Form 8-K
8-K — KIMCO REALTY CORP
Accession: 0001140361-26-025223
Filed: 2026-06-15
Period: 2026-06-15
CIK: 0000879101
SIC: 6798 (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS)
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: 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) June 15, 2026
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
KIMCO REALTY OP, LLC
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Kimco
Realty Corporation)
1-10899
13-2744380
Delaware
(Kimco Realty OP, LLC)
333-269102-01
92-1489725
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
500 N. Broadway
Suite 201
Jericho, NY 11753
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (516) 869-9000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
☐
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:
Kimco Realty Corporation
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on
which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
KIM
New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing one-thousandth of a share of 5.125% Class L Cumulative Redeemable, Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share.
KIMprL
New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing one-thousandth of a share of 5.250% Class M Cumulative Redeemable, Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share.
KIMprM
New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing one-thousandth of a share of 7.250% Class N Cumulative Convertible, Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per share.
KIMprN
New York Stock Exchange
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on
which registered
None
N/A
N/A
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
Kimco Realty Corporation Yes ☐ No ☒
Kimco Realty OP, LLC Yes ☐ No ☒
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.
Kimco Realty Corporation ☐
Kimco Realty OP, LLC ☐
Item 1.01. Entry Into or Amendment of a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 15, 2026, Kimco Realty OP, LLC (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of Kimco Realty
Corporation (the “Company”), issued $600,000,000 principal amount of its 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued pursuant to, and are governed by, an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of
June 15, 2026, among the Issuer, the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Pursuant to a purchase agreement entered into among the Issuer, the Company and the representatives of the initial
purchasers of the Notes, the Issuer granted to such initial purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $75,000,000 principal amount of Notes (the “Option Notes”). The Notes issued on June 15, 2026 include $75,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Option Notes.
The Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Notes on a senior, unsecured basis.
The Notes and the guarantee of the Company will be senior, unsecured obligations of the
Issuer and the Company, respectively, and will be (i) equal in right of payment with the existing and future senior, unsecured indebtedness of the Issuer and the Company, respectively; (ii) senior in right of payment to the existing and future
indebtedness of the Issuer and the Company, respectively, that is expressly subordinated to the Notes and such guarantee, respectively; (iii) effectively subordinated to the existing and future secured indebtedness of the Issuer and the Company,
respectively, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing that indebtedness; and (iv) structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, and (to the extent the Issuer or the
Company, as applicable, is not a holder thereof) preferred equity, if any, of the subsidiaries (other than the Issuer) of the Issuer and the Company, respectively.
The Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 3.50% per annum, payable semi-annually in
arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2026. The Notes will mature on June 15, 2031, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or exchanged. Before March 17, 2031, noteholders will have the right to exchange their Notes
only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after March 17, 2031, noteholders may exchange their Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The
Issuer will have the right to elect to settle exchanges either entirely in cash or in a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock. The kind and amount of consideration due upon exchange will be determined based on the exchange
value of the Notes, measured proportionately for each trading day in an “Observation Period” (as defined in the Indenture) consisting of 25 trading days, and settled following the completion of that Observation Period. The consideration due in
respect of each trading day in the Observation Period will consist of cash, up to at least the proportional amount of the principal amount being exchanged, and any excess of the proportional exchange value for that trading day that will not be
settled in cash will be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock. The initial exchange rate is 30.9028 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which represents an initial exchange price of approximately
$32.36 per share of the Company’s common stock. The exchange rate and exchange price will be subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, if certain corporate events that constitute a “Make-Whole Fundamental
Change” (as defined in the Indenture) occur, then the exchange rate will, in certain circumstances, be increased for a specified period of time.
The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations described
below), at the Issuer’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after June 20, 2029 and on or before the 25th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, but only if certain liquidity conditions are satisfied and the last
reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the exchange price on (i) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day
immediately before the date the Issuer sends the related redemption notice; and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date the Issuer sends such redemption notice. In addition, the Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to
certain limitations described below), at the Issuer’s option at any time, and from time to time, to the extent necessary to preserve the Company’s status as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, so long as certain
liquidity conditions are satisfied. However, the Issuer may not redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes unless at least $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding and not called for redemption as of the time the Issuer
sends the related redemption notice. The redemption price will be a cash amount equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, calling any Note
for redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to that Note, in which case the exchange rate applicable to the exchange of that Note will be increased in certain circumstances if it is exchanged after it is called for
redemption.
If certain corporate events that constitute a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the
Indenture) occur, then, subject to a limited exception for certain cash mergers, noteholders may require the Issuer to repurchase their Notes at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The definition of Fundamental Change includes certain business combination transactions involving the Company and certain de-listing events with respect to the
Company’s common stock.
If a Registration Default Event (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to
below) occurs or is continuing at any time during the period after the regular record date immediately preceding the maturity date and on or before the maturity date (or, if the maturity date is not a business day, the next business day), then the
Issuer will pay a cash premium (the “Maturity Premium”) at maturity of certain exchanged Notes in an amount equal to 3% of their principal amount.
The Notes will have customary provisions relating to the occurrence of “Events of Default”
(as defined in the Indenture), which include the following: (i) certain payment defaults on the Notes (which, in the case of a default in the payment of interest on the Notes, will be subject to a 30-day cure period); (ii) the Issuer’s failure to
send certain notices under the Indenture within specified periods of time; (iii) the failure by the Issuer or the Company to comply with certain covenants in the Indenture relating to the ability of the Issuer or the Company to consolidate with or
merge 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 the Issuer or the Company, as applicable, and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another person;
(iv) a default by the Issuer or the Company in its other obligations or agreements under the Indenture or the Notes if such default is not cured or waived within 60 days after notice is given in accordance with the Indenture; (v) certain defaults by
the Issuer, the Company or any of their respective significant subsidiaries with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money of at least $125,000,000; (vi) the Issuer or the Company denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement described below; and (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization involving the Issuer, the Company or any of their respective significant subsidiaries; and (viii) the guarantee of the Notes ceases to be in full force
and effect (except as permitted by the Indenture) or the Company denies or disaffirms its obligations under its guarantee of the Notes.
If an Event of Default involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events with
respect to the Issuer or the Company (and not solely with respect to a significant subsidiary of the Issuer or the Company (other than the Issuer)) occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, and the Maturity
Premium, if any, in respect of, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any person. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, the Trustee, by notice to the
Issuer, or noteholders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, and the maturity premium, if
any, in respect of, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may elect, at its option, that the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to certain failures by the
Company to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Indenture consists exclusively of the right of the noteholders to receive special interest on the Notes for up to 360 days at a specified rate per annum not exceeding 0.50% on the principal
amount of the Notes.
The above description of the Indenture and the Notes is a summary and is not complete. A
copy of the Indenture and the form of the certificate representing the Notes are filed as exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the above summary is qualified by reference to the terms of the Indenture and the
Notes set forth in such exhibits.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the initial issuance of the Notes, the Issuer and the Company entered
into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the initial purchasers. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company agreed to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
a resale registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), covering the resale of the shares of the Company’s common stock, if any, issuable upon exchange of the Notes by beneficial owners of the
shares who satisfy certain conditions and timely provide certain information to the Issuer. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
resale registration statement to:
●
become effective under the Securities Act by the “resale registration statement effectiveness deadline date,” which is the date that is 180
days after the date the Notes are first issued; provided, however, that if the Company (whether directly or indirectly through one or more of its subsidiaries) has completed a significant acquisition and has not filed the
financial statements required by Regulation S-X under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for such significant acquisition with the SEC by the date that would otherwise be the resale registration statement effectiveness deadline date,
then the resale registration statement effectiveness deadline date will instead be the earlier of (i) the 210th day after the date the Notes are first issued; and (ii) the 30th calendar day after the date such financial statements are first
filed (or, if earlier, are required to be filed) with the SEC; and
●
remain continuously effective and usable for a specified period of time.
However, the Company will have the right, in certain circumstances, to suspend the
availability of the resale registration statement during “blackout periods” if there occurs or exists any pending corporate development, filing with the SEC or any other event, in each case that makes such suspension appropriate in the Company’s
reasonable judgment. The Company’s right to institute or maintain blackout periods will be limited such that all blackout periods, together, may not exceed an aggregate of (i) 45 (or, in the case of certain proposed or pending material business
transactions, up to 60) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any 90 consecutive calendar day period; or (ii) 90 (or, in the case of certain proposed or pending material business transactions, up to 120) calendar days (whether or not
consecutive) in any 360 consecutive calendar day period.
During the period when the resale registration statement must remain effective, the
Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to make filings with the SEC to name new selling securityholders in the related prospectus or prospectus supplement to enable them to resell their shares of the Company’s common stock, if any,
issuable upon exchange of the Notes pursuant to the resale registration statement.
The Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture provide that additional interest will
accrue on certain Notes during the continuance of a Registration Default Event (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Subject to certain limitations, additional interest will accrue:
●
on all of the outstanding Notes for each day on which resale registration statement is not on file with the SEC, effective under the
Securities Act or usable during the period when it is required to be pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, but only to the extent that the number of days on which the resale registration statement is not so on file, effective or usable
(inclusive of any blackout period) exceeds (1) 45 (or, in the case of certain proposed or pending material business transactions, 60) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any 90 consecutive calendar day period; or (2) 90 (or, in the
case of certain proposed or pending material business transactions, 120) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any 360 consecutive calendar day period; and
●
on any outstanding Note (and only such Note) for each day (other than during a blackout period) after certain specified deadlines on which,
due to an omission, the beneficial owner of such Note is not named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus or prospectus supplement.
Subject to certain limitations, any additional interest that accrues on a Note will,
regardless of the number of events giving rise to such accrual, accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.25% of the principal amount thereof for the first 90 days on which additional interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to 0.50%
of the principal amount thereof.
The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Issuer and the Company to indemnify certain
holders and their affiliated parties for certain losses arising in connection with material misstatements or omissions (or alleged material statements or omissions) in the resale registration statement or related documents.
The above description of the Registration Rights Agreement is a summary and is not complete.
A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is filed as exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the above summary is qualified by reference to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement set forth in such exhibit.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item
2.03.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item
3.02. The Notes were issued to the initial purchasers in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in transactions not involving any public offering. The Notes were resold by the initial purchasers to persons whom the initial purchasers
reasonably believe are “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Any shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued upon exchange of the Notes will be issued in reliance upon
Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in transactions not involving any public offering. Initially, a maximum of 23,640,660 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued upon exchange of the Notes, based on the initial maximum exchange rate of
39.4011 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is subject to customary anti-dilution adjustment provisions.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2026, among Kimco Realty OP, LLC, the guarantor named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
4.2
Form of certificate representing the 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1).
4.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2026, among Kimco Realty OP, LLC, the guarantor named therein and the initial purchasers named therein.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have
duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
Date: June 15, 2026
By:
/s/ Glenn G. Cohen
Name:
Glenn G. Cohen
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
KIMCO REALTY OP, LLC
By: KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION,
Managing Member
Date: June 15, 2026
By:
/s/ Glenn G. Cohen
Name:
Glenn G. Cohen
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
EX-4.1 — EXHIBIT 4.1
EX-4.1
Filename: ef20076176_4-1.htm · Sequence: 2
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Kimco Realty OP, LLC,
THE PARENT GUARANTOR PARTY HERETO
and
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 15, 2026
3.50% 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
14
Section 1.03.
Rules of Construction
15
Article 2. The Notes
15
Section 2.01.
Form, Dating and Denominations
15
Section 2.02.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery
16
Section 2.03.
Initial Notes and Additional Notes
17
Section 2.04.
Method of Payment
17
Section 2.05.
Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day
18
Section 2.06.
Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
19
Section 2.07.
Paying Agent and Exchange Agent to Hold Property in Trust
20
Section 2.08.
Holder Lists
20
Section 2.09.
Legends
21
Section 2.10.
Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions
22
Section 2.11.
Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Exchanged or to Be Repurchased Pursuant
to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption
27
Section 2.12.
Replacement Notes
28
Section 2.13.
Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes
28
Section 2.14.
Cancellation
28
Section 2.15.
Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates
29
Section 2.16.
Temporary Notes
29
Section 2.17.
Outstanding Notes
29
Section 2.18.
Repurchases by the Company
30
Section 2.19.
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
30
Article 3. Covenants
30
Section 3.01.
Payment on Notes
30
Section 3.02.
Exchange Act Reports
31
Section 3.03.
Rule 144A Information
31
Section 3.04.
Additional Interest
32
Section 3.05.
Maturity Premium
32
Section 3.06.
Compliance and Default Certificates
33
Section 3.07.
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
33
Section 3.08.
Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates
33
Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption
34
Section 4.01.
No Sinking Fund
34
Section 4.02.
Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental
Change
34
Section 4.03.
Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes
38
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Article 5. The Exchange of Notes
41
Section 5.01.
Right to Exchange
41
Section 5.02.
Exchange Procedures
46
Section 5.03.
Settlement Upon Exchange
47
Section 5.04.
Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued Upon Exchange
51
Section 5.05.
Adjustments to the Exchange Rate
51
Section 5.06.
Voluntary Adjustments
61
Section 5.07.
Adjustments to the Exchange Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change
62
Section 5.08.
Transfer of Notes to Be Exchanged to a Third Party for Settlement
63
Section 5.09.
Effect of Common Stock Change Event
63
Section 5.10.
Deemed Representation Upon Exchange
65
Article 6. Successors
66
Section 6.01.
When the Company May Merge, Etc.
66
Section 6.02.
Successor Entity Substituted
66
Section 6.03.
Exclusion for Asset Transfers with Parent Guarantor or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
67
Article 7. Defaults and Remedies
67
Section 7.01.
Events of Default
67
Section 7.02.
Acceleration
69
Section 7.03.
Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report
70
Section 7.04.
Other Remedies
71
Section 7.05.
Waiver of Past Defaults
71
Section 7.06.
Cure of Defaults; Ability to Cure or Waive Before Event of Default Occurs
71
Section 7.07.
Control by Majority
72
Section 7.08.
Limitation on Suits
72
Section 7.09.
Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to
Receive Payment and Exchange Consideration
72
Section 7.10.
Collection Suit by Trustee
73
Section 7.11.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
73
Section 7.12.
Priorities
73
Section 7.13.
Undertaking for Costs
74
Article 8. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
74
Section 8.01.
Without the Consent of Holders
74
Section 8.02.
With the Consent of Holders
75
Section 8.03.
Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
76
Section 8.04.
Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc.
76
Section 8.05.
Notations and Exchanges
77
Section 8.06.
Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures
77
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Article 9. Guarantee
78
Section 9.01.
Guarantee
78
Section 9.02.
Limitation on Parent Guarantor Liability
79
Section 9.03.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
79
Section 9.04.
When the Parent Guarantor May Merge, Etc.
80
Section 9.05.
Application of Certain Provisions to the Parent Guarantor
81
Section 9.06.
Automatic Release of Guarantee
81
Article 10. Satisfaction and Discharge
81
Section 10.01.
Termination of Company’s Obligations
81
Section 10.02.
Repayment to Company
82
Section 10.03.
Reinstatement
82
Article 11. Trustee
83
Section 11.01.
Duties of the Trustee
83
Section 11.02.
Rights of the Trustee
84
Section 11.03.
Individual Rights of the Trustee
85
Section 11.04.
Trustee’s Disclaimer
85
Section 11.05.
Notice of Defaults
85
Section 11.06.
Compensation and Indemnity
85
Section 11.07.
Replacement of the Trustee
86
Section 11.08.
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
87
Section 11.09.
Eligibility; Disqualification
88
Article 12. Miscellaneous
88
Section 12.01.
Notices
88
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
90
Section 12.04.
Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent
91
Section 12.05.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Partners and
Stockholders
91
Section 12.06.
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
91
Section 12.07.
Submission to Jurisdiction
91
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
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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 June 15, 2026, among Kimco Realty OP, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, as issuer (the “Company”), Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), 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 parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 3.50% 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 (or, in the
case of a non-corporate entity, the equivalent governing body) of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the context requires, or a committee of such board (or governing body) 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, or exchangeable for, 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 the Parent Guarantor, subject to Section 5.09.
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“Company” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph
of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.
“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.
“Daily Cash Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day,
the lesser of (A) the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount; and (B) the Daily Exchange Value for such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily Exchange Value” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading
Day, one-twenty fifth (1/25th) of the product of (A) the Exchange Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and (B) the Daily VWAP per share of 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 (A) the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such Exchange by (B) twenty five (25).
“Daily Share Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day,
the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the excess, if any, of the Daily Exchange Value for such VWAP Trading Day over the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount by (B) 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 “KIM <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, which may be any of the Initial Purchasers). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to
after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.
“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 (x) subject to Section 5.03(A)(iii), the Company may, from time to time, change the Default Settlement Method, to any Settlement
Method that the Company is then permitted to elect, by sending notice of the new Default Settlement Method to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent; and (y) the Default Settlement Method will be subject to Section 5.03(A)(ii).
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“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” means, with respect to any Note, the exchange of such
note pursuant to Article 5 into Exchange Consideration. The terms “Exchanged,” “Exchanging,” “Exchangeable” and similar capitalized terms have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“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 30.9028 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.
“Exempted Fundamental Change” means any Fundamental Change with
respect to which, in accordance with Section 4.02(I), the Company does not offer to repurchase any Notes.
“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 the Company, the Parent Guarantor or their respective Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or their respective employee benefit plans, files any report with the SEC indicating that such person or group has become the
direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Common Stock representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Common Stock;
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(B) the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer,
in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than solely to the Company or one or more of the Company’s or the Parent
Guarantor’s respective Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; 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 the Parent Guarantor pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Parent Guarantor’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) the Company’s members or partners or the Parent
Guarantor’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the Parent Guarantor; 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 or other corporate common equity interests listed (or depositary receipts representing shares of common stock or other corporate common equity interests, which
depositary receipts are 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.
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,” whether shares are “beneficially owned,” and percentage beneficial ownership, will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
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“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 by the Parent Guarantor of the
Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 9.
“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.
“Initial Purchasers” means the several initial purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.
“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, each June
15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on December 15, 2026 (or commencing on such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). For the avoidance of doubt, the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.
“Issue Date” means June 15, 2026.
“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, which may be any of the Initial Purchasers. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.
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“Liquidity Conditions” means, with respect to the Redemption of
any Notes, that, as of the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption, (A) no event has occurred and is continuing that would result in the accrual of Additional Interest on such Notes; (B) (if such Notes have the benefit of a Registration Rights
Agreement) the “Issuers” (as defined in such Registration Rights Agreement) are not in breach of any of their respective obligations under such Registration Rights Agreement; and (C) the Resale Registration Statement for such Notes is (and is
reasonably expected to continue to be through at least the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after the Redemption Date for such Redemption) effective under the Securities Act and available for use as contemplated by such Registration Rights Agreement; provided,
however, that the Liquidity Conditions will be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Redemption if, in accordance with Section 5.03(A)(i)(3), 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 such Redemption Date by Cash Settlement.
“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
4.03(H); provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.03(K), 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 (other than an Exempted 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 June 15, 2031.
“Non-Affiliate Legend” means a legend substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit B-3.
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means indebtedness the documentation
with respect to which expressly provides that (A) the lender(s) thereunder (and any agent for such lender(s)) may not seek a money judgment against the Person issuing such indebtedness or (B) recourse for payment in respect of such indebtedness is
limited to those assets or Capital Stock of the Person issuing such indebtedness that secures such indebtedness (except in the case of customary indemnities or customary potential recourse carve-outs contained in such documentation, provided,
however, that, if a claim is made in connection with such indemnities or potential recourse carve-outs, then such claim will not constitute Non-Recourse Indebtedness); provided, further, that any indebtedness that would
otherwise not constitute Non-Recourse Indebtedness will nonetheless constitute Non-Recourse Indebtedness if and to the extent such indebtedness is not recourse (either contractually or by operation of law) to the Parent Guarantor (except in the case
of customary indemnities or customary potential recourse carve-outs contained in the applicable documentation, provided that, if a claim is made in connection with such indemnities or potential recourse carve-outs, then such claim will not
constitute Non-Recourse Indebtedness).
“Note Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent.
“Notes” means the 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 issued
by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.
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“Notice and Questionnaire” has the meaning set forth in the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement (subject to any limitations set forth in such Registration Rights Agreement that apply to the application of such definition for purposes of this Indenture).
“Notice Holder” has the meaning set forth in the applicable
Registration Rights Agreement.
“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 March 17, 2031, the twenty five (25) 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 4.03(H) and on or before the second (2nd) Business Day before the
related Redemption Date, the twenty five (25) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the twenty sixth (26th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Date; and (C) subject to clause (B) above, if such
Exchange Date occurs on or after March 17, 2031, the twenty five (25) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the twenty sixth (26th) 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, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of the Company.
“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) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.03, subject to customary qualifications and exclusions.
“Ownership Limit” has the meaning set forth in the Parent
Guarantor Charter.
“Parent Guarantor” means the Person named as such in the first
paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Section 9.04, the successors and assigns of such Person.
“Parent Guarantor Charter” means the charter of the Parent
Guarantor as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
“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.
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“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.
“Provisional Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note by the
Company pursuant to Section 4.03(B).
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated
June 10, 2026, among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers.
“Qualified Successor Entity” means, with respect to a Parent
Guarantor Business Combination Event, a corporation; provided, however, that a limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity will also constitute a Qualified Successor Entity with respect to such Parent
Guarantor Business Combination Event if either (A) such Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event is an Exempted Fundamental Change; (B) such Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference
Property consists solely of any combination of cash in U.S. dollars and shares of common stock or other corporate common equity interests of an entity that is (x) treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (y) duly organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and (z) the direct or indirect parent of such limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity; or (C) both of the following
conditions are satisfied: (i) such Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event does not constitute a Common Stock Change Event; and (ii) the Parent Guarantor (x) is not released from its obligations under its Guarantee following such Parent Guarantor
Business Combination Event; and (y) is the direct or indirect parent of such limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity.
“Redemption” means a Provisional Redemption or a REIT
Preservation Redemption.
“Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section
4.03(F), 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 4.03(H).
“Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to
redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(G).
“Registration Default Event” has the meaning set forth in the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement (subject to any limitations set forth in such Registration Rights Agreement that apply to the application of such definition for purposes of this Indenture). For the avoidance of doubt, no Registration Default
Event will be deemed to occur with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.03(B) and with respect to which no Registration Rights Agreement has been executed and delivered.
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“Registration Rights Agreement” means (A) with respect to any
Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (including any Notes issued pursuant to the exercise of the Shoe Option by the Initial Purchasers), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2026, among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the representatives of the Initial Purchasers, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time; and (B) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section
2.03(B), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the registration rights agreement, if any, executed and delivered by the Company relating to such Notes.
“Regular Record Date” has the following meaning with respect to
an Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on June 15, the immediately preceding June 1; and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on December 15, the immediately preceding December 1.
“REIT Preservation Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03(C).
“Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any
Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.
“Resale Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement.
“Responsible Officer” means (A) any officer within the corporate
trust group of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers; 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, and who, in each case, has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“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 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.
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“Rule 501” means Rule 501 of Regulation D 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 or Combination
Settlement.
“Shoe Option” means the Initial Purchasers’ option to purchase up
to seventy five million dollars ($75,000,000) aggregate principal amount of additional Notes as provided for in the Purchase Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any
Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of such Person; provided, however, that, if a Subsidiary meets the criteria of clause
(1)(iii), but not clause (1)(i) or (1)(ii), of the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Rule 1-02(w) (or, if applicable, the respective successor clauses to the aforementioned clauses), then such Subsidiary will be deemed not to be a Significant
Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary’s income from continuing operations before income taxes, exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests, for the last completed fiscal year before the date of determination exceeds one hundred
twenty five million dollars ($125,000,000).
“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); provided, however, that
in no event will the Specified Dollar Amount be less than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of such Note.
“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.
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“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 time, on such Trading Day from three (3) nationally recognized independent securities dealers selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial Purchasers; 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.
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“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.
“Underlying Security” initially means the Common Stock; provided,
however, that upon the occurrence of any Common Stock Change Event, the Underlying Security will be deemed to consists of the securities, if any, included in the Reference Property of such Common Stock Change Event.
“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)
“Cash Settlement”
5.03(A)
“Combination Settlement”
5.03(A)
“Common Stock Change Event”
5.09(A)
“Company Business Combination Event”
6.01(A)
“Company Successor Entity”
6.01(A)(i)
“Default Interest”
2.05(B)
“Defaulted Amount”
2.05(B)
“Dividend Threshold”
5.05(A)(iv)
“Event of Default”
7.01(A)
“Exchange Agent”
2.06(A)
“Exchange Consideration”
5.03(B)
“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)
“Guaranteed Obligations”
9.01(A)
“Initial Notes”
2.03(A)
“Maturity Premium”
3.05(A)
“Measurement Period”
5.01(C)(i)(2)
“Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event”
9.04(A)
“Parent Guarantor Successor Entity”
9.04(A)(i)
“Paying Agent”
2.06(A)
“Redemption Notice”
4.03(H)
“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 Person”
5.09(A)
“Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”
5.05(A)(v)
“Trading Price Condition”
5.01(C)(i)(2)
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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 and Special Interest, unless the context requires otherwise.
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.
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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, electronic or facsimile 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 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 authenticating agent
was validly appointed to undertake.
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Section 2.03. Initial Notes and Additional Notes.
(A) Initial Notes. On the Issue Date, there will be
originally issued six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) 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. Without the consent of any
Holder, 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 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 (and any Notes that are resold after such Notes have been purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or their
respective Subsidiaries) are not fungible with other Notes issued under this Indenture for purposes of U.S. federal income tax or federal securities laws or, if applicable, the Depositary Procedures, then such additional or resold Notes will be
identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number.
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 or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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; provided, however, that (i) if Additional
Interest accrues on a portion (and not the entire principal amount) of any outstanding Global Note in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement for such Global Note, then the Company will pay such Additional Interest directly to the
applicable beneficial owner(s) of such Global Note (as identified in the related Notice and Questionnaire(s)) to the extent the payment is not permitted or practicable under the Depositary Procedures; and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Indenture or the Notes, if payment, in the manner set forth in Section 3.05(A), of the Maturity Premium on a Global Note (or any portion thereof) that is Exchanged is not permitted or practicable under the Depositary Procedures, then
the Company will instead pay the Maturity Premium as part of the Exchange Consideration due upon such Exchange.
(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 or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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.
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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 3.50% (the “Stated Interest”), plus any Default Interest, Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 2.05(B), 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), 4.03(G)
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
cash 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) to the extent lawful, 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; and (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid, at the Company’s election, as provided in clause
(i) or (ii) below.
(i) Payment of Default Amounts on a Special
Payment Date. The Company will have the right to pay such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest 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 (1) such special record date is no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and (2) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such special record date, the Company sends 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.
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(ii) Payment of Default Amount in Any Other
Lawful Manner. If not paid in accordance with Section 2.05(B)(i), such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid by the Company in any other lawful manner.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.05(B),
a Default in the payment or delivery of any Exchange Consideration when due will be cured upon the payment or delivery of the same (together, if applicable in the case of any cash Exchange Consideration, with Default Interest thereon) to the Person
to whom such Exchange Consideration is payable or deliverable (determined in accordance with Article 5).
(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
with the same force and effect as if such payment were made on such due date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.06(A), each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent with respect to any Global Note must at all times be a Person that is eligible to act in that capacity
under the Depositary Procedures.
(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, and designates its corporate trust office identified in Section 12.01 (as the same exists on the Issue Date) in the continental United States as the office for, the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial
Exchange Agent.
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 (x)
or (xi) 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, then 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 the other
provisions of this Indenture,
(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
2.12, 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) Acknowledgment 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 acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.
(F) Restricted Stock Legend.
(i) Each Exchange Share will, upon its issuance,
bear the Restricted Stock Legend if it is a Transfer-Restricted Security at such time; 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) Generally. 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) Transferred and Exchanged Notes Remain
Valid Obligations of the Company. 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) No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The
Company, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Note Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or Exchange of Notes, but the Company, the Parent Guarantor, 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, exchange or Exchange of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.16
or 8.05 not involving any transfer.
(iv) Transfers and Exchanges Must Be in
Authorized Denominations. 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) Trustee’s Disclaimer. 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.
(vi) Legends. Each Note issued upon transfer
of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.
(vii) Settlement of Transfers and Exchanges.
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.
(viii) Interpretation. 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.
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(ix) Limitation on De-Legending Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may refuse to reissue any Note without a Restricted Note Legend or to cause any Note to be identified by an “unrestricted”
CUSIP number or similar identifier.
(B) Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.
(i) Certain Restrictions. 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) Effecting Transfers and Exchanges.
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, then the
Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.14);
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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 and have an aggregate principal amount equal to 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) Compliance with Depositary Procedures.
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) Requirements for Transfers and Exchanges.
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 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).
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(ii) Effecting Transfers and Exchanges. 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):
(1) such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled
pursuant to Section 2.14;
(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 that is to be so
transferred but that is not effected by notation as provided above; 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.
Subject to Section 2.10(A)(ix), 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 Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect
such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the Company, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Parent Guarantor, the
Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require for the Company to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws; provided, however,
that, without limiting Section 2.10(E), no such certificates, documentation or evidence (other than a written request in the form contemplated by Section 2.10(E)) need be so delivered with respect to any transfer pursuant to Rule 144
on or and after the date that is six (6) months after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note if the requirements of Rule 144(c) are then satisfied with respect to the Company.
(E) Certain De-Legending Procedures. Subject to Section
2.10(A)(ix), if a Holder of any Note or share of Common Stock issued upon Exchange of any Note, or an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, or in a global certificate representing any share of Common Stock issued upon Exchange of
any Note, transfers such Note or share in compliance with Rule 144 and delivers to the Company a written request in customary form (including a certification that it is not, and has not been at any time during the preceding three (3) months, an
Affiliate of the Company) to reissue such Note or share without a Restricted Note Legend or Restricted Stock Legend, as applicable, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to occur (and, if applicable, cause such
Note or share to thereafter be represented by an “unrestricted” CUSIP or ISIN number in the facilities of the related depositary).
(F) Transfers of Notes Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or
Exchange. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Parent Guarantor, 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 validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F), 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 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.
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Section 2.11. Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Exchanged or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption.
(A) Partial Exchanges of Physical Notes and Partial
Repurchases of Physical Notes Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change 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 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 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 2.17.
(B) Cancellation of Notes that Are Exchanged and Notes
that Are Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change 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 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 2.17 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 2.14; 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 or Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant
to Section 2.17, 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 2.14).
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Section 2.12. 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. The Company may charge the Holder of a Note for the Company’s and the Trustee’s expenses in replacing such Note
pursuant to this Section 2.12. In addition, 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 2.12 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, regardless of whether the related lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note
is at any time enforceable by any Person.
Section 2.13. 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 Parent Guarantor, 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 2.14. Cancellation.
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 2.15. Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates.
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.17, 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 2.16. 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 2.17. 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 2.14; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any a 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 2.17.
(B) Replaced Notes. If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section
2.12, 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 Called for Redemption or
Subject to Repurchase. If, on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase 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 redeemed or repurchased, 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(G) 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 Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase 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(G) 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 2.17, 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 2.18. Repurchases by the Company.
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.14, the Company,
the Parent Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries may, from time to time, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders.
Section 2.19. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.
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 and Redemption Price for, interest on, 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 Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase 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. 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 the Parent Guarantor is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Form 8-K reports) within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Parent Guarantor is
required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which the Parent Guarantor has received, or is
seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any such report that the Parent Guarantor 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 (or any successor rule thereto) under the Exchange Act regardless of whether the Parent Guarantor files, or indicates in the related Form 12b-25 (or any successor form thereto)
that Parent Guarantor expects to or will file, such report before the expiration of such maximum period. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Parent Guarantor fails to file with the SEC any report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(other than Form 8-K reports) on or before the date that the Parent Guarantor is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act), then such failure will not constitute a Default with respect to
the covenant set forth in this Section 3.02(A) at any time before the lapsing of the fifteen (15) calendar days referred to in the first sentence of this Section 3.02(A).
(B) Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee need not
determine whether the Parent Guarantor 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 actual or constructive notice to the Trustee
of any information contained, or determinable from information contained, therein, including the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture.
Section 3.03. Rule 144A Information.
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), the Company and the Parent Guarantor (or any of their successors, as applicable) 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,
but only to the extent the same is required for such Notes or shares to be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A.
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Section 3.04. Additional Interest.
(A) Accrual of Additional Interest. Additional
Interest, if any, will accrue on any Note on each day, and in the circumstances, set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, if any, relating to such Note. For the avoidance of doubt, no Additional Interest will accrue on any Notes issued
pursuant to Section 2.03(B) and with respect to which no Registration Rights Agreement has been executed and delivered.
(B) Amount and Payment of Additional Interest. 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, together with any Special Interest, 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) Notice of Accrual of Additional Interest; Trustee’s
Disclaimer. The Company will send notice to the Holder of each Note (or, in the case of Additional Interest accruing on a portion (and not the entire principal amount) of any outstanding Global Note in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement for such Global Note, to the applicable beneficial holder(s) of such Global Note (as identified in the related Notice and Questionnaire(s))), and to the Trustee, of the commencement and termination of any period in which Additional Interest
accrues on such Note. 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 the amount thereof; and (y) may assume (without inquiry) that no Additional Interest is payable unless and until the Company delivers such Officer’s Certificate.
Section 3.05. Maturity Premium.
(A) Generally. If (i) a Note is Exchanged with an
Exchange Date that is after March 17, 2031; (ii) the Exchange Consideration for such Exchange includes any whole share(s) of Common Stock; and (iii) a Registration Default Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such share(s) at any time during
the period after the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date and on or before the Maturity Date (or, if the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day), then, subject to Section 2.04(A), the interest
payment due on such Note in respect of the Interest Payment Date occurring on the Maturity Date will be increased by a cash amount (such cash amount, the “Maturity Premium”) equal to three percent (3%) of the principal amount of such Note. For
the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Maturity Premium, if any, will be payable in the same manner as the interest payment due in respect of the Interest Payment Date occurring on the Maturity Date; and (ii) accordingly, if a Maturity Premium is payable
with respect to any Note, then, pursuant to Section 5.02(D), all Holders of such Note as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date will receive such Maturity Premium regardless of whether such
Notes have been Exchanged after such Regular Record Date.
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(B) Notice of Maturity Premium; Trustee’s Disclaimer.
The Company will promptly send notice to the Holder of each Note, and to the Trustee, of the occurrence of any event obligating the Company to pay a Maturity Premium on such Note. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Maturity
Premium is payable or the amount thereof.
Section 3.06. Compliance and Default Certificates.
(A) Annual Compliance Certificate. Within ninety (90)
days after the last day of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning with the first such fiscal year ending after the date of this Indenture, 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 has occurred; and (ii) whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default has occurred or is
continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(B) Default Certificate. If a Default occurs, then the
Company will, within thirty (30) days after its first occurrence, 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, however,
that the Company will not be required to deliver such Officer’s Certificate at any time after such Default is cured or waived.
Section 3.07. 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.
Section 3.08. Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates.
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.17, Notes that the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired will be deemed to remain outstanding (except to the extent provided in Section 2.15) until such time as such Notes are delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
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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 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.
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(E) Fundamental Change Notice. On or before the
twentieth (20th) calendar day after the effective date 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”).
Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:
(i) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental
Change;
(ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;
(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.
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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 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
(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 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;
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(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).
(G) Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time proscribed 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) Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 if (i) one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental
Change and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section 4.02 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 4.02 if conducted directly by the Company; and (ii) an owner of a beneficial
interest in any Note repurchased by such third party or parties will not receive a lesser amount (as a result of withholding or other similar taxes) than such owner would have received had the Company repurchased such Note.
(I) No Requirement to Conduct an Offer to Repurchase
Notes if the Fundamental Change Results in the Notes Becoming Exchangeable into an Amount of Cash Exceeding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will not be
required to send a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E), or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, in connection with a Common Stock Change Event that constitutes a Fundamental
Change pursuant to clause (B)(ii) of the definition thereof (regardless of whether such Common Stock Change Event also constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to any other clause of such definition), if (i) the Reference Property of such
Common Stock Change Event consists entirely of cash in U.S. dollars; (ii) immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become Exchangeable, pursuant to Section 5.09(A) and, if applicable, Section 5.07, into consideration that
consists solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that the same includes
accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the latest possible Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change); and (iii) the Company timely sends the notice relating to such Fundamental Change required pursuant to Section
5.01(C)(i)(3)(b) and includes, in such notice, a statement that the Company is relying on this Section 4.02(I).
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(J) Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the
extent applicable, the Company will comply, in all material respects, 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 obligations
pursuant to this Section 4.02 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company and enacted after the Issue Date, the Company’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such
obligations.
(K) 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 the Company to Redeem the Notes.
(A) No Right to Redeem Before June 20, 2029 Except Pursuant
to a REIT Preservation Redemption. The Company may not redeem the Notes at its option pursuant to this Section 4.03 at any time before June 20, 2029, except pursuant to a REIT Preservation Redemption.
(B) Right to Redeem the Notes on or After June 20, 2029.
Subject to the terms of this Section 4.03 (including Section 4.03(D)), 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 June 20, 2029 and on or before the twenty fifth (25th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if (i) the Liquidity Conditions have been
satisfied; 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 the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; and (y) the Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the calling of
any Notes for Redemption pursuant to the preceding sentence will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof.
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(C) REIT Preservation Redemption. Subject to the terms
of this Section 4.03 (including Section 4.03(D)), and without limiting the Company’s right to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section 4.03(B), 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, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, to the extent necessary to preserve the Parent Guarantor’s status as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, as reasonably determined by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors, provided the Liquidity Conditions have been satisfied. For the avoidance of doubt, the calling of any Notes for Redemption pursuant to the preceding
sentence will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof.
(D) Partial Redemption Limitation. 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 one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
(E) 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 4.03(G), on such Redemption Date), then (i) the Company may not call for Redemption or otherwise redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03; 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).
(F) Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any
Redemption will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than fifty (50), nor less than thirty (30), Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.
(G) 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.
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(H) 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 4.03(G));
(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);
(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.
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(I) 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.
(J) Payment of the Redemption Price. Without limiting
the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time proscribed 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 4.03(G) on any Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso.
(K) Special Provisions for Partial Calls. If the
Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03, 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 twenty seventh (27th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately 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 4.03 and Sections 5.01(C)(i)(4) and 5.07. 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 4.03(K); 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 4.03(K).
(L) Repurchases or Other Acquisitions Other Than by
Redemption Not Affected. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 4.03 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. The Exchange of Notes
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.
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(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 (and only during such calendar quarter) commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2026, 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 ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (such ten (10) 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.”
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 the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent
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 of the same.
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(3) Exchange Upon Specified Corporate Events.
(a) Certain Distributions. If, before March
17, 2031, the Parent Guarantor 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 the Parent Guarantor or rights to purchase the Parent Guarantor’s securities, which distribution per share of Common Stock has a value, as reasonably determined by the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors,
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,
then, in either case, (x) the Company will send notice of such distribution, and
of the related right to Exchange Notes, to Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent at least thirty (30) 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 the Company 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 the Parent Guarantor’s announcement that
such distribution will not take place; provided, however, that the Notes will not become Exchangeable pursuant to clause (y) above (but the Company will be required to send notice of such distribution pursuant to clause
(x) above) on account of such distribution 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, in such distribution 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 record date for such distribution; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by
such Holder on such record date.
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(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 (other than a merger or other business combination transaction
that is effected solely to change the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization and that does not constitute a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), 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 (other than an Exempted
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 the Business Day after
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, the Business Day after such effective date to, but excluding, the date the
Company provides such notice. No later than the Business Day after such effective date, the Company will send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent 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, March 17, 2031 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 the Company calls any Note for Redemption
pursuant to Section 4.03, 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; and
(4) if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is
validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) 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 (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture.
(D) Ownership Limit. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or the Notes, no Holder of Notes will be entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock following Exchange of such Notes to the extent (but only to the extent) that receipt of such Common Stock would cause such Holder
(either directly or after application of the constructive ownership rules set forth in the definitions of “Beneficial Ownership” and “Constructive Ownership” in the Parent Guarantor Charter) to exceed the Ownership Limit; provided, however,
that subject to the conditions set forth in the Parent Guarantor Charter, the Board of Directors of the Parent Guarantor may exempt a Holder from the Ownership Limit as provided in the Parent Guarantor Charter. If the Company elects to settle any
attempted Exchange of Notes by paying or delivering, as applicable, a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, and such Exchange would result in the delivery of the Common Stock in violation of the Ownership Limit, then such Exchange will be
void to the extent (but only to the extent) of the number of shares of Common Stock that would cause such violation, and the related Notes (or portion thereof) will be returned to the Holder as promptly as practicable. The Company will not have any
further obligation to the Holder of such Notes with respect to such voided Exchange, and such Notes (or portion thereof) will be treated as if they had not been submitted for Exchange. The Company’s failure to deliver any Exchange Consideration
otherwise due upon the Exchange of any Note will not constitute a Default under this Indenture to extent such failure is to comply with the limitations set forth in this Section 5.01(D). The Trustee will have no obligation to monitor
compliance with this Section 5.01(D) or any ownership limits upon the transfer or Exchange of Notes.
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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).
(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).
(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 the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such Exchange.
(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 (v) 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; (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 Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (y) to the extent of any Additional
Interest, Special Interest, overdue interest or interest that has 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).
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(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.
(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 notice of Exchange with respect to a Note, then the Exchange Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Trustee of such occurrence, together with any
other information reasonably requested by the Company, and will cooperate with the Company to determine the Exchange Date for such Note.
Section 5.03. Settlement Upon Exchange.
(A) Settlement Method. Subject to Section 5.03(D),
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, either (x) solely cash as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(1) (a “Cash Settlement”);
or (y) 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)(2) (a “Combination Settlement”).
(i) The Company’s Right to Elect Settlement
Method. The Company will have the right to elect the Settlement Method applicable to any Exchange of a Note; provided, however, that:
(1) subject to clause (3) below, all Exchanges
of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after March 17, 2031 will be settled using the same Settlement Method, and the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to Holders no later than the Open of Business on March 17, 2031;
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(2) subject to clause (3) below, if the
Company elects a Settlement Method with respect to the Exchange of any Note whose Exchange Date occurs before March 17, 2031, then the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to the Holder of such Note no later than the Close of Business
on the Business Day immediately after such Exchange Date;
(3) 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 4.03(H),
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 March 17, 2031, then such Settlement Method must be the same Settlement Method that, pursuant to clause (1) above, applies to all Exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after March 17,
2031;
(4) 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
(1) or (3) above);
(5) 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); and
(6) if the Company timely elects Combination
Settlement with respect to the Exchange of a Note but does not timely notify the Holder of such Note 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 send such notification will not constitute a Default or Event of Default).
At or before the time the Company sends any notice referred to in the preceding
sentence, the Company will send a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, but the failure to timely send such copy will not affect the validity of any Settlement Method election.
(ii) The Company’s Right to Irrevocably Fix or
Eliminate Settlement Methods. The Company will have the right, exercisable at its election by sending notice of such exercise to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent), to (1) 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 notice is sent to Holders; or (2) irrevocably eliminate any one or more (but not all) Settlement Methods (including eliminating Combination Settlement
with a particular Specified Dollar Amount or range of Specified Dollar Amounts) with respect to all Exchanges of Notes with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders, provided, in each case, that (v) in
no event will the Company elect (whether directly or by eliminating all other Settlement Methods) Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount that is less than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; (w) the Settlement Method so
elected pursuant to clause (1) above, or the Settlement Method(s) remaining after any elimination pursuant to clause (2) above, as applicable, must be a Settlement Method or Settlement Method(s), as applicable, 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)); (x) no such irrevocable election will affect any Settlement Method theretofore elected (or deemed to be
elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to this Indenture (including pursuant to Section 8.01(G) or this Section 5.03(A)); (y) upon any such irrevocable election pursuant to clause (1) above, the Default Settlement Method
will automatically be deemed to be set to the Settlement Method so fixed; and (z) upon any such irrevocable election pursuant to clause (2) above, the Company will, if needed, simultaneously change the Default Settlement Method to a
Settlement Method that is consistent with such irrevocable election. Such notice, if sent, must set forth the applicable Settlement Method(s) so elected or eliminated, as applicable, and the Default Settlement Method applicable immediately after such
election, 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 to Holders. 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).
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(iii) Requirement to Publicly Disclose the Fixed
or Default Settlement Method. If the Company changes the Default Settlement Method pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to the definition of such term or irrevocably fixes the Settlement Method(s) pursuant to Section 5.03(A)(ii),
then the Company will, substantially concurrently therewith, either post the Default Settlement Method or fixed Settlement Method(s), as applicable, on its website or disclose the same in a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any successor form) that is
filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
(B) Exchange Consideration.
(i) Generally. Subject to Sections
5.01(D), 5.03(B)(ii), 5.03(B)(iii) and 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 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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(2) if Combination Settlement applies to such
Exchange, consideration consisting of (a) 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 (b) 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
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) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP
Trading Day of the Observation Period for such Exchange.
(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 based on the total principal amount of Notes Exchanged on such Exchange Date by such Holder.
(iv) Notice of Calculation of Exchange
Consideration. If any Note is to be Exchanged, 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 send notice
to the Trustee and the Exchange Agent of the same and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. 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 5.01(D), 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 on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately
after the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such Exchange.
(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 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.
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Section 5.04. Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued Upon Exchange.
(A) Stock Reserve. At all times when any Notes are
outstanding, the Parent Guarantor will reserve (out of its authorized and not outstanding shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for other purposes) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the aggregate principal amount
(expressed in thousands) of all then-outstanding Notes; and (ii) the Exchange Rate then in effect (assuming, for these purposes, that the Exchange Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Exchange Rate may be increased pursuant
to Section 5.07). To the extent the Company delivers shares of Common Stock held in the Parent Guarantor’s treasury in settlement of the Exchange of any Notes, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the issuance of shares of Common
Stock in connection therewith will be deemed to include such delivery, mutatis mutandis.
(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 authorized, 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 use commercially reasonable efforts to 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 the Parent Guarantor issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Parent Guarantor 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:
where:
ER0
=
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;
ER1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable;
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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.
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 the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors 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 the
Parent Guarantor 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:
where:
ER0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
ER1
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS
=
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
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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.
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 increase to the Exchange Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of only the rights, options or warrants, if any, actually distributed. In addition,
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.
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 Parent Guarantor 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 by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
(iii) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.
(1) Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the
Parent Guarantor distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Parent Guarantor, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Parent Guarantor or other securities, to all
or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:
(u) 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);
(v) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in
cash for which an adjustment to the Exchange Rate is required (or would be required assuming the Dividend Threshold were zero and without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iv);
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(w) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant
to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 5.05(F);
(x) 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);
(y) 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
(z) 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:
ER0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
ER1
=
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 the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable
manner), 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, and without having to Exchange such Notes, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received in such distribution 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.
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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 the Parent Guarantor
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 the Parent Guarantor 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:
ER0
=
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;
ER1
=
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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2), if
any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note to be Exchanged 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 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.
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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 (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed the Dividend Threshold per share of Common Stock), then the Exchange Rate will be increased
based on the following formula:
where:
ER0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
ER1
=
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;
T
=
an amount (subject to the proviso below, the “Dividend Threshold”) initially equal to $0.26
per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that (x) if such dividend or distribution is not a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock, then T will be deemed to be zero dollars ($0.00) per share of Common
Stock with respect to such dividend or distribution; and (y) the Dividend Threshold 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) (other than this Section 5.05(A)(iv)); 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, and without having to Exchange such Notes, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received in such dividend or distribution 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.
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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.
(v) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the
Company, Parent Guarantor or any their respective Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the
Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) 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:
ER0
=
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange
offer;
ER1
=
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 the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) 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
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SP
=
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive
Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;
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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(v), if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation
Period for a Note to be Exchanged occurs 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.
To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated
(including as a result of 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) 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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(2) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock
pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Parent Guarantor’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;
(3) 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, the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries;
(4) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock
pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company or the Parent Guarantor outstanding as of the Issue Date;
(5) solely a change in the par value of the Common
Stock; or
(6) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
(C) Adjustment Deferral. 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
and carry forward 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, had they not been so deferred and carried forward, 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; (iv) the date the
Company calls any Notes for Redemption; and (v) March 17, 2031.
(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
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 any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such Exchange, but an adjustment to the Exchange Rate for such event
has not yet become effective as of such VWAP Trading Day;
(iii) the Exchange Consideration due in respect of
such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock; 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 on such VWAP Trading Day. 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
Combination Settlement;
(iii) any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period
for such Exchange occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related record date;
(iv) the Exchange Consideration due in respect of
such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock 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 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, the Parent Guarantor 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, the Parent Guarantor had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to
all holders of the Common Stock, subject to potential readjustment in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1).
(G) Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in
Certain Adjustments. The Company and the Parent Guarantor 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 appropriate 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 or effective date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period or Observation Period, as applicable.
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(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 Parent Guarantor’s treasury (unless the Parent Guarantor 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 to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).
(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 notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent 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.
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) the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors determines that such increase is either (x) in
the best interest of the Company or the Parent Guarantor; 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 Parent
Guarantor’s 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 of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.
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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
$25.38
$27.00
$30.00
$32.36
$37.00
$42.07
$44.00
$45.00
$46.00
$47.00
$48.00
June 15, 2026
8.4983
6.8019
4.4060
3.0467
1.3157
0.3585
0.1634
0.0918
0.0398
0.0083
0.0000
June 15, 2027
8.4983
6.7233
4.2613
2.8832
1.1730
0.2793
0.1118
0.0544
0.0167
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2028
8.4983
6.5981
4.0480
2.6477
0.9770
0.1783
0.0493
0.0133
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2029
8.4983
6.3381
3.6677
2.2525
0.6862
0.0592
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2030
8.4983
6.1342
3.0350
1.6001
0.2938
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2031
8.4983
6.1342
2.4305
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 $48.00
(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 $25.38 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no
Additional Shares will be added to the Exchange Rate.
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 39.4011 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 4.03(K), (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 Number of 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).
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(C) Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental
Change. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent 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 4.03(H).
Section 5.08. Transfer of Notes to Be Exchanged to a Third Party for Settlement.
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, the Company may elect to arrange to have such Note transferred, for settlement in lieu of Exchange, to a third party financial institution designated by the
Company that will pay and deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon such Exchange in lieu of the Company’s payment and delivery of the same. To make such election, the Company must send notice of such election to the Holder of such
Note, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Exchange Date for such Note. If the Company has made such election, then:
(A) no later than the Business Day immediately following such
Exchange Date, the Company must deliver (or cause the Exchange Agent to deliver) such Note, together with delivery instructions for the Exchange Consideration due upon such Exchange (including wire instructions, if applicable), to a financial
institution designated by the Company that has agreed to deliver such Exchange Consideration in the manner and at the time the Company would have had to deliver the same pursuant to this Article 5;
(B) if such Note is a Global Note, then (i) such designated
institution will send written confirmation to the Exchange Agent promptly after wiring the cash Exchange Consideration, if any, and delivering any other Exchange Consideration, due upon such Exchange to the Holder of such Note; and (ii) the Exchange
Agent will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter contact such Holder’s custodian with the Depositary to confirm receipt of the same; and
(C) such Note will not cease to be outstanding by reason of
such transfer to a third party for settlement;
provided, however, that if such financial institution does not accept such
Note 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 a
transfer to a third party for settlement.
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 or (z) stock splits and stock combinations
that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);
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(ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding
or statutory share exchange involving the Parent Guarantor;
(iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or
(iv) other similar event,
and, as a result of which, 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,
(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 4.03, 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 definitions of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” references to “Common Stock” and the Parent Guarantor’s
“common equity” will be deemed to refer to 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 (I) each Exchange of any Note with an Exchange Date that occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event will be settled entirely in cash in an amount, per $1,000 principal amount of such Note being
Exchanged, equal to the product of (x) the Exchange Rate in effect on such Exchange Date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any increase to such Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 5.07, if applicable); and (y) the amount of cash
constituting such Reference Property Unit; and (II) the Company will settle each such Exchange no later than the fifth (5th) 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 and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S.
dollars, the face amount thereof).
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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 of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
At or before the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the
Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company or the Parent Guarantor) 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 (including giving effect, in the good faith and reasonable discretion of the Company, to the Dividend Threshold in a manner that reflects the nature and value of the consideration comprising a
Reference Property Unit; provided, however, that if the Reference Property consists solely of non-stock consideration, then the adjusted Dividend Threshold will be zero); 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 (other than
cash) 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, no such supplemental indenture is required (but the Company may nonetheless choose to execute such a supplemental indenture at
its option) if (x) the Company or the Parent Guarantor is the resulting, surviving or transferee Person of such Common Stock Change Event; and (ii) the Reference Property of such Common Stock Change Event does not include consideration other than
cash or securities of the Company or the Parent Guarantor.
(B) Notice of Common Stock Change Events. The Company
will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent no later than the Business Day after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event.
(C) Compliance Covenant. The Parent Guarantor will not
become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 5.09.
Section 5.10. Deemed Representation Upon Exchange.
As of the Exchange Date for the Exchange of any Note, the Holder of such
Note will be deemed to have represented to the Company that such Holder is either a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A) or an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501). A Holder’s satisfaction of the requirements set forth
in Section 5.02 to Exchange any Note will be deemed to constitute such Holder’s representation as provided in the preceding sentence.
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Article 6. Successors
Section 6.01. When the Company May Merge, Etc.
(A) Generally. The Company will not consolidate with or
merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its 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 its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to another Person (other than the Parent Guarantor) (a “Company Business Combination Event”), unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity (such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar entity, as applicable,
the “Company Successor Entity”) 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 Company Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and each Registration Rights Agreement; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
Business Combination Event, no Default will have occurred and be continuing.
(B) Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee. At or before the effective time of any Company Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Company Business Combination
Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) comply with Section 6.01(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Company Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.
Section 6.02. Successor Entity Substituted.
At the effective time of any Company Business Combination Event that
complies with Section 6.01, the Company Successor Entity (if not the Company) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Company Successor Entity
had been named as the Company in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and (unless the Underlying Security immediately after
such Company Business Combination Event includes any securities of such predecessor Company) each Registration Rights Agreement.
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Section 6.03. Exclusion for Asset Transfers with Parent Guarantor or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 6, this
Article 6 will not apply to any transfer of assets (other than by merger or consolidation) between or among (A) the Company; and (B) the Parent Guarantor or any one or more of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s respective Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
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 Redemption or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Maturity Premium, Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Note;
(ii) a default for thirty (30) consecutive days in
the payment when due of interest on any Note;
(iii) the Company’s failure to deliver, when required
by this Indenture, a Fundamental Change Notice, or a notice pursuant to Section 5.01(C)(i)(3), if (in the case of any notice other than a notice pursuant to Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(a)) such failure is not cured within three (3) days
after its occurrence;
(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, if such default is not cured within three (3) days after its occurrence;
(v) a default in the Company’s obligations under Article
6 or in the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under Section 9.04;
(vi) a default in any of the Company’s obligations or
agreements, or in the Parent 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”;
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(vii) a default by the Company, the Parent Guarantor
or any of the Company’s or the Parent 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 borrowed money of at least one hundred twenty five million dollars ($125,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s respective
Significant Subsidiaries (in each case, other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness), whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, where such default:
(1) constitutes a failure to pay the principal 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 thirty (30) 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;
(viii) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture,
the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or the Parent Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee;
(ix) the Company or the Parent Guarantor denies or
disaffirms its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement;
(x) the Company, the Parent Guarantor, or any of
their respective Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:
(1) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(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; or
(xi) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:
(1) is for relief against the Company, the Parent
Guarantor, or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;
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(2) appoints a custodian of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor, or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Parent Guarantor, or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries;
(3) orders the winding up or liquidation of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor, or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries; or
(4) grants any similar relief under any foreign
Bankruptcy Law,
and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(xi), such order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) days.
(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)(x) or 7.01(A)(xi) occurs with respect to the Company or the Parent Guarantor (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or the Parent Guarantor (other than
the Company)), then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, and the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by
any Person.
(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)(x) or 7.01(A)(xi) with respect to the Company or the Parent Guarantor and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or the
Parent Guarantor (other than the Company)) 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, and the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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, or the Maturity
Premium, if any, in respect of, 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.
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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 the Parent Guarantor’s failure to comply with Section
3.02 will, for each of the first three hundred 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 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 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 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, regardless of the number of
events giving rise to such accrual; provided, however, that in no event will Special Interest, together with any Additional Interest, 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 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 Parent Guarantor
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.
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(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 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.
A Default that is (or, after notice, passage of time or both, would be)
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) can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other 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 impair any right arising therefrom. Each such waiver of a Default will have the effect set forth in Section 8.04(D).
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; (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.
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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 11.01, the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or may involve the Trustee in liability, unless the Trustee is offered (and, if
requested, provided with) 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 or Redemption Price for, or any interest on, or the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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;
(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 Section 8.01), 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 or Redemption Price for, or
any interest on, or the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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.
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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 or Redemption Price for, or any interest on, or the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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 11.06.
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 11.06. 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 (senior to the rights of Holders) 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 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 and its agents and attorneys for
amounts due under Section 11.06, including payment of all fees and compensation of, and all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by, the Trustee (in each of its capacities under this Indenture, including as Note Agent)
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 or Redemption Price for, or any interest on, or the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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
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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.
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 Parent Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee 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 Guarantee;
(D) add to the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s covenants or
Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred on the Company or the Parent Guarantor;
(E) provide for the assumption of the Company’s or the Parent
Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and each Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6 or Section 9.04, as applicable;
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(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 (i) 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); and
(ii) such irrevocable election or elimination can in no event result in a Specified Dollar Amount of less than $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes applying to the Exchange of any Note;
(H) evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment,
under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;
(I) conform the provisions of this Indenture and the Notes to
the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s preliminary offering memorandum, dated June 10, 2026, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet, dated June 10, 2026;
(J) provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes
pursuant to Section 2.03(B);
(K) 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
(L) 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, as determined by the Company in good faith.
At the written request of any Holder of a Note or owner of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note, the Company will provide a copy of the “Description of Notes” section and pricing term sheet referred to in Section 8.01(I).
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 Parent Guarantor 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, the Notes or the Guarantee or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee. 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, the Notes or the Guarantee, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee, may:
(i) reduce the principal, or change the stated
maturity, of any Note;
(ii) reduce the Redemption Price or Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be redeemed or repurchased by the Company;
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(iii) reduce the rate, or extend the time for the
payment, of interest on any Note;
(iv) reduce the Maturity Premium or change the times
at which, or the circumstances under which, the Maturity Premium is payable with respect to any Notes;
(v) make any change that adversely affects the
Exchange rights of any Note;
(vi) impair the rights of any Holder set forth in Section
7.09 (as such section is in effect on the Issue Date);
(vii) change the ranking of the Notes or the
Guarantee;
(viii) other than in accordance with this Indenture,
eliminate the Guarantee of the Notes;
(ix) make any Note payable in money, or at a place
of payment, other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;
(x) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification; or
(xi) 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.
(B) Holders Need Not Approve the Particular Form of any
Amendment. A consent of any Holder pursuant to this Section 8.02 need approve only the substance, and not necessarily the particular form, of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.
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 Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective.
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(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 or
supplement to this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee, or waiver of any Default, Event of Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee, 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 or
the Guarantee, 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.
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 the Trustee
concludes 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 11.01 and 11.02) 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.
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Article 9. Guarantee
Section 9.01. Guarantee.
(A) Generally. By its execution of this Indenture (or
any amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(B)), the Parent Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Company and that the Parent Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and
valuable consideration, including such substantial benefits. Subject to this Article 9, the Parent Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee
and its successors and assigns, regardless of the validity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, that:
(i) the principal of, any interest on, the Maturity
Premium, if any, in respect of, and any Exchange Consideration for, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon Redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of, any interest on, the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, or any Exchange Consideration for, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or the Notes,
will be promptly paid or delivered in full or performed, as applicable, in each case in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes; and
(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, on a Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, upon Redemption or otherwise,
(collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), in each case subject to Section
9.02.
Upon the failure of any payment when due of any amount so guaranteed,
and upon the failure of any performance so guaranteed, for whatever reason, the Parent Guarantor will be obligated to pay or perform, as applicable, the same immediately. The Parent Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a
guarantee of collection.
(B) Guarantee Is Unconditional; Waiver of Diligence,
Presentment, Etc. The Parent Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations is unconditional, regardless of the validity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or
the Notes, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Parent Guarantor agrees that in the event of a default in any obligation of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, including any
payment of the principal of or interest on, the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, or any Exchange Consideration for the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise, legal
proceedings may be instituted directly against the Parent Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company. The Parent Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in this Indenture and the Notes.
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(C) Reinstatement of Guarantee Upon Return of Payments.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return, to the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Parent Guarantor, any
consideration paid or delivered by the Company or the Parent Guarantor to such Holder or the Trustee, then the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(D) Subrogation. The Parent Guarantor agrees that any
right of subrogation, reimbursement or contribution it may have in relation to the Holders or in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations will be subordinated to, and will not be enforceable until payment in full of, all Guaranteed Obligations. The
Parent Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article 7,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (ii) if any Guaranteed Obligations are accelerated pursuant to Article 7, then such Guaranteed Obligations
will, whether or not due and payable, immediately become due and payable by the Parent Guarantor.
Section 9.02. Limitation on Parent Guarantor Liability.
The Parent Guarantor, and, by its acceptance of any Note, each Holder,
confirms that the Parent Guarantor and the Holders intend that the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to the Guarantee. Each of the Trustee, the Holders and the Parent Guarantor irrevocably agrees that the obligations of the Parent Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited
to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Parent Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, result in the obligations of the Parent Guarantor under its
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 9.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
The execution by the Parent Guarantor of this Indenture (or an amended
or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(B)) evidences the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, and the delivery of any Note by the Trustee after its authentication constitutes due delivery of the Guarantee on behalf of the Parent
Guarantor. A Guarantee’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any officer of the Parent Guarantor executing this Indenture or any such amended or supplemental indenture on the Parent Guarantor’s behalf to hold, at the time any Note is
authenticated, the same or any other office at the Parent Guarantor, and the Guarantee will be valid and enforceable even if no notation, certificate or other instrument is set upon or attached to, or otherwise executed and delivered to the Holder
of, any Note.
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Section 9.04. When the Parent Guarantor May Merge, Etc.
(A) Parent Guarantor Business Combination Events. The
Parent Guarantor will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the
assets of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (a “Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event”), unless:
(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
either (x) is the Parent Guarantor or (y) if not the Parent Guarantor, is a Qualified Successor Entity (such Qualified Successor Entity, the “Parent Guarantor Successor Entity”) 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 Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section
8.01(E)) all of the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and each Registration Rights Agreement; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Parent
Guarantor Business Combination Event, no Default will have occurred and be continuing.
(B) Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel to the Trustee. At or before the effective time of any Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Parent Guarantor
Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) comply with Section 9.04(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been
satisfied.
(C) Parent Guarantor Successor Entity Substituted. At
the effective time of any Parent Guarantor Business Combination Event that complies with Section 9.04(A) and Section 9.04(B), the Parent Guarantor Successor Entity (if not the Parent Guarantor) will succeed to, and may exercise every
right and power of, the Parent Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes, and each Registration Rights Agreement with the same effect as if such Parent Guarantor Successor Entity had been named as the Parent Guarantor in this Indenture, the Notes and
each Registration Rights Agreement, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Parent Guarantor will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes, and (unless the Underlying Security immediately after such Parent
Guarantor Business Combination Event includes any securities of such predecessor Parent Guarantor) each Registration Rights Agreement.
(D) Exclusion for Asset Transfers by the Parent Guarantor
to the Company or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.04, this Section 9.04 will not apply to any transfer of assets (other than by merger or consolidation) between or among (x)
the Parent Guarantor; and (y) the Company or any one or more of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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Section 9.05. Application of Certain Provisions to the Parent Guarantor.
(A) Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel.
Upon any request or application by the Parent Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 12.02 with the same
effect as if each reference to the Company in Section 12.02 or in the definitions of “Officer,” “Officer’s Certificate” or “Opinion of Counsel” were instead a reference to the Parent Guarantor.
(B) Company Order. A Company Order may be given by the
Parent Guarantor with the same effect as if each reference to the Company in the definitions of “Company Order” or “Officer” were instead a reference to the Parent Guarantor.
(C) Notices and Demands. Any notice or demand that
this Indenture requires or permits to be given by the Trustee, or by any Holders, to the Company may instead be given to the Parent Guarantor.
Section 9.06. Automatic Release of Guarantee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 9, the
Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor will be automatically released, and the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under its Guarantee will be automatically released and discharged, and, in each case, be of no future force and effect, upon the occurrence of
any of the following events:
(A) the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the
Notes are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(B) the merger or consolidation of the Parent Guarantor into
the Company; or
(C) all remaining obligations to make payments or deliver
other Exchange Consideration with respect to all Notes are discharged in full after the same has become due.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 9.06 will not limit the
operation of Section 5.09.
Article 10. Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 10.01. 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 2.12) have (i) been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) become due and payable (whether on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Maturity Date, upon Exchange or otherwise) for an
amount of cash or Exchange Consideration, as applicable, that has been fixed;
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(B) the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited
with the Trustee, or with the Paying Agent (or, with respect to Exchange Consideration, the Exchange 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 2.12);
(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 Section 2.10(E), Article 11 and Section
12.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section 2.14 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.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 10.02. 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 10.03. 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 10.01 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 10.01 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.
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Article 11. Trustee
Section 11.01. Duties of the Trustee.
(A) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has written notice or actual knowledge of the same, then, without limiting the generality of Section 11.02(F), 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.
(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
(ii) in the absence of bad faith or willful
misconduct on its part, the Trustee may, without investigation, 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; provided, however, that the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(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
11.01(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) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.
(E) 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.
(F) The Trustee will not be liable in its individual capacity
for the obligations evidenced by the Notes.
(G) Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee (including any provision that affects the liability of, or affords protection to, the Trustee) is subject to this Section 11.01, regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.
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Section 11.02. 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) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require 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 (and, if requested, provided) the Trustee 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 permissive rights of the Trustee set forth in this
Indenture will not be construed as duties imposed on the Trustee.
(I) The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety
in respect of the execution or performance of this Indenture or otherwise.
(J) Unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received
notice from the Company that Additional Interest or Special Interest is owing or accruing, on the Notes, the Trustee may assume that no Additional Interest or Special Interest, as applicable, is payable or accruing.
(K) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture, including as Note Agent.
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(L) The Trustee will not be charged with knowledge of any
document or agreement other than this Indenture and the Notes.
(M) Neither the Trustee nor any Note Agent will have any
responsibility or liability to any person for any action taken or not taken by, or any records or any other aspect of the operations of, the Depositary (including the delivery of notices, or the making of payments, through the facilities of the
Depositary) and may conclusively rely, without investigation, on any information provided by the Depositary.
Section 11.03. 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. Each Note Agent will have the same rights and duties as the Trustee under this Section 11.03.
Section 11.04. 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.
Section 11.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such Default within ninety (90) days after it occurs or, if it is not actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at such time, promptly (and in any event
within ten (10) Business Days) after it becomes actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, or the Maturity
Premium, if any, in respect of, 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee will not be
required to deliver such notice at any time after such Default is cured or waived. The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless (A) written notice thereof has been received by a
Responsible Officer; and (B) such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states on its face that a Default or Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred.
Section 11.06. Compensation and Indemnity.
(A) The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee
reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture as separately agreed to by the Company and the Trustee. 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.
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(B) The Company will indemnify the Trustee (in each of its
capacities under this Indenture) and its directors, officers, employees and agents, in their capacities as such, against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it 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 11.06) 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 is attributable (as determined by a final decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction) to its negligence or willful misconduct. 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 11.06(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. 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.
(C) The obligations of the Company under this Section
11.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.
(D) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section
11.06, 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 (x) or (xi) 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 11.07. Replacement of the Trustee.
(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
11.07, 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 11.07.
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(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 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
11.09;
(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 office of the 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 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 11.09, then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(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 11.06(D).
Section 11.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
Any entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee is a party, or any entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, will (without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Indenture) be the successor of the Trustee under this Indenture, provided that such entity is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under
this Article 11.
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Section 11.09. 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 $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Article 12. Miscellaneous
Section 12.01. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Parent Guarantor or
the Trustee to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, 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 the Parent Guarantor:
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
500 North Broadway, Suite 201
Jericho, New York 11753
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
Attention: Joel H. Trotter, Julia A. Thompson and R. Charles Cassidy III
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
2 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Attention: Global Corporate Trust – Kimco Realty OP Administrator
Telephone No: (404) 898-8837
Email: greg.jackson@usbank.com
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding paragraph,
notices to the Trustee or any Note Agent must be in writing and will be deemed to have been given upon actual receipt by the Trustee or such Note Agent, as applicable.
The Company, the Parent Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the
others, may designate additional or different addresses (including facsimile numbers and electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.
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The Trustee will not have any duty to confirm that the person sending
any notice, instruction or other communication by electronic transmission (including by e-mail, facsimile transmission, web portal or other electronic methods) is, in fact, a person authorized to do so. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee
to comply with the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of handwritten signatures and digital signatures provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or any other digital signature provider acceptable to the Trustee) will
be deemed original signatures for all purposes. Any person that uses electronic signatures or electronic methods to send communications to the Trustee assumes all risks arising out of such use, including the risk of the Trustee acting on an
unauthorized communication and the risk of interception or misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, the Trustee may, in any instance and in its sole discretion, require that an original document bearing a
manual signature be delivered to the Trustee in lieu of, or in addition to, any such electronic communication.
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 facsimile,
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 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) 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); and (B) a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note that is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement may, but need not, be sent in any manner permitted by such Registration Rights
Agreement to the owner of the related beneficial interest in such Global Note if such owner is a Notice Holder under such Registration Rights Agreement. 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 the Trustee is then acting as the Depositary’s custodian for the
Notes, then, at the reasonable request of the Company to the Trustee, the Trustee will cause any notice prepared by the Company to be sent to any Holder(s) pursuant to the Depositary Procedures, provided such request is evidenced in a Company
Order delivered, together with the text of such notice, to the Trustee at least two (2) Business Days before the date such notice is to be so sent. For the avoidance of doubt, such Company Order need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee will not have any liability relating to the contents of any notice that it sends to any Holder pursuant to any such Company Order.
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.
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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, for purposes of the
interpretation of this Indenture, such notice will be deemed to have been duly sent at the time otherwise required by this Indenture); 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.
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 3.06) 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.
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Section 12.04. Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Holders. Each of the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.05. No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Partners and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator,
partner or stockholder of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Parent Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee 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. 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, THE GUARANTEE AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY
OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEE 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 PARENT GUARANTOR 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 GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
GUARANTEE.
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 Parent
Guarantor, 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.
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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 each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor 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, 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, the Daily VWAP, the Trading
Price, accrued interest (including Additional Interest or Special Interest) on the Notes, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the Exchange Rate.
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. The Trustee will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee will not be obligated to
make or confirm any calculations or other amounts called for under this Indenture or the Notes.
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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.
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, the Parent Guarantor or other applicable withholding agent (including the Trustee) 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, the Parent Guarantor or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, withhold such amounts from or set off
such amounts 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Indenture have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
By: Kimco Realty Corporation, its managing member
By:
/s/ Kathleen Thayer
Name:
Kathleen Thayer
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Kimco Realty Corporation
By:
/s/ Kathleen Thayer
Name:
Kathleen Thayer
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee
By:
/s/ Gregory M. Jackson
Name:
Gregory M. Jackson
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable]
[Insert Non-Affiliate Legend]
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
3.50% Exchangeable Senior Note due 2031
CUSIP No.:
[___]
Certificate No. [___]
ISIN No.:
[___]
Kimco Realty OP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 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 June 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:
June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on [date].
Regular Record Dates:
June 1 and December 1.
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of
this Note.
[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]
* Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Kimco Realty OP, LLC has caused this
instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
Date:
By:
Name:
Title:
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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
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Kimco Realty OP, LLC
3.50% Exchangeable Senior Note due 2031
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of Kimco Realty OP,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), designated as its 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 15, 2026 (as the same may be
amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor 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
Parent Guarantor, 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 June 15, 2031,
unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or Exchanged.
3. Guarantee. The Company’s obligations under the
Indenture and the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article 9 of the Indenture.
4. Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on this Note
will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.
5. Persons Deemed Owners. The Holder of this Note
will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
6. 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.
7. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase
Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted 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.
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 4.03 of the Indenture.
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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 ability to be a party to a Company 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, and the Maturity Premium, if any, in respect of, 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 Parent Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section
7.05 and Article 8 of the Indenture.
13. [Registration Rights Agreement. In addition to the
rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders will have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [date], among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and [__].]*
14. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees, Partners and Stockholders. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, partner or stockholder of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or
the Parent Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantee 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. Such waiver
and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
15. 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.
16. 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).
17. 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.
* To be included for any Notes subject to a Registration Rights Agreement.
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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:
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
500 North Broadway, Suite 201
Jericho, New York 11753
Attention: Chief Financial 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
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
3.50% 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. The undersigned Holder represents to the Company that, as of the Exchange Date relating to this Exchange Notice, the undersigned Holder is either a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A) or an
“accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501).
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
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
3.50% 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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ASSIGNMENT FORM
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below
assigns (check one):
☐
the entire principal amount of
☐
$________ *aggregate principal amount of
the Note identified by CUSIP No.________ and Certificate No.________, and all rights
thereunder, to:
Name:
Address:
Social security or tax id. #:
and 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
* Must be an Authorized Denomination.
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TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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 Person reasonably believed to be 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).
Dated:
(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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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.
Dated:
(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, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1)
REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”
(WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT; AND
(2)
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KIMCO REALTY OP, LLC (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE
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, KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION, 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.
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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 1933, AS AMENDED) OF THE
COMPANY MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
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EX-4.3 — EXHIBIT 4.3
EX-4.3
Filename: ef20076176_4-3.htm · Sequence: 3
Exhibit 4.3
Execution
Version
Kimco
Realty OP, LLC
Kimco
Realty Corporation
Registration
Rights Agreement
June
15, 2026
Table
of Contents
Page
Section 1.
Definitions
1
Section 2.
Rules of Construction
6
Section 3.
Resale Registration Statement
7
(a)
Filing and Effectiveness of Resale Registration Statement
7
(b)
Contents of and Requirements for Resale Registration
Statement
7
(c)
Obligation to Make Filings to Name Additional Notice
Holders
8
(d)
Filing of New Resale Registration Statement; Designation
of Existing Registration Statement
9
(e)
Where SEC Rules Do Not Require Naming Selling Securityholders
9
Section 4.
Blackout Periods
10
(a)
Generally
10
(b)
Limitation on Blackout Periods
10
Section 5.
Certain Registration and Related Procedures
10
(a)
Compliance with Registration Obligations and Securities
Act; SEC Staff Comments
10
(b)
Opportunity for Review
11
(c)
Blue Sky Qualification
11
(d)
Prevention and Lifting of Suspension Orders
11
(e)
Notices of Certain Events
11
(f)
Remediation of Material Disclosure Defects
12
(g)
Listing of Registrable Securities
12
(h)
Provision of Copies of the Prospectus
12
(i)
Holders Cannot Be Identified as Underwriters Without
Consent
13
(j)
Earnings Statement
13
(k)
Settlement of Transfers and De-Legending
13
Section 6.
Expenses
13
Section 7.
Accrual of Additional Interest During Registration Default
Events
14
(a)
Generally
14
(b)
No Registration Default Events Outside the Resale Registration
Statement Effectiveness Period; No Accrual of Additional Interest on Registrable Securities
15
(c)
Accrual and Payment of Additional Interest
15
(d)
Remedies Not Exclusive
15
Section 8.
Certain Agreements and Representations of the Holders
15
(a)
Provision of Information
15
(b)
Use of Offering Materials
15
(c)
Covenants Relating to Blackout Periods
16
Section 9.
Indemnification and Contribution
16
(a)
Indemnification by the Issuers
16
(b)
Indemnification by the Holders
16
(c)
Indemnification Procedures
17
(d)
Contribution Where Indemnification Not Available
18
(e)
Remedies Not Exclusive
19
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Section 10.
Subsequent Holders
19
Section 11.
Miscellaneous
19
(a)
Notices
19
(b)
Amendments and Waivers
20
(c)
Third Party Beneficiaries
20
(d)
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
21
(e)
Submission to Jurisdiction
21
(f)
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
21
(g)
Successors
21
(h)
Severability
21
(i)
Counterparts
21
(j)
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
22
(k)
Entire Agreement
22
(l)
Specific Performance
22
Exhibits
Exhibit A: Form of Notice and Questionnaire
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Registration Rights Agreement
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 15, 2026, among Kimco Realty OP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”),
Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”), and the representatives of the Initial
Purchasers signatory hereto.
WHEREAS, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement
(as defined in Section 1).
THEREFORE, the
Issuers (as defined below) jointly and severally agree as follows for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the Holders (as
defined in Section 1):
Section 1. Definitions.
“Additional
Interest” means any fee payable by the Issuers pursuant to Section 7(c).
“Affiliate”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 144.
“Agreement”
means this Registration Rights Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“As-Exchanged
Note Ownership Percentage” means, with respect to any Holder(s) as of any time, a fraction (a) whose numerator is the
aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned, or issuable upon Exchange of Initial Notes owned, by such Holder(s) as of such
time; and (b) whose denominator is the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that are then outstanding or are issuable upon
Exchange of all Initial Notes then outstanding (assuming, for these purposes, that Exchanges are settled solely in Registrable
Securities at the then-applicable Exchange Rate). Solely for purposes of this definition, Initial Notes or Registrable Securities
owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be deemed not to be outstanding.
“Blackout
Commencement Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(i).
“Blackout
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(iv).
“Blackout
Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(iv).
“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.
“Common Stock”
means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Parent Guarantor.
“Common Stock
Change Event” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
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“Company”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Company Indemnified
Person” means each of the following Persons: (a) any Issuer; (b) any Affiliate of any Issuer; (c) any partner, director,
officer, member, stockholder, employee, advisor or other representative of any Issuer or its Affiliates; (d) each Person, if any,
who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and (e) each
successor of the foregoing Persons.
“Company Registration
Expenses” means all fees and expenses incurred by any Issuer in connection with its obligations pursuant to Section
3 or 5 (regardless of whether the Resale Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective under the Securities Act), including
the following, to the extent applicable: (a) registration, qualification or filing fees of the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. or state securities or “blue sky” regulatory agencies; (b) fees incurred in connection with the listing,
or the maintaining of any listing, of any Registrable Securities on any national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation
system; (c) the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Issuer or of any independent accounting firm for any Issuer; and (d)
the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses, up to an aggregate of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), of a single Designated Holder
Counsel incurred in connection with the Resale Registration Statement; provided, however, that Company Registration
Expenses will not include (i) any fees, expenses or disbursements of any counsel for any Holder or for any Initial Purchaser; or
(ii) any underwriting, brokerage or similar fees or discounts or selling commissions, or any stock transfer taxes (or any other
taxes borne by any Holder), incurred in connection with the sale or other transfer of any Registrable Securities.
“Depositary”
means The Depository Trust Company or any other entity acting as securities depositary for any of the Registrable Securities.
“Designated
Holder Counsel” means a single counsel, if any, that is designated and appointed, by one or more Notice Holders whose
aggregate As-Exchanged Note Ownership Percentage exceeds fifty percent (50%) (with written notice of such designation and appointment
to the Company by such Notice Holders), to serve as counsel for all Notice Holders in respect of the Resale Registration Statement.
“Exchange”
has the meaning set forth in the Indenture. The terms “Exchanged,” “Exchanging,” “Exchangeable”
and similar capitalized terms have meanings correlative to such meaning.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
“Exchange
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Exchange
Rate” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Form S-3”
means Form S-3 under the Securities Act, or any successor form thereto.
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“Holder”
means, subject to Section 10, any Person that beneficially owns any Registrable Securities. For these purposes, a Person
will be deemed to beneficially own any Registrable Securities issuable upon exchange of any other securities beneficially owned
by such person.
“Holder Indemnified
Person” means each of the following Persons: (a) any Notice Holder; (b) any Affiliate of any Notice Holder; (c) any partner,
director, officer, member, stockholder, employee, advisor or other representative of any Notice Holder or its Affiliates; (d) each
Person, if any, who controls any Notice Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act; and (e) each successor of the foregoing Persons. Solely for the purposes of this definition, each Initial Purchaser will be
deemed to be a Notice Holder.
“Holder Information”
means, with respect to any Holder, any information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder to the Company expressly
for use in any Resale Registration Statement Document (including information in any Notice and Questionnaire delivered by such
Holder to the Company).
“Indemnified
Person” means any Company Indemnified Person or Holder Indemnified Person.
“Indemnifying
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(c)(i).
“Indenture”
means that certain indenture, dated as of June 15, 2026, among the Issuers and the Trustee, as such indenture may be amended from
time to time.
“Initial Notes”
has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Initial Notice
and Questionnaire Deadline Date” means the date that is ten (10) calendar days before the first date that the initial
Resale Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act.
“Initial Purchasers”
means the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement.
“Issue Date”
has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Issuers”
means the Company and the Parent Guarantor.
“Loss”
means any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including reasonable costs of investigating or defending, and reasonable attorney’s
fees and disbursements in connection with, the same).
“Material
Disclosure Defect” has the following meaning with respect to any document: (a) if such document is of the type as to
which the provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act are applicable, that such document contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
and (b) in all other cases, that such document includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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“Maturity
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Maturity
Premium” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Notice and
Questionnaire” means a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
A.
“Notice Holder”
means, subject to Section 10, a Holder that has delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company.
“Parent Guarantor”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Permitted
Blackout Period Extension” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“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
Agreement.
“Proceeding”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9(c)(i).
“Purchase
Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2026, among the Company, the Guarantor and the
representatives of the Initial Purchasers.
“Redemption
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Redemption
Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Registrable
Securities” means:
(a)
the Common Stock or other securities issued or issuable (including following a Common Stock Change Event) upon Exchange of
the Initial Notes; and
(b) any securities issued, distributed or otherwise delivered with respect to any security referred to in clause (a)
above upon any stock dividend, combination or split or other similar event or in connection with a Common Stock Change Event;
provided, however, that a
security described in any of the preceding clauses above will cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of
the following events:
(i) such
security (x) would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 if held by a Person that is not
an Affiliate of the issuer of such security, and that has not been an Affiliate of such issuer during the immediately preceding
three (3) months, without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information (whether or
not then satisfied) or notice under the Securities Act; (y) is not identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number;
and (y) is not represented by any certificate that bears a Restricted Security Legend;
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(ii) such
security ceases to be outstanding; and
(iii) such
security (x) is sold or otherwise transferred in a transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction that is registered
under the Securities Act) following which such security ceases to be a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144);
(y) is not identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number; and (y) is not represented by any certificate that bears
a Restricted Security Legend.
For the avoidance of
doubt, references to Registrable Securities consisting of Common Stock “issuable” upon Exchange of any Note will include
shares of Common Stock potentially issuable thereupon at the then-applicable Exchange Rate (that is, a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to the product of the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of such Note and the then-applicable Exchange Rate).
“Registration
Default Event” means any event set forth in Section 7(a)(i) that gives rise to the accrual of any Additional Interest
pursuant to Section 7.
“Resale Registration
Statement” means each registration statement under the Securities Act that is filed pursuant to Section 3 for
the purposes set forth therein.
“Resale Registration
Statement Documents” means any Resale Registration Statement, all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, the related
prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus), all supplements to such prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplements),
the documents incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing and each related “issuer free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act).
“Resale Registration
Statement Effectiveness Deadline Date” means the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Issue Date. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, if the Parent Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly through one or more
of its subsidiaries) has completed a Significant Acquisition and has not filed the financial statements required by Regulation
S-X under the Exchange Act for such Significant Acquisition with the SEC by the date that would be the Resale Registration Statement
Effectiveness Deadline Date pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Deadline Date
will instead be the earlier of (a) the two hundred tenth (210th) day after the Issue Date; and (b) the thirtieth (30th) calendar
day after the date such financial statements are first filed (or, if earlier, are required to be filed) with the SEC.
“Resale Registration
Statement Effectiveness Period” means the period that (a) begins on, and includes, the earlier of (i) the Resale Registration
Statement Effectiveness Deadline Date; and (ii) the first date the Resale Registration Statement is effective under the Securities
Act; and (b) ends on, and includes, the earlier of (i) the date that is forty (40) Trading Days after the earlier of (x) the Maturity
Date and (y) the first date when no Initial Notes are outstanding; and (ii) the first date when no Registrable Securities are outstanding
(or issuable upon Exchange of any outstanding Note); provided, however, that if, during the period from the Maturity
Date (or, if earlier, the first date when no Initial Notes are outstanding) to the date referred to in clause (b)(i), the
Resale Registration Statement fails to be effective or usable for the resale or other transfer of Registrable Securities under
the Securities Act, then the last date referred to in clause (b)(i) will be extended by the total number of Trading Days
on which such failure has occurred during such period.
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“Restricted
Security Legend” means, with respect to any security, a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of
such security have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such security 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 144”
means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto).
“Rule 415”
means Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto).
“SEC”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
“Significant
Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Parent Guarantor (whether directly or indirectly through one or more of its
subsidiaries) of a business or Person, which acquisition requires the filing, with the SEC, of financial statements of such business
or Person pursuant to Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, the omission of which financial statements from the Resale Registration
Statement would, in the Parent Guarantor’s reasonable discretion, cause the Resale Registration Statement to contain a Material
Disclosure Defect.
“Specified
Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).
“Subsequent
Filing Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).
“Trading Day”
has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Trustee”
has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Section 2. Rules
of Construction. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) “or”
is not exclusive;
(b) “including”
means “including without limitation”;
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(c) “will”
expresses a command;
(d) 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;
(e) words
in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;
(f) “herein,”
“hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or
other subdivision of this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise;
(g) references
to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and
(h) the
exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Agreement are deemed to form part of this Agreement.
Section 3. Resale
Registration Statement.
(a) Filing
and Effectiveness of Resale Registration Statement. Subject to Section 4, the Parent Guarantor will (i) prepare and
file a Resale Registration Statement with the SEC; and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Resale Registration
Statement to (x) become effective under the Securities Act no later than the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Deadline
Date, and (y) remain continuously effective, and usable for the resale or other transfer of Registrable Securities, under the
Securities Act throughout the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Period.
(b) Contents
of and Requirements for Resale Registration Statement. The Parent Guarantor will cause the Resale Registration Statement to
satisfy the following requirements:
(i) Registration for Continuous Resale by Holders Under Rule 415. The Resale Registration Statement will register, under
the Securities Act, the offer and resale, from time to time on a continuous basis under Rule 415, of Registrable Securities by
the Holders thereof as provided in Sections 3(b)(ii) and 3(c).
(ii) Selling Securityholder Information. Subject to Section 4, when it first becomes effective under the Securities
Act, the Resale Registration Statement will cover resales of Registrable Securities of Notice Holders identified in all Notice
and Questionnaires delivered to the Company on or before the Initial Notice and Questionnaire Deadline Date.
(iii) Plan of Distribution. The Resale Registration Statement will provide for a plan of distribution in customary form
for resale registration statements of the type contemplated by this Agreement (including coverage for market transactions on a
national securities exchange, privately negotiated transactions and transactions through broker-dealers acting as agent or principal)
and, in any event, will cover transactions contemplated by Item 6 of Exhibit A; provided, however, that in
no event will any such plan of distribution include an underwritten public offering by one or more registered broker-dealers without
the Parent Guarantor’s prior consent (which may be granted, with or without conditions, or withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion).
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(iv) Form S-3. If the resales contemplated by the Resale Registration Statement are then eligible to be registered on
Form S-3, then the Resale Registration Statement will be on such Form S-3.
(c) Obligation
to Make Filings to Name Additional Notice Holders. If any Holder delivers a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company after
the Initial Notice and Questionnaire Deadline Date, then, subject to Section 4 and the other provisions of this Section
3(c), the Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts during the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness
Period to (i) make such filing(s) with the SEC (including, if applicable, (w) a post-effective amendment, (x) a prospectus supplement,
(y) any document that will be incorporated by reference in the Resale Registration Statement upon its filing or (z) a new Resale
Registration Statement, provided that the Parent Guarantor will effect such filing by means of a prospectus supplement
or a document referred to in the preceding clause (y) instead of a post-effective amendment or a new Resale Registration
Statement, if then permitted by the rules of the SEC) on or before the Subsequent Filing Deadline Date for such Notice and Questionnaire
so as to enable such Holder to sell or otherwise transfer such Holder’s Registrable Securities identified in such Notice
and Questionnaire pursuant to the applicable Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus and, if applicable, prospectus
supplement in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth therein; and (ii) in the case of a post-effective amendment or
a new Resale Registration Statement, cause the same to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable;
provided, however, that no such filing will be required outside the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness
Period. For these purposes, “Subsequent Filing Deadline Date” has the following meaning:
(i) if such Notice and Questionnaire is so delivered on or after a Redemption Notice Date and on or before the related Redemption
Date, or on or after an Exchange Date for the Exchange of a Note and on or before the last date by which such Exchange is required
to be settled pursuant to the Indenture, then the Subsequent Filing Deadline Date for such Notice and Questionnaire will be the
fifth (5th) Business Day after such Redemption Date or last date, as applicable; and
(ii) in all other cases, the Subsequent Filing Deadline Date for such Notice and Questionnaire will be the fifth (5th) Business
Day of the calendar month referred to in the applicable following clause: (1) if such Notice and Questionnaire is so delivered
on or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day of any calendar month, the calendar month following the calendar month of such delivery;
or (2) if such Notice and Questionnaire is so delivered after the twentieth (20th) calendar day of any calendar month, the second
(2nd) calendar month following the calendar month of such delivery;
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provided, however, that (x)
if, in the reasonable judgment of the Parent Guarantor, such filing(s) must consist of, or include, a new Resale Registration Statement
or a post-effective amendment to the then-current Resale Registration Statement, then the Subsequent Filing Deadline Date for such
Notice and Questionnaire will be the ninetieth (90th) calendar day after the date on which such Notice and Questionnaire is so
delivered (or, if later, the date that is six (6) months after the last date, if any, on which the Parent Guarantor previously
filed a new Resale Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement); provided, that if the Parent Guarantor (whether directly
or indirectly through one or more of its subsidiaries) has completed a Significant Acquisition and has not filed the financial
statements required by Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act for such Significant Acquisition with the SEC by the Subsequent Filing
Deadline Date referred to above in this clause (x), then such Subsequent Filing Deadline Date will instead be the twentieth
(20th) Business Day after the date such financial statements are first filed (or, if earlier, are required to be filed) with the
SEC; and (y) in all cases, if such Notice and Questionnaire is so delivered during a Blackout Period, then the Subsequent Filing
Deadline Date will be determined assuming that such delivery were instead made on the first calendar day after the termination
of such Blackout Period.
(d) Filing
of New Resale Registration Statement; Designation of Existing Registration Statement. To the extent the Parent Guarantor deems
doing so to be desirable or necessary to satisfy its obligations under this Agreement or to comply with applicable law (including,
if applicable, to comply with Rule 415(a)(5)), the Parent Guarantor may file one or more new Resale Registration Statements or
designate an existing registration statement to constitute a Resale Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement, provided
that each such new Resale Registration Statement or existing registration statement satisfies the requirements of this Agreement.
Each reference in this Agreement to the Resale Registration Statement will, if applicable, be deemed to include each such new
Resale Registration Statement or existing registration statement, if any, mutatis mutandis. In addition, the first date
any such existing registration statement is amended or supplemented to permit the offer and resale of Registrable Securities in
the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be deemed, for purposes of Section 5(e) and any related definitions, to
be the initial filing date of such existing registration statement, and the first date such amended or supplemented existing registration
statement is effective under the Securities Act and permits such offers and resales will be deemed, for purposes of Sections
3(b)(ii), 3(c) and 5(e) and any related definitions, to be the initial effective date of such existing registration
statement.
(e) Where
SEC Rules Do Not Require Naming Selling Securityholders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3,
if the applicable rules under the Securities Act, or interpretations thereof published by the staff of the SEC, are amended so
as to permit Holders to resell their Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement without being named
as a selling securityholder therein or in any related prospectus or prospectus supplement, then the Parent Guarantor may, at its
election, amend any applicable Resale Registration Statement Documents to identify the Holders generically in accordance with
such rules and interpretations, in which event the Parent Guarantor will no longer have any obligation thereafter to make any
filings pursuant to Section 3(c) to the extent such filings are not necessary to permit any Holder to sell its Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement.
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Section 4. Blackout
Periods.
(a) Generally.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but subject to Section 4(b), if there occurs or exists any
pending corporate development, filing with the SEC or any other event, in each case that, in the Parent Guarantor’s reasonable
judgment, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Resale Registration Statement, then:
(i) the Parent Guarantor will send notice (a “Blackout Commencement Notice”) to each Notice Holder of such
suspension (without setting forth any material non-public information);
(ii) the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under Section 3 or otherwise with respect to the Resale Registration Statement,
including any related obligations of the Parent Guarantor under Section 5, will be suspended until the related Blackout
Period has terminated;
(iii) upon its receipt of such Blackout Commencement Notice, each Holder agrees to comply with its obligations set forth in Section
8(c); and
(iv) upon the Parent Guarantor’s determination that such suspension is no longer needed or appropriate, the Parent Guarantor
will send notice (a “Blackout Termination Notice,” and the period from, and including, the date the Parent Guarantor
sends such Blackout Commencement Notice to, and including, the date the Parent Guarantor sends such Blackout Termination Notice,
a “Blackout Period”) to each Notice Holder of the termination of such suspension (without setting forth any
material non-public information).
(b) Limitation
on Blackout Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4(a), but subject to the next sentence, all
Blackout Periods, together, will in no event exceed an aggregate of (i) forty five (45) calendar days (whether or not consecutive)
in any ninety (90) consecutive calendar day period; or (ii) ninety (90) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any three
hundred and sixty (360) consecutive calendar day period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, if,
and to the extent that, the Parent Guarantor’s board of directors (or a committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf
of such board) determines in good faith that the termination of a Blackout Period would require public disclosure relating to
a proposed or pending material business transaction, and such disclosure would be reasonably likely to impede the consummation
of such transaction or would otherwise be materially detrimental to the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
then the Parent Guarantor will have the right to extend the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence to an aggregate of
(i) up to sixty (60) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any ninety (90) consecutive calendar day period; or (ii) up
to one hundred twenty (120) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any three hundred and sixty (360) consecutive calendar
day period (any extension of any Blackout Period pursuant to this sentence, a “Permitted Blackout Period Extension”).
Section 5. Certain
Registration and Related Procedures.
(a) Compliance
with Registration Obligations and Securities Act; SEC Staff Comments. Subject to Section 4, the Parent Guarantor will
make such filings with the SEC as may be necessary to comply with its obligations under Section 3 and to cause the Resale
Registration Statement to comply with the Securities Act and other applicable law, including, if applicable, the filing of any
Resale Registration Statement Documents to comply with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 3-12 of Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, to amend the Resale Registration Statement to cause the same to be on a form for which the Parent Guarantor
and the transactions contemplated thereby are eligible, and to address any comments received from the staff of the SEC. The Parent
Guarantor will otherwise comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and other applicable law in the discharge of
its obligations under Section 3.
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(b) Opportunity
for Review. The Parent Guarantor will provide the Designated Holder Counsel (if one is then designated in accordance with
the definition of such term) with draft copies of the initial filing of the Resale Registration Statement, each pre-effective
and post-effective amendment thereto, and each related prospectus supplement, at least five (5) Business Days before the same
is filed with the SEC, and the Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to give effect to the reasonable comments
received by the Parent Guarantor from such Designated Holder Counsel within three (3) Business Days after delivery of such draft
copies to the latter; provided, however, that this Section 5(b) will not apply to (i) any prospectus supplement
that solely supplements or amends selling securityholder information and is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Securities
Act (or any successor rule); or (ii) any report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act.
(c) Blue
Sky Qualification. The Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the offer and sale of Registrable
Securities in the manner contemplated by the Resale Registration Statement under the securities or “blue sky” laws
of those jurisdictions within the United States as the Notice Holders may reasonably request and to maintain such qualification,
once obtained, during the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Period, and the Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with such Notice Holders in connection with the same, except, in each case, to the extent such qualification
is not required in connection with such offer and sale (including as a result of preemption by federal law pursuant to Section
18 of the Securities Act (or any successor provision)); provided, however, that no Issuer will be required to (i)
qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified; (ii) take any action that would subject
it to general service of process in suits (other than those arising out of the offer or sale of Registrable Securities or in connection
with this Agreement) in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject; or (iii) take any action that would subject it to taxation
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(d) Prevention
and Lifting of Suspension Orders. The Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance (or,
if issued, to obtain the withdrawal as promptly as practicable) of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Resale Registration
Statement under the Securities Act or suspending any qualification referred to in Section 5(c).
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(e) Notices
of Certain Events. The Parent Guarantor will provide notice of the following events to each Notice Holder as soon as reasonably
practicable:
(i) the receipt, by the Parent Guarantor, of any request by the staff of the SEC for any amendment or supplement to the Resale
Registration Statement or any related prospectus or prospectus supplement;
(ii) the issuance, by the SEC or any other governmental authority, of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Resale
Registration Statement or the receipt, by the Parent Guarantor, of any written notice that proceedings for such purpose have been
initiated;
(iii) the receipt, by the Parent Guarantor, of any written notice (x) of the suspension of the qualification or exemption from
qualification of the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities in any jurisdiction; or (y) that proceedings for such purpose
have been initiated;
(iv) the withdrawal or lifting of any suspension referred to in clause (ii) or (iii) above; and
(v) that the Parent Guarantor has determined that the use of the Resale Registration Statement must be suspended (which notice
may, at the Parent Guarantor’s discretion, state that it constitutes a Blackout Commencement Notice), including as a result
of the occurrence of any event that causes any of the Resale Registration Statement Documents to have a Material Disclosure Defect
or to cease to comply with applicable law;
provided, however, that (x)
the Parent Guarantor need not provide any such notice during a Blackout Period; and (y) in no event will this Section 5(e)
require the Parent Guarantor to, and in no event will the Parent Guarantor, provide any information that it in good faith determines
would constitute material non-public information.
(f) Remediation
of Material Disclosure Defects. Subject to Section 4, the Parent Guarantor will, as promptly as practicable after determining
that any Resale Registration Statement Document contains a Material Disclosure Defect, prepare and file with the SEC (and, if
applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
practicable) such appropriate additional Resale Registration Statement Document(s) so as to cause the applicable Resale Registration
Statement Document(s) to thereafter not contain any Material Disclosure Defect.
(g) Listing
of Registrable Securities. The Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities
to be listed for trading on each U.S. national securities exchange, if any, on which securities of the same class of the Parent
Guarantor are then so listed.
(h) Provision
of Copies of the Prospectus. At its expense, the Parent Guarantor will provide, to Notice Holders, such number of copies of
the prospectus relating to the Resale Registration Statement or any related prospectus supplement or “issuer free writing
prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) as such Notice Holders may reasonably request; provided,
however, that the Parent Guarantor need not provide any document pursuant to this Section 5(h) that is publicly
available on the SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto).
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(i) Holders
Cannot Be Identified as Underwriters Without Consent. The Parent Guarantor will not expressly name or identify any Holder
as an “underwriter” in any Resale Registration Statement Document without such Holder’s prior written consent
(including consent provided in a Notice and Questionnaire); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5(i)
will require the consent of any Holder in connection with the inclusion in any Resale Registration Statement Document of customary
language, without specifically naming any Holder, that selling securityholders may in certain circumstances be considered to be
underwriters under federal securities laws. If, and for so long as, any Notice Holder that is required (either upon the reasonable
advice of counsel for the Parent Guarantor or by the staff of the SEC) to be expressly named or identified as an “underwriter”
in any Resale Registration Statement Document does not provide its written consent to being named as such, then, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Parent Guarantor’s failure to include such Notice Holder or its Registrable
Securities in any Resale Registration Statement Document will not constitute a Registration Default Event or a breach of the Parent
Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement or otherwise require the accrual or payment of any Additional Interest.
(j) Earnings
Statement. The Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with its reporting obligations, if any,
under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in such manner, as contemplated under Rule 158 under the Securities Act, so as
to make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering the twelve (12) month period referred to in
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, as it relates to the Resale Registration Statement, in the manner contemplated by, and otherwise
in compliance with, such Section 11(a).
(k) Settlement
of Transfers and De-Legending. The Parent Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its transfer agent (or
any other securities custodian for any Registrable Securities) to cooperate in connection with the settlement of any transfer
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, including through the applicable Depositary. If any such
Registrable Securities so transferred are represented by a certificate bearing a Restricted Security Legend, then the Parent Guarantor
will, if appropriate, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be reissued in the form of one
or more certificates not bearing such a legend.
Section 6. Expenses.
All Company Registration Expenses will be borne by the Parent Guarantor. All fees and expenses that are incurred by any Holder
in connection with this Agreement, and that are not Company Registration Expenses, will be borne by such Holder.
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Section 7. Accrual
of Additional Interest During Registration Default Events.
(a) Generally.
(i) Accrual of Additional Interest During Continuance of Registration Default Event. Subject to Section 7(b),
Additional Interest will accrue, as provided in Section 7(c),
(1) on all of the outstanding Initial Notes for each day during the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Period on which
the Resale Registration Statement is not on file with the SEC, effective under the Securities Act or usable for the resale or other
transfer of Registrable Securities in the manner required by this Agreement; provided, however, that Additional Interest
will accrue pursuant to this Section 7(a)(i)(1) only to the extent that the number of days during the Resale Registration
Statement Effectiveness Period on which the Resale Registration Statement is so not on file, effective or usable (inclusive of
any Blackout Period) exceeds an aggregate of either (x) forty five (45) (or, in the case of a Permitted Blackout Period Extension,
sixty (60)) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any ninety (90) consecutive calendar day period; or (y) ninety (90) (or,
in the case of a Permitted Blackout Period Extension, one hundred twenty (120)) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) in any
three hundred and sixty (360) consecutive calendar day period; and
(2) on any outstanding Initial Note (and only such Initial Note) as to which the Holder has timely and duly delivered a Notice
and Questionnaire:
(A) on or before the Initial Notice and Questionnaire Deadline Date, for each day (other than during a Blackout Period), on
or after the first date that the initial Resale Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, on which the
Parent Guarantor, through its omission, has failed, and not cured such failure, to cause the Resale Registration Statement to cover
any Registrable Securities of such Initial Note (provided such Registrable Securities are properly identified in such Notice and
Questionnaire) in such manner as would enable such Holder to sell or otherwise transfer such Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus and, if applicable, prospectus supplement in accordance with the plan
of distribution set forth therein; or
(B) pursuant to Section 3(c) after the Initial Notice and Questionnaire Deadline Date, for each day (other than during
a Blackout Period), on or after the date on which the applicable filing is required to be made pursuant to Section 3(c)
(or, if applicable, such later date as of which the related new Resale Registration Statement or post-effective amendment becomes
effective under the Securities Act), on which the Parent Guarantor, through its omission, has failed, and not cured such failure,
to include, in such filing, any Registrable Securities of such Initial Note (provided such Registrable Securities are properly
identified in such Notice and Questionnaire) in such manner as would enable such Holder to sell or otherwise transfer such Registrable
Securities pursuant to the applicable Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus and, if applicable, prospectus supplement
in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.
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(b) No
Registration Default Events Outside the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Period; No Accrual of Additional Interest
on Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, (i) no Registration Default
Event will occur on any day that is not within the Resale Registration Statement Effectiveness Period; and (ii) no Additional
Interest will accrue on any securities other than the Initial Notes (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that no
Additional Interest will accrue on any Registrable Security).
(c) Accrual
and Payment of Additional Interest. Any Additional Interest that accrues on an Initial Note pursuant to Section 7(a)
will accrue and be payable in the manner, and at the rates, and subject to the limitations, set forth in Section 3.04 of the Indenture.
(d) Remedies
Not Exclusive. The accrual or payment of Additional Interest is not the exclusive remedy and will not limit, and will be in
addition to, any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Holder at law or in equity; provided, however,
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if a Maturity Premium is paid on a Note in connection with a
Registration Default Event, then the payment of such Maturity Premium (together, if applicable, with any Additional Interest payable
on such Note on account of such Registration Default Event) will be the exclusive remedy available to the Holder of such Note
in respect of such Registration Default Event.
Section 8. Certain
Agreements and Representations of the Holders.
(a) Provision
of Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Holder will be entitled to any benefits under
this Agreement until it has executed and delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company. Each Holder represents that the
information included in any such Notice and Questionnaire is accurate and complete in all material respects and covenants, during
the term of this Agreement, to promptly provide notice to the Company if any such information thereafter ceases to be accurate
and complete in all material respects. Each Holder authorizes the Parent Guarantor to assume the accuracy and completeness of
all information contained in the most recent Notice and Questionnaire executed and delivered to the Company by such Holder. Each
Holder will (i) provide, as soon as reasonably practicable, such other information as the Parent Guarantor may reasonably request
in connection with the performance of the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement; and (ii) promptly notify
the Company upon becoming aware that any information relating to such Holder and included in any Resale Registration Statement
Document contains a Material Disclosure Defect.
(b) Use
of Offering Materials. Each Holder agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Parent Guarantor, it will not offer
or sell any Registrable Securities by means of any written communication other than the latest prospectus or prospectus supplement
provided to such Holder by the Parent Guarantor (or on file on SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto)) relating to
the Resale Registration Statement, and any related “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under
the Securities Act) authorized for such use by the Parent Guarantor.
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(c) Covenants
Relating to Blackout Periods. Each Holder agrees that, upon its receipt of a Blackout Commencement Notice, such Holder will
not effect any sale or other transfer of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, and will not distribute
any Resale Registration Statement Document, until such Holder has received a subsequent Blackout Termination Notice.
Section 9. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification
by the Issuers. The Issuers, jointly and severally, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder Indemnified Person
from and against (and will reimburse such Holder Indemnified Person, as incurred, for) any Losses that, jointly or severally,
such Holder Indemnified Person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such
Losses arise out of or are based on any Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure Defect in any Resale Registration
Statement Document; provided, however, that no Issuer will have any obligation under this Section 9(a) in
respect of any Losses insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based on (i) any sale by such Holder Indemnified Person, pursuant
to the Resale Registration Statement, of Registrable Securities either (x) during a Blackout Period in breach of such Holder’s
covenant set forth in Section 4(a)(iii); or (y) without delivery, if required by the Securities Act, of the most recent
related prospectus or prospectus supplement provided to such Holder by the Company pursuant to Section 5(h) (or on file
on SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto)), except, in the case of this clause (y), to the extent the same
is deemed to have been delivered through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule; or (ii) any Material
Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure Defect included in any Resale Registration Statement Document in conformity with
the Holder Information of any Holder.
(b) Indemnification
by the Holders. Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Company Indemnified
Person from and against (and will reimburse such Company Indemnified Person, as incurred, for) any Losses that, jointly or severally,
such Company Indemnified Person may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as
such Losses arise out of or are based on (i) any sale by such Holder, pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, of Registrable
Securities either (x) during a Blackout Period in breach of such Holder’s covenant set forth in Section 4(a)(iii);
or (y) without delivery, if required by the Securities Act, of the most recent related prospectus or prospectus supplement provided
to such Holder by the Company pursuant to Section 5(h) (or on file on SEC’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto)),
except, in the case of this clause (y), to the extent the same is deemed to have been delivered through compliance with
Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule; or (ii) any Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure Defect
in any Resale Registration Statement Document, which Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure Defect is included
therein in conformity with the Holder Information of such Holder; provided, however, that in no event will the liability
of any Holder pursuant to this Section 9(b) exceed a dollar amount equal to the proceeds received by such Holder (less
any related discounts, commissions, transfer taxes, fees or other expenses) from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving
rise to the related indemnification obligation under this Section 9(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 9(b), nothing in this Section 9(b) will impose any obligation on any Initial Purchaser acting in its capacity
as such in connection with the offering of the Initial Notes.
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(c) Indemnification
Procedures.
(i) Notice of Proceedings. If any claim, action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is made
or commenced against any Indemnified Person in respect of which indemnity is or may be sought from any Person (in such capacity,
the “Indemnifying Party”) pursuant to Section 9(a) or Section 9(b), then such Indemnified Person
will promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of such Proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to
so notify such Indemnifying Party will not relieve such Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified
Person or otherwise, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure.
(ii) Defense of Proceedings; Employment of Counsel. Subject to the next sentence, upon its receipt of the notice referred
to in Section 9(c)(i) in respect of a Proceeding, the Indemnifying Party will assume the defense of such Proceeding, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person and payment of all fees and expenses. Such Indemnified
Person will also have the right to employ its own counsel in such Proceeding at such Indemnified Person’s expense; provided,
however, that such Indemnifying Party will be responsible for, and pay as incurred, the reasonable and documented fees and
expenses of such counsel if (1) such Indemnifying Party authorized, in writing, the employment of such counsel in connection with
the defense of such Proceeding; (2) such Indemnifying Party fails, within thirty (30) days after its receipt of the notice referred
to in Section 9(c)(i), to employ counsel to defend such Proceeding; or (3) such Indemnified Person reasonably concludes
that there may be defenses available to such Indemnified Person that are different from, in addition to, or in conflict with, those
available to such Indemnifying Party (in which case of this clause (3), such Indemnifying Party will not have the right
to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of such Indemnified Person). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 9(c)(ii), in no event will any Indemnifying Party be liable for the fees or expenses of more than one separate counsel
(in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing
the Indemnified Person(s) who are parties to such Proceeding.
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(iii) Settlements of Proceedings. An Indemnifying Party will not be liable pursuant to Section 9(a) or Section
9(b), as applicable, or this Section 9(c) for any settlement of any Proceeding except as provided in the next sentence.
If any Proceeding is settled, then the Indemnifying Party will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person that is subject
to such settlement from and against any Losses incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of such settlement, if:
(1) such Indemnifying Party effected, or otherwise provided its written consent to, such settlement (which consent will not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed); or
(2) (A) such Indemnified Person has requested such Indemnifying Party to reimburse such Indemnified Person for any fees and
expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 9(c)(ii); (B) such settlement is entered into more than sixty (60) Business
Days after such Indemnifying Party has received such request; (C) such Indemnifying Party has not fully reimbursed such Indemnified
Person in accordance with such request before the date of such settlement; and (D) such Indemnified Person has given such Indemnifying
Party at least thirty (30) days’ prior notice of its intention to settle.
The Indemnifying Party will not
effect any settlement of any Proceeding without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnified Person(s) (which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless such settlement (1) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified
Person(s) from all liability on the claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding; and (2) does not include an admission
of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person(s).
(d) Contribution
Where Indemnification Not Available. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to any Indemnified
Person, or is insufficient to hold any Indemnified Person harmless, in respect of any Losses referred to in the preceding provisions
of this Section 9, then each applicable Indemnifying Party, severally and not jointly, will contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such Losses (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the offer and sale of the Registrable
Securities; or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, or the
actions or non-actions, as applicable, that resulted in such Losses, as well as other relevant equitable considerations. The benefits
to the Issuers, on the one hand, will be deemed to be equal to the proceeds (after deducting offering expenses) from the issuance
and sale of the Initial Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and the benefits received by any Holder, on the other hand,
will be deemed to be the value of having the offer and sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities registered under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement. The relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and of the Holders, on the other
hand, will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any applicable Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material
Disclosure Defect, or any relevant action or non-action, as applicable, relates to information supplied, or was taken or made,
as applicable, by the Issuers or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure Defect, or such action or non-action, as
applicable. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of any Losses referred to in this Section 9(d)
will include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating,
preparing to defend or defending the related Proceeding.
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The Issuers and the
Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one Person, or the Issuers were treated as one Person, for such purpose) or
by any other allocation method that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the proceeds received by such Holder (less any related discounts, commissions, transfer taxes, fees or other
expenses) from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Resale Registration Statement exceeds the amount of any damage
that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the relevant Material Disclosure Defect or alleged Material Disclosure
Defect, or the relevant action or non-action, as applicable. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9(d) are several and not joint.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Section 9(d), nothing in this Section 9(d) will impose any obligation on any Initial Purchaser
acting in its capacity as such in connection with the offering of the Initial Notes.
(e) Remedies
Not Exclusive. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and will not limit, and will be in addition
to, any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
Section 10. Subsequent
Holders. Each Person that acquires any Registrable Securities from any Holder will, to the extent such securities continue
to constitute Registrable Securities in the hands of such Person, become a Holder until such time as such person thereafter ceases
to satisfy the definition of such term.
Section 11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices.
The Issuers will send all notices or communications to any Holder pursuant to this Agreement either (a) in writing by first class
mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to such Holder’s
address as set forth in the latest Notice and Questionnaire of such Notice Holder delivered to the Company (or, if such Holder
has not delivered any Notice and Questionnaire, as set forth in the Company’s registrar); or (b) by email to the email address
specified in such Notice and Questionnaire (which email will be deemed to constitute notice in writing for purposes of this Agreement).
Any notice or communication
by any Holder to any Issuer will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing by first class mail, certified or registered,
return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to offices of the Company at the following
address (or at such other address as may be hereafter specified by notice to the Holders by the Company):
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
500 North Broadway, Suite 201
Jericho, New York 11753
Attention: General Counsel
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with a copy (which will not constitute
notice) to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street N.W., Suite
1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
Attention: Joel H. Trotter, Julia
A. Thompson and R. Charles Cassidy III
(b) Amendments
and Waivers. This Agreement, or any provision of this Agreement, may be amended, modified, waived or superseded only by a
written instrument that is executed by each of the Issuers and by one or more Holders whose aggregate As-Exchanged Note Ownership
Percentage exceeds fifty percent (50%), and any such amendment, modification, waiver or supersession so executed will be binding
upon the Issuers and all Holders; provided, however, that (i) no amendment, modification, waiver or supersession
of Section 7 (including the events that constitute a Registration Default Event) or this Section 11(b), or any related
definitions, will be effective as to any Holder or any Initial Purchaser unless reflected in a written instrument executed by
such Holder or such Initial Purchaser, as applicable; (ii) a waiver with respect to any particular Holder’s rights under
this Agreement will be effective as to such Holder if reflected in a written instrument executed by such Holder, provided
such waiver does not adversely affect the rights of any other Holder; and (iii) no amendment, modification, waiver or supersession
that affects any rights of any Initial Purchaser will be effective as to such Initial Purchaser unless reflected in a written
instrument executed by such Initial Purchaser.
For purposes of determining
whether any such amendment, modification, waiver or supersession is executed by Holders of the requisite number of securities,
the Issuers may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on information contained in the Company’s registrar or in any Notice
and Questionnaire.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, the Issuers will have the right to amend or supplement this Agreement, or any provision of this
Agreement, without the consent of any Holder or any Initial Purchaser, to (i) conform the provisions of this Agreement to the “Description
of Notes—Registration Rights; Additional Interest; Maturity Premium” section of the Issuers’ preliminary offering
memorandum, dated June 10, 2026, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet, dated June 10, 2026, relating to the initial
offering of the Initial Notes; or (ii) evidence the assumption, by a successor Issuer, of the obligations of the predecessor Issuer
under this Agreement (and, if applicable, the discharge of the predecessor Issuer from its obligations under this Agreement) in
accordance with Section 11(g).
No delay on the part
of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof, and no waiver,
or single or partial exercise of, any such right, power or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Third
Party Beneficiaries. Subject to Section 10, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by, each Holder and its successors and assigns.
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(d) Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT,
WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE ISSUERS AND EACH INITIAL PURCHASER
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 AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
(e) Submission
to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement 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 of the Issuers, each Initial Purchaser and each Holder 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 the address of the relevant party set forth in Section 11(a) will be
effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Issuers, each Initial
Purchaser and each Holder (by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, a joinder to this Agreement or a Notice and Questionnaire)
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.
(f) No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.. This Agreement may not be used to interpret any other agreement of any Issuer
or its subsidiaries or of any other Person, and (except to the extent that any terms of the Indenture are referenced in this Agreement)
no such agreement may be used to interpret this Agreement.
(g) Successors.
All agreements of the Issuers in this Agreement will bind their respective successors. Without limiting the generality of the
preceding sentence, the provisions set forth in Article 6 (Successors) and Section 9.04 (When the Parent Guarantor May Merge,
Etc.) of the Indenture, insofar as they relate to the assumption, by a successor Issuer, of the obligations of the predecessor
Issuer under this Agreement (and, if applicable, the discharge of the predecessor Issuer from its obligations under this Agreement)
will apply to this Agreement with the same force and effect as if the same were reproduced in this Section 11(g), mutatis
mutandis.
(h) Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(i) Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile, electronically in portable document format
or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.
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(j) Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the headings of the Sections and Subsections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Agreement and will in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.
(k) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, including Exhibit A, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
specific subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes in their entirety all other agreements or understandings (whether written
or oral) between or among the parties with respect to such specific subject matter.
(l) Specific
Performance. Each Issuer (a) agrees that any failure by it to comply with its obligations under this Agreement may result
in material irreparable injury to the Notice Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, and, that upon any such failure,
any Notice Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce such Issuer’s obligations under this
Agreement; and (b) hereby waives the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally
Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
Kimco
Realty OP, LLC
By: Kimco Realty Corporation, its
managing member
By:
/s/
Kathleen Thayer
Name:
Kathleen
Thayer
Title:
Executive
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Kimco Realty Corporation
By:
/s/
Kathleen Thayer
Name:
Kathleen
Thayer
Title:
Executive
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC
By:
/s/
Gaurav Maria
Name:
Gaurav
Maria
Title:
Managing
Director
Barclays
Capital Inc.
By:
/s/
Kevin Cheng
Name:
Kevin
Cheng
Title:
Authorized
Signatory
Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC
By:
/s/
Klavs Takhtani
Name:
Klavs
Takhtani
Title:
Vice
President
Scotia
Capital (USA) Inc.
By:
/s/
Tim Mann
Name:
Tim
Mann
Title:
Managing
Director
As
Representatives of the Several Initial Purchasers
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned (the “Selling
Securityholder”) beneficial holder of 3.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) of Kimco
Realty OP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and the related guarantee of Kimco Realty
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Parent Guarantor,” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”),
or of the Parent Guarantor’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), or of other
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below) understands that the Parent Guarantor
has filed, or intends to file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement
(the “Resale Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), to register the resale of Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of June 15, 2026 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and
the initial purchasers named therein. The Company will provide a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms used in this Notice and Questionnaire without definition have the respective meanings
given to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.
To sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement, the beneficial owner of those Registrable Securities generally must be
named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus or prospectus, deliver a prospectus to the purchasers of the Registrable
Securities and be bound by those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including
certain indemnification provisions, as described below). Beneficial owners that do not complete this Notice and Questionnaire and
deliver it to the Company as provided below will not be named as selling securityholders in the prospectus and will not be permitted
to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement. Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete
and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire as soon as possible.
Certain legal consequences arise from being
named as a selling securityholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, registered holders
and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities should consult their legal counsel regarding the consequences of being named or
not being named as a selling securityholder in the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
By signing and returning this Notice and
Questionnaire, the Selling Securityholder:
● notifies the Issuers of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities beneficially
owned by it and listed below in Item 3 (except as otherwise specified under such Item 3) pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement;
and
● agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration
Rights Agreement.
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Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Selling Securityholder has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and their respective affiliates, the partners,
directors, officers, members, stockholders, employees, advisors or other representatives of the Issuers and their respective affiliates,
and each person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), from and against certain claims and losses arising in
connection with (i) sales by the Selling Securityholder of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement
either (x) during a Blackout Period of which the Parent Guarantor has provided notice to the Selling Securityholder; or (y) without
delivering, if required by the Securities Act, the most recent prospectus relating to the Resale Registration Statement; or (ii)
statements or omissions concerning the Selling Securityholder made in the Resale Registration Statement or the related prospectus
in reliance upon the information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire.
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides
the following information to the Issuers and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Selling Securityholder Information:
(a) Full legal name of the Selling Securityholder:
(b) If the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3(b) below are held in certificated form and not “in
street name,” state the full legal name of the registered holder through which the Registrable Securities listed in Item
3(b) below are held:
(c) If the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3(b) below are held “in street name,”
state the full legal name of the Depository Trust Company participant through which the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3(b)
below are held:
(d) Taxpayer identification or social security number of the Selling Securityholder:
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2. Address and Contact Information for Notices to the Selling Securityholder:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email Address:
Contact Person:
3. Beneficial Ownership of Notes and Common Stock Issued Upon Exchange of Notes:
Check each of the following
that applies to the Selling Securityholder.
(a) ☐
The Selling Securityholder owns Notes:
Principal Amount:
CUSIP No(s). (If Any):
(b) ☐
The Selling Securityholder owns shares of Common Stock that were issued upon exchange of the Notes:
Number of Shares:
CUSIP No(s). (If Any):
4. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of any Issuer:
Except as set forth below in
this Item 4, the Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of any Issuer other than the
securities listed in Item 3 above.
Type and amount of other securities
beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:
Title of Security
Amount Beneficially Owned
CUSIP No(s). (If Any)
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5. Relationships with any Issuer:
(a) Has the Selling Securityholder or any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity
holders (owners of 5% or more of the equity securities of the Selling Securityholder) held any position or office or had any other
material relationship with any Issuer (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(b) If the response to (a) above is “Yes,” then please state the nature and duration of
the relationship:
6. Plan of Distribution:
Check the following box confirming
the intended plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities:
☐ The Selling Securityholder (including its donees and pledgees) does not intend to distribute the
Registrable Securities listed in Item 3(b) above pursuant to the Resale Registration Statement except as follows (if at all):
The Registrable Securities may
be sold from time to time directly by the Selling Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents.
If the Registrable Securities are sold through broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting
discounts or commissions or agents’ commissions. The Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed
prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.
Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve block transactions) (1) on any national securities exchange or quotation
service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; (2) in the over-the-counter market; (3)
otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market; or (4) through the writing of options. In connection
with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers,
which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of the hedging positions they assume. The Selling
Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out short positions or loan
or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
in no event will the methods of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the
prior agreement of the Parent Guarantor.
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7. Broker-Dealers and Their Affiliates:
The Parent Guarantor may have
to identify the Selling Securityholder as an underwriter in the Resale Registration Statement or related prospectus if:
● the
Selling Securityholder is a broker-dealer and did not receive the Registrable Securities
as compensation for underwriting activities or investment banking services or as investment
securities; or
● the
Selling Securityholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and either (1) did not acquire
the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business; or (2) at the time of
its purchase of the Registrable Securities, had an agreement or understanding, directly
or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities.
Persons identified as underwriters
in the Resale Registration Statement or related prospectus may be subject to additional potential liabilities under the Securities
Act and should consult their legal counsel before submitting this Notice and Questionnaire.
(a) Is the Selling Securityholder a broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange
Act?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(b) If the response to (a) above is “No,” is the Selling Securityholder an “affiliate”
of a broker-dealer that is registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
For the purposes of this Item
7(b), an “affiliate” of a registered broker-dealer includes any company that directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such broker-dealer.
(c) Did the Selling Securityholder acquire the securities listed in Item 3 above in the ordinary course
of business?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
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(d) At the time of the Selling Securityholder’s purchase of the securities listed in Item 3 above,
did the Selling Securityholder have any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the
securities?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(e) If the response to (d) above is “Yes,” then please describe such agreements or understandings:
(f) Did the Selling Securityholder receive the securities listed in Item 3 above as compensation for
underwriting activities or investment banking services or as investment securities?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(g) If the response to (f) above is “Yes,” then please describe the circumstances:
8. Nature of Beneficial Ownership:
The purpose of this section
is to identify the ultimate natural person(s) or publicly held entity(ies) that exercise(s) sole or shared voting or dispositive
power over the Registrable Securities.
(a) Is the Selling Securityholder a natural person?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
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(b) Is the Selling Securityholder required to file, or is it a wholly owned subsidiary of an entity
that is required to file, periodic and other reports (for example, Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K) with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(c) Is the Selling Securityholder an investment company, or a subsidiary of an investment company,
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(d) If the Selling Securityholder is a subsidiary of such an investment company, please identify the
investment company:
(e) Identify below the name of each natural person or entity that has sole or shared investment or
voting control over the securities listed in Item 3 above:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SEC REQUIRES
THAT THESE NATURAL PERSONS AND ENTITIES BE NAMED IN THE PROSPECTUS.
9. Securities Received from Named Selling Securityholder:
(a) Did the Selling Securityholder receive the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3(b) as
a transferee from selling securityholder(s) previously identified in the Resale Registration Statement?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
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(b) If the response to (a) above is “Yes,” then please answer the following two questions:
(i) Did the Selling Securityholder receive the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3(b) from
the named selling securityholder(s) prior to the effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement?
☐ Yes.
☐ No.
(ii) Identify below the names of the selling securityholder(s) from whom the Selling Securityholder
received the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3(b) and the date on which such securities were received.
If more space is needed for responses,
then please attach additional sheets of paper. Please indicate the Selling Securityholder’s name and the number of the item
being responded to on each such additional sheet of paper, and sign each such additional sheet of paper, before attaching it to
this Notice and Questionnaire. The Selling Securityholder may be asked to answer additional questions depending on the responses
to the above questions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Selling Securityholder acknowledges
its obligation to comply with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly
Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offer or sale of Registrable Securities.
The Selling Securityholder agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation
of such provisions.
The Selling Securityholder acknowledges
its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons as set forth therein.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Issuers have agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Securityholder against certain liabilities.
In accordance with the Selling Securityholder’s
obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Resale
Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the
information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire that may occur after the date of this Notice and Questionnaire at any time
while the Resale Registration Statement remains effective.
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Notices to the Selling Securityholder relating
to this Notice and Questionnaire or pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement will be made by email, or in writing, at the
email or physical address set forth in Item 2 above.
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder
consents to the disclosure of the information contained in this Notice and Questionnaire in its answers to Items 1 through 9 and
the inclusion of such information in the Resale Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands
that such information will be relied upon by the Issuers in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Resale Registration
Statement and the related prospectus.
[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally
Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]
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The Selling Securityholder has caused this
Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent and thereby confirms that
they are entitled to the benefits of, and be subject to the indemnification and other obligations under, the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Dated:
Legal Name
of
Selling
Securityholder:
By:
Name:
Title:
PLEASE
RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE
AND
QUESTIONNAIRE TO Kimco Realty OP, LLC AT:
Kimco Realty OP, LLC
500 North Broadway, Suite 201
Jericho, New York 11753
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (516) 869-9000
Email: BRubenstein@kimcorealty.com
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