchange Agent that is not the Trustee to agree in writing that such Note Agent will (A) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by such Note Agent for payment
or delivery due on the Notes; and (B) notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment or delivery. The Company, at any time, may, and the Trustee, while any Default continues, may, require a Paying Agent or Exchange
Agent to pay or deliver, as applicable, all money and other property held by it to the Trustee, after which payment or delivery, as applicable, such Note Agent (if not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for such
money or property. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, then (A) it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by
it as Paying Agent or Exchange Agent; and (B) references in this Indenture or the Notes to the Paying Agent or Exchange Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to the Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, in
each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or the Trustee or with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to refer to cash or other property so segregated and held separately, or to the segregation and separate holding of such cash or other
property, respectively. Upon the occurrence of any event pursuant to clause (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) with respect to the Company (or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company acting as
Paying Agent or Exchange Agent), the Trustee will serve as the Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, as applicable, for the Notes.
Section 2.08.
HOLDER LISTS.
If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later
than seven (7) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request, a list, in such form and as of such date or time as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders.
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Section 2.09. LEGENDS.
(A) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear the Global Note Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Indenture,
required by the Depositary for such Global Note).
(B) Non-Affiliate Legend. Each Note will
bear the Non-Affiliate Legend.
(C) Restricted Note Legend. Subject to
Section 2.12,
(i) each Note that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted Note
Legend; and
(ii) if a Note is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial exchange of, another Note
(such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.09(C)(ii)), including pursuant to Section 2.10(B), 2.10(C), 2.11 or 2.13, then
such Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if such old Note bore the Restricted Note Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Exchange Date with respect to such exchange, as applicable; provided,
however, that such Note need not bear the Restricted Note Legend if such Note does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Exchange Date, as applicable.
(D) Other Legends. A Note may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Indenture, as may be required by applicable law
or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Note is traded or quoted.
(E) Acknowledgement and Agreement
by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Note bearing any legend required by this Section 2.09 will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgement of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth
in such legend.
(F) Restricted Stock Legend.
(i) Each Exchange Share will bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Note upon the exchange of which such Exchange Share was
issued was (or would have been had it not been exchanged) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Exchange Share was issued; provided, however, that such Exchange Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Company
determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Exchange Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend.
(ii)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(F), an Exchange Share need not bear a Restricted Stock Legend if such Exchange Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends
thereto, provided the Company takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in the Restricted Stock Legend.
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Section 2.10. TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES;
CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.
(A) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) Subject to this Section 2.10, Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be
transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Registrar will record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.
(ii) Each Note issued upon transfer or exchange of any other Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old
Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(A)(ii)) or portion thereof in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture, as such old Note or portion thereof, as applicable.
(iii) The Company, the Trustee and the Note
Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Exchange Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.17 or 8.05 not involving any transfer.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, a Note may not be transferred or exchanged in
part unless the portion to be so transferred or exchanged is in an Authorized Denomination.
(v) The Trustee will have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any transfer restrictions imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any Security, other than to require the delivery of such certificates or other
documentation or evidence as expressly required by this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements of this Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents will have any responsibility
for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
(vi) The Trustee will have no responsibility or obligation to any
beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership
interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of repurchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes
(or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes will be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which is the Depositary or its nominee in the
case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note will be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable Depositary Procedures. The Trustee may rely and will be fully protected in relying upon information
furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(vii) Each Note issued
upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
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(viii) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a
transfer or exchange of any Note, the Company will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.
(ix) For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Indenture, as used in this
Section 2.10, an “exchange” of a Global Note or a Physical Note includes (x) an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any Restricted Note Legend affixed to such Global Note or Physical Note;
and (y) if such Global Note or Physical Note is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number, an exchange effected for the sole purpose of causing such Global Note or Physical Note to be identified by an “unrestricted”
CUSIP number.
(B) Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.
(i) Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Global Note may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (x) by
the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (z) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. No Global Note (or any portion thereof) may be transferred to, or exchanged for, a Physical Note; provided, however, that a Global Note will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical
Notes if:
(1) (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to
continue as depositary for such Global Note or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within
ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation;
(2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company,
the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange such Global Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, for one or more Physical Notes; or
(3) the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Note for one or
more Physical Notes at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.
(ii) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of
this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Global Note (or any portion thereof):
(1) the Trustee will reflect
any resulting decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if such notation results in such Global Note having a
principal amount of zero, the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee in writing to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15);
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(2) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Trustee will
reflect any resulting increase of the principal amount of any other Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such other Global Note;
(3) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will
authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Global Note bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(4) if such Global Note (or such portion thereof), or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for one or more
Physical Notes, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations
(not to exceed, in the aggregate, the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged); (y) are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures); and (z) bear each
legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(iii) Each transfer or exchange of a beneficial
interest in any Global Note will be made in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.
(C) Transfers and Exchanges of Physical Notes.
(i) Subject to this Section 2.10, a Holder of a Physical Note may (x) transfer such
Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) to one or more other Person(s); (y) exchange such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for one or more other Physical Notes in Authorized
Denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Note (or portion thereof) to be so exchanged; and (z) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures, transfer such Physical Note (or any
portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must:
(1) surrender such Physical Note to be transferred or exchanged to the Corporate Trust Office of the Registrar, together with
any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; and
(2) deliver
such certificates, documentation or evidence as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10(D).
(ii) Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Physical Note (such
Physical Note being referred to as the “old Physical Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(C)(ii)) of a Holder (or any portion of such old Physical Note in an Authorized Denomination):
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(1) such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.15;
(2) if such old Physical Note is to be so transferred or exchanged only in part,
then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such old Physical Note not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by
Section 2.09;
(3) in the case of a transfer:
(a) to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to
be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Trustee will reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Notes by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
forming part of such Global Note(s), which increase(s) are in Authorized Denominations and aggregate to the principal amount to be so transferred, and which Global Note(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09;
provided, however, that if such transfer cannot be so effected by notation on one or more existing Global Notes (whether because no Global Notes bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09 then
exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Note having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the maximum aggregate principal amount permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and
the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Global Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be
so transferred; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(b) to a
transferee that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Notes, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case
in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; (y) are registered in
the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and
(4) in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in
accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the
name of the Person to whom such old Physical Note was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
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(D) Requirement to Deliver Documentation and Other Evidence. If a Holder of any Note
that is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number or that bears a Restricted Note Legend or is a Transfer-Restricted Security requests to:
(i) cause such Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number;
(ii) remove such Restricted Note Legend; or
(iii) register the transfer of such Note to the name of another Person,
then the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the
Company, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with
the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws; provided, however, that no such certificates, documentation or evidence need be so delivered on and after the Free Trade Date with respect to such Note unless the Company
determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Note is not eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information
or notice under the Securities Act.
(E) Transfers of Notes Subject to Repurchase, Redemption or Exchange. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that (i) has been surrendered for exchange, except to the extent that any portion
of such Note is not subject to exchange; (ii) is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or Optional Repurchase Notice validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F) or 4.03(E),
respectively, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Optional Repurchase Price, as applicable, when due; or (iii) has
been selected for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption Notice, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to Redemption or the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.
Section 2.11. EXCHANGE AND CANCELLATION OF NOTES TO
BE EXCHANGED OR TO BE REPURCHASED PURSUANT TO A REPURCHASE UPON
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, OPTIONAL REPURCHASE OR REDEMPTION.
(A) Partial Exchanges of Physical Notes and Partial Repurchases of Physical Notes Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional
Repurchase or Redemption. If only a portion of a Physical Note of a Holder is to be exchanged pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional Repurchase or Redemption, then, as soon as
reasonably practicable after such Physical Note is surrendered for such exchange or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will cause such Physical Note to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 2.10(C), for
(i) one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
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of such Physical Note that is not to be so exchanged or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Physical Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Physical Note having a principal amount equal
to the principal amount to be so exchanged or repurchased, as applicable, which Physical Note will be exchanged or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Physical Note referred
to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such exchange or repurchase, as applicable, is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to
Section 2.18.
(B) Cancellation of Notes that Are Exchanged and Notes that Are Repurchased Pursuant to a
Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional Repurchase or Redemption.
(i) Physical Notes. If a
Physical Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.11(A)) of a Holder is to be exchanged pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental
Change, Optional Repurchase or Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Physical Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18 and the time such Physical Note is
surrendered for such exchange or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such Physical Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15; and (2) in the case of a partial exchange or repurchase, as applicable, the Company
will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so exchanged or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by
Section 2.09.
(ii) Global Notes. If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be
exchanged pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional Repurchase or Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to
Section 2.18, the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged or repurchased, as applicable, by notation on
the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to
Section 2.15).
Section 2.12. REMOVAL OF TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS.
Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Indenture (including
Section 3.04), the Restricted Note Legend affixed to any Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12 and the footnote to such Restricted Note Legend, to be removed therefrom upon the
Company’s delivery to the Trustee of notice, signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers, to such effect (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such notice need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion
of Counsel in order to be effective to cause such Restricted Note Legend to be deemed to be removed from such Note unless a new Note is to be authenticated in connection therewith). If such Note bears a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number
at the time of such delivery, then, upon such delivery, such Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12
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and the footnotes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth on the face of the certificate representing such Note, to thereafter bear the “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers
identified in such footnotes; provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note and the Depositary thereof requires a mandatory exchange or other procedure to cause such Global Note to be identified by “unrestricted”
CUSIP and ISIN numbers in the facilities of such Depositary, then (i) the Company will effect such exchange or procedure as soon as reasonably practicable; and (ii) for purposes of Section 3.04 and the definition
of Freely Tradable, such Global Note will not be deemed to be identified by “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers until such time as such exchange or procedure is effected.
Section 2.13. REPLACEMENT NOTES.
If a Holder of any Note claims that such Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and
deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a replacement Note upon surrender to the Trustee of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of such loss,
destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company and the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that
is satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company and the Trustee from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced.
Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.13 will be an additional obligation of the Company and will
be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Notes issued under this Indenture.
Section 2.14.
REGISTERED HOLDERS; CERTAIN RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO GLOBAL NOTES.
Only the Holder of a Note will have rights under this Indenture as the owner of such Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Trustee as its custodian, and the Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents, and
their respective agents, may treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that (A) the Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Notes through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to such Global Note under this Indenture or the Notes; and
(B) the Company and the Trustee, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.
Section 2.15. CANCELLATION.
Without limiting the generality of Section 3.08, the Company may at any time deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent will forward to the Trustee each Note duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or exchange. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes so surrendered to it in
accordance with its customary procedures. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.03(B), the Company may not originally issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been cancelled upon transfer,
exchange, payment or exchange.
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Section 2.16. NOTES HELD BY THE
COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES.
Without limiting the generality of
Sections 2.18 and 3.08, in determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be
deemed not to be outstanding; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so
owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.17. TEMPORARY NOTES.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in
accordance with Section 2.02, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. The Company will
promptly prepare, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, each temporary Note will
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
Section 2.18. OUTSTANDING
NOTES.
(A) Generally. The Notes that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those Notes that, at such
time, have been duly executed and authenticated, excluding those Notes (or portions thereof) that have theretofore been (i) cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with
Section 2.15; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any Global Note representing such Note; (iii) paid in full
(including upon exchange) in accordance with this Indenture; or (iv) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (B), (C) or (D) of this
Section 2.18.
(B) Replaced Notes. If a Note is replaced pursuant to
Section 2.13, then such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a “bona fide
purchaser” under applicable law.
(C) Maturing Notes and Notes Subject to Repurchase or Called for Redemption. If, on a
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Optional Repurchase Date, a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price, Redemption Price
or principal amount, respectively, together, in each case, with the aggregate interest, in each case due on such date, then (unless there occurs a Default in the payment of any such amount) (i) the Notes (or portions thereof) to be repurchased
or redeemed, or that mature, on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(C), 4.04(E) or 5.02(D); and
(ii) the rights of the Holders of such Notes (or such portions thereof), as such, will terminate with respect to such Notes (or such portions thereof), other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase
Price, Redemption Price or principal amount, as applicable, of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes (or such portions thereof), in each case as provided in this Indenture.
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(D) Notes to Be Exchanged. At the Close of Business on the Exchange Date for any Note
(or any portion thereof) to be exchanged, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Exchange Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or
Section 5.02(D), upon such exchange) be deemed to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.08.
(E) Cessation of Accrual of Interest. Except as provided in Section 4.02(D), 4.03(C),
4.04(E) or 5.02(D), interest will cease to accrue on each Note from, and including, the date that such Note is deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.18, to cease to be outstanding, unless there occurs a
default in the payment or delivery of any cash or other property due on such Note.
Section 2.19. REPURCHASES BY
THE COMPANY.
Without limiting the generality of Sections 2.15 and 3.08, the Company
may, from time to time, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders.
Section 2.20. CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS.
Subject to Section 2.12, the Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Notes, and, if
so, the Company and the Trustee will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number; and
(ii) the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number(s) identifying any Notes.
Article 3. COVENANTS
Section 3.01. PAYMENT ON NOTES.
(A) Generally. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional
Repurchase Price and Redemption Price for, interest on, cash consideration due upon exchange of, and other amounts due with respect to, the Notes on the dates and in the manner set forth in this Indenture.
(B) Deposit of Funds. Before 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Optional Repurchase Date,
Redemption Date or Interest Payment Date, and on the Maturity Date or any other date on which any cash amount is due on the Notes, the Company will deposit, or will cause there to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash, in funds immediately
available on such date, sufficient to pay the cash amount due on the applicable Notes on such date; provided, however, that to the extent any such deposit is received by the Paying Agent after 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on any
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Optional Repurchase Date, Redemption Date or Interest Payment Date, such deposit will be deemed deposited on the next Business Day. The Paying Agent will return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money
not required for such purpose.
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Section 3.02. EXCHANGE ACT REPORTS.
(A) Generally. The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all reports that Parent is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that Parent is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act, including under the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which Parent has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC.
Any report that Parent files with the SEC through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be sent to the Trustee at the time such report is so filed via the EDGAR system (or such successor). Upon the request of any Holder, the
Trustee will provide to such Holder a copy of any report that the Company has sent the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.02(A), other than a report that is deemed to be sent to the Trustee pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
The “grace periods” referred to in the preceding paragraph with respect to any report will include the maximum
period afforded by Rule 12b-25 regardless of whether Parent files, or indicates in the related Form 12b-25 (or any successor form thereto) that Parent expects to or will
file, such report before the expiration of such maximum period.
(B) Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee need not
determine whether Parent has filed any material via the EDGAR system (or such successor). The sending or filing of reports pursuant to Section 3.02(A) will not be deemed to constitute constructive notice to the Trustee of
any information contained, or determinable from information contained, therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s
Certificate).
Section 3.03. RULE 144A INFORMATION.
If Parent is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act at any time when any Notes or shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exchange of the Notes are outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), then the Company and Parent (or the Company’s or Parent’s respective successor(s)) will promptly provide, to the Trustee
and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or
shares pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company and Parent (or the Company’s or Parent’s respective successor(s)) will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes or shares may reasonably request to enable such
Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or shares pursuant to Rule 144A.
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Section 3.04. ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
(A) Accrual of Additional Interest.
(i) If, at any time during the six (6) month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six (6) months
after the Last Original Issue Date of any Note,
(1) Parent fails to timely file any report (other than Form 8-K reports) that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder, including under the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC); or
(2) such Note is not otherwise Freely Tradable,
then Additional Interest will accrue on such Note for each day during such period on which such failure is continuing or such
Note is not Freely Tradeable. The “grace periods” referred to in the preceding sentence with respect to any report will include the maximum period afforded by Rule 12b-25 regardless of whether
Parent files, or indicates in the related Form 12b-25 (or any successor form thereto) that Parent expects to or will file, such report before the expiration of such maximum period.
(ii) In addition, Additional Interest will accrue on a Note on each day on which such Note is not Freely Tradable on or after
the De-Legending Deadline Date for such Note.
(B) Amount and Payment of Additional
Interest. Subject to Section 3.04(C), any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 3.04(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest
on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof for the first ninety (90) days on which Additional Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one
half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event will Additional Interest that accrues pursuant to this Section 3.04 (excluding any interest that accrues on any
Deferred Additional Interest pursuant to Section 3.04(C)) as a result of Parent’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, as applicable (other than reports on Form 8-K), together with any Special Interest that accrues at the Company’s election pursuant to Section 7.03 for a Reporting
Event of Default, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that
accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Special Interest that accrues on such Note.
(C) Deferral of Additional Interest.
(i) Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.04, but subject to
Section 3.04(C)(iii), Additional Interest that accrues on any Note for any period on or after the De-Legending Deadline Date of such Note will not be payable on any Interest Payment
Date occurring on or after such De-Legending Deadline Date unless (1) a Holder (or an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note) has delivered to the Company and the Trustee, no later than the fifth
(5th) Business Day before the Regular Record Date immediately before such Interest Payment Date, a written notice (a
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“Deferred Additional Interest Demand Request”) demanding payment of Additional Interest; or (2) the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects, by sending notice
of such election (a “Notice of Election to Pay Deferred Additional Interest”) to Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) before such Regular Record Date, to pay such Additional Interest on such Interest Payment Date (any accrued and
unpaid Additional Interest that, in accordance with this sentence, is not paid on such Interest Payment Date, “Deferred Additional Interest”). Without further action by the Company or any other Person, interest will automatically
accrue on such Deferred Additional Interest from, and including, such Interest Payment Date at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which Stated Interest accrues on the Notes to, but excluding, the date on which such Deferred Additional
Interest, together with accrued interest thereon, is paid. Once any accrued and unpaid Additional Interest becomes payable on an Interest Payment Date (whether as a result of the delivery of a written notice pursuant to clause (1) above
or, if earlier, the Company’s election to pay the same pursuant to clause (2) above), Additional Interest will thereafter not be subject to deferral pursuant to this Section 3.04(C).
(ii) Interpretive Provisions. Each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to any accrued interest (including in the
definitions of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Redemption Price for any Note) or to any accrued Additional Interest includes, to the extent applicable, and without duplication, any Deferred Additional Interest, together with accrued
and unpaid interest thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to pay any accrued and unpaid Additional Interest on an Interest Payment Date will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under this Indenture or the Notes if such payment
is deferred in accordance with Section 3.04(C)(i). Otherwise, such a failure to pay will be subject to Section 7.01(A)(ii).
(iii) Payment or Extinguishment Upon Maturity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,
if (1) any unpaid Deferred Additional Interest exists on any Notes as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) no Holder (or owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note) has
delivered a Deferred Additional Interest Demand Request in the manner set forth in Section 3.04(C)(i) on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day before such Regular Record Date; and (3) the Company has not sent a Notice
of Election to Pay Deferred Additional Interest in the manner set forth in Section 3.04(C)(i) before such Regular Record Date, then Deferred Additional Interest on each Note then outstanding will cease to accrue and all
Deferred Additional Interest, together with interest thereon, on such Note will be deemed to be extinguished on the following date: (a) if such Note is to be exchanged, the Exchange Date for such exchange (it being understood, for the avoidance
of doubt, that the Exchange Consideration therefor need not include, and the amount referred to in clause (i) of Section 5.02(D) need not include, the payment of any such Deferred Additional Interest or any
interest thereon); and (b) in all other cases, the later of (x) the Maturity Date; and (y) the first date on which the Company has repaid the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (other than such Deferred Additional Interest
and any interest thereon) on, such Note in full.
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(D) Notice of Accrual of Additional Interest; Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Company
will send notice to the Holder of each Note, and to the Trustee, of the commencement and termination of any period in which Additional Interest accrues on such Note, except that no such notice is required in respect of any Additional Interest that
is deferred in accordance with Section 3.04(C). In addition, if Additional Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Additional Interest is to be paid, the
Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Additional Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Additional
Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee (x) will have no duty to determine whether any Additional Interest is payable (or whether the same is deferred or is accruing interest) or the amount thereof; and (y) may assume
(without inquiry) that no Additional Interest is payable or has been deferred until written notice of such Additional Interest has been provided to the Trustee by the Company.
(E) Exclusive Remedy. The accrual of Additional Interest will be the exclusive remedy available to Holders for the failure of their
Notes to become Freely Tradable.
Section 3.05. COMPLIANCE AND DEFAULT CERTIFICATES.
(A) Annual Compliance Certificate. Within ninety (90) days after December 31, 2026 and each fiscal year of the
Company ending thereafter, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating (i) that the signatory thereto has supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year with
a view towards determining whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred; and (ii) whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults or
Events of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(B) Default Certificate. If a
Default or Event of Default occurs, then the Company will promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days after an Officer of the Company obtains knowledge of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, deliver an Officer’s
Certificate to the Trustee describing the same and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; provided that the Company will not be required to deliver such Officer’s Certificate if such Default or Event
of Default has been cured (or deemed cured) or waived prior to the date that such Officer’s Certificate is due.
Section 3.06.
STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS.
To the extent that it may
lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law (wherever or whenever enacted or in force) that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to
the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
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Section 3.07. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article 6, the Company will cause to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(A) its corporate existence in accordance with the organizational documents of the Company; and
(B) the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that the Company need not preserve or keep in full force and effect any such license or franchise if the Board of Directors
determines that (x) the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (y) the loss thereof is not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse
to the Holders.
Section 3.08. RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION OF NOTES
BY THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES.
No
Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantors may acquire any Note (or any beneficial interest therein) and upon any exchange, the Holder and beneficial owners will be deemed to represent that they are not such an Affiliate.
Section 3.09. FURTHER INSTRUMENTS AND ACTS.
At the Trustee’s request, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to more effectively carry out the purposes of this Indenture (it being understood that the Trustee will have no duty to make such determination).
Article 4. REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. NO SINKING FUND.
No sinking fund is required to be provided for the Notes.
Section 4.02. RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO REQUIRE THE
COMPANY TO REPURCHASE NOTES UPON A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
(A) Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the other terms of this
Section 4.02, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any
portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(B) Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has
not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including as a result of the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and any related interest pursuant to the
proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.02(D), on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes pursuant to this
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Section 4.02; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be returned to the Holders thereof
(or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
(C) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the
Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Company sends the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E).
(D) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon
Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;
provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record
Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such
Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of
Section 2.05(C) and such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest
Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.
(E) Fundamental Change
Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company will send to each Holder, the Trustee, the Exchange Agent and the Paying Agent a notice of such Fundamental Change (a
“Fundamental Change Notice”). Substantially contemporaneously, the Company or Parent, as applicable will issue a press release through such national newswire service as the Company or Parent then uses (or publish the same through
such other widely disseminated public medium as the Company or Parent then uses, including its website) containing the information set forth in the Fundamental Change Notice.
Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:
(i) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;
(ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;
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(iii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to
repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;
(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change (and, if such
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 4.02(D));
(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;
(vii) the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any
adjustments to the Exchange Rate that may result from such Fundamental Change (including pursuant to Section 5.07);
(viii) that Notes for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be
delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(ix) that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered
may be exchanged only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture;
and
(x) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.
Neither the failure to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor any defect in a Fundamental Change Notice will limit the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.
(F) Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.
(i) Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Fundamental Change
Repurchase Right for a Note following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:
(1)
before the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to
such Note; and
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(2) such Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note)
or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).
The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that it receives.
(ii) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices. Each
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:
(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the
certificate number of such Note;
(2) the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be an Authorized
Denomination; and
(3) that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such
principal amount of such Note;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must
comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).
(iii) Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately before the related
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:
(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the
certificate number of such Note;
(2) the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized
Denomination; and
(3) the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice, which must be an Authorized Denomination;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal
notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).
Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such
withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.11, treating such Note as having been then surrendered
for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to
the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
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(G) Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Without limiting the
Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time prescribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to
be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the
Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the
case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.02(D) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change must be
paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.02(G).
(H) Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the extent applicable, the Company and Parent will comply with all federal and state
securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required
Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Company’s or Parent’s
obligations pursuant to this Section 4.02 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company or Parent and enacted after the Issue Date, the Company’s or Parent’s compliance with such law or
regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such obligations.
(I) Repurchase in Part. Subject to the terms of this
Section 4.02, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section 4.02 applying to the repurchase of
a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.
Section 4.03. RIGHT OF
HOLDERS TO REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO REPURCHASE NOTES ON THE OPTIONAL
REPURCHASE DATE.
(A) Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes on the Optional
Repurchase Date. Subject to the other terms of this Section 4.03, each Holder will have the right (the “Optional Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or
any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on May 15, 2029 (the “Optional Repurchase Date”) for a cash repurchase price equal to the Optional Repurchase Price.
(B) Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has
not been rescinded on or before the Optional Repurchase Date (including as a result of the payment of the related Optional Repurchase Price on the Optional Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes otherwise subject to
Optional Repurchase on the Optional Repurchase Date pursuant to this Section 4.03; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Optional Repurchase to be returned to the Holders thereof
(or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
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(C) Optional Repurchase Price. The Optional Repurchase Price for any Note to be
repurchased on the Optional Repurchase Date pursuant to an Optional Repurchase is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Optional Repurchase Date;
provided, however, that if the Optional Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be
entitled, notwithstanding such Optional Repurchase, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date
(assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if the Optional Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Optional Repurchase Price will not include accrued
and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Optional Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(C) and the Optional
Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with
Section 2.05(C), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Optional Repurchase Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased
from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.
(D) Optional Repurchase Date Notice. No later than twenty (20) Business Days
before the Optional Repurchase Date, the Company will send to each Holder, the Trustee, the Exchange Agent and the Paying Agent a notice thereof (an “Optional Repurchase Date Notice”).
Such Optional Repurchase Date Notice must state:
(i) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this
Section 4.03, including the deadline for exercising the Optional Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing an Optional Repurchase Notice;
(ii) the Optional Repurchase Date;
(iii) the Optional Repurchase Price and that the Holder of any Note at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date
immediately before the Optional Repurchase Date will be entitled to receive, on the Interest Payment Date falling on the Optional Repurchase Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date;
(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;
(v) the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Optional Repurchase Date Notice;
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(vi) that Notes for which an Optional Repurchase Notice has been duly
tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Optional Repurchase Price;
(vii) that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to an Optional Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be
exchanged (if otherwise then exchangeable pursuant to Article 5) only if such Optional Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and
(viii) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.
Neither the failure to deliver an Optional Repurchase Date Notice nor any defect in an Optional Repurchase Date Notice will limit the Optional
Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Optional Repurchase.
(E) Procedures
to Exercise the Optional Repurchase Right.
(i) Delivery of Optional Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be
Repurchased. To exercise its Optional Repurchase Right for a Note, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:
(1) before the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately before the Optional Repurchase Date (or such later time
as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Optional Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note; and
(2) such
Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note) or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).
The Paying
Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Optional Repurchase Notice that it receives.
(ii) Contents of
Optional Repurchase Notices. Each Optional Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:
(1) if such Note is a
Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;
(2) the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be
an Authorized Denomination; and
(3) that such Holder is exercising its Optional Repurchase Right with respect to such
principal amount of such Note;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Optional Repurchase Notice
must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Optional Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03(E)).
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(iii) Withdrawal of Optional Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has
delivered an Optional Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Optional Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day
immediately before the Optional Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:
(1) if such Note is a Physical Note,
the certificate number of such Note;
(2) the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized
Denomination; and
(3) the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Optional Repurchase Notice,
which must be an Authorized Denomination;
provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice
must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.03(E)).
Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a
copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.11, treating such Note as having been then
surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry
transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
(F) Payment of the Optional Repurchase Price. Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Optional Repurchase Price
within the time prescribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Optional Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to an Optional Repurchase to be paid to the Holder thereof on or
before the later of (i) the Optional Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery
to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 4.03(C) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to an Optional Repurchase must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to
the first sentence of this Section 4.03(F).
(G) Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the
extent applicable, the Company and Parent will comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with an Optional Repurchase (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Optional Repurchase in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided,
however, that, to the extent that the Company’s or Parent’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.03 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company or Parent and enacted after the
Issue Date, the Company’s or Parent’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such obligations.
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(H) Repurchase in Part. Subject to the terms of this
Section 4.03, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to an Optional Repurchase in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section 4.03 applying to the repurchase of a Note in
whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.
Section 4.04. RIGHT OF
THE COMPANY TO REDEEM THE NOTES.
(A) No
Right to Redeem Before May 21, 2029. The Company may not redeem the Notes at its option pursuant to this Section 4.04 at any time before May 21, 2029.
(B) Right to Redeem the Notes On or After May 21, 2029. Subject to the other terms of this
Section 4.04, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, or any portion in an Authorized Denomination, of the Notes, at any time, and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after May 21, 2029 and
on or before the fortieth (40th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if (i) the Notes are Freely Tradable as of the Redemption Notice Date for such
Redemption and all accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, has been paid in full as of the most recent Interest Payment Date occurring on or before such Redemption Notice Date; and (ii) the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common
Stock exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Exchange Price on (x) each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the
Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date; and (y) the Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date; provided, however, that the Company will not call less than all of the outstanding Notes for
Redemption unless the excess of the principal amount of Notes outstanding as of the time the Company sends the related Redemption Notice over the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such Redemption Notice as being subject to such
Redemption is at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). For the avoidance of doubt, the calling of any Notes for Redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the
definition thereof.
(C) Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated
and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Redemption Date (including as a result of the payment of the related Redemption Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 4.04(E), on such Redemption Date), then (i) the Company may not call for Redemption or otherwise redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.04; and (ii) the Company will cause
any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Redemption to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the
applicable beneficial interests in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).
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(D) Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day of
the Company’s choosing that is no more than sixty five (65), nor less than forty five (45), Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if, in accordance with
Section 5.03(A)(iii), the Company has elected to settle all exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after such Redemption Notice Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the
Redemption Date by Physical Settlement, then the Company may instead elect to choose a Redemption Date that is a Business Day no more than forty five (45), nor less than fifteen (15), calendar days after such Redemption Notice Date.
(E) Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of
such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest
Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the
unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such
Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the
meaning of Section 2.05(C) and such Redemption Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date
will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Redemption Price will include interest on
Notes to be redeemed from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.
(F) Redemption Notice. To call any Notes for Redemption, the
Company must send to each Holder of such Notes a written notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”).
Such
Redemption Notice must state:
(i) that such Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s
Redemption right under this Indenture;
(ii) the Redemption Date for such Redemption;
(iii) the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Redemption (and, if the Redemption Date is after a
Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.04(E));
(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;
(v) that Notes called for Redemption may be exchanged at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day
immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full);
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(vi) the Exchange Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such
Redemption and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Exchange Rate that may result from such Redemption (including pursuant to Section 5.07);
(vii) the Settlement Method that will apply to all exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after such
Redemption Notice Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day before such Redemption Date; and
(viii) the CUSIP
and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.
On or before the Redemption Notice Date, the Company will send a copy of such Redemption Notice
to the Trustee, the Exchange Agent and the Paying Agent.
(G) Selection and Exchange of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part.
(i) If less than all Notes then outstanding are called for Redemption, then the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the
Company as follows: (1) in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary Procedures; and (2) in the case of Physical Notes, pro rata, by lot or by such other method the Company considers fair and appropriate.
(ii) If only a portion of a Note is subject to Redemption and such Note is exchanged in part, then the exchanged portion of
such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to Redemption.
(H) Payment of the Redemption Price.
Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time prescribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Redemption Price for a Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption to
be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of Section 4.04(E) on any Note (or portion thereof)
subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso.
(I) Special Provisions for Partial Calls. If the Company elects to
redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to this Section 4.04, and the Holder of any Note, or any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, is reasonably not able to determine, before the Close of
Business on the forty second (42nd) Scheduled Trading Day (or, if, in accordance with Section 5.03(A)(iii), the Company has elected to settle all exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after the
Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date by Physical Settlement, the tenth (10th) calendar day) before the Redemption Date for such Redemption, whether such Note
or beneficial interest, as applicable, is to be redeemed pursuant to such Redemption, then such Holder or owner, as applicable, will be entitled to exchange such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, at any time before the Close of Business on
the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before such Redemption Date, and each such exchange will be deemed to be of a Note called for Redemption for purposes of this Section 4.04 and Sections 5.01(C)(i)(4)
and 5.07 and the definition of Make-Whole Fundamental Change. For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to (x) any Note that is called for Redemption (or similar language) includes any Note that is deemed
to be called for Redemption pursuant to this Section 4.04(I); and (y) any Note that is not called for Redemption (or similar language) excludes any Note that is deemed to be called for Redemption pursuant to this
Section 4.04(I).
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(J) Repurchases or Other Acquisitions Other Than by Redemption Not Affected. For the
avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 4.04 will limit or otherwise apply to any repurchase or other acquisition, by the Company or its Affiliates, or any other Person, of any Notes not by Redemption (including in open
market transactions, private or public tender or exchange offers or otherwise).
Article 5. EXCHANGE
Section 5.01. RIGHT TO EXCHANGE.
(A) Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Article 5, each Holder may, at its option, exchange such Holder’s Notes
into Exchange Consideration.
(B) Exchanges in Part. Subject to the terms of this Indenture, Notes may be exchanged in part, but
only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Article 5 applying to the exchange of a Note in whole will equally apply to exchanges of a permitted portion of a Note.
(C) When Notes May Be Exchanged.
(i) Generally. Subject to Section 5.01(C)(ii), a Note may be exchanged only in the following
circumstances:
(1) Exchange upon Satisfaction of Common Stock Sale Price Condition. A Holder may exchange its Notes
during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2026 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of
the Exchange Price for each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
(2) Exchange upon Satisfaction of Note Trading Price Condition. A Holder may exchange its Notes during the five
(5) consecutive Business Days immediately after any five (5) consecutive Trading Day period (such five (5) consecutive Trading Day period, the “Measurement Period”) if 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 below, for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was less than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per
share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Exchange Rate on such Trading Day. The condition set forth in the preceding sentence is referred to in this Indenture as the “Trading Price Condition.”
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The Trading Price will be determined by the Bid Solicitation Agent pursuant to this
Section 5.01(C)(i)(2) and the definition of “Trading Price.” The Bid Solicitation Agent (if not the Company) will have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes unless the Company has requested
such determination in writing, and the Company will have no obligation to make such request (or seek bids itself) unless a Holder provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less
than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock and the Exchange Rate. If a Holder provides such evidence, then the Company will (if acting as Bid Solicitation Agent), or will instruct the Bid
Solicitation Agent to, determine the Trading Price 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 is greater than or equal to ninety eight percent (98%)
of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Exchange Rate on such Trading Day. If the Trading Price Condition has been met as set forth above, then the Company will notify in writing the
Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the same. If, on any Trading Day after the Trading Price Condition has been met as set forth above, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or
equal to ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Exchange Rate on such Trading Day, then the Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent
(if other than the Trustee) of the same.
(3) Exchange upon Specified Corporate Events.
(a) Certain Distributions. If Parent elects to:
(I) distribute, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, any rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued
pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, so long as such rights have not separated from the Common Stock and are not exercisable until the occurrence of a triggering event, except that such rights will be deemed to be distributed under this clause
(I) upon their separation from the Common Stock or upon the occurrence of such triggering event) entitling them, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day
immediately before the date such distribution is announced (determined in the manner set forth in the third paragraph of Section 5.05(A)(ii)); or
(II) distribute, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, assets or securities of Parent or rights to purchase
Parent’s securities, which distribution per share of Common Stock has a value, as reasonably determined by Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof, exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of
Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced,
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then, in either case, (x) the Company will send written notice of such distribution,
and of the related right to exchange Notes, to Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) at least fifty (50) Scheduled Trading Days before the Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution (or, if later in the case of any such separation of rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan or the occurrence of any such triggering event under a stockholder rights plan, as soon as reasonably practicable after Parent
becomes aware that such separation or triggering event has occurred or will occur); and (y) once the Company has sent such notice, Holders may exchange their Notes at any time until the earlier of the Close of Business on the Business Day
immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date and Parent’s announcement that such distribution will not take place.
(b) Certain Corporate Events. If a Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change (other than a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof) or Common Stock Change Event occurs, then, in each case, Holders may exchange their Notes at any time from, and including, the effective date of such transaction or
event to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such effective date (or, if such transaction or event also constitutes a Fundamental Change, to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date); provided,
however, that if the Company does not provide the notice referred to in the immediately following sentence by such effective date, then the last day on which the Notes are exchangeable pursuant to this sentence will be extended by the number
of Business Days from, and including, such effective date to, but excluding, the date the Company provides such notice. No later than such effective date, the Company will send written notice of such distribution, and of the related right to
exchange Notes, to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such transaction or event, such effective date and the related right to exchange Notes.
(4) Exchange Upon Redemption. If the Company calls any Note for Redemption, then the Holder of such Note may exchange
such Note at any time before the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time
as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full).
(5) Exchanges During Free Exchangeability Period. A Holder may
exchange its Notes at any time from, and including, November 15, 2030 until the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes may become exchangeable pursuant to any one or more of the preceding sub-paragraphs of this Section 5.01(C)(i) and the Notes ceasing to be exchangeable pursuant to a particular sub-paragraph of this
Section 5.01(C)(i) will not preclude the Notes from being exchangeable pursuant to any other sub-paragraph of this Section 5.01(C)(i).
(ii) Limitations and Closed Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes:
(1) Notes may be surrendered for exchange only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a
Business Day;
(2) in no event may any Note be exchanged after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading
Day immediately before the Maturity Date;
(3) if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or Optional Repurchase Notice is
validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) or 4.03(E), respectively, with respect to any Note, then such Note may not be exchanged, except to the extent (a) such Note is not subject to such notice;
(b) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02(F) or 4.03(E), as applicable; or (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Optional Repurchase Price, as
applicable, for such Note in accordance with this Indenture; and
(4) if the Company calls any Note for Redemption pursuant
to Section 4.04, then the Holder of such Note may not exchange such Note after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date, except to the extent the Company fails
to pay the Redemption Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture.
Section 5.02. EXCHANGE PROCEDURES.
(A) Generally.
(i) Global Notes. To exchange a beneficial interest in a Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to
Section 5.01(C), the owner of such beneficial interest must (1) comply with the Depositary Procedures for exchanging such beneficial interest (at which time such exchange will become irrevocable); and (2) pay any
amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).
(ii)
Physical Notes. To exchange all or a portion of a Physical Note that is exchangeable pursuant to Section 5.01(C), the Holder of such Note must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Exchange Agent the
exchange notice attached to such Physical Note or a facsimile of such exchange notice; (2) deliver such Physical Note to the Exchange Agent (at which time such exchange will become irrevocable); (3) furnish any endorsements and transfer
documents that the Company or the Exchange Agent may require; and (4) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).
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(B) Effect of Exchanging a Note. At the Close of Business on the Exchange Date for a
Note (or any portion thereof) to be exchanged, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Exchange Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or 5.02(D),
upon such exchange) be deemed to cease to be outstanding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person will be deemed to be a Holder of such Note (or such portion thereof) as of the Close of Business on such Exchange Date), except to the extent
provided in Section 5.02(D) or 5.08.
(C) Holder of Record of Exchange Shares. The Person in whose
name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon exchange of any Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on (i) the Exchange Date for such exchange, in the case of Physical Settlement; or
(ii) the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such exchange, in the case of Combination Settlement.
(D) Interest
Payable upon Exchange in Certain Circumstances. If the Exchange Date of a Note is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date
will be entitled, notwithstanding such exchange (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything set forth in the proviso to this sentence), to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid
interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Holder surrendering such
Note for exchange must deliver to the Exchange Agent, at the time of such surrender, an amount of cash equal to the amount of such interest referred to in clause (i) above; provided, however, that the Holder surrendering such Note
for exchange need not deliver such cash (w) if such Exchange Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date; (x) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular
Record Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; (y) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day
immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (z) to the extent of any overdue interest or interest that has lawfully accrued on any overdue interest. For the avoidance of doubt, as a result of, and without limiting the generality of, the
foregoing, if a Note is exchanged with an Exchange Date that is after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date, then the Company will pay, as provided above, the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding,
the Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Exchange Date of a Note to be exchanged is on an Interest Payment Date, then the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before such Interest Payment
Date will be entitled to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, and such Note, when surrendered for exchange, need not be accompanied by any cash
amount pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.02(D).
(E) Taxes and Duties. If a Holder
exchanges a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue or delivery of any shares of Common Stock upon such exchange; provided, however, that if any tax or duty is due
because such Holder requested such shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Exchange Agent may refuse
to deliver any such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.
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(F) Exchange Agent to Notify Company of Exchanges. If any Note is submitted for
exchange to the Exchange Agent or the Exchange Agent receives any written notice of exchange with respect to a Note, then the Exchange Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Trustee (if other than the Exchange Agent) of such occurrence. For
these purposes, exchange instructions with respect to any Global Note which instructions are delivered to the Exchange Agent by means of a “Voluntary Offering Instruction” pursuant to the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to be in
writing.
Section 5.03. SETTLEMENT UPON EXCHANGE.
(A) Settlement Method. Upon the exchange of any Note, the Company will settle such exchange by paying or delivering, as applicable and
as provided in this Article 5, (x) shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(1) (a “Physical Settlement”); (y)
solely cash as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(2) (a “Cash Settlement”); or (z) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as
provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(3) (a “Combination Settlement”). If Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to an exchange, then the consideration due will be determined over an Observation
Period consisting of forty (40) VWAP Trading Days.
The Company will have the right to elect the Settlement Method applicable to any
exchange of a Note; provided, however, that:
(i) subject to clause (iii) below, all
exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after November 15, 2030 will be settled using the same Settlement Method, and the Company will send written notice of such Settlement Method to Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange
Agent (if other than the Trustee) no later than the Open of Business on November 15, 2030;
(ii) subject to clause
(iii) below, if the Company elects a Settlement Method with respect to the exchange of any Note whose Exchange Date occurs before November 15, 2030, then the Company will send written notice of such Settlement Method to the
Holder of such Note, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately after such Exchange Date;
(iii) if any Notes are called for Redemption, then (a) the Company will specify, in the related Redemption Notice (and, in
the case of a Redemption of less than all outstanding Notes, in a notice simultaneously sent to all Holders of Notes not called for Redemption) sent pursuant to Section 4.04(F), the Settlement Method that will apply to all
exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day before the related Redemption Date; and (b) if such Redemption Date occurs on or after
November 15, 2030, then such Settlement Method must be the same Settlement Method that, pursuant to clause (i) above, applies to all exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after November 15,
2030;
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(iv) the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all exchanges of
Notes with the same Exchange Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company will not be obligated to use the same Settlement Method with respect to exchanges of Notes with different Exchange Dates, except as provided in clause
(i) or (iii) above);
(v) if the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method with
respect to the exchange of a Note, then the Company will be deemed to have elected the Default Settlement Method (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely make such election will not constitute a Default or Event of Default);
(vi) if the Company timely elects Combination Settlement with respect to the exchange of a Note but does not timely notify the
exchanging Holder, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the applicable Specified Dollar Amount, then the Specified Dollar Amount for such exchange will be deemed to be $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (and,
for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely specify the applicable Specified Dollar Amount will not constitute a Default or Event of Default); and
(vii) the Settlement Method will be subject to Section 5.09(A)(2).
In addition, the Company will have the right, exercisable at its election by sending written notice of such exercise to the Holders, the
Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee), to irrevocably fix the Settlement Method that will apply to all exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after the date such written notice is sent to Holders, the Trustee
and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee), provided that such Settlement Method must be a Settlement Method that the Company is then permitted to elect (for the avoidance of doubt, including pursuant to, and subject to, the other
provisions of this Section 5.03(A)). Such written notice, if sent, must set forth the applicable Settlement Method and expressly state that the election is irrevocable and applicable to all exchanges of Notes with an
Exchange Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent. For the avoidance of doubt, such an irrevocable election, if made, will be effective without the need to amend this Indenture or the Notes, including pursuant to
Section 8.01(G) (it being understood, however, that the Company may nonetheless choose to execute such an amendment at its option).
(B) Exchange Consideration.
(i) Generally. Subject to Section 5.03(B)(ii), Section 5.03(B)(iii)
and Section 5.09(A)(2), the type and amount of consideration (the “Exchange Consideration”) due in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of a Note to be exchanged will be as follows:
(1) if Physical Settlement applies to such exchange, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on
the Exchange Date for such exchange;
(2) if Cash Settlement applies to such exchange, cash in an amount equal to the sum
of the Daily Exchange Values for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such exchange; or
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(3) if Combination Settlement applies to such exchange, (i) a number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such exchange; and (ii) an amount of cash equal to the sum of the Daily Cash Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in such
Observation Period.
(ii) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. If Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement
applies to the exchange of any Note and the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable pursuant to Section 5.03(B)(i) upon such exchange is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole
number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such exchange, cash in lieu of the related fractional share in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) (x) the Daily VWAP on the applicable
Exchange Date (or, if such Exchange Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day), in the case of Physical Settlement; or (y) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such exchange,
in the case of Combination Settlement.
(iii) Exchange of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder exchanges
more than one (1) Note on a single Exchange Date, then the Exchange Consideration due in respect of such exchange will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed by
the Company based on the total principal amount of Notes exchanged on such Exchange Date by such Holder.
Neither the Trustee nor the
Exchange Agent will have any duty to make any such computation.
(iv) Notice of Calculation of Exchange
Consideration. If Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the exchange of any Note, then the Company will determine the Exchange Consideration due thereupon promptly following the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation
Period and will promptly thereafter, and in any event within one (1) Business Day following the last day of the Observation Period, send notice to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent of the same and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail
or in such detail as requested by the Depositary. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent will have any duty to make any such determination.
(C) Delivery of the Exchange Consideration. Except as set forth in Sections 5.05(D) and 5.09, the Company will pay
or deliver, as applicable, the Exchange Consideration due upon the exchange of any Note to the Holder as follows: (i) if Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to such exchange, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately
after the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such exchange; and (ii) if Physical Settlement applies to such exchange, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Exchange Date for such exchange.
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(D) Deemed Payment of Principal and Interest; Settlement of Accrued Interest
Notwithstanding Exchange. If a Holder exchanges a Note, then the Company will not adjust the Exchange Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), the
Company’s delivery of the Exchange Consideration due in respect of such exchange will be deemed to fully satisfy and discharge the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to,
but excluding the Exchange Date. As a result, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), any accrued and unpaid interest on an exchanged Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.
In addition, subject to Section 5.02(D), if the Exchange Consideration for a Note consists of both cash and shares of the Common Stock, then accrued and unpaid interest that is deemed to be paid therewith will be deemed to
be paid first out of such cash.
Section 5.04. RESERVE AND STATUS OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXCHANGE.
(A) Stock
Reserve. At all times when any Notes are outstanding, Parent will reserve, out of its authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to permit the exchange of all then-outstanding
Notes, assuming, solely for purposes of this Section 5.04(A), that (x) each exchange is settled solely by the delivery of a number of shares of Common Stock, per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, equal to the
then-applicable Exchange Rate; and (y) such Exchange Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Exchange Rate may be increased pursuant to Section 5.07.
(B) Status of Exchange Shares; Listing. Each Exchange Share, if any, delivered upon exchange of any Note will be a newly issued or
treasury share (except that any Exchange Share delivered by a designated financial institution pursuant to Section 5.08 need not be a newly issued or treasury share) and will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder of such Note or the Person to whom
such Exchange Share will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will cause each Exchange Share, when delivered upon exchange of any Note, to be
admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.
Section 5.05. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
EXCHANGE RATE.
(A) Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Exchange Rate. The Exchange Rate will be
adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i) Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If Parent issues solely shares
of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if Parent effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock
Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply), then the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock
combination, as applicable;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;
OS0
=
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, stock split or stock combination; and
OS1
=
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination.
For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this
Section 5.05(A)(i) will become effective as of the time set forth in the preceding definition of CR1. If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock
combination of the type described in this Section 5.05(A)(i) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then the Exchange Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date Parent’s board of directors or a
committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination not been
declared or announced.
(ii) Rights, Options and Warrants. If Parent distributes, to all or substantially all
holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which Sections 5.05(A)(iii)(1) and 5.05(F) will apply) entitling such holders,
for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share
of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
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where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS0
=
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
X
=
the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y
=
a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten
(10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.
For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this
Section 5.05(A)(ii) will become effective at the time set forth in the preceding definition of CR1. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not
delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Exchange Rate will be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the
increase to the Exchange Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants. To the extent such rights, options or warrants
are not so distributed, the Exchange Rate will be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution of such rights, options or warrants not occurred.
For purposes of this Section 5.05(A)(ii) and Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(a)(I), in
determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for
the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such
rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined
in good faith by Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof.
(iii) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed
Property.
(1) Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If Parent distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences
of its indebtedness or other assets or property of Parent, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of Parent or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:
(a) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Exchange Rate is required (or would
be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) or 5.05(A)(ii);
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(b) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an
adjustment to the Exchange Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iv);
(c) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in
Section 5.05(F);
(d) Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Exchange Rate is required (or
would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2);
(e) a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which
Section 5.05(A) (v) will apply; and
(f) a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock
Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply,
then the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the
following formula:
where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP
=
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such
Ex-Dividend Date; and
FMV
=
the fair market value (as determined by Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness,
assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution;
provided, however, that if FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment to the Exchange Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the
amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Exchange Rate in effect on such record date. For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) will become effective at the time set forth in the preceding
definition of CR1.
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To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate will be readjusted
to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
(2) Spin-Offs. If Parent distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity
interests, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of Parent to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to (x) a Common Stock Change Event, as to which
Section 5.09 will apply; or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 5.05(A)(v) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interests are listed
or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the
following formula:
where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such
Spin-Off;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;
FMV
=
the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive
Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such
Spin-Off (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price, Trading Day and Market Disruption Event were instead references to such Capital Stock or
equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and
SP
=
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period.
For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this
Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) will become effective at the time set forth in the preceding definition of CR1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2), (1) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose exchange will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the
Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Exchange Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such exchange, such Spin-Off Valuation
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Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (2) if the Exchange Date for a Note whose exchange will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the
Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the consideration due in respect of such exchange, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Exchange Date.
To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type
set forth in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) is declared but not made or paid, the Exchange Rate will be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the
dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
(iv) Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend
or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP
=
the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and
D
=
the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution;
provided, however, that if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the
foregoing adjustment to the Exchange Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common
Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on such record date. For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to
the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iv) will become effective at the time set forth in the preceding definition of CR1.
To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the
Exchange Rate will be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.
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(v) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof) of the cash and other
consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which
tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
where:
CR0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date
(the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) for such tender or exchange offer;
CR1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;
AC
=
the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof) of all cash and other consideration paid
for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;
OS0
=
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
OS1
=
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP
=
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;
provided, however, that the Exchange Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this
Section 5.05(A)(v), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. For the avoidance of doubt, each adjustment to the Exchange Rate made pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v)
will become effective at the time set forth in the preceding definition of CR1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(v),
(i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose exchange will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs
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during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Exchange Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such exchange, such
Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such VWAP
Trading Day; and (ii) if the Exchange Date for a Note whose exchange will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of
determining the consideration due in respect of such exchange, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration
Date to, and including, such Exchange Date.
To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a
result of Parent being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Exchange Rate will be readjusted to
the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.
(B) No Adjustments in Certain Cases.
(i) Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Exchange. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
Section 5.05(A), the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Exchange Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (other than a
stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(i) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(v)) if each Holder participates, at the same time and
on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of Notes, in such transaction or event without having to exchange such Holder’s Notes and as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the product of (i) the Exchange Rate in effect on the related record date; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.
(ii) Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Exchange Rate except as provided in
Section 5.05 or Section 5.07. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Exchange Rate on account of:
(1) stock repurchases, including pursuant to structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program
approved by Parent’s board of directors, a committee thereof or otherwise, in each case that are not tender or exchange offers of the type referred to in Section 5.05(A)(v);
(2) except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05, the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase
price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Exchange Price;
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(3) 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 Parent’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;
(4) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present
or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(5) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security
of Parent outstanding as of the Issue Date;
(6) solely a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(7) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
(C) If an adjustment to the Exchange Rate otherwise required by this Article 5 would result in a change of less than one percent (1%)
to the Exchange Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, the Company may, at its election, defer such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest of
the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in a change of at least one percent (1%) to the Exchange Rate; (ii) the Exchange Date of, or any VWAP Trading Day of an Observation Period for, any Note; (iii) the
date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; and (iv) November 15, 2030.
(D) Adjustments Not Yet
Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:
(i) a Note is to be exchanged
pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;
(ii) the record date, effective date or Expiration Time for any
event that requires an adjustment to the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) has occurred on or before the Exchange Date of such exchange (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on or before any VWAP Trading Day in
the Observation Period for such exchange (in the case of Combination Settlement), but an adjustment to the Exchange Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Exchange Date or VWAP Trading Day, as applicable;
(iii) the Exchange Consideration due upon such exchange includes any whole shares of Common Stock (in the case of Physical
Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock (in the case of Combination Settlement); and
(iv) such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related record date or
otherwise),
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then, solely for purposes of such exchange, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such
adjustment in determining the Exchange Rate on such Exchange Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or the Daily Share Amount for such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement). In such case, if the date on which the Company is
otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such exchange is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such exchange until the second (2nd) Business Day
after such first date.
(E) Exchange Rate Adjustments where Exchanging Holders Participate in the Relevant Transaction or Event.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:
(i) an Exchange Rate adjustment for any
dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 5.05(A);
(ii) a Note is to be exchanged pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;
(iii) the Exchange Date for such exchange (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation
Period for such exchange (in the case of Combination Settlement) occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related record date;
(iv) the Exchange Consideration due upon such exchange includes any whole shares of Common Stock (in the case of Physical
Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock (in the case of Combination Settlement), in each case based on an Exchange Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and
(v) such shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to
Section 5.02(C)),
then: in the case of Physical Settlement, such Exchange Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such
exchange and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exchange based on such unadjusted Exchange Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution, but there will be added, to the consideration otherwise due upon such
exchange, the same kind and amount of consideration that would have been delivered in such dividend or distribution with respect to such shares had such shares been entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution; and in the case of
Combination Settlement, the Exchange Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will be made for such exchange in respect of such VWAP Trading Day, but the shares of Common Stock issuable with respect
to such VWAP Trading Day based on such adjusted Exchange Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.
(F)
Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon exchange of any Note and, at the time of such exchange, Parent has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive,
in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Exchange Consideration otherwise payable under this Indenture upon such exchange, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common
Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, Parent had made a
distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Stock, subject to readjustment in accordance with such Section if such rights expire, terminate or are redeemed.
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(G) Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments. The
Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Exchange Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) or Section 5.07 to an amount that would result
in the Exchange Price per share of Common Stock being less than the par value per share of Common Stock.
(H) Equitable Adjustments to
Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices, or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including to calculate the Stock Price or an adjustment to
the Exchange Rate), or to calculate Daily VWAPs over an Observation Period, the Company will make proportionate adjustments, if any, to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Exchange Rate pursuant to
Section 5.05(A) that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Exchange Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Expiration Date or effective date, as applicable, of
such event occurs, at any time during such period or Observation Period, as applicable.
(I) Calculation of Number of Outstanding
Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of Section 5.05(A), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (i) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of
shares of Common Stock; and (ii) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).
(J) Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Exchange Rate and adjustments thereto will be made by the Company and be to the
nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward). Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent will have any duty to make any such calculations.
(K) Notice of Exchange Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Exchange Rate pursuant to
Section 5.05(A), the Company will promptly send written notice to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or
other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.
Whenever the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company will promptly file with the Trustee (and the Exchange Agent if not the
Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such
Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Exchange Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Exchange Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect.
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Section 5.06. VOLUNTARY ADJUSTMENTS.
(A) Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not
required to) increase the Exchange Rate by any amount if (i) Parent’s board of directors or a committee thereof determines that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or
diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in
effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.
(B)
Notice of Voluntary Increases. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 5.06(A), then, no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day
period referred to in Section 5.06(A), the Company will send notice to each Holder, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such
increase will be in effect.
Section 5.07. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE
RATE IN CONNECTION WITH A MAKE-WHOLE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
(A) Generally. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Exchange Date for the exchange of a Note occurs during the related
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Exchange Period, then, subject to this Section 5.07, the Exchange Rate applicable to such exchange will be increased by a number of shares (the “Additional Shares”) set forth
in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the provisions below) to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Stock Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:
Stock Price
Make-Whole
Fundamental
Change
Effective Date
$1.72
$2.00
$2.24
$2.60
$2.91
$3.00
$4.00
$5.00
$6.00
$8.00
$12.00
$20.00
May 18, 2026
134.1681
133.8300
112.5804
90.0654
76.3402
73.0367
48.4275
35.3120
27.1583
17.5488
8.6267
0.0000
May 15, 2027
134.1681
127.3450
105.1339
82.3615
68.9381
65.7633
42.8475
31.1220
23.9550
15.5600
7.7283
0.0000
May 15, 2028
134.1681
117.7250
94.2545
71.5000
58.7835
55.8567
35.5900
25.7540
19.8633
13.0100
6.5625
0.0000
May 15, 2029
134.1681
97.8400
76.6250
56.2231
45.1168
42.6133
26.1725
18.8360
14.5883
9.6700
4.9758
0.0000
May 15, 2030
134.1681
80.7750
56.6518
36.1423
26.6838
24.7633
14.1175
10.2240
8.0200
5.4125
2.8558
0.0000
May 15, 2031
134.1681
52.7750
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
If such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date or Stock Price is not set forth in the table above, then:
(i) if such Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date
is between two dates in the table above, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices in the table above or the
earlier and later dates in the table above, based on a 365- or 366- day year, as applicable; and
(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $20.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the
column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(B)), or less than $1.72 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Exchange Rate.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will
the Exchange Rate be increased to an amount that exceeds 581.3953 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the
Exchange Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).
For the avoidance of doubt, but subject
to Section 4.04(I), (x) the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes called for Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice, and not with respect to any
other Notes; and (y) the Exchange Rate applicable to the Notes not so called for Redemption will not be subject to increase pursuant to this Section 5.07 on account of such Redemption Notice.
(B) Adjustment of Stock Prices and Additional Shares. The Stock Prices in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table
set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Exchange Price is adjusted as a result of the operation of
Section 5.05(A). The numbers of Additional Shares in the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the
Exchange Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).
(C) Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change (i) occurring pursuant to clause (A) of the
definition thereof in accordance with Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(b); and (ii) occurring pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof in accordance with Section 4.04(F).
Section 5.08. EXCHANGE BY A THIRD PARTY.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, and subject to the terms of this Section 5.08, if
a Note is submitted for exchange prior to the fifth Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding November 15, 2030, the Company may elect to arrange to have such Note exchanged by a financial institution designated by the Company (a
“Designated Financial Institution”) in lieu of exchange by the Company (an “Exchange Election”). To make such election, the Company must send written notice of such election to the Holder of such Note, the
Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Exchange Date for such Note and shall notify the Designated Financial Institution(s) and the Trustee and the
Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the relevant Settlement Method and the relevant deadline for payment and/or delivery of the Exchange Consideration. If the Company has made such election, then:
(A) no later than the second (2nd) Business Day immediately following such Exchange Date, the Company must deliver (or direct the Exchange
Agent to deliver) such Notes surrendered for exchange, to the Designated Financial Institution in lieu of exchange. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for exchange, the Designated Financial Institution must agree in writing to pay and/or
deliver, as the case may be, such Exchange Consideration in the manner and at the time the Company would have had to deliver the same pursuant to this Article 5; and
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(B) such Note will not cease to be outstanding by reason of such exchange by a Designated
Financial Institution in lieu of exchange by the Company and such exchange shall be subject to applicable procedures of the Depositary;
provided, however, that if such Designated Financial Institution does not accept such Notes or fails to timely deliver such
Exchange Consideration, then the Company will be responsible for delivering such Exchange Consideration in the manner and at the time provided in this Article 5 as if the Company had not elected to make an exchange by a Designated Financial
Institution in lieu of exchange by the Company. The Exchange Agent will be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Company’s instruction in connection with effecting such Exchange Election and will have no liability in respect of such Exchange
Election.
The Company’s designation of any Designated Financial Institution to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does
not require such Designated Financial Institution to accept any Notes. The Company shall promptly notify in writing the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) if any Notes for which an Exchange Election has been made are not
accepted by the Designated Financial Institution for such Exchange Election.
Section 5.09. EFFECT OF
COMMON STOCK CHANGE EVENT.
(A) Generally. If there occurs any:
(i) recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a
subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series
or class of securities);
(ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving Parent;
(iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any Person; or
(iv) other similar event,
and, as a result, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other
property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property
that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property),
a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,
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(1) from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event,
(I) the Exchange Consideration due upon exchange of any Note, and the conditions to any such exchange, will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Article 5 (or in any
related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section 4.04(B), each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Section (or in any
related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (III) for purposes of the definition of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” the
terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity (including depositary receipts representing common equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property;
(2) if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then the Company will be deemed to elect Physical Settlement in
respect of all exchanges whose Exchange Date occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event and will pay the cash due upon such exchanges no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the relevant Exchange Date; and
(3) for these purposes, (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of
common equity securities will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference
Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of common equity securities, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities, will be the fair value
of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).
If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder
election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify
Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
If any of the foregoing transactions results in the issuer of the Notes being neither the issuer of the Common Stock (or other common equity
interests included in the Reference Property) (the “Underlying Shares Issuer”) nor a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Underlying Shares Issuer that fully and unconditionally guarantees the Notes, then, in addition to any other
applicable requirements set forth in this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, the related supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such Underlying Shares Issuer and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of
the Holders of the Notes as the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
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At or before the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company, each
Guarantor and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 8.01(F), which supplemental indenture will (x) provide for subsequent exchanges of Notes in the manner set forth in this Section 5.09; (y) provide for subsequent adjustments to the
Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) in a manner consistent with this Section 5.09; and (z) contain such other provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate
to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 5.09(A). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the
Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic
interests of the Holders and be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee.
(B)
Notice of Common Stock Change Events. The Company will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event in the manner provided in Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(b).
(C) Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this
Section 5.09.
Section 5.10. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE AND
EXCHANGE AGENT.
The Trustee and the Exchange Agent shall not at any
time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Exchange Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Exchange Rate, or with respect to the nature
or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and the Exchange Agent shall not be accountable
with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exchange of any Note; and the Trustee and the Exchange Agent
make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or
property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of exchange or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the
Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 5.09 relating either to the kind or
amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the exchange of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 5.09 or to any adjustment to be made with respect
thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Article 10, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officer’s
Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, nor the Exchange Agent shall be responsible for determining whether any
event contemplated by Section 5.01 has occurred that makes the Notes eligible for exchange or no
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longer eligible therefor until the Company has delivered to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent the notices referred to in Section 5.01 with respect to the commencement
or termination of such exchange rights, on which notices the Trustee and the Exchange Agent may conclusively rely, and the Company agrees to deliver such notices to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent immediately after the occurrence of any such
event or at such other times as shall be provided for in Section 5.01. Neither the Trustee, nor the Exchange Agent shall have any obligation to independently determine or verify if any Fundamental Change, Make Whole
Fundamental Change, merger event, trigger event, or any other event has occurred or notify the Holders of any such event. Neither the Trustee, nor the Exchange Agent shall have the responsibility for any act or omission of any Designated Financial
Institution.
Article 6. SUCCESSORS
Section 6.01. WHEN THE COMPANY MAY MERGE, ETC.
(A) Business Combination Events Involving the Company. The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or
indirectly through one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, to another Person (a “Business Combination Event”), unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or
transferee Person, if not the Company, is a corporation (the “Successor Corporation”) duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes
(by executing and delivering to the Trustee at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes
and this Indenture; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture.
(B) Business Combination Events Involving the Guarantors. Neither
Guarantor will consolidate with or merge or amalgamate with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to another Person (a “Guarantor Business Combination Event”), unless:
(i) the resulting,
surviving or transferee Person, if not such Guarantor (or the other Guarantor) (the “Successor Guarantor”), is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of such Guarantor’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Guarantor Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under this Indenture.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the provisions described in this
Section 6.01(B) shall not apply to any transfer of assets between or among Parent and any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
(C) If any of the foregoing transactions under this Article 6 results in the issuer of the Notes being neither the Underlying Shares
Issuer nor a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Underlying Shares Issuer that fully and unconditionally guarantees the Notes, then, in addition to any other applicable requirements set forth in this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, the related
supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such Underlying Shares Issuer and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing.
(D) Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. Before the effective
time of any Business Combination Event or Guarantor Business Combination Event, the Company or the applicable Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Business
Combination Event or Guarantor Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) comply with Section 6.01(A) or (B), as applicable; and (ii) all conditions precedent to such
Business Combination Event or Guarantor Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.
Section 6.02.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
At the effective time of any Business Combination
Event that complies with Section 6.01, the Successor Corporation (if not the Company or either Guarantors) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the applicable Guarantor, under this
Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Corporation had been named as the Company or the applicable Guarantor, in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company or Guarantor will
be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.
Article 7. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(A) Definition of Events of Default. “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, Optional Repurchase or
Redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or Redemption Price for, any Note;
(ii) a default for thirty (30) days in the payment when due of interest on any Note;
(iii) the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by this Indenture, and such failure continues for three
(3) Business Days, a Fundamental Change Notice, an Optional Repurchase Date Notice or a notice pursuant to Section 5.01(C)(i)(3);
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(iv) a default in the Company’s obligation to exchange a Note in
accordance with Article 5 upon the exercise of the exchange right with respect thereto, and such failure continues for three (3) Business Days;
(v) a default in the Company’s or either Guarantor’s obligations under Article 6;
(vi) a default in any of the Company’s or either Guarantor’s obligations or agreements under this Indenture or the
Notes (other than a default set forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.01(A)) where such default is not cured or waived within sixty
(60) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, which notice must specify such default, demand
that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”;
(vii) a default by a Guarantor, the
Company or any of the Company’s or either Guarantor’s respective Significant Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or
evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of at least sixty five million dollars ($65,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness exists as of the date the
Company first issues the Notes or is thereafter created, where such default:
(1) constitutes a failure to pay the
principal of, or premium or interest on, any of such indebtedness when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, in each case after the expiration of any applicable grace period;
or
(2) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity,
in each case where such default is not cured or waived within 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding;
(viii) one or more final
judgments being rendered against a Guarantor, the Company or any of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s respective Subsidiaries for the payment of at least sixty five million dollars ($65,000,000 or its foreign currency equivalent) in the
aggregate (excluding any amounts covered by insurance), where such judgment is not discharged or stayed within sixty (60) days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal the same has expired, if no such appeal has commenced; or
(ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;
(ix) the Company, either Guarantor or any of the
Company’s or either Guarantor’s Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:
(1) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
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(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding;
(3) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its
property;
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(5) takes any comparable action under any foreign Bankruptcy Law; or
(6) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(x) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:
(1) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(2) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
(3) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries; or
(4) grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,
and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(x), such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty
(60) days; or
(xi) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Guarantee of the Notes by either Guarantor shall be
held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect, or either Guarantor, or any Person acting on its behalf, shall deny or disaffirm its obligation under its Guarantee.
(B) Cause Irrelevant. Each of the events set forth in Section 7.01(A) will constitute an Event of Default
regardless of the cause thereof or whether voluntary or involuntary or 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.
Section 7.02. ACCELERATION.
(A) Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. If an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(ix)
or 7.01(A)(x) occurs with respect to the Company or either Guarantor (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or a Guarantor, other than the Company or the other Guarantor), then the principal amount of, and
all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.
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(B) Optional Acceleration. Subject to Section 7.03, if an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) with respect to the Company or either Guarantor and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company
or a Guarantor, other than the Company or the other Guarantor) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately. For the avoidance of doubt, if such Event of Default is not
continuing at the time such notice is provided (that is, such Event of Default has been cured or waived as of such time), then such notice will not be effective to cause such amounts to become due and payable immediately.
(C) Rescission of Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (ii) all existing Events of Default (except the non-payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes that has become due solely because of
such acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 7.03. SOLE REMEDY FOR A FAILURE TO
REPORT.
(A) Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may
elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a “Reporting Event of Default”) pursuant to Section 7.01(A)(vi) arising from Parent’s failure to comply with Section 3.02
will, for each of the first three hundred and sixty (360) calendar days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the accrual of Special Interest on the Notes. If the Company has made such
an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the three hundred and sixty first (361st) calendar day
on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such three
hundred and sixty first (361st) calendar day (it being understood that interest on any defaulted Special Interest will nonetheless accrue pursuant to Section 2.05(B)).
(B) Amount and Payment of Special Interest. Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to
Section 7.03(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof
for the first one hundred and eighty (180) days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event
will Special Interest, together with any Additional Interest that accrues pursuant to Section 3.04 (excluding any interest that accrues on any Deferred Additional Interest pursuant to
Section 3.04(C)) as a result of Parent’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (other than
reports on Form 8-K), accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%).
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For the avoidance of doubt, any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately
preceding sentence, in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Note.
(C) Notice of Election. To make the election
set forth in Section 7.03(A), the Company must send to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a notice that (i) briefly describes the
report(s) that the Company failed to file with the SEC; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods
during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.
(D) Notice to Trustee and Paying Agent; Trustee’s Disclaimer. If Special Interest accrues on any Note, then, no
later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Special Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay
Special Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Special Interest is payable or the amount
thereof.
(E) No Effect on Other Events of Default. No election pursuant to this Section 7.03 with
respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.
Section 7.04. OTHER REMEDIES.
(A) Trustee May Pursue All Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of any amounts owed to the Trustee (including in any of its Note Agent capacities) or due with respect to the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.
(B) Procedural Matters. The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of
them in such proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy following an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, such Event of Default. All
remedies will be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 7.05. WAIVER OF PAST
DEFAULTS.
An Event of Default pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv) or
(vi) of Section 7.01(A) (that, in the case of clause (vi) only, results from a Default under any covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder), and
a Default that could lead to such an Event of Default, can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other Default or Event of Default may be waived, on behalf of all Holders, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding. If an Event of Default is so waived, then it will cease to exist. If a Default is so waived, then it will be deemed to be cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no
such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right arising therefrom.
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Section 7.06. CURE OF DEFAULTS; ABILITY
TO CURE OR WAIVE BEFORE EVENT OF DEFAULT OCCURS.
For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the manner in which any Default can be cured, (A) a Default consisting of a failure to
send a notice in accordance with this Indenture will be cured upon the sending of such notice whether or not the events or circumstances that are the subject of such notice have already occurred at the time such notice is given; (B) a Default
in making any payment on (or delivering any other consideration in respect of) any Note will be cured upon the delivery, in accordance with this Indenture, of such payment (or other consideration) together, if applicable, with Default Interest
thereon; and (C) a Default that is (or, after notice, passage of time or both, would be) a Reporting Event of Default will be cured upon the filing of the relevant report(s) giving rise to such Default. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt,
if a Default that is not an Event of Default is cured or waived before such Default would have constituted an Event of Default, then no Event of Default will result from such Default.
Section 7.07. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Notes, or that, subject to
Section 10.01, the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such direction is unduly
prejudicial to any Holders) or may involve the Trustee in liability, unless the Trustee is offered, and, if requested, provided, security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result
from the Trustee’s following such direction.
Section 7.08. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except to enforce (x) its rights to receive the principal of,
or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or Redemption Price for, or interest on, any Notes; or (y) the Company’s obligations to exchange any Notes pursuant to Article 5), unless:
(A) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(B) Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding deliver a request to the Trustee
to pursue such remedy;
(C) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to
the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such request;
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(D) the Trustee does not comply with such request within sixty (60) calendar days after
its receipt of such request and such offer of security or indemnity; and
(E) during such sixty (60) calendar day period, Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding do not deliver to the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Holder’s use of this Indenture complies with the preceding sentence.
Section 7.09. ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO INSTITUTE
SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AND EXCHANGE
CONSIDERATION.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, but without limiting the
provisions described in Article 8, the right of each Holder of a Note to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment or delivery, as applicable, of the principal of, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or
Redemption Price for, or any interest on, or the Exchange Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon exchange of, such Note on or after the respective due dates therefor provided in this Indenture and the Notes, will not be impaired
or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 7.10. COLLECTION SUIT BY
TRUSTEE.
The Trustee will have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to
clause (i), (ii) or (iv) of Section 7.01(A), to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the total unpaid or undelivered principal
of, or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or Redemption Price for, or interest on, or Exchange Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon exchange of, the Notes, as applicable, and, to the extent lawful, any
Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amounts sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including compensation provided for in Section 10.06.
Section 7.11. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee has the right to (A) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have
the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) or its creditors or property and (B) collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims. Each Holder authorizes any custodian in such proceeding to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.06. To the extent that
the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in such proceeding, is denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and will be 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
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or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise). Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize, consent to, accept or 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 7.12. PRIORITIES.
The Trustee will pay or deliver in the following order any money or other property that it collects pursuant to this Article 7:
First: to the Trustee, each Note Agent and their respective agents and attorneys for amounts due under
Section 10.06, including payment of all fees, compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Note Agents and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders for unpaid amounts or other property due on the Notes, including the principal of, or the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or Redemption Price for, or any interest on, or any Exchange Consideration due upon exchange of, the Notes, ratably, and without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts or other
property due and payable on all of the Notes; and
Third: to the Company or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction
directs.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment or delivery to the Holders pursuant to this
Section 7.12, in which case the Trustee will instruct the Company to, and the Company will, deliver, at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such record date, to each Holder and the Trustee a notice stating such
record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment or nature of such delivery, as applicable.
Section 7.13. UNDERTAKING
FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court, in its discretion, may (A) require the filing by any litigant party in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and (B) assess
reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against any litigant party in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such litigant party; provided, however, that this
Section 7.13 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.09 or any suit by one or more Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 7.14. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS.
If the Trustee has proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings are discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver
under this Indenture or any rescission and annulment under this Indenture or are determined adversely to the Trustee, then the Company, the Holders and the Trustee will, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored to their
respective several positions and rights under this Indenture, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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Article 8. AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 8.01. WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:
(A) cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or
inconsistency in this Indenture or the Notes;
(B) add additional guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture or the Notes;
(C) secure the Notes or the Guarantees;
(D) add to the Company’s or either Guarantor’s covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any
right or power conferred on the Company or either Guarantor;
(E) provide for the assumption of the Company’s or the
Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6;
(F) enter into
supplemental indentures pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 5.09 in connection with a Common Stock Change Event;
(G) irrevocably elect or eliminate any Settlement Method or Specified Dollar Amount; provided, however, that no such election or
elimination will affect any Settlement Method theretofore elected (or deemed to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to Section 5.03(A);
(H) evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment, under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;
(I) provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(B);
(J) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or any related supplemental indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect; or
(K) make any other change to this Indenture or the Notes that does not, individually or in
the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of the Holders, as such, in any material respect.
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Section 8.02. WITH THE CONSENT OF
HOLDERS.
(A) Generally. Subject to Sections 8.01, 7.05 and 7.09 and the immediately
following sentence, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with
any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence, but subject to Section 8.01, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to this
Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may:
(i) reduce the principal, or
extend the stated maturity, of any Note;
(ii) reduce the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or
Redemption Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be repurchased or redeemed by the Company;
(iii) reduce the rate, or extend the time for the payment, of interest on any Note;
(iv) make any change that adversely affects the exchange rights of any Note;
(v) impair the absolute rights of any Holder set forth in Section 7.09 (as such section is in effect
on the Issue Date);
(vi) change the ranking of the Notes or the Guarantees;
(vii) modify or amend the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Guarantors, as Guarantors of the Notes, in any manner
that is adverse to the rights of the Holders, as such;
(viii) make any Note payable in money, or at a place of payment,
other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;
(ix) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any
amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification; or
(x) make any direct or indirect change to any amendment,
supplement, waiver or modification provision of this Indenture or the Notes that requires the consent of each affected Holder.
For the
avoidance of doubt, pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 8.02(A), no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of
this Indenture or the Notes, may change the amount or type of consideration due on any Note (whether on an Interest Payment Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Optional Repurchase Date, a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date or upon
exchange, or otherwise), or the date(s) or time(s) such consideration is payable or deliverable, as applicable, without the consent of each affected Holder.
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Section 8.03. NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS.
As soon as reasonably practicable after any amendment,
supplement or waiver pursuant to Section 8.01 or 8.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders and the Trustee notice that (A) describes the substance of such amendment, supplement or waiver in
reasonable detail and (B) states the effective date thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide such notice to the Holders if such amendment, supplement or waiver is included in a periodic report
filed by the Company with the SEC within four (4) Business Days of its effectiveness. The failure to send, or the existence of any defect in, such notice will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.04. REVOCATION, EFFECT AND SOLICITATION OF
CONSENTS; SPECIAL RECORD DATES; ETC.
(A) Revocation and
Effect of Consents. The consent of a Holder of a Note to an amendment, supplement or waiver will bind (and constitute the consent of) each subsequent Holder of any Note to the extent the same evidences any portion of the same indebtedness as the
consenting Holder’s Note, subject to the right of any Holder of a Note to revoke (if not prohibited pursuant to Section 8.04(B)) any such consent with respect to such Note by delivering notice of revocation to the
Company (or its agent) and the Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.
(B) Special Record
Dates. The Company may, but is not required to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent or take any other action in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8.
If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.04(A), only Persons who are Holders as of such record date (or their duly designated proxies) will be entitled to give such consent, to
revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such consent will be valid or effective for more than one
hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after such record date.
(C) Solicitation of Consents. For the avoidance of doubt, each
reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the consent of a Holder will be deemed to include any such consent obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, any Notes.
(D) Effectiveness and Binding Effect. Each amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8 will become effective in
accordance with its terms and, when it becomes effective with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof), will thereafter bind every Holder of such Note (or such portion).
Section 8.05. NOTATIONS AND EXCHANGES.
If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, then the Trustee or the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder
of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Note and return such Note to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such
Note, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Note that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Note
pursuant to this Section 8.05 will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Section 8.06. TRUSTEE TO EXECUTE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
The Trustee will execute and deliver any amendment or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article 8; provided, however, that the Trustee need not (but may, in its sole and absolute discretion) execute or deliver any such amendment or supplemental indenture that adversely affects the
Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. In executing any amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 10.01 and 10.02) will be fully protected in
relying on, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture; and (B) in the case of the Opinion
of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
Article 9. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 9.01. TERMINATION OF COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS.
This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued under this Indenture, when:
(A) all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13) have (i) been delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) become due and payable (whether on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Optional Repurchase Date, a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, upon exchange or otherwise) for an amount of cash or Exchange
Consideration, as applicable, that has been fixed;
(B) the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, or with
the Paying Agent (or, with respect to the cash Exchange Consideration, the Exchange Agent, or, with respect to non-cash Exchange Consideration, the Holder, applicable transfer agent, or other appropriate
agent), in each case for the benefit of the Holders, or has otherwise caused there to be delivered to the Holders, cash (or, with respect to Notes to be exchanged, Exchange Consideration) sufficient to satisfy all amounts or other property due on
all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13);
(C) the Company has paid all
other amounts payable by it under this Indenture; and
(D) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied;
provided, however,
that Article 10 and Section 12.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section 2.15 and the obligations of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent
with respect to money or other property deposited with them will survive such discharge.
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At the Company’s written request, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
Section 9.02. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent will promptly notify the Company if there
exists (and, at the Company’s request, promptly deliver to the Company) any cash, Exchange Consideration or other property held by any of them for payment or delivery on the Notes that remain unclaimed two (2) years after the date on
which such payment or delivery was due. After such delivery to the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, Exchange Consideration or other property, and
Holders entitled to the payment or delivery of such cash, Exchange Consideration or other property must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.
Section 9.03. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent is unable to apply any cash or other property deposited with it pursuant to
Section 9.01 because of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or other governmental authority that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits such application, then the discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to Section 9.01 will be rescinded; provided, however, that if the Company thereafter pays or delivers any cash or other property due on the Notes to the Holders thereof, then the Company will be
subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive such cash or other property from the cash or other property, if any, held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent, as applicable.
Article 10. TRUSTEE
Section 10.01. DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE.
(A) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has written notice or actual knowledge,
the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person’s own affairs; provided that the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered, and if
requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(B) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need
perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(ii) in the absence of willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that are provided to the Trustee and conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein).
(C) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its negligence or willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph will not limit the effect of Section 10.01(B);
(ii) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee will not be liable with respect
to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.07.
(D) Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (A), (B) and
(C) of this Section 10.01, regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.
(E)
No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.
(F) The Trustee will not
be liable for interest on any money received by it, except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law.
(G) Whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Trustee will be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(H) The Trustee will not be liable in respect of any
payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent (except in its capacity as Paying Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) or any
records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to the Notes.
(I) If any party fails to
deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred,
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event.
(J) Under no circumstances will the Trustee be liable in
its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes.
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(K) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including, without limitation, as Note Agent), and each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.
Section 10.02. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE.
(A) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document that it believes to be genuine and signed or presented by the proper Person, and the
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.
(B) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein will be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any board resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require, and conclusively rely on, an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel; and the written advice of such counsel, or any Opinion of Counsel, will constitute full and
complete authorization of the Trustee to take or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability.
(C) The
Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care.
(D) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture.
(E) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(F) The Trustee need not exercise any
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder unless such Holder has offered the Trustee, and, if requested, provided, security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense that it may incur in complying with such request or direction.
(G) The Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any
punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (including lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(H) The Trustee will not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee determines to make such further inquiry or investigation, it will be entitled, at a reasonable time on any Business Day after reasonable notice, to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney at the expense of the Company and will incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
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(I) The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution
of the trusts, powers, and duties under this Indenture.
(J) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein will not be construed
as duties.
(K) Delivery of reports and documents to the Trustee under this Indenture are for informational purposes only, and the
Trustee’s receipt of such reports and documents will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein.
(L) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and titles of
officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized
in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(M) The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice of any Default or
Event of Default (except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of scheduled principal of, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Optional Repurchase Price or Redemption Price for, or interest on, any Note) unless written
notice of any event that is in fact such a Default or Event of Default (and stating the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default) is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice
references the Notes, the Company and this Indenture.
Section 10.03. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF
THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
any Note and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights that it would have if it were not Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires a “conflicting interest” (within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), then it must eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign as Trustee. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its
right to be compensated, reimbursed and indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture and each Note Agent, custodian and other Person retained to act under this Indenture.
Section 10.04. TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee will not be (A) responsible for, and makes no representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes;
(B) accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; (C) responsible for the use or application of any
money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and (D) responsible for any statement or recital in this Indenture, the Notes or any other document relating to the sale of the Notes or this Indenture, other than the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication.
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Section 10.05. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such
Default or Event of Default within ninety (90) days after it occurs or, if it is not known to the Trustee at such time, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after it becomes known to a Responsible Officer;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and for so long as it in good faith determines that
withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 10.06. COMPENSATION AND
INDEMNITY.
(A) The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company
and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation for
the Trustee’s services, the Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and
expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(B) The Company and each Guarantor will indemnify the Trustee and the Note Agents
against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by them arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the
Company (including this Section 10.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties under this Indenture, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, but the Trustee’s failure to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its
obligations under this Section 10.06(B), except to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Company will defend such claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in such defense at the expense of the
Company. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have defenses available to it that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, or that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest, then the Trustee may retain
separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such a conflict exists). The Company need not pay for
any settlement of any such claim made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Any settlement that affects the Trustee may not be entered into without the consent of the Trustee, unless the
Trustee is given a full and unconditional release from liability with respect to the claims covered thereby and such settlement does not include a statement or admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of the Trustee. The
indemnification provided in this Section 10.06 will extend to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee and any successor Trustee under this Indenture.
(C) The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee
and the discharge of this Indenture.
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(D) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this
Section 10.06, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, or interest on, particular Notes, which lien will
survive the discharge of this Indenture.
(E) If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default pursuant to
clause (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) occurs, then such expenses and the compensation for such services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 10.07. REPLACEMENT OF THE
TRUSTEE.
(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.07, a resignation or
removal of the Trustee, and the appointment of a successor Trustee, will become effective only upon such successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 10.07.
(B) The Trustee may resign at any time and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by so notifying the Company. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, upon 30 days advance written notice, remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 10.09;
(ii) the Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under
any Bankruptcy Law;
(iii) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(C) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the Corporate Trust Office of Trustee for any reason, then (i) the
Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee; and (ii) at any time within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(D) If a successor Trustee does not take office within
sixty (60) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, then the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, at the Company’s
expense, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(E) If the Trustee, after written
request by a Holder of at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section 10.09, then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
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(F) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company, upon which notice the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee
will send notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all amounts due to it under this Indenture, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, which property will, for the
avoidance of doubt, be subject to the lien provided for in Section 10.06(D).
Section 10.08. SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts
into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, then such corporation will become the successor Trustee without any further act.
Section 10.09. ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There will at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or of any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least
one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Article 11. GUARANTEES
Section 11.01. THE GUARANTEES
Subject to the provisions of this Article 11, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally,
on a senior unsecured basis, to the Holders and to the Trustee the full and punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon required repurchase, upon exchange or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under this Indenture. Upon failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall
forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in this Indenture.
Section 11.02.
GUARANTEE UNCONDITIONAL.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder
are unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(A) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company under this Indenture or any
Note, by operation of law or otherwise;
(B) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Indenture or any Note;
(C) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in this Indenture or any Note;
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(D) the existence of any claim, set-off or other
rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with this Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such
claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(E) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any
reason of this Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under this Indenture; or
(F) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other circumstance
whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
Section 11.03. DISCHARGE; REINSTATEMENT.
Each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will remain in full force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under this Indenture have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under this Indenture
is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment
had been due but not made at such time.
Section 11.04. WAIVER BY THE GUARANTORS.
Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as
any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Company or any other Person.
Section 11.05.
SUBROGATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
Upon making any payment with respect to any obligation of
the Company under this Article 11, the Guarantor making such payment will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such obligation, provided that such Guarantor may not enforce either any right of
subrogation, or any right to receive payment in the nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor, with respect to such payment so long as any amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the Notes remains unpaid.
Section 11.06. STAY OF ACCELERATION.
If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee or the Holders.
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Section 11.07. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
GUARANTEE.
The execution by each Guarantor of this Indenture (or an amended or supplemental indenture as provided in
Article 8) evidences the Guarantee of such Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee after
authentication constitutes due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
Section 11.08.
RELEASE OF GUARANTEE.
The Guarantee of a Guarantor will terminate upon defeasance or
discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article 9 hereto.
Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the foregoing effect, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.
Article 12. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee (including in its capacity as any Note Agent) to the other must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight
air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:
If to the Company or either
Guarantor: Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention:
Rochelle Boas, Chief Legal Officer
With a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York,
NY 10017
Attention: Mark J. DiFiore
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank
Trust Company, National Association
333 Commerce Street
Suite 900
Nashville, TN 37201
Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services (7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031)
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The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different
addresses (including electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those
sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: (A) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (B) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (C) when receipt is
acknowledged, if transmitted by electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication; and (D) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery.
All notices or communications required to be made to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture (including notices referred to in
Sections 7.01(A)(vi), 7.01(A)(vii), 7.02(B) and 7.02(C)) must be made in writing and will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing if mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt
requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to its address shown on the Register; provided, however, that a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note may, but need not, instead be sent pursuant to
the Depositary Procedures (in which case, such notice will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing). The failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder, or any defect in such notice or communication, will not affect its sufficiency with
respect to any other Holder.
If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it
will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Indenture or the Notes, (A) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to another party, no such notice need be sent if the sending party and the recipient are the same Person acting in different capacities; and
(B) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to more than one receiving party, and each receiving party is the same Person acting in different capacities, then only one such notice need be sent to such Person.
Section 12.02. DELIVERY OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
AND OPINION OF COUNSEL AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial authentication of
Notes under this Indenture), the Company will furnish to the Trustee:
(A) an Officer’s Certificate that complies with
Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of the signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have been satisfied; and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel that complies with Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been satisfied.
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Section 12.03. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL.
Each Officer’s Certificate (other than an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.05) or Opinion of
Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture will include:
(A) a statement that the
signatory thereto has read such covenant or condition;
(B) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained therein are based;
(C) a statement that, in the opinion of such signatory,
he, she or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him, her or it to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(D) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such signatory, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.
Section 12.04. RULES BY THE TRUSTEE, THE REGISTRAR
AND THE PAYING AGENT.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by
or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.05. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee,
incorporator or stockholder of the Company or either Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or either Guarantor under this Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.06. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE GUARANTEES.
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Section 12.07. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be
instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each
party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any
applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 12.01 will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the
Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees
not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 12.08. NO
ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
Neither this
Indenture nor the Notes may be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person, and no such indenture, note, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture
or the Notes.
Section 12.09. SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will
bind its successors.
Section 12.10. FORCE MAJEURE.
The Trustee and each Note Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility
under this Indenture or the Notes by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or
disaster, epidemic or pandemic, act of terrorism or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
Section 12.11. U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT.
The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, in
order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The Company
agrees to provide the Trustee with such information as it may request to enable the Trustee to comply with the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
Section 12.12.
CALCULATIONS.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all
calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes, including determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, the Daily Exchange Value, the Daily Cash Amount, the Daily Share Amount, accrued interest on the Notes and the Exchange Rate.
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The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its
calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Exchange Agent may rely conclusively on the accuracy of the
Company’s calculations without independent verification (and the Trustee will not have any responsibility for such calculations). The Trustee will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor. The
Trustee shall not have any duty with respect to, or bear any responsibility for, such calculations or the correctness thereof.
Section 12.13.
SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Indenture or the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Indenture or the Notes will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.14. COUNTERPARTS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart. All notices, approvals, consents,
requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually , in English). Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the
use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 12.15. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The table of contents and the headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are
not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture.
Section 12.16. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
Each Holder of a Note agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, by its acquisition of such interest, is deemed to
agree, that if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of such Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment or the non-occurrence of
an adjustment to the Exchange Rate, then the Company or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, withhold from or set off such payments against payments of cash or the delivery of other Exchange Consideration on such Note, any
payments on the Common Stock or sales proceeds received by, or other funds or assets of such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note.
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Section 12.17. TAX REPORTING.
If the Company determines that a deemed distribution (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) has resulted from an adjustment to the Exchange
Rate, the Company will comply with any obligations to report the deemed distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Indenture have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as
of the date first written above.
SABRE GLBL INC.
By:
/s/ Roushan Zenooz
Name: Roushan Zenooz
Title: Treasurer
SABRE CORPORATION, AS GUARANTOR AND PARENT
By:
/s/ Roushan Zenooz
Name: Roushan Zenooz
Title: Treasurer
SABRE HOLDINGS CORP., as Guarantor
By:
/s/ Roushan Zenooz
Name: Roushan Zenooz
Title: Treasurer
[Signature Page to
Indenture (Exchangeable Notes)]
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
/s/ Wally Jones
Name: Wally Jones
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to
Indenture (Exchangeable Notes)]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[Insert
Global Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Non-Affiliate Legend]
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00%
Exchangeable Senior Note due 2031
CUSIP No.: [ ][Insert for a
“restricted” CUSIP number:*] Certificate No. [ ]
Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.], or its registered assigns, the
principal sum of [ ] dollars ($[ ]) [(as revised by the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note)]† on
May 15, 2031 and to pay interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, until the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest are paid or duly provided for.
Interest Payment Dates:
May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2026. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no
interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay.
Regular Record Dates:
May 1 and November 1.
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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*
This Note will be deemed to be identified by CUSIP No. [ ] from
and after such time when the Company delivers, pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture and subject to the applicable Depositary Procedures, written notice to the Trustee of the deemed removal of the Restricted Note Legend
affixed to this Note.
†
Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only.
A-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Sabre GLBL Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly executed as
of the date set forth below.
SABRE GLBL INC.
Date:
By:
Name:
Title:
A-2
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date:
By:
Authorized Signatory
A-3
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00% Exchangeable Senior Note due 2031
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of Sabre GLBL Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), designated
as its 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of May 18, 2026 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”),
among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture sets forth the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms of
the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will control.
1. Interest. This Note will accrue interest at a rate and in the manner set forth in Section 2.05 of the
Indenture. Stated Interest on this Note will begin to accrue from, and including, [date].
2. Maturity. This Note will
mature on May 15, 2031, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or exchanged.
3. Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on this
Note will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.
4. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
5. Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All
Notes will be in registered form, without coupons, in principal amounts equal to any Authorized Denominations. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange this Note by presenting it to the Registrar and
delivering any required documentation or other materials.
6. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a
Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for cash in the manner, and subject to
the terms, set forth in Section 4.02 of the Indenture.
7. Right of Holders to Require the Company to
Repurchase Notes on the Optional Repurchase Date. Each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Optional Repurchase Date for cash in
the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.03 of the Indenture.
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8. Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes. The Company will have the right to
redeem the Notes for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.04 of the Indenture.
9. Exchange. The Holder of this Note may exchange this Note into Exchange Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set
forth in Article 5 of the Indenture.
10. When the Company May Merge, Etc. Article 6 of the Indenture places limited
restrictions on the Company’s and the Guarantor’s ability to be a party to a Business Combination Event.
11. Defaults and
Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding may (and, in certain circumstances, will automatically) become due and payable in the manner, and
subject to the terms, set forth in Article 7 of the Indenture.
12. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7.05 and
Article 8 of the Indenture.
13. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No past, present
or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or either Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or either Guarantor under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.
14. Authentication. No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed
to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.
15. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common),
TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
16. Governing Law. THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
* * *
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To request a copy of the Indenture, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no
charge, please send a written request to the following address:
Sabre GLBL Inc
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX
76092
Attention: Rochelle Boas, Chief Legal Officer
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE‡
INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE:
$[ ]
The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Note have been
made:
Date
Amount of Increase
(Decrease) in
Principal Amount
of
this Global Note
Principal Amount of
this Global Note
After Such
Increase
(Decrease)
Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of
Trustee
‡
Insert for Global Notes only.
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EXCHANGE NOTICE
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00% Exchangeable
Senior Notes due 2031
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Exchange Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note
identified below directs the Company to exchange (check one):
☐
the entire principal amount of
☐
$ * aggregate principal amount of
the Note identified by CUSIP No.
and Certificate No. .
The undersigned acknowledges that if the Exchange Date of a Note to be exchanged is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date,
then such Note, when surrendered for exchange, must, in certain circumstances, be accompanied with an amount of cash equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.
Date:
(Legal Name of Holder)
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Guaranteed:
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
Authorized Signatory
*
Must be an Authorized Denomination.
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00% Exchangeable
Senior Notes due 2031
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned
Holder of the Note identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):
☐
the entire principal amount of
☐
$
* aggregate principal amount of
the Note identified by
CUSIP No. and Certificate No. .
The undersigned acknowledges that this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must
be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.
Date:
(Legal Name of Holder)
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Guaranteed:
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
Authorized Signatory
*
Must be an Authorized Denomination.
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OPTIONAL REPURCHASE NOTICE
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00% Exchangeable
Senior Notes due 2031
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Optional Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the
Note identified below is exercising its Optional Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):
☐
the entire principal amount of
☐
$ *
aggregate principal amount of
the Note identified by CUSIP No.
and Certificate No. .
The undersigned acknowledges that
this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Optional Repurchase Price will be paid.
Date:
(Legal Name of Holder)
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Guaranteed:
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
Authorized Signatory
*
Must be an Authorized Denomination.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
SABRE GLBL INC.
7.00% Exchangeable
Senior Notes due 2031
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the within Note assigns to:
Name:
Address:
Social security or tax identification number:
the within Note and all rights thereunder irrevocably appoints:
as agent to transfer the within Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.
Date:
(Legal Name of Holder)
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Guaranteed:
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
Authorized Signatory
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TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
If the within Note bears a Restricted Note Legend, the undersigned further certifies that (check one):
1. ☐
Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
2. ☐
Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective
under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer.
3. ☐
Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and,
accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that the within Note is being transferred to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such
Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A.
If this item is checked, then the transferee must complete and execute the acknowledgment contained on the next page.
4. ☐
Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act).
Date:
(Legal Name of Holder)
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Guaranteed:
Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program
By:
Authorized Signatory
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TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The undersigned represents that it is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the
undersigned exercises sole investment discretion, and that and the undersigned and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the
transferor is relying, in transferring the within Note on the exemption from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A and that the undersigned has received such
information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A.
Date:
(Name of Transferee)
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND
THE OFFER
AND SALE OF THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON EXCHANGE OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”
(WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT; AND
(2)
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY:
(A)
TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;
(B)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(C)
TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(D)
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR
(E)
PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT.
BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE
TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.*
*
This paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph will be deemed to be removed from the face of this Note
at such time when the Company delivers written notice to the Trustee of such deemed removal pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture.
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND
THIS IS A
GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF
THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO
THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC, OR
TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.
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EXHIBIT B-3
FORM OF NON-AFFILIATE LEGEND
NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF SABRE CORP. OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OF SABRE CORP. DURING THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
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Exhibit 99.1
Sabre Announces Issuance of $150.0 Million of 7.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031
SOUTHLAKE, Texas—May 14, 2026—Sabre Corporation (“Sabre”) today announced the issuance of a new series of 7.00% Exchangeable Senior
Notes due 2031 in an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million (the “New Exchangeable Notes”) by Sabre GLBL Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (“Sabre GLBL”), that will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Sabre
and Sabre Holdings Corporation, its wholly-owned subsidiary (“Sabre Holdings” and, together with Sabre and Sabre GLBL, the “Sabre Entities”).
As part of the transaction, the Sabre Entities have entered into privately negotiated purchase agreements (the “Purchase Agreements”) with certain
investors who are qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and institutional accredited investors. Certain of these investors are existing stockholders of
Sabre. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, the investors will purchase $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of New Exchangeable Notes for gross proceeds to Sabre GLBL of $150.0 million. Substantially concurrently with the issuance
of the New Exchangeable Notes, the Sabre Entities intend to use a portion of the net proceeds to fund the repurchase of $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Sabre GLBL’s outstanding 7.32% exchangeable senior notes due 2026 (the
“Existing Exchangeable Notes”), at par plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Sabre Entities intend to use the remaining net proceeds to repay, repurchase or otherwise retire from time to time the remaining Existing Exchangeable Notes,
ultimately resulting in no incremental indebtedness being incurred as a result of this transaction.
The issuance of the New Exchangeable Notes is
expected to settle on or about May 18, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
The New Exchangeable Notes will be senior, unsecured
obligations of Sabre GLBL. The New Exchangeable Notes will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2026, at a rate of 7.00% per year. The New Exchangeable
Notes will mature on May 15, 2031 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or exchanged. Before November 15, 2030, noteholders will have the right to exchange their New Exchangeable Notes only upon the
occurrence of certain events. From and after November 15, 2030, noteholders may exchange their New Exchangeable Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the Maturity
Date. Sabre GLBL will have the right to elect to settle exchanges in cash, shares of Sabre’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), or in a combination of cash and Common Stock at Sabre GLBL’s election.
Upon exchange of any New Exchangeable Note, the exchange value will be determined over a period of multiple trading days. The initial exchange rate is 447.2272 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes, which
represents an initial exchange price of approximately $2.24 per share of Common Stock. The initial exchange price represents a premium of approximately 30.00% over the last reported sale price of $1.72 per share of Common Stock on May 13, 2026.
The exchange rate and exchange price will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events. Subject to certain conditions and limitations, on or after May 21, 2029, Sabre GLBL may redeem for cash all or any portion of the New
Exchangeable Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock
has been at least 130% of the exchange price then in effect for a specified period of time ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date Sabre GLBL provides the notice of redemption.
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Holders of New Exchangeable Notes may require Sabre GLBL to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their
New Exchangeable Notes on May 15, 2029, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase. In addition, if a
“Fundamental Change” (as will be defined in the indenture for the New Exchangeable Notes) occurs, then, subject to a limited exception, holders of the New Exchangeable Notes may require Sabre GLBL to repurchase their New Exchangeable
Notes for cash. The repurchase price will be equal to the principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable repurchase date.
In connection with the issuance of the New Exchangeable Notes, Sabre expects that initial holders of the New Exchangeable Notes may seek to sell shares of
Common Stock and/or enter into various derivative positions with respect to shares of Common Stock to establish hedge positions with respect to the New Exchangeable Notes. This activity could decrease (or reduce the size of any increase in) the
market price of shares of Common Stock, the Existing Exchangeable Notes or the New Exchangeable Notes at that time.
The issuance of the New Exchangeable
Notes and any shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exchange of the New Exchangeable Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any other securities laws, and the New Exchangeable Notes and any such shares of
Common Stock cannot be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. This press release does not constitute an
offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, the New Exchangeable Notes or any shares of Common Stock deliverable upon exchange of the New Exchangeable Notes, nor will there be any sale of the New Exchangeable Notes or any such shares of
Common Stock, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements about trends, future events, uncertainties and our plans and expectations of what may happen in the
future. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “outlook,” “pro forma,” “believe,”
“momentum,” “confidence,” “position,” “plan,” “expect,” “encouraged,” “focus,” “optimistic,” “anticipate,” “will,”
“long-term,” “sustainable,” “growth,” “accelerate,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “goal,” “estimate,” “commitment,” “temporary,”
“continue,” “progress,” “possible,” “outcome,” “assume,” “challenge,” “enhance,” “guidance,” “strategy,” “on track,”
“objective,” “target,” “pipeline,” “trajectory,” “benefit,” “forecast,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “should,”
“would,” “intend,” or the negative of these terms, where applicable, or other comparable terminology, including statements relating to the consummation of the issuance of the New Exchangeable Notes.
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Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about the potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk
Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 18, 2026, and in our other
filings with the SEC. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date
they are made.
About Sabre
Powering the agentic
revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights
into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide. Sabre is built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture and serves as the backbone for both established leaders
and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences.
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Contacts:
Media
Investors
Cassidy Smith-Broyles
cassidy.smith-broyles@sabre.com
sabrenews@sabre.com
Roushan Zenooz
sabre.investorrelations@sabre.com
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Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.
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Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.
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The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.
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Local phone number for entity.
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.
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Title of a 12(b) registered security.
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Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
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Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
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