Form 8-K
8-K — PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Accession: 0001104659-26-075731
Filed: 2026-06-18
Period: 2026-06-18
CIK: 0001070081
SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item: Other Events
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 18, 2026
PTC
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
001-35969
04-3416587
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS
Employer
of Incorporation)
File
Number)
Identification
No.)
500
Warren Corporate Center Drive
Warren,
NJ
07059
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (908) 222-7000
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 (see
General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ 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:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share
PTCT
Nasdaq
Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 18, 2026, PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”)
completed its previously announced private offering of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.0% Convertible Senior Notes due
2031 (the “Notes”) and entered into an indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”),
governing the Notes (the “Indenture”). The Notes were sold in a private placement under a purchase agreement, dated as of
June 15, 2026, entered into by and between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the several initial
purchasers named in the purchase agreement (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), for resale to persons reasonably believed
to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold reflects the exercise in full by the Initial Purchasers of their option to purchase up
to an additional $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.
The Notes will not bear regular interest, and the principal amount
of the Notes will not accrete. The Notes may bear special interest under specified circumstances relating to the Company’s failure
to comply with its reporting obligations under the Indenture or if the Notes are not freely tradeable as required by the Indenture. Special
interest, if any, will be payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15,
2026 (if and to the extent that special interest is payable). The Notes will mature on June 15, 2031, unless earlier converted, redeemed
or repurchased pursuant to their terms.
The initial conversion rate of the Notes is 9.3042 shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (which is equivalent to
an initial conversion price of approximately $107.48 per share). The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence
of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid special interest. In addition, upon the occurrence of
a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) or an issuance of a notice of redemption, the Company will, in certain circumstances,
increase the conversion rate by a number of additional shares for a holder that elects to convert its Notes in connection with such make-whole
fundamental change or notice of redemption.
Holders may convert all or any portion of their Notes at their option
at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding March 15, 2031 only under the following circumstances:
(1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2026 (and only during such calendar
quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period
of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater
than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five
consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Common Stock and
the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) if the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption, at any time prior
to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date; or (4) upon the
occurrence of specified corporate events. On or after March 15, 2031 until the close of business on the second scheduled trading
day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing
circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company will satisfy its conversion obligation by paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash,
shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election.
The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to June 20, 2029. The
Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at the Company’s option, on or after June 20, 2029 if the last
reported sale price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether
or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including,
the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides a written notice of redemption at a redemption price equal
to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the
redemption date. No “sinking fund” is provided for the Notes.
If the Company undergoes a fundamental change (as defined
in the Indenture) prior to the maturity date, then, subject to certain conditions, holders of Notes may require the Company to repurchase
for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes
to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The Notes are the Company’s general unsecured, senior obligations
and will rank senior in right of payment to any of its indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; equal
in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated (including
any of the Company’s outstanding 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Convertible Notes”)); effectively
junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s senior, secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing
such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the Company’s
current or future subsidiaries.
The Indenture contains customary events of default with respect to
the Notes, including that upon certain events of default (including the Company’s failure to make any payment of principal or any
special interest on the Notes when due and payable) occurring and continuing, the Trustee by written notice to the Company, or the holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may (subject to the provisions
of the Indenture) declare 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable.
In case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, involving the Company or a significant subsidiary, 100% of the
principal of and accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, on the Notes will automatically become due and payable without any further
act or declaration on the part of the holders or the Trustee. Upon such a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued and
unpaid special interest, if any, will be due and payable immediately.
The Company estimates the net proceeds from the offering to be approximately
$535.5 million, after deducting the Initial Purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the Company’s estimated offering expenses.
The Company is using approximately $328.8 million of the net proceeds from the offering to repurchase for cash $222.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of the Existing Convertible Notes pursuant to privately negotiated transactions with certain holders entered into concurrently
with the pricing of the offering of the Notes. The remaining net proceeds from the offering will
be used for general corporate purposes, which may include additional repurchases of the Existing Convertible Notes from time to time following
the offering and the repayment or retirement of any remaining Existing Convertible Notes at maturity.
The foregoing description of the Indenture and the Notes is a summary
only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Indenture (and the Form of Note included therein), which is
attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03.
Creation of a Direct Financial
Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein
by reference.
Item 3.02.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein
by reference.
The Notes were sold to the Initial Purchasers in reliance on the exemption
from the registration requirements provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for resale to persons reasonably believed
to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The Company does not intend to file a registration
statement for the resale of the Notes or any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes. Additional information pertaining to
the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes is contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
The Company is using approximately $328.8 million of the net proceeds from
the offering to repurchase for cash $222.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Convertible Notes pursuant to privately
negotiated transactions with certain holders entered into concurrently with the pricing of the offering of the Notes. After
giving effect to such expected repurchases of the Existing Convertible Notes, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of Existing Convertible
Notes would be $55.5 million.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Indenture (including Form of Note), dated June 18, 2026, between PTC Therapeutics, Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
104
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains information about future expectations, plans
and prospects of the Company’s management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions
under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements with respect to the Company’s expectations with
respect to the repurchase of Existing Convertible Notes. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking
statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, the impact of general economic, industry, market or
political conditions and other factors that are discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, the statements in this Current Report
on Form 8-K represent the Company’s expectations and beliefs as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company anticipates
that subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. However, while the Company may elect to update
these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date
of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: June 18, 2026
By:
/s/ Pierre Gravier
Pierre Gravier
Chief Financial Officer
EX-4.1 — EXHIBIT 4.1
EX-4.1
Filename: tm2618266d1_ex4-1.htm · Sequence: 2
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 18, 2026
0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article 1
Definitions
Section 1.01 .
Definitions
1
Section 1.02 .
References to Interest
14
Article 2
Issue, Description, Execution, Registration And Exchange Of Notes
Section 2.01 .
Designation and Amount
14
Section 2.02 .
Form of Notes
15
Section 2.03 .
Date and Denomination of Notes; No Regular Interest;
Special Interest and Defaulted Amounts
15
Section 2.04 .
Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes
17
Section 2.05 .
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes;
Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary
18
Section 2.06 .
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes
25
Section 2.07 .
Temporary Notes
27
Section 2.08 .
Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc
27
Section 2.09 .
CUSIP Numbers
27
Section 2.10 .
Additional Notes; Repurchases
27
Article 3
Satisfaction And Discharge
Section 3.01 .
Satisfaction and Discharge
28
Article 4
Particular Covenants Of
The Company
Section 4.01 .
Payment of Principal and Interest
29
Section 4.02 .
Maintenance of Office or Agency
29
Section 4.03 .
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in the Trustee’s
Role
30
Section 4.04 .
Provisions as to Paying Agent
30
Section 4.05 .
Existence
31
Section 4.06 .
Rule 144A Information Requirement and Annual
Reports
31
Section 4.07 .
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
34
Section 4.08 .
Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults
35
Section 4.09 .
Further Instruments and Acts
35
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Article 5
Lists Of Holders And Reports By The Company And The Trustee
Section 5.01 .
Lists of Holders
35
Section 5.02 .
Preservation and Disclosure of Lists
35
Article 6
Defaults And Remedies
Section 6.01 .
Events of Default
36
Section 6.02 .
Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment
37
Section 6.03 .
Special Interest
39
Section 6.04 .
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor
40
Section 6.05 .
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee
42
Section 6.06 .
Proceedings by Holders
42
Section 6.07 .
Proceedings by Trustee
43
Section 6.08 .
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing
43
Section 6.09 .
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults
by Majority of Holders
44
Section 6.10 .
Notice of Defaults
44
Section 6.11 .
Undertaking to Pay Costs
45
Article 7
Concerning The Trustee
Section 7.01 .
Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee
45
Section 7.02 .
Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc
47
Section 7.03 .
No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc
49
Section 7.04 .
Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation
Agent or Note Registrar May Own Notes
49
Section 7.05 .
Monies and Shares of Common Stock to Be Held in
Trust
49
Section 7.06 .
Compensation and Expenses of Trustee
49
Section 7.07 .
Officers’ Certificate as Evidence
50
Section 7.08 .
Eligibility of Trustee
51
Section 7.09 .
Resignation or Removal of Trustee
51
Section 7.10 .
Acceptance by Successor Trustee
52
Section 7.11 .
Succession by Merger, Etc
53
Section 7.12 .
Trustee’s Application for Instructions from
the Company
53
Article 8
Concerning The Holders
Section 8.01 .
Action by Holders
54
Section 8.02 .
Proof of Execution by Holders
54
Section 8.03 .
Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners
54
Section 8.04 .
Company-Owned Notes Disregarded
54
Section 8.05 .
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound
55
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Article 9
Holders’ Meetings
Section 9.01 .
Purpose of Meetings
55
Section 9.02 .
Call of Meetings by Trustee
56
Section 9.03 .
Call of Meetings by Company or Holders
56
Section 9.04 .
Qualifications for Voting
56
Section 9.05 .
Regulations
56
Section 9.06 .
Voting
57
Section 9.07 .
No Delay of Rights by Meeting
57
Article 10
Supplemental Indentures
Section 10.01 .
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
58
Section 10.02 .
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
59
Section 10.03 .
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
60
Section 10.04 .
Notation on Notes
60
Section 10.05 .
Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture
to Be Furnished Trustee
60
Article 11
Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance And Lease
Section 11.01 .
Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
61
Section 11.02 .
Successor Corporation to Be Substituted
61
Section 11.03 .
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
to Be Given to Trustee
62
Article 12
Immunity Of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers And Directors
Section 12.01 .
Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations
62
Article 13
[Intentionally Omitted]
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Article 14
Conversion Of Notes
Section 14.01 .
Conversion Privilege
62
Section 14.02 .
Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion
66
Section 14.03 .
Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain
Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes or a Redemption Notice
72
Section 14.04 .
Adjustment of Conversion Rate
74
Section 14.05 .
Adjustments of Prices
85
Section 14.06 .
Shares to Be Fully Paid
85
Section 14.07 .
Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and
Changes of the Common Stock
85
Section 14.08 .
Certain Covenants
87
Section 14.09 .
Responsibility of Trustee
88
Section 14.10 .
[Reserved].
88
Section 14.11 .
Stockholder Rights Plans
88
Section 14.12 .
Exchange In Lieu Of Conversion
89
Article 15
Repurchase Of Notes At Option Of Holders
Section 15.01 .
[Intentionally Omitted]
90
Section 15.02 .
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental
Change
90
Section 15.03 .
Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
93
Section 15.04 .
Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
93
Section 15.05 .
Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase
of Notes
94
Article 16
Optional Redemption
Section 16.01 .
Optional Redemption
94
Section 16.02 .
Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes
95
Section 16.03 .
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption
96
Section 16.04 .
Restrictions on Redemption
97
Article 17
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 17.01 .
Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors
97
Section 17.02 .
Official Acts by Successor Corporation
97
Section 17.03 .
Addresses for Notices, Etc
97
Section 17.04 .
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
98
Section 17.05 .
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee
98
Section 17.06 .
Legal Holidays
99
Section 17.07 .
No Security Interest Created
99
Section 17.08 .
Benefits of Indenture
99
Section 17.09 .
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
99
Section 17.10 .
Authenticating Agent
99
Section 17.11 .
Execution in Counterparts
101
Section 17.12 .
Severability
101
Section 17.13 .
Waiver of Jury Trial
101
Section 17.14 .
Force Majeure
101
Section 17.15 .
Calculations.
102
Section 17.16 .
USA PATRIOT Act
102
EXHIBIT
Exhibit A
Form of Note
A-1
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INDENTURE dated as of June 18, 2026 between
PTC Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01)
and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee
(the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the
Company has duly authorized the issuance of its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), initially in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $550,000,000, and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Form of Note, the certificate
of authentication to be borne by each Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make
the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as
in this Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Indenture a valid agreement according to
its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Notes have in all respects
been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions
upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase
and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate
benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
Article 1
Definitions
Section 1.01.
Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified
in this Section 1.01. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include
the plural as well as the singular.
“Additional Shares” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).
1
“Affiliate” of any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative
to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the determination of whether one Person is an “Affiliate”
of another Person for purposes of this Indenture shall be made based on the facts at the time such determination is made or required
to be made, as the case may be, hereunder.
“Bid Solicitation Agent” means
the Company or the Person appointed by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.01(b)(i).
The Company shall initially act as the Bid Solicitation Agent. The Company may appoint another Person, including itself, to act as Bid
Solicitation Agent at any time without prior notice to Holders.
“Board of Directors” means
the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.
“Board Resolution” means a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors,
and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means, with
respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or
required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
“Capital Stock” means, for
any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests
in (however designated) stock issued by that entity; provided that debt securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for
Capital Stock shall not constitute Capital Stock prior to their conversion or exchange.
“Cash Settlement” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).
“Clause A Distribution” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Clause B Distribution” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Clause C Distribution” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“close of business” means 5:00
p.m. (New York City time).
“Combination Settlement” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).
2
“Commission” means the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Equity” of any Person
means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if
such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others
that will control the management or policies of such Person.
“Common Stock” means the common
stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, at the date of this Indenture, subject to Section 14.07.
“Company” shall have the meaning
specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors
and assigns.
“Company Order” means a written
order of the Company, signed by (a) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Executive
or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after
the title “Vice President”) and (b) any such other Officer designated in clause (a) of this definition or the
Company’s Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Conversion Agent” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Conversion Consideration”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).
“Conversion Date” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.02(c).
“Conversion Obligation” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).
“Conversion Price” means as
of any time, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such time.
“Conversion Rate” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).
“Corporate Event” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(iii).
“Corporate Trust Office” means
the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located
at CityPlace I, 185 Asylum Street, 27th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103, Attn: L. Casasanta, or such other address as the Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee
(or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Custodian” means the Trustee,
as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
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“Daily Conversion Value” means,
for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, 4.00% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such
Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
“Daily Measurement Value” means
the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 25.
“Daily Settlement Amount,”
for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist of:
(a) cash
in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day;
and
(b) if
the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the
difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading
Day.
“Daily VWAP” means, for each
of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under
the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “PTCT<equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if
such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of
the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share
of the Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment
banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours
trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“Default” means any event that
is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Amounts” means any
amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, principal and Special
Interest, if any) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.
“Deferred Special Interest”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.06(f).
“Deferred Special Interest Demand Request”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.06(f).
“delivered”
with respect to any notice to be delivered, given or mailed to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture, shall mean notice (x) in the
case of a Global Note, given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee,
including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices or procedures at the Depositary or (y) in the case of a Physical
Note, mailed to such Holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register, in each case in
accordance with Section 17.03. Notice so “delivered” shall be deemed to include any notice to be “mailed”
or “given,” as applicable, under this Indenture.
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“Depositary” means, with respect
to each Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.05(c) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, until a successor
shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary”
shall mean or include such successor.
“Designated Financial Institution”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).
“Distributed Property” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Distribution Trigger Irrevocable Physical
Settlement Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(ii).
“Effective Date” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c), except that, as used in Section 14.04 and Section 14.05,
“Effective Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the
applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable (provided that any alternative
trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of shares of Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP
number shall not be considered “regular way” for this purpose).
“Event of Default” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Ex-Dividend Date” means the
first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the
right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock
on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market (provided that any
alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of shares of Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol
or CUSIP number shall not be considered “regular way” for this purpose).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Election” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).
“Form of Assignment and Transfer”
means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of
Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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“Form of Note” means
the “Form of Note” attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Form of Notice of Conversion”
means the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Freely Tradable” means, with
respect to any Note, that such Note would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise
if held by a Person that is not an affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company, and that has not been an affiliate
(within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Company during the immediately preceding three months, without any requirements as to volume,
manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act (except that, during the six-month period
beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the last date of original issuance of such Note, any such requirement
as to the availability of current public information shall be disregarded if the same is satisfied at that time).
“Fundamental Change” shall
be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued and prior to the Maturity Date if any of the following occurs
prior to the Maturity Date:
(a) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company,
its direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its direct or indirect Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act that discloses that such “person”
or “group” has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act, of the Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock (provided that no “person”
or “group” shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer
made by or on behalf of such “person” or “group” until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or
exchange under such offer);
(b) the
consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision,
combination or change in par value) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities,
other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will
be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or
a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
to any Person other than one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction described
in clause (A) or (B) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction
own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or
the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions (relative to each other) as such ownership
immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);
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(c) the
stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(d) the
Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq
Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors);
provided, however,
that a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or clause (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change,
if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common stockholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for
fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of
common stock or a class of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market
or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection
with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Notes become convertible into such consideration,
excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)).
Solely for purposes of this definition (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not for purposes of the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change”
definition), any transaction that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to both clause (a) and clause (b) of this definition
(without giving effect to the proviso in clause (b)) shall be deemed a Fundamental Change solely under clause (b) of this
definition (subject to the proviso in clause (b)).
If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities
of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period (or, in the case of a transaction
that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change but for the proviso immediately following clause (d) of
this definition, following the effective date of such transaction) references to the Company in this definition shall instead be references
to such other entity.
“Fundamental Change Company Notice”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(c).
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b)(i).
“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).
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“Global Note” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
“Holder,” as applied to any
Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “beneficial holder”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular
Note is registered on the Note Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument
as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
“Last Reported Sale Price”
of the Common Stock (or other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) on any date means the closing sale price
per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average
of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or
regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is traded. If the Common Stock (or such other security)
is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price”
shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (or such other security) in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date
as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so quoted, the “Last
Reported Sale Price” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock (or such other
security) on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the
Company for this purpose. The “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading
or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours.
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change”
means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (as defined above and determined after giving effect to any exceptions
to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof).
“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).
“Market Disruption Event” means,
for the purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion (a) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange
or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (b) the
occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour
period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price
exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts
relating to the Common Stock.
“Maturity Date” means June 15,
2031.
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“Measurement Period” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(i).
“Note” or “Notes”
shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture.
“Note Register” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).
“Note Registrar” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).
“Notice of Conversion” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b).
“Notice of Election to Pay Deferred Special
Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.06(f).
“Observation Period” with respect
to any Note surrendered for conversion means: (i) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to March 15,
2031, the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion
Date; (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date of the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with
respect to the Notes pursuant to Section 16.02 and prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the relevant Redemption Date, the 25 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 26th Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding such Redemption Date; and (iii) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after March 15,
2031, the 25 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 26th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date.
“Offering Memorandum” means
the preliminary offering memorandum dated June 15, 2026, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet dated June 15,
2026, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.
“Officer” means, with respect
to the Company, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Executive
or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after
the title “Vice President”).
“Officers’ Certificate,”
when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate that is delivered to the Trustee and that is signed by (a) two Officers
of the Company or (b) one Officer of the Company and one of any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or
the Controller of the Company. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section. One of the Officers giving an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
“open of business” means 9:00
a.m. (New York City time).
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“Opinion of Counsel” means
an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee, which opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein, that is delivered
to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required
by the provisions of such Section 17.05.
“Optional Redemption” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 16.01.
“outstanding,” when used with
reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes,
or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited
in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);
(c) Notes
that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;
(d) Notes
converted pursuant to Article 14 and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.08;
(e) Notes
redeemed pursuant to Article 16; and
(f) Notes
repurchased by the Company pursuant to Article 15 and Section 2.10 and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
“Paying Agent” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Person” means an individual,
a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.
“Physical Notes” means permanent
certificated Notes in registered form issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.
“Physical Settlement” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).
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“Predecessor Note” of any particular
Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.
“Record Date” means, with respect
to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have
the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or
converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock
(or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors,
by statute, by contract or otherwise).
“Redemption Date” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Redemption Notice” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Redemption Price” means, for
any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 16.01, 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid
Special Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Special Interest Record Date
but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Special Interest Payment Date, in which case any Special Interest accrued to the Special
Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Notes as of the close of business on such Special Interest Record Date,
and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes).
“Reference Property” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Resale Restriction Termination Date”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Responsible Officer” means,
when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust office of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant
vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs
functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture respectively, or any other officer of such Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this
Indenture is referred because of such person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Securities” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
as promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A
as promulgated under the Securities Act.
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“Scheduled Trading Day” means
a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common
Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day”
means a Business Day.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Settlement Amount” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a)(iv).
“Settlement Method” means,
with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have
been elected) by the Company.
“Settlement Notice” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a)(iii).
“Share Exchange Event” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Signature Law” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 17.11.
“Significant Subsidiary” means
a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w) of
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission (or any successor rule).
“Special Interest” means all
amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03, as applicable.
“Special Interest Payment Date”
means, if and to the extent that Special Interest is payable on the Notes, each June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning
on December 15, 2026 (if any Special Interest is then payable).
“Special Interest Record Date,”
with respect to any Special Interest Payment Date, means the June 1 and December 1 (whether or not such day is a Business
Day) immediately preceding the applicable June 15 and December 15 Special Interest Payment Date, respectively.
“Specified Dollar Amount” means
the maximum cash amount (excluding cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be received
upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice related to any converted Notes (or deemed specified as set forth in Section 14.02(a)(iii)).
“Spin-Off” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Stock Price” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 14.03(c).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect
to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency)
to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Successor Company” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).
“Tender Agent” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 15.02(b)(i).
“Trading Day” means, except
for purposes of determining the amount of cash and/or the number of shares of Common Stock due upon conversion, a day on which (i) trading
in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select
Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal other
U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock
(or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which
the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (or closing sale
price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or such
other security) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day; and provided, further,
that for purposes of determining the amount of cash and/or the number of shares of the Common Stock due upon conversion only, “Trading
Day” means a day on which (x) there is no Market Disruption Event and (y) trading in the Common Stock generally
occurs on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, on the principal
other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed
on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted
for trading, except that if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business
Day.
“Trading Price” of the Notes
on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000
principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally
recognized securities dealers the Company selects for this purpose; provided that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained
by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid
can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If, on any Trading Day, the Bid Solicitation Agent
cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes on such date from a nationally recognized securities
dealer on any determination date, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such determination date shall be deemed
to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate.
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“transfer” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Trigger Event” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Trust Indenture Act” means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall
mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person
named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is
then a Trustee hereunder.
“unit of Reference Property”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Valuation Period” shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, except that, solely for purposes of this definition, the reference to “more
than 50%” in the definition of “Subsidiary” shall be deemed replaced by a reference to “100%”.
Section 1.02. References to Interest.
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest or Special Interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture
shall be deemed to refer solely to Special Interest (including any Deferred Special Interest and, if applicable, any interest thereon)
if, in such context, Special Interest (including any Deferred Special Interest and, if applicable, any interest thereon) is, was or would
be payable pursuant to any of Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03, and/or to any
interest payable on any Defaulted Amounts as set forth in Section 2.03(c). Unless the context otherwise requires, any
express mention of Special Interest, Deferred Special Interest and/or interest thereon in any provision hereof shall not be construed
as excluding Special Interest, Deferred Special Interest and/or interest thereon in those provisions hereof where such express mention
is not made.
Article 2
Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes
Section 2.01. Designation and Amount.
The Notes shall be designated as the “0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $550,000,000, subject to Section 2.10 and
except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes to the extent
expressly permitted hereunder.
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Section 2.02. Form of Notes.
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms
set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a
part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly
agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. In the case of any conflict between this Indenture and a Note, the provisions
of this Indenture shall control and govern to the extent of such conflict.
The Notes shall be issued initially in the form
of one or more Global Notes. Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or
changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required
to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with
respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution
thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate
any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Each Global Note shall represent such principal
amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions
given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder
of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided
for herein.
Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of
Notes; No Regular Interest; Special Interest and Defaulted Amounts. (a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated
the date of its authentication and shall not bear regular interest, and the principal amount of the Notes shall not accrete. Special
Interest on the Notes, if any, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months,
on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month.
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(b) The
Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the close of business on any Special Interest
Record Date with respect to any Special Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the Special Interest payable on such Special
Interest Payment Date. The principal amount of any Note (x) in the case of any Physical Note, shall be payable at the office or
agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the United States of America, which shall initially be the Corporate
Trust Office and (y) in the case of any Global Note, shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account
of the Depositary or its nominee. The Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, Special Interest, if any (i) on any
Physical Notes (A) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed
to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it appears in the Note Register and (B) to Holders holding Physical Notes having
an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to
the Paying Agent not later than the relevant Special Interest Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s
account within the United States if such Holder has provided the Trustee or the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) with the requisite
information necessary to make such wire transfer, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the
Paying Agent to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary
or its nominee.
(c) Any
Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date and shall not accrue interest unless
Special Interest was payable pursuant to this Indenture on the relevant payment date, in which case such Defaulted Amounts shall accrue
interest per annum at the then-applicable Special Interest rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable
law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with any such interest thereon shall be paid
by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes)
are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each
Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless
the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal
to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment
of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an
earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and the Company, or the Trustee at
the request of and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts
and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder not less than 10 days prior to such special record date; provided
that the Trustee has received such notice from the Company at least three Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be sent (or
such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special
record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their
respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant
to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the
calculation of the Defaulted Amounts.
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(ii) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may make payment
of any Defaulted Amounts and any interest thereon relating to any amounts due upon conversion of the Notes in a manner other than as
provided in Section 2.03(c)(i) if such manner would be permitted under the terms of this Indenture if such amounts due
upon conversion were not Defaulted Amounts or default interest.
Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication
and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile or other electronic
signature of its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary.
At any time and from time to time after the execution
and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with
a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate
and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder; provided that, subject to Section 17.05, upon
request of the Trustee, the Trustee shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company with respect
to the issuance, authentication and delivery of such Notes.
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Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the Form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually
by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.10),
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such
an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any Officer of the Company who shall have
signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person
who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons
as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of
this Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.
Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration
of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary. (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office
a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02,
the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable period of time. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar”
for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars
in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one
or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may
be required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or
agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive,
bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form attached hereto as an exhibit
to the Form of Note and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be imposed by the Company,
the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, but
the Company and the Trustee may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer
tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of
transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer.
None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar
or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Notes surrendered for conversion or, if
a portion of any Note is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion, (ii) any Notes, or a portion
of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 or (iii) any Notes selected
for redemption in accordance with Article 16, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
In connection with any proposed transfer involving
Physical Notes, or any exchange of Global Notes for Physical Notes, the transferor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee
all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation
any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045. The Trustee may rely on the information provided
to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer
or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) So
long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to the fourth
paragraph from the end of Section 2.05(c) all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in global form (each,
a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange
of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note shall be effected through the Depositary
(but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and
the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
(c) Every
Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together
with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d),
collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including
the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company,
and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions
on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer”
encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
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Until the date (the “Resale Restriction
Termination Date”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the last date of original issuance of the
Notes, or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such later date,
if any, as may be required by applicable law, any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or
substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d),
if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration
statement that has become effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold
pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act,
or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):
THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”),
AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND
(2) AGREES
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE
OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION
THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:
(A) TO
THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
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(C) TO
A PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE
WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS
OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
No transfer of any Note prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date will be registered by the Note Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer has
been checked.
Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution
therefor) (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has
been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective
at the time of such transfer or (iii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144
or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Note Registrar
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned
a restricted CUSIP number. In the case of the registration of any transfer of the Notes or the Common Stock, if any, issuable upon conversion
of the Notes, pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any other available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the Company and the Trustee reserve the right to
require the delivery of such legal opinions, certifications or other evidence as may reasonably be required stating that the proposed
transfer is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The restrictive legend set forth above
and affixed on any Note will be deemed, in accordance with the terms of the certificate representing such Note, to be removed therefrom
upon the Company’s delivery to the Trustee of written notice to such effect (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such notice need
not be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in order to be effective to cause such restrictive legend
to be deemed to be removed from such Note), without further action by the Company, the Trustee, the Holder(s) thereof or any other
Person other than as specified in Section 4.06(e). Subject to Section 4.06(e), if such Note bears a “restricted”
CUSIP number at the time of such delivery, then, upon such delivery, such Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) and
the footnote to the CUSIP number set forth on the face of the certificate representing such Note, to thereafter bear the “unrestricted”
CUSIP number identified in such footnote.
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The Company shall be entitled to instruct the
Custodian in writing to so surrender any Global Note as to which any of the conditions set forth in clause (i) through (iii) of
the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied, and, upon such instruction, the Custodian shall so surrender such Global Note
for exchange; and any new Global Note so exchanged therefor shall not bear the restrictive legend specified in this Section 2.05(c) and
shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number; provided that the Depositary of any Global Note may require a mandatory exchange
or other process to cause such Global Note to be identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of such Depositary. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after
a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Notes or any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes has become effective
under the Securities Act. Any exchange pursuant to the foregoing paragraph shall be in accordance with the applicable procedures of the
Depositary.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture
(other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part
except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee
of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for
exchange of a Global Note or a portion thereof for one or more Physical Notes in accordance with the second immediately succeeding paragraph.
The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global
Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of
the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.
If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company
at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not
appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor
depositary is not appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing
and a beneficial owner of any Note requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Physical Note, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall
authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Physical Note to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal
to the principal amount of such Note corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of
clause (i) or (ii), Physical Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes, and upon delivery of
the Global Notes to the Trustee such Global Notes shall be canceled.
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Physical Notes issued in exchange for all or a
part of the Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, or, in the case of clause (iii) of
the immediately preceding paragraph, the relevant beneficial owner, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the
Trustee shall deliver such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so registered.
At such time as all interests in a Global Note
have been converted, canceled, repurchased, redeemed or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the
Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior
to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Physical Notes, converted, canceled, repurchased, redeemed or
transferred to a transferee who receives Physical Notes therefor or any Physical Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global
Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the
Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global
Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent,
the Conversion Agent, the Note Registrar or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising
or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Conversion
Agent, the Note Registrar or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any act or omission
of the Depositary.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have
any responsibility or liability for any act or omission of the Depositary. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders
and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to, or upon the order of the registered Holder(s),
which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note. The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine
or inquire as to compliance with any securities laws or restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law
with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial
owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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Except as set forth in the fourth and fifth immediately
preceding paragraphs, the rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the
applicable procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depositary with respect to its members, participants and beneficial owners.
(d) Until
the Resale Restriction Termination Date, any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Note shall bear
a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that
has become effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or such Common Stock has
been issued upon conversion of a Note that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective under
the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided
by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written
notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND
(2) AGREES
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE
OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES OF NOTES UPON THE CONVERSION OF WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED
BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE
REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:
(A) TO
THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
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(C) TO
A PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE
WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE
THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT
THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS
MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Any such Common Stock (i) as to which such
restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration
statement that has become effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that
has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the
Securities Act, may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the
procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(d).
(e) Any
Note or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of a Note that is repurchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Company at any time during the three months immediately preceding) may not be
resold by the Company or such Affiliate (or such Person, as the case may be) unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant
to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Note or Common Stock,
as the case may be, no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144).
(f) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining whether any
transfer complies with the registration provisions of, or exemptions from, the Securities Act, applicable state securities law or other
applicable law.
Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute,
and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a
new Note, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in
lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish
to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every
case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating
agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
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The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate
any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of a Company Order and such security or indemnity as the Trustee, the
Company and, if applicable, such authenticating agent may require. No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the
Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Note, but the Company may require a Holder
to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result
of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Note being different from the name of the Holder of the old Note that became mutilated
or was destroyed, lost or stolen. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been surrendered for required repurchase
or is about to be converted in accordance with Article 14 shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company
may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion
of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment
or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent
or Conversion Agent evidence of their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that
the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement, payment, redemption, conversion or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter
enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement, payment, redemption, conversion or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
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Section 2.07. Temporary Notes. Pending
the preparation of Physical Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall,
upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable
in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Physical Notes but with such omissions, insertions and variations
as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner,
and with the same effect, as the Physical Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or
such authenticating agent Physical Notes (other than any Global Note) and thereupon any or all temporary Notes (other than any Global
Note) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02
and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal
amount of Physical Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as
Physical Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.08. Cancellation of Notes Paid,
Converted, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment at maturity, repurchase upon a Fundamental
Change, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including
any of the Company’s agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. All such Notes delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation shall be canceled by it in accordance with its customary procedures upon receipt of a written cancellation
order from the Company. Except for any Notes surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, or as otherwise expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Indenture, no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any Notes surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers. The
Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Company and/or the Trustee shall use CUSIP
numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for
any defect in the CUSIP number as they appear on any Notes, notice or elsewhere and that any such notice may state that no representation
is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the
CUSIP numbers.
Section 2.10. Additional Notes; Repurchases.
The Company may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Holders and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen this Indenture
and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms as the Notes initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue
date, the issue price, Special Interest, if any, accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Notes, and, if applicable, restrictions
on transfer in respect of such additional Notes, including the date by which any restrictive legends must be removed) in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially issued hereunder
for U.S. federal income tax purposes or securities law purposes, such additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers
or no CUSIP number. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters,
in addition to those required by Section 17.05, as the Trustee shall reasonably request. In addition, the Company may, to
the extent permitted by law, and, without the consent of Holders, directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered
to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a privately
negotiated transaction or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled
swaps or other derivatives. The Company may, at its option and to the extent permitted by applicable law, reissue, resell or surrender
to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08 any Notes that the Company may repurchase other than Notes
repurchased in connection with a Fundamental Change (and in the case of a reissuance or resale, so long as such Notes do not constitute
“restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144) upon such reissuance or resale; provided that if any such
reissued or resold Notes are not fungible with the Notes issued on the date hereof under this Indenture for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
such reissued or resold Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers or no CUSIP number). Any Notes that the Company may repurchase,
other than Notes repurchased in connection with a Fundamental Change, shall be considered outstanding under this Indenture (except for
voting purposes) unless and until such time the Company surrenders them to the Trustee for cancellation and, upon receipt of a Company
Order, the Trustee shall cancel all Notes so surrendered in accordance with Section 2.08.
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Article 3
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 3.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture and the Notes shall upon request of the Company contained in an Officers’ Certificate cease to be of further effect,
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes, when (a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(x) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced, paid or converted as provided in Section 2.06
and (y) Notes for whose payment money has heretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.04(d)) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or the transfer agent for the Common Stock or delivered
to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date, any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as applicable, solely
to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation, sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable
under this Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
and the Notes have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes, the obligations
of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 shall survive.
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Article 4
Particular Covenants of the Company
Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and
Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (including the Redemption
Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, and consideration due
upon conversion of, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency. The Company will maintain in the United States of America, an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) or for conversion (“Conversion
Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company may change the location of the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent within the contiguous United States, without providing prior
notice to the Holders but will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office
or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or
the office or agency of the Trustee in the United States of America; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be deemed an
agent of the Company for service of legal process. The Company may serve as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.
The Company may also from time to time designate
as co-Note Registrars one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve
the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States of America, for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency. The Company may serve as Note Registrar. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent”
include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee
as the Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the United
States of America, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase
or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.
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Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies
in the Trustee’s Role. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the role of Trustee, will appoint, in
the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying
Agent. (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section 4.04:
(i) that
it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, and consideration due upon conversion of the Notes in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(ii) that
it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption
Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, and consideration due
upon conversion of the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) that
at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust.
The Company shall, on or before each due date
of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid
Special Interest on, or consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal
(including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), any accrued and unpaid Special Interest,
or such consideration due upon conversion and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of any failure to take such action; provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received
by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.
(b) If
the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, and consideration due upon conversion
of, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal
(including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), any accrued and unpaid Special Interest
and such consideration due upon conversion so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such
action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, or consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes when
the same shall become due and payable.
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(c) Anything
in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in
trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the
Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company
or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts. Upon the occurrence
of any event specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i), the Trustee shall automatically become the Paying Agent.
(d) Subject
to applicable law, including applicable escheatment laws, any money or property deposited with the Trustee, the Conversion Agent or any
Paying Agent in trust for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if
applicable) of or any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, or any money and shares of Common Stock deposited with the transfer agent
for the Common Stock or then held by the Company in trust for the payment of the consideration due upon conversion of, any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable),
any interest or consideration due upon conversion has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on request of the Company contained
in an Officers’ Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust and the Trustee shall have no
further liability with respect to such funds; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only
to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee, the Conversion Agent or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money and all liability of the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to such trust money and shares of Common Stock
shall thereupon cease.
(e) Upon
any Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(h) or (i), the Trustee shall automatically be designated as the Paying Agent
for the Notes if the Trustee is not acting in such capacity at such time.
Section 4.05. Existence. Subject
to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence.
Section 4.06. Rule 144A Information
Requirement and Annual Reports. (a) At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Notes or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall, at such time,
constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide
to the Trustee and, upon written request by any Holder or beneficial owner of any Notes, any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective
purchaser of such Notes or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes, 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 of Common Stock pursuant
to Rule 144A.
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(b) The
Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the Commission (after giving effect
to the maximum grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 (or any successor rule thereto) under the Exchange Act (regardless of
whether the Company files or indicates in the related Form 12b-25 (or any successor form thereto) that it expects to file or will
file, such report before the expiration of such maximum period)), copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any such information, documents or
reports, or portions thereof, subject to confidential treatment and any correspondence with the Commission). Any such document or report
that the Company files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to be filed
with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.06(b) at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system (or
any successor thereto), it being understood that the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether such filings have been
made.
(c) Delivery
of the information, reports and documents described in subsections (a) and (b) above to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officers’ Certificate). The Trustee shall have no liability or
responsibility for the filing, timeliness, or content of such reports. The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a
continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with the covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed
with the Commission or posted to any website or participate in any conference calls.
(d) If,
at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the last date of original issuance
of the Notes, the Company fails to timely file any document or report (other than current reports on Form 8-K) that it is required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to the
maximum grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 (or any successor rule thereto) under the Exchange Act (regardless of whether
the Company files or indicates in the related Form 12b-25 (or any successor form thereto) that it expects to file or will file,
such report before the expiration of such maximum period)), or the Notes are not Freely Tradable, then the Company shall pay Special
Interest on the Notes. Such Special Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the
Notes outstanding for each day during such period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or the
Notes are not Freely Tradable. As used in this Section 4.06(d), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file”
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act does not include documents or reports that the Company
furnishes to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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(e) If,
and for so long as, the restrictive legend on the Notes specified in Section 2.05(c) has not been, or is not deemed
to have been, removed in accordance with Section 2.05(c), the Notes are assigned a restricted CUSIP number or the Notes are
not Freely Tradable as of the 380th day after the last date of original issuance of the Notes, the Company shall pay Special Interest
on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes outstanding for each day from, and including, such 380th
day until the restrictive legend on the Notes has been, or is deemed to have been, removed in accordance with Section 2.05(c),
the Notes are assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number and the Notes are Freely Tradable. The restrictive legend on the Notes shall be deemed
removed pursuant to the terms of this Indenture as provided in Section 2.05(c), and, at such time, the Notes will, pursuant
to, and subject to the provisions of, such Section, be deemed assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number. However, for the avoidance of doubt,
for Notes that are not in certificated form, the Notes will continue to bear Special Interest pursuant to this Section 4.06(e) until
such time as they are identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of the Depositary or any successor depositary for
the Notes, as a result of completion of the Depositary’s mandatory exchange process or otherwise. Such accrual of Special Interest
shall be the exclusive remedy available to Holders for the Company’s failure to remove the restrictive legend on the Notes specified
in Section 2.05(c), the Notes being assigned a restricted CUSIP number or the Notes not otherwise being Freely Tradable as
described in this Section 4.06(e).
(f) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, Special Interest that accrues on the Notes for any period on or after the 380th day after the last date
of original issuance of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.06(e) will not be payable on any Special Interest Payment Date
occurring on or after such date, unless (x) a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note (in the case of a beneficial owner subject to
the satisfactory verification of a beneficial owner’s identity and ownership) has delivered to the Company (with a copy to the
Trustee), before the Special Interest Record Date immediately before such Special Interest Payment Date, a written notice (a “Deferred
Special Interest Demand Request”) demanding payment of Special Interest; or (y) the Company, in its sole and absolute
discretion, elects, by sending notice of such election (a “Notice of Election to Pay Deferred Special Interest”) to
Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) before such Special Interest Record Date, to pay such Special Interest on such Special Interest
Payment Date (any such accrued and unpaid Special Interest that, in compliance with this Section 4.06(f), is not paid on such
Special Interest Payment Date, “Deferred Special Interest”). Without further action by the Company or any other Person,
interest will automatically accrue on any Deferred Special Interest from, and including, the applicable Special Interest Payment Date
at a rate per annum equal to the then-applicable Special Interest rate to, but excluding, the date on which such Deferred Special Interest,
together with any interest thereon, is paid. Once any accrued and unpaid Special Interest becomes payable on a Special Interest Payment
Date, whether as a result of the delivery of a written notice pursuant to the foregoing or, if earlier, the Company’s election
to pay the same, Special Interest will thereafter not be subject to deferral pursuant to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, the
failure to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on a Special Interest Payment Date will not constitute a Default or an Event of
Default under this Indenture or the Notes if such payment is deferred in accordance with this Section 4.06(f). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if (i) any unpaid Deferred Special Interest exists on any Notes as of
the close of business on the Special Interest Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (ii) no Holder or beneficial
owner of a Note has delivered a Deferred Special Interest Demand Request in the manner described above before such Special Interest Record
Date; and (iii) the Company has not sent a Notice of Election to Pay Deferred Special Interest in the manner described above before
such Special Interest Record Date, then Deferred Special Interest on each Note then outstanding will cease to accrue, and all Deferred
Special Interest, together with any interest thereon, on such Note will be deemed to be extinguished on the following date: (a) if
such Note is to be converted, the Conversion Date for such conversion (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Conversion
Consideration therefor need not include, and the amount referred to in the fifth sentence of Section 14.02(h) need not
include, the payment of any such Deferred Special Interest or any interest thereon); and (b) in all other cases, the later of (x) the
Maturity Date and (y) the first date on which the Company has repaid the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid Special Interest
(other than such Deferred Special Interest and any interest thereon) on, such Note in full.
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(g) Special
Interest will be payable in arrears on each Special Interest Payment Date following accrual as set forth in Section 2.03(b).
(h) The
Special Interest that is payable in accordance with Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e) shall be in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any Special Interest that may be payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to Section 6.03;
provided, however, that in no event shall any Special Interest that may accrue in accordance with Section 4.06(d) as
a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report as set forth therein, together with any Special Interest
that may accrue at the Company’s election pursuant to Section 6.03, accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum on
any Notes, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Special Interest.
(i) If
Special Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e), the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable
and (ii) the date on which such Special Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at
the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Special Interest is payable. If the
Company has paid Special Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment. The Trustee shall have no duty to verify the Company’s determination
as to whether Special Interest is due or the Company’s calculations as to the amount of Special Interest, and may assume without
inquiry that no Special Interest is payable or has been deferred until written notice of such Special Interest being payable has been
provided to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive
the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or any interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the
extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution
of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate;
Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2026), an Officers’ Certificate,
signed by the principal executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company or the principal accounting
officer of the Company, stating whether the signers thereof have knowledge of any Default that occurred during the previous year.
In addition, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, within 30 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take
in respect thereof; provided that no such Officers’ Certificate is required if the event that would constitute a Default
has been cured or waived before the date the Company is required to deliver such Officers’ Certificate.
Section 4.09. Further Instruments and
Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may
be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
Article 5
Lists of Holders and Reports by the Company and the Trustee
Section 5.01. Lists of Holders. The
Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee and any Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee),
semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each June 1 and December 1 in each year beginning with December 1, 2026,
and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such
lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder),
a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days
(or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information
is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note Registrar.
Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure
of Lists. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses
of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee
in its capacity as Note Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
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Article 6
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:
(a) default
in any payment of any interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) default
in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon Optional Redemption, upon any required repurchase,
upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(c) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s
conversion right and such failure continues for five Business Days;
(d) failure
by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 15.02(c) or notice of a specified
corporate event in accordance with Section 14.01(b)(ii) or Section 14.01(b)(iii), in each case, when due,
and such failure continues for five Business Days;
(e) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 11;
(f) failure
by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding has been received by the Company and the Trustee to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes
or this Indenture;
(g) default
by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there
may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $50,000,000 (or its
foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists
or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to its stated
maturity or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such indebtedness when due and payable at its stated
maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise and in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), such
acceleration shall not, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, have been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or
default shall not have been cured or waived, or such indebtedness shall not have been paid or discharged, as the case may be, within
30 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of Notes then outstanding;
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(h) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of
the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(i) an
involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of
the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall
remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days.
Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission
and Annulment. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other
than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company
or any of its Significant Subsidiaries), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04,
by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid
Special Interest, if any, on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and
shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything contained in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company
or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if
any, on, all Notes shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any further act or declaration on the
part of the Holders or the Trustee.
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The immediately preceding paragraph, however,
is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before
any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall
pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, upon all Notes
and the principal of any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with any interest on overdue installments
of any accrued and unpaid Special Interest to the extent that payment of any such interest is enforceable under applicable law, and on
such principal at the then-applicable Special Interest rate borne by the Notes at such time) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 7.06, and if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
and (2) any and all existing Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued
and unpaid Special Interest, if any, on Notes that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 6.09, then and in every such case (except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence) the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive
all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such Default
shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture;
but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair
any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend
to or shall affect any continuing Default or Event of Default resulting from (i) the nonpayment of the principal (including the
Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, any Notes,
(ii) a failure to repurchase any Notes when required or (iii) a failure to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration
due upon conversion of the Notes.
For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting
the manner in which any Default can be cured, (a) any failure by the Company to provide any notice (other than a notice as described
in Section 6.01(d)) shall be subject to Section 6.01(f) (including the 60-day cure period contained therein), and any
related Default shall be deemed cured upon the sending of such notice whether or not the events or circumstances that are the subject
of such notice have already occurred at the time such notice is given, (b) a Default in making any payment on (or delivering any
other consideration in respect of) any Note will be cured upon the delivery, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, of such
payment (or other consideration) together, if applicable, with any interest thereon, and (c) a Default that is (or, after notice
or passage of time or both, would be) an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the Company’s reporting obligations
in accordance with Section 6.03 will be cured upon the filing of the relevant report(s) that were required to be filed and
gave rise to such Default. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) 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, and (ii) if
an Event of Default is cured or waived before any related notice of acceleration is delivered, such Event of Default shall be deemed
cured and the Notes shall not be subject to acceleration on account of such Default.
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Section 6.03. Special Interest. Notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default
relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) shall, for the
first 360 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not commence until the notice
described in Section 6.01(f) has been given and the related 60-day period set forth in Section 6.01(f) has passed),
consist exclusively of the right to receive Special Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal
amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the first 180-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which such an Event
of Default first occurs and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the period
from, and including, the 181st day after the occurrence of such Event of Default to, and including, the 360th day after the occurrence
of such Event of Default, in each case, during which such Event of Default is continuing. Subject to the second immediately succeeding
paragraph, Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any Special
Interest that may accrue pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e). If the Company so elects, such Special
Interest shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.03(b) and shall accrue on all outstanding Notes from, and including,
the date on which the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) first
occurs to, and including, the 360th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default is cured or validly waived in
accordance with this Article 6); provided, however, that if the first date on which any Special Interest (including
Deferred Special Interest) begins to accrue on a Note is on or after the fifth Business Day before a Special Interest Record Date and
before the next Special Interest Payment Date, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the amount thereof accruing
in respect of the period from, and including, such first date to, but excluding such Special Interest Payment Date will not be payable
on such Special Interest Payment Date but will instead be deemed to accrue (without duplication) entirely on such Special Interest Payment
Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Special Interest will accrue as a result of the related delay). On the 361st day after such
Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) is
not cured or validly waived in accordance with this Article 6 prior to such 361st day), such Special Interest shall cease to accrue
and the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this Section 6.03
will not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default other than the Company’s
failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b). In the event the Company does not elect to pay
Special Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.03 or the Company has elected to make such
payment but does not pay the Special Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.
In order to elect to pay Special Interest as the
sole remedy during the first 360 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the immediately preceding paragraph,
the Company must notify all Holders of the Notes in writing and notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent in an Officers’ Certificate
(consistent with Section 4.06(i)) of such election prior to the beginning of such 360-day period. Upon the failure to timely
give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.
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In no event shall any Special Interest that may
accrue at the Company’s election pursuant to this Section 6.03, together with any Special Interest that may accrue in
accordance with Section 4.06(d) as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report as
set forth therein, accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum on any Notes, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving
rise to the requirement to pay such Special Interest.
Section 6.04. Payments of Notes on Default;
Suit Therefor. If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and Special Interest, if any (with no interest accruing on any
overdue principal or interest, if any, unless Special Interest was payable pursuant to this Indenture on the required payment date, in
which case such overdue amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the then-applicable Special Interest rate borne by the Notes, subject
to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such required payment date), and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail
to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial
proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce
the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
In the event there shall be pending proceedings
for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code,
or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company
or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes,
or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid Special Interest,
if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed
in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property,
and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative
expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including
any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent
that such payment of compensation, reasonable expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
monies, securities and other property that the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation
or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
of any Holder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under
this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production
thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought
in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and
in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee
shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any
such proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce
any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section 6.09
or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to
the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders
and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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Section 6.05. Application of Monies Collected
by Trustee. Any monies or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to the Notes shall
be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies or property, upon presentation
of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
First,
to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) hereunder, including its agents and counsel, under Section 7.06;
Second,
in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest, if any, on, and any
cash due upon conversion of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon conversion,
as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that any such interest is payable on such Notes and has been collected by the Trustee)
upon such overdue payments at the rate of Special Interest then payable on such Notes, if any, such payments to be made ratably to the
Persons entitled thereto;
Third,
in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the
whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due
upon conversion) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest (to the extent that any Special
Interest is then payable on the Notes) on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest, if any, has been collected by
the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, at
the rate of Special Interest borne by the Notes at such time, if any, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the
whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price
and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion) and any interest without preference or priority of principal
over interest, or of any interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any
Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion) and any accrued and unpaid Special Interest; and
Fourth,
to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
Section 6.06. Proceedings by Holders.
Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price) or any interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no
Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action
or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided;
(b) Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute
such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
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(c) such
Holders shall have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee such security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability, cost or expense to be incurred therein or thereby;
(d) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused
to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and
(e) no
direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 6.09,
it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by
the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right
in any manner whatsoever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee shall not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such direction
is unduly prejudicial to any other Holder), or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders
(except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.06, each and every Holder and
the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
and any provision of any Note, each Holder shall have the right to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the
principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid
Special Interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates
expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery,
as the case may be.
Section 6.07. Proceedings by Trustee.
In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action
at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in
the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 6.08. Remedies Cumulative and
Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6
to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any
other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right
or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders
may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.
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Section 6.09. Direction of Proceedings
and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders. Subject to the Trustee’s right to receive security or indemnity from the relevant
Holders as described herein, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined
in accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided,
however, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that it determines is in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or is unduly prejudicial to
the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability (it being understood that the Trustee shall not
have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such direction is unduly prejudicial to any other Holder) or for which it has
not received indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf of the Holders
of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a continuing default in
the payment of accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, on, or the principal (including any Redemption Price and any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, (ii) a
continuing failure by the Company to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes or (iii) a
continuing default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived
as permitted by this Section 6.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture
be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.10. Notice of Defaults.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of a Default,
deliver to all Holders notice of all Defaults actually known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or
waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including
the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), or any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on, any
of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in
the interests of the Holders.
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Section 6.11. Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, on any
Note (including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable, with respect to
the Notes being redeemed or repurchased upon a Fundamental Change, as applicable, as provided in this Indenture) on or after the due
date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note, or receive the consideration
due upon conversion, in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.
Article 7
Concerning the Trustee
Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities
of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that
may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In the event
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is known to a Responsible Officer, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs under the circumstances; provided that if an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to, and, if requested, provided to the Trustee
indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability, cost or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction.
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No provision of this Indenture shall be construed
to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(a) prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:
(i) the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not
be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether
or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations
or other facts stated therein);
(b) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided
in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;
(d) whether
or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and Section 7.02;
(e) the
Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating
to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to
the Notes;
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(f) if
any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to
the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event;
(g) in
the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing
trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon
or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing
such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely written investment
direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment
direction from the Company; and
(h) in
the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or transfer
agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such
Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent or transfer agent.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture
or the Notes shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents,
Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed
by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee
by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and the Trustee will not be liable for any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith reliance on such Officers’ Certificate;
(c) the
Trustee may consult with counsel and may require an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel and any advice of such counsel,
Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel;
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(d) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine in its
reasonable judgment to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, at a reasonable time on any Business Day after
reasonable notice, to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the
Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(e) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians,
nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any action, inaction, misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder;
(f) the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified,
are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, Custodian or other Person
employed to act hereunder;
(g) the
permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;
(h) the
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture; under
no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes; the Trustee may request
that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and the titles of officers authorized
at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized
to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered
and not superseded;
(i) the
Trustee shall have no obligation to pursue any action that is not in accordance with applicable law;
(j) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered (and if requested, provided) to the Trustee
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction; and
(k) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it
to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
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In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or
liable for any punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost
profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The Trustee
shall not be charged with knowledge of (or be required to act including the sending of any notices with respect to) any Default or Event
of Default with respect to the Notes, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event
of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been actually received by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, subject to the terms hereof.
Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals,
Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations
as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes or the Common Stock (or other Reference Property) underlying the
Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s
direction under any provision of the Indenture. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any information,
statement or recital in the Offering Memorandum or other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to the issuance of
the Notes.
Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents,
Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation Agent or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent,
Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company or any Affiliate thereof) or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity,
may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent,
Bid Solicitation Agent or Note Registrar.
Section 7.05. Monies and Shares of Common
Stock to Be Held in Trust. All monies and shares of Common Stock received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided,
be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money and shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee in trust hereunder
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on
any money or shares of Common Stock received by it hereunder except as may be agreed to in writing from time to time by the Company and
the Trustee.
Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses
of Trustee. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, in each capacity under this Indenture, from time to time, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to, compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the
Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable fees, costs, expenses,
disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any
capacity thereunder (including the compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons
not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its gross negligence or willful
misconduct as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity under
this Indenture and any other document or transaction entered into in connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent
for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost, fees or expense (including attorneys’ fees and
expenses and court costs) incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct, as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction,
on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be,
and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder (whether
the claims arise by or against the Company or a third person), including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim
of liability (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs) in the premises or enforcing the Company’s obligations,
including the Trustee’s right to indemnity, hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate
or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a senior lien
to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect
of Section 6.05, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes, and, for the avoidance of
doubt, such lien shall not be extended in a manner that would conflict with the Company’s obligations to its other creditors. The
Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other
liability or indebtedness of the Company. The obligations of the Company under Article 7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnification provided in this Section 7.06 shall extend
to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee.
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Without prejudice to any other rights available
to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after
an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, the expenses and the compensation
for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
Section 7.07. Officers’ Certificate
as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture
the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder,
such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered
to the Trustee, and such Officers’ Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee,
shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
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Section 7.08. Eligibility of Trustee.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the
Trust Indenture Act were applicable hereto) to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 7.09. Resignation or Removal
of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by delivering
notice thereof to the Holders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within
60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, upon
ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date of this
Indenture) may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In
case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(ii) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in either case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy
of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions
of Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date
of this Indenture) may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
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(c) The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 8.04,
may at any time remove the Trustee upon 30 days’ advance written notice to the Trustee and the Company and nominate a successor
trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within ten days after notice to the Company of such nomination the
Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 7.09(a) provided,
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.
(d) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.
Section 7.10. Acceptance by Successor
Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company
and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any
amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and
powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior lien to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money
or property held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes,
to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment
as provided in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the
provisions of Section 7.08.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor
trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, each of the Company and the successor trustee, at the written direction and at the
expense of the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders. If the
Company fails to deliver such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee
shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.
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Section 7.11. Succession by Merger, Etc.
Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other
entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture),
shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee
shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor
to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor
trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor
to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor
trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it
is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however,
that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor
trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 7.12. Trustee’s Application
for Instructions from the Company. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with regard
to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this
Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be
liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application
on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date notice to the
Company is deemed to be received pursuant to Section 17.03, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier
date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written
instructions in accordance with this Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
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Article 8
Concerning the Holders
Section 8.01. Action by Holders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may
take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced
(a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed
in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance
with the provisions of Article 9, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such
a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Company
or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders
entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement
of solicitation of such action.
Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Holders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 9.05, proof of the execution of
any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by
the Note Register or by a certificate of the Note Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided
in Section 9.06.
Section 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute
Owners. The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Note Registrar may deem
the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note
(whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person
other than the Company or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal (including any Redemption
Price and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of and (subject to Section 2.03) accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if
any, on such Note, for conversion of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent
nor any Conversion Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The sole registered Holder of a Global
Note shall be the Depositary or its nominee. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order,
shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability for monies payable or shares deliverable upon any such Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or
the Notes following an Event of Default, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may directly enforce against the Company,
without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such holder’s
right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Note in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.04. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver
or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company, by any Subsidiary thereof or by any Affiliate of the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other
action, only Notes that a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary thereof
or an Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision or indecision by the
Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or
held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled
to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed
therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
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Section 8.05. Revocation of Consents;
Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01,
of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture
in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided
in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder
of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued
in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto
is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.
Article 9
Holders’ Meetings
Section 9.01. Purpose of Meetings.
A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 for any
of the following purposes:
(a) to
give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent
to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or
to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;
(b) to
remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 7;
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(c) to
consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or
(d) to
take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes
under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time
and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 8.01,
shall be delivered to Holders of such Notes. Such notice shall also be delivered to the Company. Such notices shall be delivered not
less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without
notice if the Holders of all Notes then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting
by the Holders of all Notes then outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives
or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company
or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth
in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have delivered the notice of such meeting
within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting
and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by delivering notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.
Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining
to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Notes on the record
date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be
the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives
of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
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The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing,
appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.03,
in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.
A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04,
at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or
represented by him or her; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note
challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have
no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to
vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03
may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting,
whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 9.06. Voting. The vote upon
any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders
or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution
and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting.
A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall
be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one
or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was delivered
as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting in favor of or against
any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and
one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive
evidence of the matters therein stated.
Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting.
Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting
of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any
right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.
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Article 10
Supplemental Indentures
Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, as evidenced to the Trustee in an Officers’ Certificate;
(b) to
provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 11;
(c) to
add guarantees with respect to the Notes;
(d) to
secure the Notes;
(e) to
add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon
the Company;
(f) to
make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(g) to
increase the Conversion Rate as provided in this Indenture;
(h) to
irrevocably elect a Settlement Method and/or Specified Dollar Amount (or a minimum Specified Dollar Amount) or eliminate the Company’s
right to elect a Settlement Method;
(i) in
connection with any Share Exchange Event, to provide that the Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions
of Section 14.02, and make such related changes to the terms of the Notes to the extent expressly required by Section 14.07;
(j) to
appoint a successor trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee, in each case,
with respect to the Notes;
(k) to
comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary in a manner that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(l) to
conform the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering
Memorandum; or
(m) provide
for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture.
Upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee
is hereby authorized to, and shall, join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter
into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions
of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes
at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02.
Section 10.02. Supplemental Indentures
with Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company, and the Trustee,
at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that, without the consent
of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:
(a) reduce
the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(b) reduce
the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of any interest (including Special Interest and interest payable pursuant to Section 2.03(c))
on any Note;
(c) reduce
the principal amount of or extend the Maturity Date of any Note;
(d) except
as required pursuant to this Indenture, make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes;
(e) reduce
the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the
Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions
or otherwise;
(f) make
any Note payable in a currency, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in the Note;
(g) change
the ranking of the Notes in any manner adverse to Holders; or
(h) make
any change in this Article 10 that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.02
or Section 6.09.
Upon the written request of the Company, and upon
the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the requisite Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05,
the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion,
but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
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Holders do not need under this Section 10.02
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof.
After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) a notice
briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee),
or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.
Section 10.03. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental
indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 10.04. Notation on Notes.
Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10
may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or
the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of
this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company,
authenticated, upon receipt of a Company Order, by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.
Section 10.05. Evidence of Compliance
of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. In addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, the Trustee
shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10 and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture, that all
conditions precedent to such supplemental indenture have been satisfied and, with respect to such Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental
indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject to customary exceptions and qualifications.
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Article 11
Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease
Section 11.01. Company May Consolidate,
Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with
or into another Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company
and the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person, unless, in either case:
(a) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”), if not the Company, shall be a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company
(if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this
Indenture; and
(b) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.
Section 11.02. Successor Corporation
to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the
Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and any accrued and unpaid Special Interest on all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of
any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease
of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such
Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of
the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the
order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed,
the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been
signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter
shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as
though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance
or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 11 the Person named as the “Company”
in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 11)
may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from
its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.
Section 11.03. Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. If a supplemental indenture is required pursuant to this Article 11, no
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease (other than any consolidation or merger where the Company is the surviving
entity) shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence
that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and such supplemental indenture, complies
with the provisions of this Article 11.
Article 12
Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
Section 12.01. Indenture and Notes Solely
Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, on any Note,
nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present
or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether
by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Notes.
Article 13
[Intentionally Omitted]
Article 14
Conversion of Notes
Section 14.01. Conversion Privilege.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 14, each Holder of a Note shall have the right,
at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Note (i) subject to satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b),
at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, under the circumstances and
during the periods set forth in Section 14.01(b), and (ii) regardless of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b),
on or after March 15, 2031 and prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date, in each case, at an initial conversion rate of 9.3042 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 14,
the “Conversion Rate”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to, and in accordance with, the settlement provisions
of Section 14.02, the “Conversion Obligation”).
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(b) (i) Prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of
its Notes for conversion at any time during the five Business Day period immediately after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the
“Measurement Period”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined by the Company
following a request by a Holder of Notes in accordance with this subsection (b)(i), for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was
less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on each such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on
each such Trading Day. The Trading Prices shall be determined by the Company in accordance with the bids solicited by the Bid Solicitation
Agent pursuant to this subsection (b)(i) and the definition of Trading Price set forth in this Indenture. The Company shall provide
written notice to the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) of the three independent nationally recognized securities dealers
selected by the Company pursuant to the definition of Trading Price, along with appropriate contact information for each. The Bid Solicitation
Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes unless
the Company has requested in writing such determination and provided in writing the names and contact information of the three securities
dealers selected by the Company to provide bids to determine the Trading Price, and the Company shall have no obligation to make such
request (or, if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price
per $1,000 principal amount of Notes) unless a Holder or Holders of at least $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes provide the
Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on any Trading Day would be less than 98%
of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day, at
which time the Company shall (x) instruct the three independent nationally recognized securities dealers to deliver bids to the
Bid Solicitation Agent and (y) irrevocably instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent in writing (if other than the Company) to determine,
or if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall determine, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes based on the bids solicited by the Bid Solicitation Agent 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 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale
Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate. If the Company is not acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall identify
in writing to the Bid Solicitation Agent the three securities dealers selected by the Company to provide bids to determine the Trading
Price and the contact information for each. If (x) the Company is not acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, and the Company does not
instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent in writing to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes or identify in writing
to the Bid Solicitation Agent the three securities dealers selected by the Company to provide bids to determine the Trading Price and
the contact information for each when obligated as provided in the two immediately preceding sentences, or if the Company gives such
written instruction and information to the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to make such determination or
(y) the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent and the Company fails to obtain such bids or the Company fails to determine
the Trading Price when obligated as provided in the second immediately preceding sentence, then, in either case, the Trading Price per
$1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock
and the Conversion Rate on each Trading Day of such failure. If the Trading Price condition set forth above has been met, the Company
shall so notify in writing the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee). Any such determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. If, at any time after the Trading Price condition set forth above has been met, the Trading Price
per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock
and the Conversion Rate for such date, the Company shall so notify in writing the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent (if other than the Trustee) and thereafter neither the Company nor the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall
be required to solicit bids again until another request is made as provided in this Section 14.01(b)(i).
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(ii) If,
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, the Company elects to:
(A) issue
to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than in connection with a stockholder
rights plan, so long as such rights have not separated from the Common Stock) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar
days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that
is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and
including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance; or
(B) distribute
to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock the Company’s assets, securities (other than solely the Common Stock) or
rights to purchase securities, which distribution has a per share value, as reasonably determined by the Company, exceeding 10% of the
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day preceding the date of announcement for such distribution,
then, in either case, subject to the proviso below, the Company shall
notify in writing all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) at least 35 Scheduled Trading
Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution (or, if later, in the case of any such separation of rights issued
pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company becomes aware that such separation or Trigger
Event has occurred or will occur); provided, however, that if the Company elects Physical Settlement (to the extent that
the Company has not elected another Settlement Method to apply, including pursuant to Section 14.02) in the applicable notice
in respect of all conversions that occurs from, and including, the date the Company provides such notice to, and including, the close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution or issuance (or, if earlier, the date
the Company announces that such issuance or distribution will not take place) (the “Distribution Trigger Irrevocable Physical
Settlement Period”), the Company shall be permitted to provide not less than 10 Scheduled Trading Days’ notice prior
to the Ex-Dividend Date for the applicable issuance or distribution, in which case the Company shall be required to settle all conversions
of Notes with a Conversion Date occurring during the Distribution Trigger Irrevocable Physical Settlement Period by Physical Settlement,
and the Company shall describe the same in such notice. Once the Company has given such notice, a Holder may surrender all or any portion
of its Notes for conversion at any time until the earlier of (1) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and (2) the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution
will not take place (or, if later, in the case of a separation or Trigger Event pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, until the 20th
Trading Day following the date on which the Company so notifies all Holders of the Notes), in each case, even if the Notes are not otherwise
convertible at such time; provided that Holders may not convert their Notes pursuant to this Section 14.01(b)(ii) if
they participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders
of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in clause (A) or (B) of
this Section 14.01(b)(ii) without having to convert their Notes as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the Conversion Rate multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
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(iii) If
a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, regardless of whether a Holder has the right to require the Company to
repurchase the Notes pursuant to Section 15.02, or if the Company is a party to a Share Exchange Event (other than a Share
Exchange Event that is solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of organization that (x) does not constitute
a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (y) results in a classification, conversion or exchange of outstanding
shares of Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock
Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) and such common stock becomes
Reference Property for the Notes) that occurs prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15,
2031 (each such Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Share Exchange Event, a “Corporate Event”), all
or any portion of a Holder’s Notes may be surrendered for conversion at any time after the effective date of such Corporate Event
until the earlier of (x) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031 and (y) the
earlier of (I) 35 Trading Days after the actual effective date of such Corporate Event or, if such Corporate Event also constitutes
a Fundamental Change, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
and (II) the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. The Company shall notify
Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing no later than the actual effective date of any such
Corporate Event.
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(iv) Prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of
its Notes for conversion at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30,
2026 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether
or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the last Trading Day of the immediately
preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day.
(v) If
the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption pursuant to Article 16 prior to the close of business on the Business
Day immediately preceding March 15, 2031, then a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Notes for conversion at any time
prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, even if the Notes are not
otherwise convertible at such time. After that time, the right to convert pursuant to this Section 14.01(b)(v) shall
expire, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case a Holder of Notes may convert its Notes until
the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for.
Section 14.02. Conversion Procedure;
Settlement Upon Conversion.
(a) Subject
to this Section 14.02, Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the
Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being
converted, cash (“Cash Settlement”), shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering
any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 14.02 (“Physical
Settlement”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering
any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 14.02 (“Combination
Settlement”), at its election, as set forth in this Section 14.02.
(i) All
conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the
Notes and prior to the related Redemption Date, and all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after March 15,
2031 shall be settled using the same Settlement Method.
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(ii) Except
for any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect
to the Notes but prior to the related Redemption Date, and any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after
March 15, 2031, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions occurring on the same Conversion Date, but
the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions occurring on different Conversion
Dates.
(iii) If,
in respect of any Conversion Date (or one of the periods described in the fourth immediately succeeding set of parentheses, as the case
may be), the Company elects a Settlement Method, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Settlement Notice”) of the
relevant Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or such period, as the case may be) in writing to converting Holders,
the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following
the relevant Conversion Date (or, in the case of any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs (x) after the date
of issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Notes and prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the related Redemption Date, in such Redemption Notice, or (y) on or after March 15, 2031, no later than March 15,
2031). Delivery of such Settlement Notice is irrevocable. If the Company does not elect a Settlement Method prior to the deadline set
forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement
for such conversion and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and
the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be equal to $1,000. Such Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant
Settlement Method and in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified
Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect
of its Conversion Obligation but does not indicate a Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes in such Settlement
Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to be $1,000. If the Company calls any Notes
for redemption pursuant to Article 16, and the related Redemption Date is on or after March 15, 2031 (x) if the
date of the relevant Redemption Notice occurs prior to the date the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) a Settlement Method
in respect of all conversions with a Conversion Date occurring on or after March 15, 2031, then, in respect of all conversions
with a Conversion Date occurring on or after March 15, 2031, the Company must elect the Settlement Method that the Company elected
(or was deemed to have elected) in such Redemption Notice and (y) if the date of such Redemption Notice occurs on or after the
date the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) a Settlement Method in respect of all conversions with a Conversion Date occurring
on or after March 15, 2031, then, the Company must elect in such Redemption Notice the Settlement Method that the Company elected
(or was deemed to have elected) in respect of all conversions with a Conversion Date occurring on or after March 15, 2031.
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(iv) The
cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Notes (the “Settlement
Amount”) shall be computed as follows:
(A) if
the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver
to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share);
(B) if
the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the
converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily
Conversion Values for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and
(C) if
the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement,
the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, a Settlement
Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period
(plus cash in lieu of any fractional share).
(v) The
Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly
following the last day of the Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion
Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock, and in any event
within one (1) Business Day following the last day of the Observation Period, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of its determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as
the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering fractional shares of Common Stock and the calculation thereof in
reasonable detail or in such detail as requested by the Depositary. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee)
shall have no responsibility for any such determination.
(vi) At
any time prior to March 15, 2031, the Company may irrevocably elect to satisfy its Conversion Obligation with respect to the Notes
to be converted after the date of such election by delivering cash up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted, and
shares of the Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof in respect of the remainder, if any, of its Conversion Obligation. Upon making
such election, the Company shall promptly (x) provide written notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other
than the Trustee) and (y) issue a current report on Form 8-K or press release or publish on its website to announce that
the Company has made such an election.
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(b) Subject
to Section 14.02(e), before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert a Note as set forth above, such Holder shall
(i) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time (any instruction to convert
transmitted to the Depositary shall be irrevocable) and, if required, pay funds equal to any Special Interest payable on the next Special
Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 14.02(h) and/or all transfer or similar
taxes, if any, that are such Holder’s responsibility as set forth in Section 14.02(e) and (ii) in the case
of a Physical Note or Global Notes not approved for processing through the Depositary: (1) complete, manually sign and deliver
an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile, PDF or other electronic
transmission thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein
the principal amount of Notes to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates
for any shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (2) surrender such
Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of
the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, (4) if required, pay funds
equal to any Special Interest payable on the next Special Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in
Section 14.02(h) and (5) if required by Section 14.02(e), pay any transfer or similar taxes that are
such Holder’s responsibility. The Trustee (and if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant
to this Article 14 no more than one (1) Business Day after the Conversion Date for such conversion. No Notice of Conversion
with respect to any Notes may be surrendered by a Holder thereof if such Holder has also delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
to the Company in respect of such Notes and has not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 15.03.
If more than one Note shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.
(c) A
Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”)
that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (b) above. Except as set forth in Section 14.03(b) and
Section 14.07(a), the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion
Obligation on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects Physical Settlement (provided
that, with respect to any Conversion Date occurring on or after the Special Interest Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date,
the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, such consideration due upon Physical Settlement in respect of the Conversion Obligation
on the Maturity Date), or on the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Observation Period, in the case
of any other Settlement Method. If any shares of Common Stock are due to a converting Holder, the Company shall issue or cause to be
issued, and deliver (if applicable) to the converting Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, the full number of shares of
Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled, in book-entry format through the Depositary, in satisfaction of the Company’s
Conversion Obligation.
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(d) In
case any Physical Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Physical Note so surrendered a new Physical Note or Physical Notes in authorized
denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Physical Note, without payment of
any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection
therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Physical Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of
the Holder of the old Physical Notes surrendered for such conversion.
(e) If
a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue
of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such shares to be issued in a name other
than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Company may refuse to deliver the certificates representing
the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the Company receives a sum sufficient to pay
any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
(f) Except
as provided in Section 14.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion
of any Note as provided in this Article 14.
(g) Upon
the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation
on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
(h) Upon
conversion, a Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, except as set forth
below and the Company shall not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate for any accrued and unpaid Special Interest. The Company’s
settlement of the full Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note
and accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid
Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled,
extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of Notes into a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, any accrued and unpaid Special
Interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted
after the close of business on a Special Interest Record Date and prior to the open of business on the corresponding Special Interest
Payment Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Special Interest Record Date will receive the full amount of
Special Interest, if any, payable on such Notes on the corresponding Special Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. However,
Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Special Interest Record Date to the open of business
on the immediately following Special Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of any Special Interest payable
on the Notes so converted on the corresponding Special Interest Payment Date; provided that no such payment shall be required
(1) for conversions of Notes following the close of business on the Special Interest Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity
Date, if Special Interest is payable on the Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Special
Interest Record Date and on or prior to the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the corresponding Special Interest Payment
Date; (3) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Special Interest Record Date and on
or prior to the Business Day immediately following the corresponding Special Interest Payment Date; or (4) to the extent of any
Defaulted Amounts or Special Interest, if any Defaulted Amounts or Special Interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to
such Note. For the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record as of the close of business on the Special Interest Record Date immediately
preceding the Maturity Date (if and to the extent Special Interest is payable on the Maturity Date) shall receive the full payment of
Special Interest due on the Maturity Date in cash regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Special Interest
Record Date.
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(i) The
Person in whose name the shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon conversion shall be treated as a stockholder of record as of the
close of business on the relevant Conversion Date (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement)
or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Combination
Settlement), as the case may be. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion.
(j) The
Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of delivering
any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion based on the Daily VWAP for the relevant Conversion Date or, if such Conversion
Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP for
the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). For each Note surrendered for conversion,
if the Company has elected (or is deemed to have elected) Combination Settlement, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon
conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period and any
fractional shares of Common Stock remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.
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Section 14.03. Increased Conversion Rate
Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes or a Redemption Notice. (a) If (x) the
Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date or (y) the Company gives a Redemption Notice
with respect to any or all of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02 and, in each case, a Holder elects to convert its
Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or such Redemption Notice, as applicable, the Company shall, under the circumstances
described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common
Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be
“in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Notice of Conversion is received by the Conversion
Agent from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately
prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental
Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective
Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change) (such period, the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period”). A conversion
of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Redemption Notice if the relevant Notice of Conversion
is received by the Conversion Agent from, and including, the date of the Redemption Notice until the close of business on the second
Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
(b) Upon
surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 14.01(b)(iii) or
a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 14.01(b)(v), the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation
by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 14.02; provided, however,
that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change,
the Reference Property following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Notes following
the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price
for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion
Rate (including any adjustment for Additional Shares), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation
shall be paid to Holders in cash on the second Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes,
the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change
no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.
(c) The
number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below,
based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective or the date of the Redemption Notice, as the
case may be, (in each case, the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid (or deemed
to be paid) per share of the Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or with respect to the Optional Redemption, as the case
may be. If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described
in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the
Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending
on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or the date of the Redemption
Notice, as the case may be. The Company shall make appropriate adjustments to the Stock Price, in its good faith determination, to account
for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the
Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date (as such term is used in Section 14.04) or expiration date of the event occurs during such
five consecutive Trading Day period. If a conversion in connection with a Redemption Notice would also be deemed to be in connection
with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, a Holder of the Notes to be converted shall be entitled to a single increase to the Conversion
Rate with respect to the first to occur of the date of the applicable Redemption Notice or the Effective Date of the applicable Make-Whole
Fundamental Change, and the later event shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of this Section 14.03.
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(d) The
Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the
Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the
Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth
in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.
(e) The
following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares of Common Stock by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000
principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:
Stock
Price
Effective Date
$76.77
$95.00
$107.48
$125.00
$139.72
$150.00
$200.00
$400.00
$600.00
$800.00
June 18, 2026
3.7217
2.5792
2.0597
1.5430
1.2340
1.0647
0.5586
0.0689
0.0050
0.0000
June 15, 2027
3.7217
2.5792
2.0452
1.4975
1.1755
1.0013
0.4947
0.0471
0.0002
0.0000
June 15, 2028
3.7217
2.5705
1.9710
1.3954
1.0650
0.8897
0.4005
0.0241
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2029
3.7217
2.4283
1.7882
1.1946
0.8678
0.7004
0.2667
0.0056
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2030
3.7217
2.0961
1.4094
0.8215
0.5307
0.3945
0.1007
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
June 15, 2031
3.7217
1.2221
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
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The exact Stock Price and Effective Date may not
be set forth in the table above, in which case:
(i) if
the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the
number of Additional Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for
the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if
the Stock Price is greater than $800.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the
column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate
for the Notes; and
(iii) if
the Stock Price is less than $76.77 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column
headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate for the
Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate
per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 13.0259 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion
Rate pursuant to Section 14.04.
(f) Nothing
in this Section 14.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of
a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
Section 14.04. Adjustment of Conversion
Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the
Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if each Holder of the Notes participates (other than in the case of (x) a
share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the
Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 14.04, without
having to convert its Notes, as if it held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the
principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
(a) If
the Company exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company
effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 =
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date
of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective
Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
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CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the
open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable;
OS0 =
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on
such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date (before giving effect to any such dividend, distribution,
share split or share combination), as applicable; and
OS' =
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination, as
applicable.
Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall
become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after
the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution
of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately
readjusted, effective as of the date the Company determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would
then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If
the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than in connection
with a stockholder rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance,
to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding
the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 =
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date
for such issuance;
CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the
open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS0 =
the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on
such Ex-Dividend Date;
X =
the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y =
the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate
price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average
of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day
period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement
of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.
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Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) shall
be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of
business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration
of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the
increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares
of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to
the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.
For purposes of this Section 14.04(b) and
for the purpose of Section 14.01(b)(ii)(A), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of
the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of
the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of
announcement for such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken
into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion
thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Company in good faith.
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(c) If
the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights,
options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding
(i) dividends, distributions or issuances (including share splits) as to which an adjustment was effected (or would have been effected
but for Section 14.04(j)) pursuant to Section 14.04(a) or Section 14.04(b), (ii) dividends
or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14.04(d) shall apply, (iii) distributions
of Reference Property upon conversion of, or exchange for, the Common Stock in a Share Exchange Event, including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any ability of holders of Common Stock to make an election with respect to the consideration they will receive in any such Share
Exchange Event, (iv) except as otherwise provided in this Section 14.04(c) and Section 14.11, rights
issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan of the Company, and (v) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this
Section 14.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property
or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed Property”), then the
Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 =
the
Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date
for such distribution;
CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the
open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
SP0 =
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading
Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution; and
FMV =
the fair market value (as determined by the Company
in good faith) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding share of the
Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Any increase made under the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above
shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is
not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution
had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0”
(as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount
thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock receive the Distributed Property and without having
to convert its Notes, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution. If the Company determines the “FMV”
(as defined above) of any distribution for purposes of this Section 14.04(c) by reference to the actual or when-issued
trading market for any securities, it shall in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the
Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately
preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
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With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this
Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of
Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company,
that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”),
the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 =
the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;
CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period;
FMV0 =
the average of the Last Reported
Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the
Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the
definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references
therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first
10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off
(the “Valuation Period”); and
MP0 =
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.
The increase to the Conversion Rate under the
preceding paragraph shall occur at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that (x) in
respect of any conversion of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation
Period, references to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days
as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, the Conversion Date in determining the
Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable,
for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, references
to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed
from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as
of such Trading Day. If any dividend or distribution constituting a Spin-Off is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate
shall be immediately decreased, effective as of the date the Company determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to
the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or announced.
For purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and
subject in all respect to Section 14.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Common
Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially
or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger
Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are
also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and
no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest
Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if
any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c). If any such right, option or warrant, including
any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence
of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets,
then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date with respect
to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate
and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution)
of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with
respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under
this Section 14.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been
redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall
be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted
to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution,
equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options
or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date
of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated
without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been
issued.
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For purposes of Section 14.04(a), Section 14.04(b) and
this Section 14.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is applicable also
includes one or both of:
(A) a
dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”);
or
(B) a
dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) is applicable (the “Clause
B Distribution”),
then, in either case, (1) such dividend or distribution, other
than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is
applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 14.04(c) with
respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be
deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 14.04(a) and
Section 14.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the “Ex-Dividend
Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution
and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding
immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a) or
“outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b).
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(d) If
any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, (other than any
dividends or distributions of any Reference Property consisting of cash upon conversion of, or in exchange for, the Common Stock in a
Share Exchange Event), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 =
the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0 =
the Last Reported Sale Price of
the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend
or distribution; and
C =
the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders
of the Common Stock.
Any increase pursuant to this Section 14.04(d) shall
become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or
distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to
make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had
not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0”
(as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes,
at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock and without having to convert its Notes, the amount
of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on
the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.
(e) If
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock that is subject to
the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act, other than an odd-lot tender offer, to the extent that the cash
and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale
Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the
last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased
based on the following formula:
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where,
CR0 =
the Conversion Rate in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following,
and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;
CR' =
the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th
Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender
or exchange offer expires;
AC =
the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the
Company in good faith) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS0 =
the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior
to giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange
in such tender or exchange offer);
OS' =
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such
tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted
for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP' =
the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive
Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or
exchange offer expires.
The increase to the Conversion Rate under this
Section 14.04(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including,
the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion
of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days immediately following,
and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or
“10th” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from,
and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date that such tender or exchange offer expires to, and including, the Conversion
Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination
Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the 10
Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer,
references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading
Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer to, and
including, such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day.
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If the Company is, or one of the Company’s
Subsidiaries is, obligated to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer described in this Section 14.04(e) but
the Company is, or such Subsidiary is, permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases
are rescinded, the applicable Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender
or exchange offer had not been made or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been effected.
(f) Notwithstanding
this Section 14.04 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes, if (i) a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes
effective on any Ex-Dividend Date, (ii) a Note is to be converted for which Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement applies,
(iii) the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any Trading Day in the Observation Period
for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement) occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record
Date, (iv) the consideration due upon such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due with respect to such Trading
Day in the Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) includes any whole shares of Common Stock based on a Conversion
Rate that is adjusted for such Ex-Dividend Date, and (v) such shares of Common Stock would be entitled to participate in such dividend,
distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 14.04,
(x) in the case of Physical Settlement, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for
such conversion, and, instead, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion on an unadjusted basis shall be entitled to participate
in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment, and (y) in the case of Combination Settlement,
the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall be made for such conversion in respect of such Trading Day in
the Observation Period, but the shares of Common Stock issuable with respect to such Trading Day based on such adjusted Conversion Rate
shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.
(g) Except
as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of the Common Stock or any securities convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of the Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable
securities.
(h) In
addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 14.04,
and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Company
from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors
determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and
subject to the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion
Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with a dividend
or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock) or similar event. Whenever the Conversion Rate
is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee and Conversion Agent
(if other than the Trustee) and deliver to the Holder of each Note a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased
Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
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(i) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Article 14, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon
the repurchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open market share repurchase program or other buy-back transactions, including
structured or derivative transactions, such as accelerated share repurchase transactions or similar forward derivative, that is not a
tender or exchange offer described in Section 14.04(e);
(ii) upon
the issuance of shares of Common Stock at a price below the Conversion Price or otherwise, other than any such issuance described in
clause (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 14.04;
(iii) upon
the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest
payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;
(iv) upon
the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee,
director or consultant benefit or incentive plan (including pursuant to an evergreen plan) or program of or assumed by the Company or
any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or in connection with any such shares withheld by the Company for tax withholding purposes;
(v) upon
the issuance of any shares of the Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security
not described in clause (iv) of this subsection and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;
(vi) for
a tender or exchange offer by any party other than a tender or exchange offer by the Company or one or more of the Company’s Subsidiaries
described in Section 14.04(e);
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(vii) solely
for a change in the par value (or lack of par value) of the Common Stock; or
(viii) for
accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any.
(j) Notwithstanding
this Section 14.04 or any other provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate pursuant to
any section in this Section 14.04 unless the adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% in the then-effective Conversion
Rate; provided that the Company shall carry forward any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that the Company would otherwise have
to make and take that adjustment into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided further that all such carried-forward adjustments
shall be made with respect to Notes (i) in connection with any subsequent adjustment to the Conversion Rate of at least 1% of the
Conversion Rate, (ii) regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% of the Conversion Rate (x) on the Conversion
Date for any Notes (in the case of Physical Settlement or any conversion following a replacement of the Common Stock by Reference Property
consisting solely of cash) or (y) on each Trading Day of any Observation Period (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination
Settlement), (iii) on any Effective Date for any Fundamental Change and/or Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (iv) on June 15
of each calendar year on or prior to the Maturity Date, in each case, unless the adjustment has already been made.
(k) All
calculations and other determinations under this Article 14 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest
one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share.
(l) Whenever
the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not
the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and Conversion Agent (if not the Trustee)
shall have received such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee and Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment
of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly
after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted
Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall deliver such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion
Rate to each Holder. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(m) For
purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares of Common
Stock held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common
Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued
in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.
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Section 14.05. Adjustments of Prices.
Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily
Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, an Observation Period
and the period for determining the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Optional Redemption), the Company,
in good faith, shall make appropriate adjustments without duplication in respect of any adjustment made pursuant to Section 14.04
to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date or expiration date, as the case may be, of the event occurs, at any time during the period
when the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.
Section 14.06. Shares to Be Fully Paid.
The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient
shares of Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming
delivery of the maximum number of Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03 and that at the time of computation of such
number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder and that Physical Settlement were applicable).
Section 14.07. Effect of Recapitalizations,
Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock.
(a) In
the case of:
(i) any
recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change to par value, or from par value to no par value,
or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),
(ii) any
consolidation, merger, combination or similar transaction involving the Company,
(iii) any
sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially
as an entirety or
(iv) any
statutory share exchange,
in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted
into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event,
a “Share Exchange Event”), then, at and after the effective time of such Share Exchange Event, the right to convert
each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Notes into the kind and amount
of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Share Exchange Event would have owned or been entitled
to receive (the “Reference Property,” with each “unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and
amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive) upon such Share Exchange Event and, prior
to or at the effective time of such Share Exchange Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall
execute with the Trustee, and without the consent of the Holders, a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 10.01(g) providing
for such change in the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that at and after the
effective time of the Share Exchange Event (A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration
to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 and (B) (I) any
amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall continue to be payable in cash,
(II) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance
with Section 14.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number
of shares of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such Share Exchange Event and (III) the Daily VWAP or the Last
Reported Sale Price of any unit of Reference Property or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities shall be the
fair value of such unit of Reference Property or portion thereof, as applicable, as determined in good faith by the Company (or in the
case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).
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If the Share Exchange Event causes the Common
Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part
upon any form of stockholder election), then (i) the Reference Property into which the Notes will be convertible shall be deemed
to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock, and (ii) the
unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause
(i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. If the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in such Share Exchange Event,
then for all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the effective date of such Share Exchange Event (A) the
consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion
Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03), multiplied
by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Share Exchange Event and (B) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation
by paying cash to converting Holders on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date. The Company shall
notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of such weighted average as soon as practicable
after such determination is made.
Such supplemental indenture described in the second
immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is possible
to the adjustments provided for in this Article 14. If, in the case of any Share Exchange Event, the Reference Property includes
shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the successor
or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Share Exchange Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed
by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Notes as the Board of
Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including the provisions providing for the purchase rights
set forth in Article 15.
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(b) When
the Company executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 14.07, the Company shall
promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities
or property or asset that will comprise a unit of Reference Property after any such Share Exchange Event, any adjustment to be made with
respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with and shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered notice
thereof to all Holders. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be delivered to each Holder
within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental
indenture.
(c) None
of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a holder of Notes to convert its Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination
of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, as set forth in Section 14.01 and Section 14.02 prior to the
effective date of such Share Exchange Event.
(d) The
above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Share Exchange Events.
Section 14.08. Certain Covenants.
(a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable
by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
(b) The
Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder require registration
with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares of Common Stock may be validly issued
upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the Commission, secure such
registration or approval, as the case may be.
(c) The
Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation
system the Company will list and use commercially reasonably efforts to keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on
such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
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Section 14.09. Responsibility of Trustee.
The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Conversion
Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion
Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed,
or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall
not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities,
property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Conversion
Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure
of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash
upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the
Company contained in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall
be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant
to Section 14.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable
by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 14.07 or to any adjustment to be
made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may accept (without any independent investigation)
as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate
(which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect
thereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be responsible for determining whether any event contemplated by Section 14.01(b) has
occurred that makes the Notes eligible for conversion or no longer eligible therefor until the Company has delivered to the Trustee and
the Conversion Agent the notices referred to in Section 14.01(b) with respect to the commencement or termination of
such conversion rights, on which notices the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may conclusively rely, and the Company agrees to deliver
such notices to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent immediately after the occurrence of any such event or at such other times as shall
be provided for in Section 14.01(b). Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any obligation to make any calculation
or to determine whether the Notes may be surrendered for conversion pursuant to this Indenture, or to notify the Company or the Depositary
or any of the Holders if the Notes have become convertible pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or to otherwise independently determine
or verify if any Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change, Share Exchange Event, Trigger Event, or any other event has occurred
or notify the Holders of any such event. Neither the Trustee nor Conversion Agent shall have the responsibility for any act or omission
of any Designated Financial Institution.
Section 14.10. [Reserved].
Section 14.11. Stockholder Rights Plans.
If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each share of Common Stock, if any, issued upon
such conversion shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock
issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such stockholder rights
plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion of Notes, the rights have separated from the
shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted
at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock Distributed Property
as provided in Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such
rights.
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Section 14.12. Exchange In Lieu Of Conversion.
(a) When a Holder surrenders its Notes for conversion, the Company may, at its election (an “Exchange Election”),
cause such Notes to be delivered to one or more financial institutions designated by the Company (each, a “Designated Financial
Institution”) for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for conversion, the Designated Financial
Institution(s) must agree in writing to timely pay and/or deliver, as the case may be, in exchange for such Notes, the amount of
cash, number of shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof, at the Company’s election, that would otherwise be due upon
conversion pursuant to Section 14.02 (the “Conversion Consideration”). If the Company makes an Exchange
Election, the Company shall, before the close of business on the Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, notify
in writing the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holder surrendering its Notes for conversion that the
Company has made the Exchange Election and the Company shall notify the Designated Financial Institution(s), the Trustee and the Conversion
Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the relevant deadline for payment and/or delivery of the Conversion Consideration. If the Company
makes an Exchange Election, no later than the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, the Company shall
deliver (or cause the Conversion Agent to deliver) the Notes surrendered for exchange to the Designated Financial Institution(s) in
lieu of conversion. The Company, the Holder surrendering the Notes for conversion, the Designated Financial Institution(s) and
the Conversion Agent shall cooperate to cause such Notes to be delivered to the Designated Financial Institution(s) and the Conversion
Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Company’s instruction in connection with effecting any Exchange Election
and shall have no liability for such Exchange Election outside its control.
(b) Any
Notes exchanged by the Designated Financial Institution(s) shall remain outstanding notwithstanding the surrender of such Notes,
subject to applicable procedures of the Depositary. If the Designated Financial Institution(s) agree(s) to accept any Notes
for exchange but does not timely pay and/or deliver, as the case may be, the related Conversion Consideration, or if such Designated
Financial Institution does not accept the Notes for exchange, the Company shall notify the Conversion Agent and the Holders surrendering
the Notes for conversion in writing and shall pay and/or deliver, as the case may be, the relevant Conversion Consideration as if the
Company had not made the Exchange Election.
(c) The
Company’s designation of any Designated Financial Institution(s) to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does not
require such Designated Financial Institution(s) to accept any Notes and in such case, the Company shall notify the Conversion
Agent of such refusal by the Designated Financial Institution(s).
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Article 15
Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders
Section 15.01. [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 15.02. Repurchase at Option of
Holders Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes,
or any portion thereof that is equal to minimum denominations of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on the date
(the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 calendar days or more
than 35 calendar days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Special
Interest Record Date but on or prior to the Special Interest Payment Date to which such Special Interest Record Date relates, in which
case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of any accrued and unpaid Special Interest (to, but excluding, such Special Interest
Payment Date) to Holders of record as of such Special Interest Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal
to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article 15; provided that the Company shall
not be required to repurchase, or to make an offer to repurchase, the Notes upon a Fundamental Change if a third party makes such an
offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set
forth in this Section 15.02 and such third party purchases all Notes properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under
its offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as
set forth in this Section 15.02.
(b) Repurchases
of Notes under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Paying Agent or tender agent appointed to facilitate the repurchase (the “Tender Agent”) by a Holder of a duly
completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of
Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for
surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case on or before the close of business on the Business
Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery
of the Notes, if the Notes are Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, at any time after delivery of
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Paying Agent or the principal office of the Tender Agent located in the United States of America as notified by the Tender Agent to Holders
and the Trustee, as applicable, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures
of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.
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The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect
of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:
(i) in
the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(ii) the
portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple in excess thereof; and
(iii) that
the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;
provided, however,
that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated
by this Section 15.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at
any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery
of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, in accordance with Section 15.03,
or in accordance with the customary procedures of the Depository with respect to Global Notes.
The Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case
may be, shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal
thereof.
(c) On
or before the 20th Business Day after the occurrence of the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all
Holders of Notes and the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (in the case of a Conversion Agent other than the Trustee) and the Paying Agent
(in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence
of the effective date of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof.
In the case of Physical Notes, such notice shall be by first class mail or, in the case of Global Notes, such notice shall be delivered
in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company shall publish
a notice containing the information set forth in the Fundamental Change Company Notice on the Company’s website or through such
other public medium as the Company may use at that time. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the
events causing the Fundamental Change;
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(ii) the
effective date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the
last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 15;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(vi) the
name and address of the Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, and the Conversion Agent, if applicable;
(vii) if
applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate as a result of the Fundamental Change;
(viii) that
the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder
validly withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
(ix) the
procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing
notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase
of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02.
At the Company’s request, given at least
five days prior to the date the Fundamental Change Company Notice is to be sent (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Trustee),
the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that,
in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal
amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case
of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to
such Notes). The Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical
Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company
in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of
the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been cancelled, and, upon such return or cancellation,
as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
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Section 15.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice
of withdrawal received by the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent or the principal office of the Tender Agent located in the United
States of America as notified by the Tender Agent to Holders and the Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 15.03
at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:
(i) the
principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
(ii) if
Physical Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must
be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided, however,
that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.
Section 15.04. Deposit of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price. (a) The Company will deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case
may be, appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided
in Section 4.04) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date an amount of money
sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be repurchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt
of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, appointed by the Company), payment for
Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date) will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided the Holder has
satisfied the conditions in Section 15.02) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to
the Trustee (or other Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be, appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner
required by Section 15.02 by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall
appear in the Note Register; provided, however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Paying Agent or Tender Agent shall, promptly after such payment
and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
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(b) If
by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent or Tender Agent,
as the case may be, appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to
be repurchased on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, with respect to the Notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase
and have not been validly withdrawn, (i) such Notes will cease to be outstanding, (ii) Special Interest, if any, will cease
to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee,
Paying Agent or Tender Agent, as the case may be) and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate (other
than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and, if applicable, any accrued and unpaid Special Interest).
(c) Upon
surrender of a Note that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 15.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased
portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 15.05. Covenant to Comply with
Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase offer, the Company will, if required:
(a) comply
with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act;
(b) file
a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and
(c) otherwise
comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Notes;
in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this
Article 15 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this Article 15. To the extent that the provisions
of any applicable securities laws or regulations enacted after the date of this Indenture conflict with the provisions of this Indenture
relating to the Company’s obligations to repurchase the Notes upon a Fundamental Change, the Company shall comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Indenture by virtue
of such conflict.
Article 16
Optional Redemption
Section 16.01. Optional Redemption.
No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to June 20, 2029. On or after
June 20, 2029, the Company may redeem (an “Optional Redemption”) for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at
the Redemption Price, if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect
for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive Trading Day period (including the last Trading Day
of such period) ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the Redemption
Notice in accordance with Section 16.02. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for determining whether the
conditions to redemption have been met.
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Section 16.02. Notice of Optional Redemption;
Selection of Notes. (a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be,
any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 16.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”)
and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than five days prior to the date the Redemption Notice is to be sent
to Holders (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the
Company, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a written notice of such Optional Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”)
not less than 30 nor more than 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date by mail or electronic transmission to each Holder
of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part; provided, however, that, if the Company shall give such notice, it shall
also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee).
The Redemption Date must be a Business Day, and the Company shall not specify a Redemption Date that falls on or after the 26th Scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. The Trustee is permitted to accept the Company’s direction regarding redemptions,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, and the Trustee shall have no liability for any action taken at the Company’s
direction.
(b) The
Redemption Notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder
of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any
other Note.
(c) Each
Redemption Notice shall specify:
(i) the
Redemption Date;
(ii) the
Redemption Price;
(iii) that
on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if
any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(iv) the
place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(v) that
Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date;
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(vi) the
procedures a converting Holder must follow to convert its Notes and the Settlement Method and Specified Dollar Amount, if applicable;
(vii) the
Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 14.03;
(viii) the
CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and
(ix) in
case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.
A Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.
(d) If
fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed and the Notes to be redeemed are Global Notes then held by the Depositary,
the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Depositary in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary. If fewer than
all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed and the Notes to be redeemed are not Global Notes then held by the Depositary, the Trustee
shall select the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed (in minimum principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof)
by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers to be fair and appropriate, subject to the Depositary’s
procedures. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of the
Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Section 16.03.
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption. (a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance
with Section 16.02, the Notes shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption
Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption
Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.
(b) Prior
to the open of business on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 7.05 an amount of cash
(in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be
redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made
on the Redemption Date for such Notes. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return
to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.
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Section 16.04.
Restrictions on Redemption. The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been
accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption
Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect
to such Notes).
Article 17
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 17.01. Provisions Binding on
Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture shall
bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 17.02. Official Acts by Successor
Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board,
committee or Officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer
of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
Section 17.03. Addresses for Notices,
Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or
by the Holders on the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being deposited
postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box or overnight courier service addressed (until another address
is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to PTC Therapeutics, Inc., 500 Warren Corporate Center Drive, Warren, N.J. 07059. Any
notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all
purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box, electronic
transmission or overnight delivery addressed to the Corporate Trust Office, whether sent by mail or electronically, upon actual receipt
by the Trustee.
The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication delivered or to be
delivered to a Holder of Physical Notes shall be mailed to it by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the
Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to it if so mailed within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication delivered or
to be delivered to a Holder of Global Notes shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary and shall
be sufficiently given to it if so delivered within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail or deliver a notice or communication
to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed
or delivered, as the case may be, in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 17.04. Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal
action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with
this Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough
of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably
consents and submits, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to the jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally
and unconditionally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect
of its properties, assets and revenues.
The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid
actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the
courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally
waives and agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 17.05. Evidence of Compliance
with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Indenture
and that all conditions precedent to such action have been complied with; provided that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required
in connection with (1) the issuance of the Notes on the original issue date of the Notes, (2) the mandatory exchange of the
restricted CUSIP of the Notes to an unrestricted CUSIP pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary upon the Notes becoming
freely tradable by non-Affiliates of the Company under Rule 144, or (3) a request by the Company that the Trustee deliver
a notice to Holders under this Indenture where the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate with respect to such notice. With
respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.
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Each Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with this
Indenture (other than the Officers’ Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include (a) a statement that
the person signing such certificate is familiar with the requested action and this Indenture; (b) a brief statement as to the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate is based; (c) a statement
that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such action is permitted by this Indenture; and (d) a statement as to whether or not,
in the opinion of such person, such action is permitted by this Indenture and all conditions precedent to such action have been complied
with.
Section 17.06. Legal Holidays. In
any case where any Special Interest Payment Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Redemption Date or the Maturity Date is not
a Business Day or is a day on which banks located in the location of the Corporate Trust Office are authorized or required by law or
executive order to close or be closed, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the
next succeeding Business Day that is not a day on which banks located in the location of the Corporate Trust Office are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close or be closed with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall
accrue in respect of the delay.
Section 17.07. No Security Interest Created.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform
Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.
Section 17.08. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto,
any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 17.09. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 17.10. Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication
and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under
Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04 and Section 15.04
as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections
to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating
agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee
hereunder pursuant to Section 7.08.
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Any corporation or other entity into which any
authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from
any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding
to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent
hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation
or other entity.
Any authenticating agent may at any time resign
by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating
agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation
or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee
may appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company
and shall deliver notice of such appointment to all Holders.
The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating
agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines
such agent’s fees to be unreasonable.
The provisions of Section 7.02, Section 7.03,
Section 7.04, Section 8.03 and this Section 17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.
If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant
to this Section 17.10, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
Date:
__________________________,
as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Notes described
in the within-named Indenture.
By: ____________________
Authorized Signatory
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Section 17.11. Execution in Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF
transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of
the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their
original signatures for all purposes. This Indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and
delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other
relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, “Signature Law”);
(ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature
or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in
evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability
with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty
to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures
shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to
the character or intended character of the writings. All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must
be in writing; provided that any such communication sent to Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually
or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign or other electronic signature provider that the Company plans to use (or such other
digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative), in English. The Company agrees to assume
all risks arising out of the use of digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without
limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
Section 17.12. Severability. In the
event any provision of this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law)
the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
Section 17.13. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 17.14. Force Majeure. In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising
out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, labor dispute, disease, epidemic
or pandemic, quarantine, national emergency and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software
and hardware) services, communications system failure, malware or ransomware or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex
system or other wire or other funds transfer systems, or unavailability of any securities clearing system; it being understood that the
Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon
as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 17.15. Calculations. The
Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture and the Notes and the Trustee, the Paying Agent,
the Conversion Agent, Bid Solicitation Agent (if the Trustee) and the Note Registrar shall have no liability or responsibility for any
calculations or any information in connection with such calculations. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations
of the Redemption Price, Stock Price, the Trading Price of the Notes (for purposes of determining whether the Notes are convertible as
described herein), the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Daily Settlement
Amounts, the amount of conversion consideration deliverable in respect of any conversions, accrued Special Interest, if any, payable
on the Notes, any Special Interest that may accrue on the Notes and the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price of the Notes (or any adjustments
to such Conversion Rate or Conversion Price). The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error,
the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations
to each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent is
entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Company will
forward or cause the Trustee to forward its calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the written request of that Holder.
Section 17.16. USA PATRIOT Act. The
parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions
and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture
agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements
of the USA PATRIOT Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
/s/ Mark E. Boulding
Name:
Mark E. Boulding
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
[Signature Page to Indenture]
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:
/s/
Wally Jones
Name:
Wally Jones
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A GLOBAL NOTE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREUNDER IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A RESTRICTED SECURITY]
[THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON
STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
(1) REPRESENTS
THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND
(2) AGREES
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER
THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND
(Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE
COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT
TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(C) TO A PERSON
REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
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(D) PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION
OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY
OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]1
NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED
IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) OF PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE
OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.
1 This Restricted Security legend shall be deemed removed
from the face of this Security without further action of the Company, the Trustee, or the holders of this Security at such time as the
Company notifies the Trustee that such legend is removed pursuant to and subject to Section 2.05(c) of the Indenture.
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PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
0% Convertible Senior Note due 2031
No. [_____]
[Initially]2
$[_________]
CUSIP No. [_____]3
PTC Therapeutics, Inc., a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company,” which term includes any successor
corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [CEDE &
CO.]4 [_______]5, or registered assigns, the principal sum [as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of
Notes” attached hereto]6 [of $[_______]]7, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all
other outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $550,000,000 in aggregate at any time, in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on June 15, 2031, and interest, if any, thereon as set forth below.
This Note shall not bear regular interest, and
the principal amount shall not accrete. Any accrued Special Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed
of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month. Any Special Interest
is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on December 15, 2026 (if any Special
Interest is then payable), to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding June 1 and December 1 (whether
or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Any Special Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and
Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest or Special Interest on, or in respect of, any Note
therein shall be deemed to refer solely to Special Interest (including any Deferred Special Interest and, if applicable, any interest
thereon) if, in such context, Special Interest (including any Deferred Special Interest and, if applicable, any interest thereon) is,
was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) or Section 6.03, and/or to any
interest on any Defaulted Amounts payable as set forth in Section 2.03(c) in the within-mentioned Indenture. Unless the context
otherwise requires, any express mention of Special Interest, Deferred Special Interest and/or interest thereon in any provision of this
Note shall not be construed as excluding Special Interest, Deferred Special Interest and/or interest thereon in such provision where
such express mention is not made.
2
Include if a global note.
3
At such time as the Company notifies the Trustee that the Restricted Security legend is removed pursuant to Section 2.05(c) of the Indenture,
the CUSIP number for this Security shall be deemed to be CUSIP No. [_____].
4
Include if a global note.
5
Include if a physical note.
6
Include if a global note.
7 Include if a physical note.
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Any Defaulted Amounts shall not accrue interest
unless Special Interest was payable on the required payment date, in which case such Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum
at the then-applicable Special Interest rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and
including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company,
at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Indenture.
The Company shall pay the principal of and Special
Interest, if any, on this Note, if and so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company
for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Note Registrar in respect of the Notes and
its Corporate Trust Office located in the United States of America, as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration
of transfer and exchange.
Reference is made to the further provisions of
this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert
this Note into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, on the terms and subject
to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set
forth at this place.
This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute
arising under or related to this Note, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
In the case of any conflict between this Note
and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory
for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating
agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
Note to be duly executed.
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
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Dated:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies
that this is one of the Notes described
in the within-named Indenture.
By:
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
0% Convertible Senior Note due 2031
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of
Notes of the Company, designated as its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), limited to the aggregate
principal amount of $550,000,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 18, 2026 (the “Indenture”),
between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined in this
Note shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.
In case certain Events of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the principal of, and any Special Interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture,
the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date, the Redemption Price on any Redemption Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who
surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the
United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the
Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other circumstances,
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced
as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein.
It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the
Indenture and its consequences.
Each Holder shall have the right to receive payment
or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price,
if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of,
this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money or shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, herein
prescribed.
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The Notes are issuable in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to
on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or
Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result
of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old
Notes surrendered for such exchange.
The Notes shall be redeemable at the Company’s
option on or after June 20, 2029 in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the Indenture. No sinking
fund is provided for the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the
Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or
any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price
equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture,
prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Notes or portion
thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common
Stock, as applicable, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM = as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
CUST = Custodian
TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants
in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though
not in the above list.
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SCHEDULE A8
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031
The initial principal amount of this Global Note
is [_______] DOLLARS ($[_________]). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
Date
of exchange
Amount
of
decrease in
principal amount
of this Global Note
Amount
of
increase in
principal amount
of this Global Note
Principal
amount
of this Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
Signature
of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian
8 Include if a global note.
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ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]
To:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
c/o 111 Fillmore Ave E.
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attn: CTS Conversions
Ctso.conversions@usbank.com
The undersigned registered owner of this Note
hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof)
below designated, into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Common Stock issuable and
deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal
amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any shares
of Common Stock or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned
will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any in accordance with Section 14.02(d) and Section 14.02(e) of
the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of any interest accompanies this Note. Capitalized terms
used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
Dated: _____________________ ________________________________
________________________________
Signature(s)
___________________________
Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed
by an eligible Guarantor Institution
(banks, stock brokers, savings and
loan associations and credit unions)
with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion program
pursuant to Securities and Exchange
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Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if shares
of Common Stock are to be issued, or
Notes are to be delivered, other than
to and in the name of the registered holder.
Fill in for registration of shares if
to be issued, and Notes if to
be delivered, other than to and in the
name of the registered holder:
_________________________
(Name)
_________________________
(Street Address)
_________________________
(City, State and Zip Code)
Please print name and address
Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):
$______,000
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof
must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
_________________________
Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
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ATTACHMENT 2
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]
To:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
c/o 111 Fillmore Ave E.
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attn: CTS Conversions
Ctso.conversions@usbank.com
The undersigned registered owner of this Note
hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of
a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the
Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the
entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below
designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Special Interest Record
Date and on or prior to the corresponding Special Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid Special Interest, if any, thereon to, but
excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Indenture.
In the case of Physical Notes, the certificate
numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:
Dated: _____________________
________________________________
Signature(s)
_________________________
Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all):
$______,000
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof
must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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ATTACHMENT 3
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
To:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
c/o 111 Fillmore Ave E.
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attn: CTS Conversions
Ctso.conversions@usbank.com
For value received ____________________________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _________________ (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note,
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________________ attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
In connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring prior
to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note
is being transferred:
¨ To
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or
¨ Pursuant
to a registration statement that has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
¨ Pursuant
to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
¨ Pursuant
to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Dated: ________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Signature(s)
_____________________________________
Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock
brokers, savings and loan associations and
credit unions) with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion program pursuant
to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered, other
than to and in the name of the registered holder.
NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name
as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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