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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 4, 1995
REGISTRATION NO. 33-58185
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COLLAGEN CORPORATION
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 2500 FABER PLACE 94-2300486
(State or other jurisdiction of PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation (415) 856-0200
or organization) (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
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HOWARD D. PALEFSKY
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
2500 FABER PLACE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303
(415) 856-0200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 47201 LAKEVIEW BOULEVARD 95-3962471
(State or other jurisdiction of FREMONT, CALIFORNIA 94538 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation (510) 440-7700
or organization) (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
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GARY R. BANG
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
47201 LAKEVIEW BOULEVARD
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA 94538
(510) 440-7700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
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Michael W. Hall Alan C. Mendelson
James L. Brock Paul B. Cleveland
David A. Garcia COOLEY GODWARD CASTRO
David C. Lee HUDDLESON & TATUM
VENTURE LAW GROUP, P.C. Five Palo Alto Square
2800 Sand Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94306
Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415) 843-5000
(415) 854-4488
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box: / /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box: /X/ The securities to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 include only the shares of
Common Stock, $0.0025 par value per share, of Target Therapeutics, Inc.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER UNIT OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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% Exchangeable Subordinated Notes of
Collagen Corporation Due 2002......... $45,000,000(1) 100% $45,000,000 (2)
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Common Stock, $0.0025 par value per
share, of Target Therapeutics,
Inc.(3)............................... -- -- -- --(4)
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(1) Includes $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes that the Underwriters have the
option to purchase from Collagen Corporation to cover over-allotments, if
any, and shares of Common Stock of Target Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Target
Common Stock") deliverable in exchange for such Notes.
(2) Previously paid.
(3) Such indeterminable number of shares of Target Common Stock as may be
required to be delivered by Collagen Corporation upon exchange of the Notes
being registered hereunder.
(4) Pursuant to Rule 457(i) and Rule 416, no additional registration fee is
required with respect to the indeterminable number of shares of Target
Common Stock deliverable upon exchange of the Notes.
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THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES
AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE
A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION
8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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1.1+ Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1 Form of Indenture by and between Collagen and The First National Bank of Boston,
as Trustee (including Form of Note as Exhibit A).
4.2 Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Collagen and The First National Bank
of Boston, as Exchange Agent.
5.1 Opinion of Venture Law Group.
12.1+ Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Collagen.
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (see Page II-7).
23.2+ Consent of Venture Law Group.
23.3+ Consent of Morrison & Foerster.
24.1+ Powers of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Collagen.
24.2+ Powers of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Target.
25.1+ Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 of the Trustee.
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+ Previously filed.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
Target hereby undertakes (1) to file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement
and to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement, (2) that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof and (3) to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrants' Annual Reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "Exchange Act") that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions described in Item 15 above, or
otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
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been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake (1) that for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, the information omitted from the form
of prospectus filed as part of a registrant statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule
424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective and (2) that for
the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each post-effective
amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Collagen
Corporation certifies that it has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, State of
California, on the 3rd day of April, 1995.
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
By /s/ HOWARD D. PALEFSKY
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(Howard D. Palefsky, Chairman of the
Board
of Directors and Chief Executive
Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the 3rd day of April, 1995.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ HOWARD D. PALEFSKY Chairman of the Board and Chief April 3, 1995
- ------------------------------------- Executive Officer (Principal
(Howard D. Palefsky) Executive Officer)
/s/ GARY S. PETERSMEYER* President, Chief Operating April 3, 1995
- ------------------------------------- Officer and Director
(Gary S. Petersmeyer)
/s/ DAVID FOSTER Vice President, Finance and MIS, April 3, 1995
- ------------------------------------- and Chief Financial Officer
(David Foster) (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ REID W. DENNIS* Chairman Emeritus of the Board April 3, 1995
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(Reid W. Dennis)
/s/ ANNE L. BAKAR* Director April 3, 1995
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(Anne L. Bakar)
/s/ JOHN R. DANIELS* Director April 3, 1995
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(John R. Daniels)
/s/ WILLIAM G. DAVIS* Director April 3, 1995
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(William G. Davis)
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<C> <S> <C>
/s/ CRAIG W. JOHNSON* Director April 3, 1995
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(Craig W. Johnson)
/s/ TERRY R. KNAPP, M.D.* Director April 3, 1995
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(Terry R. Knapp, M.D.)
/s/ MICHAEL F. MEE* Director April 3, 1995
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(Michael F. Mee)
/s/ RODNEY PERKINS, M.D.* Director April 3, 1995
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(Rodney Perkins, M.D.)
/s/CORNELIUS W. PETTINGA, PH.D.* Director April 3, 1995
- -------------------------------------
(Cornelius W. Pettinga, Ph.D.)
/s/ ROGER H. SALQUIST* Director April 3, 1995
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(Roger H. Salquist)
*By: /s/ HOWARD D. PALEFSKY
(Howard D. Palefsky,
Attorney-in-Fact)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Target
Therapeutics, Inc. has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on the 3rd day of
April, 1995.
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By /s/ GARY R. BANG
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(Gary R. Bang,
President and Chief Executive
Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the 3rd day of April, 1995.
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<C> <S> <C>
/s/ GARY R. BANG President and Chief Executive April 3, 1995
- ------------------------------------- Officer (Principal Executive
(Gary R. Bang) Officer)
/s/ A. LARRY TANNENBAUM Vice President, Finance and April 3, 1995
- ------------------------------------- Administration (Principal
(A. Larry Tannenbaum) Financial and Accounting
Officer), Chief Financial Officer
and Assistant Secretary
/s/ CHARLES M. STROTHER* Director April 3, 1995
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(Charles M. Strother)
/s/ WILLIAM G. DAVIS* Director April 3, 1995
- -------------------------------------
(William G. Davis)
/s/ KATHLEEN MURRAY* Director April 3, 1995
- -------------------------------------
(Kathleen Murray)
/s/ HOWARD D. PALEFSKY* Director April 3, 1995
- -------------------------------------
(Howard D. Palefsky)
/s/ RICHARD D. RANDALL* Director April 3, 1995
- -------------------------------------
(Richard D. Randall)
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<C> <S> <C>
/s/ JOHN C. VILLFORTH* Director April 3, 1995
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(John C. Villforth)
*By /s/ GARY R. BANG
(Gary R. Bang, Attorney-in-Fact)
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts,"
"Selected Consolidated Financial Data of Collagen" and "Selected Consolidated
Financial Data of Target" and to the use of our report dated August 3, 1994,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Collagen Corporation,
and our report dated April 27, 1994, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Target Therapeutics, Inc., included in Amendment No. 2 to the
joint Registration Statement (Form S-3) of Collagen Corporation and Target
Therapeutics, Inc.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
with respect to the financial statement schedules of Collagen Corporation for
the years ended June 30, 1994, 1993 and 1992 included in the Annual Report (Form
10-K) for 1994 of Collagen Corporation and of our report with respect to the
financial statement schedules of Target Therapeutics, Inc. for the years ended
March 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for 1994
of Target Therapeutics, Inc., both filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Palo Alto, California
April 3, 1995
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COLLAGEN CORPORATION AND TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION NUMBER
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1.1+ Form of Underwriting Agreement...........................................
4.1 Form of Indenture by and between Collagen and The First National Bank of
Boston, as Trustee (including Form of Note as Exhibit A).................
4.2 Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Collagen and The First National
Bank of Boston, as Exchange Agent........................................
5.1 Opinion of Venture Law Group.............................................
12.1+ Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Collagen............
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (see Page II-7).............................
23.2+ Consent of Venture Law Group.............................................
23.3+ Consent of Morrison & Foerster...........................................
24.1+ Powers of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Collagen.........
24.2+ Powers of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Target...........
25.1+ Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee.....................................
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+ Previously filed.
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EX 4.1
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Collagen Corporation
and
The First National Bank of Boston
Trustee
________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of April ___, 1995
________________
$___________
[ ] % Exchangeable Subordinated Notes
due 2002
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent and Exchange Agent to Hold Assets in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 3.07. Exchange Arrangements on Call for Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE FOUR
SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 4.01. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 4.02. No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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SECTION 4.03. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior
Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or
Reorganization of Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 4.04. Securityholders to be Subrogated to Rights of
Holders of Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 4.05. Obligations of the Company Unconditional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 4.06. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments not Prohibited in
Absence of Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 4.07. Application by Trustee of Assets Deposited with It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 4.08. Subordination Rights not Impaired by Acts or Omissions
of Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 4.09. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 4.10. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 4.11. Article Four not to Prevent Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 5.01. Payment and Exchange of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.03. Corporate Existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 5.08. SEC Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 5.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE SIX
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 6.01. When Company May Merge, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 6.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ARTICLE SEVEN
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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SECTION 7.02. Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 7.03. Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 7.05. Control by Majority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 7.06. Limitation on Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 7.10. Priorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 7.11. Undertaking for Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE EIGHT
TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 8.02. Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 8.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.04. Trustee's Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 8.08. Replacement of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 8.10. Eligibility of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 8.11. Conflicting Interests of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 8.12. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ARTICLE NINE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 9.01. Termination of Obligations upon Cancellation of the
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 9.02. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 9.03. Repayment to the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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ARTICLE TEN
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 10.01. Without Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 10.02. With Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 10.03. Compliance with TIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE ELEVEN
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 11.01. Right to Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 11.02. Method of Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 11.03. Fractional Interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 11.04. Adjustment of Exchange Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 11.05. Exchange Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 11.06. Company To Give Notice of Certain Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 11.07. Merger of Target. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 11.08. Certain Tender or Exchange Offers for Exchange Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 11.09. Tax Adjustments in Exchange Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 11.10. Cash Equivalent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 11.11. Withdrawals of Exchange Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 11.12. Obligations of Trustee and Exchange Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 11.13. Preservation of Exchange Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 11.14. Transfer Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 11.15. Fully Paid Shares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.16. Cancellation of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 11.17. Registration of Target Common Stock and Other
Securities Held as Exchange Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ARTICLE TWELVE
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 12.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 12.02. Manner of Calling Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 12.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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SECTION 12.04. Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 12.05. Regulations May be Made by Trustee; Conduct of the
Meeting; Voting Rights; Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 12.06. Voting at the Meeting and Record to be Kept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 12.07. Exercise of Rights of Trustee or Securityholders May
Not be Hindered or Delayed by Call of Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 13.01. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon
Change in Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 13.02. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 13.03. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 13.04. Securities Purchased in Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 13.05. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon
Purchase of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 13.06. Repayment to the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 14.01. TIA Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 14.02. Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 14.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 14.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 14.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 14.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange
Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 14.07. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 14.08. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 14.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.10. No Recourse Against Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.11. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.12. Duplicate Originals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 14.13. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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INDENTURE dated as of April ___, 1995, between Collagen
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and The First National
Bank of Boston, a national banking association, as Trustee.
Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of each
other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Company's [ ]% Exchangeable Subordinated Notes due 2002:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"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 person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "affiliated," "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or
Co-Registrar.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any Person, the
Board of Directors of such Person or any committee of the Board of Directors of
such Person authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the
power of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Board Resolution" means, with respect to any Person, a duly
adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Business Day" means a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any person, any and all
shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of
such person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means obligations under a lease
that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP.
"Change in Control" shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.01(a).
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"Change in Control Purchase Date" shall have the meaning
provided in Section 13.01(a).
"Change in Control Price" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.01(a).
"Change in Control Notice" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.01(b).
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" shall have the meaning
provided in Section 13.01(c).
"Continuing Director" means as, of any date, a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company who (i) was a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company at the time of the initial issuance of the Securities,
or (ii) was nominated or appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company
with the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors who were
Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or appointment.
"Closing Price" means, when used with respect to the
Securities as of any date, (i) the last reported sale price or, in case no such
reported sales take place, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices, on the NASDAQ System, or (ii) if the Securities are not listed for
trading on the NASDAQ System, the last reported sale price or, in case no such
reported sales price takes place, the average of the reported closing bid and
asked prices, on the principal securities exchange on which the Securities are
listed or admitted for trading.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it pursuant to the Indenture and thereafter means
such successor.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage
of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means any Senior Indebtedness
with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $3,000,000 and which is
designated in its governing instrument as Designated Senior Indebtedness.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning provided in Section
7.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"Exchange Agent" shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.03.
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"Exchange Price" shall have the meaning provided pursuant to
Paragraph 7 in the Form of Security annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
"Exchange Property" means initially the fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Target Common Stock, the amount to be determined by
dividing the aggregate principal amount of the Securities by the Exchange
Price, delivered to the Exchange Agent by the Company pursuant to the Exchange
Agreement simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Indenture, and
thereafter may also include such other securities, cash or other property
attributable to the Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property, which at
the time are deliverable upon surrender of the Securities for exchange in
accordance with Article Eleven of this Indenture.
"Exchange Withdrawal Date" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 11.18(2).
"Expiration Time" shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.04(b) hereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect in the United States of America at the time such principles are being
applied.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" means with respect to any Person at any date,
without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money
(including, without limitation, indebtedness secured by a mortgage or other
lien which is (i) given to secure all or part of the purchase price of property
subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of such property or to another, or
(ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof), (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments and all indebtedness consisting of reimbursement
obligations due and owing with respect to letters of credit, (c) all
Indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of such Person, whether
or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (d) all Capitalized Lease
Obligations, (e) all Indebtedness of others for the payment of which such
Person is responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor, (f) commitment or
standby fees due and payable to lending institutions with respect to available
credit facilities; and (g) all obligations of such Person for interest rate and
currency swaps, floors, collars, caps and similar arrangements.
"Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" means the stated maturity of an
installment of interest on the Securities.
"Issue Date" means the date of first issuance of the
Securities under this Indenture.
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"Legal Holiday" shall have the meaning provided in Section
14.07.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge
or adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance against real or
personal property or a security interest of any kind (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any
option or other agreement to sell and any filing of or agreement to give any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes)
of any jurisdiction).
"Maturity Date" means May 1, 2002.
"Market Price" means, when used with respect to Target Common
Stock or any other security as of any date, (i) the average of last reported
sale price or, in case no such reported sales take place, the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices, for the five consecutive trading days
immediately preceding such date on the NASDAQ National Market, or (ii) if the
Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property, as the case may be, is not
admitted to trading on the NASDAQ National Market, the average of last reported
sale price or, in the case no such reported sales take place, the average of
the reported closing bid and asked prices, for the five consecutive trading
days immediately preceding such date, on the principal national securities
exchange on which the Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property, as the
case may be, is listed or admitted to trading, or (iii) if the Target Common
Stock or other Exchange Property, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted
to trading on any national securities exchange or NASDAQ National Market, the
average of closing sale price or, in the case no such reported sales take
place, the average of the reported closing bid and asked price, for the five
consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date, as reported by the
NASDAQ System. If none of the conditions set forth above is met, the Market
Price shall be the fair market value of the Target Common Stock or other
Exchange Property, as the case may be, as determined by an investment banking
firm selected by the Exchange Agent.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of
the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Controller or the Secretary of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant
Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such Person or otherwise complying with
the requirements of Sections 14.04 and 14.05.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the
requirements of Section 14.04 and 14.05. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
"Over-Allotment Option" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.02.
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"Paying Agent" shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.03, except that, for the purposes of Article Three, the Paying Agent shall
not be the Company or a Subsidiary.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan of Liquidation" means, with respect to any Person, a
plan that provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded
or accompanied by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously) (i) the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of such Person otherwise than as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety and (ii) the distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds
of such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition and all or substantially
all of the remaining assets of such Person to holders of Capital Stock of such
Person.
"Record Date" means the Record Dates specified in the
Securities; provided, that if any such date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date
shall be the day prior that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this
Indenture and Paragraph 5 in the form of Security annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the applicable price fixed for such redemption pursuant to
Paragraph 5 in the form of Security annexed hereto as Exhibit A, in each case
plus accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.
"Registrar" shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.03.
"Reorganization" shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.18(a).
"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee,
agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the Company's ___% Exchangeable
Subordinated Notes due 2002, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
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"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any petition
initiating any proceeding pursuant to any bankruptcy) and other amounts due
(including, without limitation, fees, costs, enforcement expenses, collateral
protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations in respect
of Senior Indebtedness) on or in connection with any Indebtedness incurred,
assumed or guaranteed by the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the
Indenture or thereafter incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and all renewals,
extensions, restructurings, amendments, modifications and refundings of any
such Indebtedness. Excluded from the definition of Senior Indebtedness are the
following: (a) any Indebtedness which expressly provides (i) that such
Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities, or (ii)
that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the
Company, unless such Indebtedness expressly provides that such Indebtedness
also shall be senior in right of payment of the Securities, and (b) any
Indebtedness of the Company to any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) a corporation a majority
of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to
elect directors at the time, directly or indirectly, is owned by such Person,
by one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
subsidiaries of such Person or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation)
in which such Person, a subsidiary of such Person or such Person and one or
more subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of
determination thereof, has (x) at least a majority ownership interest or (y)
the power to elect or direct the election of the directors or other governing
body of such Person.
"Surviving Person" shall have the meaning provided in Section
6.01.
"Target" means Target Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any successor to such entity.
"Target Common Stock" means the common stock of Target,
$0.0025 par value, as currently designated, and all shares hereafter authorized
of any class or classes of common stock of Target, which term shall include, in
the case of a reclassification, recapitalization or other change in such common
stock, or in the case of a consolidation or merger of Target with or into
another corporation, such common stock, common stock interest, common stock
participation or other common stock equivalent consideration to which a holder
of a share of common stock of Target would have been entitled upon the
occurrence of such event.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
Section Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture
until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture and thereafter means such successor.
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"Trust Officer" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by
the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct non-callable
obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of
America for the payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged.
"U.S. Legal Tender" means such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of TIA.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder or a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has
the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
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(4) words in the singular include the plural, and
words in the plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and
transactions; and
(6) "herein," "hereof" and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
ARTICLE TWO
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or
usage. The Company shall approve the form of the Securities and any notation,
legend or endorsement on them. Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
The terms and provisions contained in the Securities shall
constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, 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.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers, or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary, shall
sign, or one Officer shall sign and one Officer or an Assistant Secretary shall
attest to, the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The
Company's seal shall be reproduced on the Securities.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security was an Officer
at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of
the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security.
The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue
in the aggregate principal amount of up to $40,000,000 upon a written order of
the Company in the form of
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an Officers' Certificate; provided, however, that in the event that the Company
sells any Securities pursuant to the over-allotment option (the "Over-Allotment
Option") granted pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement between Alex. Brown &
Sons Incorporated and the Company, dated April ___, 1995, then the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver Securities for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $40,000,000 plus up to $5,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Securities sold pursuant to the Over- Allotment Option upon a written
order of the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate. The Officers'
Certificate shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the
date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed
the amount specified in the foregoing sentence, subject to the proviso set
forth therein, except as provided in Section 2.07. Upon the written order of
the Company in the form of an Officers' Certificate, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities in substitution of Securities originally issued to
reflect any name change of the Company.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.
The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and an office or
agency where the Securities may be presented for exchange ("Exchange Agent").
The Company may act as its own Registrar, co-Registrar, Paying Agent or
Exchange Agent except that for the purposes of Articles Three, Nine and Eleven,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall act as Paying Agent or Exchange
Agent. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one
or more additional paying agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as
Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company
fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such.
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SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent and Exchange Agent to Hold Assets in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that, subject to Section 4.07, each
Paying Agent and Exchange Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders
or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities and the Exchange Property
(whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities), and shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the
Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If
the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate such
assets and hold them as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and
account for any assets disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any Default in payment, upon written request to a Paying Agent,
require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee
and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of
all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent,
the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee on or before each Interest Payment Date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of
such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
Holders.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Securities or to
exchange such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such
transaction are met; provided, however, that the Securities surrendered for
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or
co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney and duly
authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's or co-Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges or transfers pursuant to Sections
2.10, 3.06, 10.05 or 13.04). The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be
required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security so selected
for redemption or repurchase in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
of any security being redeemed in part.
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SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if
the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other
indemnity, sufficient in the judgment of both the Company and the Trustee, to
protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them
may suffer if a Security is replaced.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be repurchased
or redeemed by the Company pursuant to Article Three or Thirteen, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or redeem such
Security, as the case may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this section
2.07, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee or the
Registrar) in connection therewith.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities that
have been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not
outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than
a mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security
is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding
upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section
2.07.
If on a Redemption Date, Change in Control Purchase Date or
the Maturity Date the Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary)
holds U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay all of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Securities payable
on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be
outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue unless, pursuant to the
provisions of Article Four, the Paying Agent is unable to make payments on the
Securities to the Holders thereof.
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SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities owned by the Company and Affiliates of the Company shall be
disregarded, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which the Trustee knows or has reason to know are so owned shall be
disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and
the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary
Securities.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the
Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent (other than the Company or a
Subsidiary), and no one else, shall cancel and, at the written direction of the
Company, shall destroy all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the
Securities, it shall, unless the Trustee fixes another record date pursuant to
Section 7.10, pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any
interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders on a
subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next
preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest,
whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before the
subsequent special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice
that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount
of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any,
to be paid.
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company wants to redeem Securities pursuant to
Paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and
whether it wants the Trustee to give notice of redemption to the Holders.
The Company shall give each notice provided for in this
Section 3.01 at least 60 days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed pursuant
to Paragraph 5 thereof, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed
by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall determine to be fair and
appropriate and in such manner as complies with applicable legal and stock
exchange requirements, if any. The Trustee shall make the selection from the
Securities outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Securities in denominations of
$1,000 may be redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal of
Securities that have denominations larger than $1,000. Provisions of this
indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions
of Securities called for redemption.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first class mail to each
Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed. At the Company's request, the
Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the
Company's expense. Each notice for redemption shall identify the Securities to
be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the Exchange Price;
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(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent and
the Exchange Agent;
(5) that Securities called for redemption may be
exchanged at any time before the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Redemption Date;
(6) that Holders who desire to exchange
Securities must satisfy the requirements of Paragraph 7 of the
Securities;
(7) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(8) that, unless the Company defaults in making
the redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and the only
remaining right of the Holders of such Securities is to receive
payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of
the Securities redeemed;
(9) if any Security is being redeemed in part,
the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed
and that, after the Redemption Date, and upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities in aggregate principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued; and
(10) if less than all the Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities (or portion
thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities estimated to be outstanding after such partial redemption.
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section
3.03, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption
Date and at the Redemption Price, except for Securities that are exchanged in
accordance with Article Eleven. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent,
such Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
At least one Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than
Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have
been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
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cancellation. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any U.S.
Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that purpose upon the
written request of the Company.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph and
payment of the Securities called for redemption is not prohibited under Article
Four or otherwise, interest on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to
accrue on the applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are
presented for payment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any
Security surrendered for redemption in the manner provided in the Securities
shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption, interest shall continue to
accrue and be paid from the Redemption Date until such payment is made on the
unpaid principal, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest not paid on such
unpaid principal, in each case at the rate and in the manner provided in
Section 5.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is to be redeemed in part,
the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security or Securities
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. Exchange Arrangements on Call for Redemption.
In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company
may (but shall not be obligated to) arrange for the purchase and exchange of
any such Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or
other purchasers to purchase any or all of such Securities by paying to
Holders, or to the Trustee or a paying agent in trust for the Holders, on or
before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Redemption Date an amount not less than the Redemption Price. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Article Three, the obligation of the
Company to pay the Redemption Price shall be satisfied and discharged to the
extent such amount is so paid by such purchasers. Pursuant to such an
agreement, any Securities tendered by the Holder thereof for redemption or not
duly surrendered for conversion or redemption by the Holder thereof shall be
deemed acquired by such purchasers for conversion, all as of immediately prior
to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date,
subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid.
ARTICLE FOUR
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 4.01. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company, for itself and its successor of, and each Holder,
by its acceptance of Securities, agrees that the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, including the Redemption Price
and the Change in Control Price, is
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subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article Four, to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
This Article Four shall constitute a continuing offer to all
Persons who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue
to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are made obligees
hereunder and any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.
SECTION 4.02. No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances.
(a) No payment shall be made on account of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire any of the
Securities (other than for Capital Stock of the Company) or on account of the
redemption or change in control provisions of the Securities upon the maturity
of any Senior Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, unless
and until all principal thereof and interest thereon shall first be paid in
full, or duly provided for, or such default shall have been cured or waived or
shall have ceased to exist.
(b) No payment of the principal, premium, if any, or
interest, including the Redemption Price or the Change in Control Price, on the
Securities may be made if any default with respect to any Designated Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits the acceleration of the
maturity thereof and, in the case of a default other than a default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Designated
Senior Indebtedness, the Company receives written notice of such default.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is required to (a) honor
Securityholders' rights to exchange Securities for Target Common Stock or other
Exchange Property at any time without regard to any such default, and (b)
resume payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities, including the Redemption Price and the Change in Control Price, if
(i) (x) 179 days (the "Blockage Period") pass after notice of the default is
given, (y) and such default is not then the subject of judicial proceedings or
such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated in accordance with
its terms, and (z) such default is not a default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Designated Senior
Indebtedness, or (ii) the default with respect to the Designated Senior
Indebtedness is cured or waived, and, in the case of (a) and (b) above, the
terms of the Indenture otherwise permit the payment, conversion or redemption
of the Securities at that time. Successive Blockage Periods based on
successive defaults, other than payment defaults, may be commenced, provided,
that no default, other than a payment default, which existed or was continuing
on the date of the commencement of any Blockage Period may be the basis of the
commencement of any other blockage Period with respect to such Designated
Senior Indebtedness unless such event of default has been cured or waived for a
period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
(c) In furtherance of the provisions of Section 4.01, in
the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.02,
any payment on account of the
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principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or on account of
the redemption or change in control provisions shall be made by or on behalf of
the Company and received by the Trustee, by any Holder or by any Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such
payment shall be segregated and held in trust), at a time when such payment was
prohibited by the provisions of this Section 4.02, then, unless and until such
payment is no longer prohibited by this Section 4.02, such payment (subject to
the provisions of Sections 4.06 and 4.07) shall be received and held in trust
by the Trustee or such Holder or Paying Agent for the benefit of, and shall be
immediately paid over to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their
Representative, ratably according to the respective amounts of the Senior
Indebtedness held or represented by each, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders
of Senior Indebtedness.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any default or event of default or any acceleration under any Senior
Indebtedness or under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may
have been issued.
SECTION 4.03. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior
Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of
Company.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company
(including, without limitation, in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership
proceedings or upon any assignment for the benefit of creditors):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be
entitled to receive payments in full (or to have such payment duly provided
for) of the principal of and interest due thereon before the Holders are
entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities, including the Change in Control Price and
the Redemption Price;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the
Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders would be entitled except for
the provisions of this Article Four, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee
or agent or other person making such a payment or distribution directly to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness or their Representative, ratably according to
the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to
the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution
or provision therefor to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee or
the Holders or any Paying Agent (or, if the
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Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment or
distribution shall be segregated or held in trust) on account of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness
is paid in full, or provision made for its payment, such payment or
distribution (subject to the provisions of Sections 4.06 and 4.07) shall be
received and held in trust for and shall be paid over to the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid or unprovided for (pro rata as to each of
such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held
by them) or their Representative, for application to the payment of such Senior
Indebtedness until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution or provision
therefor to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
assignment for the benefit of creditors by the Company.
SECTION 4.04. Securityholders to be Subrogated to Rights of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Holders of Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the
Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the
Securities shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation no
such payments or distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by or on
behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Holders by virtue of this
Article Four, which otherwise would have been made to the Holders shall, as
between the Company and the Holders, be deemed to be payment by the Company to
or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the
provisions of this Article Four are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
SECTION 4.05. Obligations of the Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article Four or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company and the Holders, the respective obligations of the Company, which are
absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Securities, including the Redemption Price and the
Change in Control Price, as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the
Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article Four, of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect
of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of
any such remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article Four, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 8.01 and
8.02, and the
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Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee or to
the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate
in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other
Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article Four.
SECTION 4.06. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments not Prohibited in Absence
of Notice.
The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee or any Paying Agent or Exchange
Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or from one
or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any Representative therefor and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Sections 8.01 and 8.02, shall be entitled in all respects
conclusively to assume that no such fact exists.
SECTION 4.07. Application by Trustee of Assets Deposited with It.
Any deposit of assets by the Company with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (whether or not in trust) for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Securities, including the Redemption Price
and the Change in Control Price, shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 4.04; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth
Business Day preceding the date on which by the terms of this Indenture any
such assets may become distributable for any purpose (including without
limitation, the payment of either principal of or interest on any Security) the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such
assets the written notice provided for in Section 4.06, then the Trustee or
such Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such assets
and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or
after such date.
SECTION 4.08. Subordination Rights not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of
Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as provided herein shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness may extend, renew,
modify or amend the terms of the Senior Indebtedness or any security therefor
and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely with the
Company, all without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the parties
to the Indenture or the Holders.
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SECTION 4.09. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate Subordination
of Securities.
Each Holder of the Securities by its acceptance thereof
authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on its behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in
this Article Four and to protect the rights of the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture, and appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for such purpose,
including, in the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership
proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise)
tending towards liquidation of the business and assets of the Company, the
immediate filing of a claim for the unpaid balance of its Securities in the form
required in said proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee
does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such
proceeding prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim
or claims, then the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their Representative
are or is hereby authorized to have the right to file and are or is hereby
authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of said
Securities.
SECTION 4.10. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in
this Article Four in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in
this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
SECTION 4.11. Article Four not to Prevent Events of Default.
The failure to make a payment on account of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, including the Redemption Price
and the Change in Control Price, or the failure to exchange the Securities in
accordance with the provisions set forth herein by reason of any provision of
this Article Four shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default under Section 7.01.
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Payment and Exchange of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities, including the Redemption Price and the Change in
Control Price, and shall exchange the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities and herein. An installment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities shall be considered paid and the
Securities shall be considered exchanged on the date it is due if the
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Trustee or Paying Agent or Exchange Agent (other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) holds on that date U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient
to pay the installment or, in the case of exchange, holds the requisite Exchange
Property on such date; provided, however, that U.S. Legal Tender
held by the Trustee for the benefit of holders of Senior Indebtedness or the
payment of which to the Holders is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of
Article Four hereof or otherwise shall not be considered to be designated for
the payment of any installment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the Securities within the meaning of this Section 5.01.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and
premium, if any, at the rate borne by the Securities and it shall pay interest
on overdue installments of interest at the same rate, to the extent lawful.
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall
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 address of the Trustee set forth in Section 14.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes.
SECTION 5.03. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Six, the Company shall do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence and the corporate or other existence of each Subsidiary in
accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Subsidiary and
the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
preserve, with respect to itself, any right or franchise, and, with respect to
any Subsidiary, any such existence, right or franchise, if the Board of
Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or any such Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties,
interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or
properties of it or any Subsidiary, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the
property of it or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed
amounts adequate reserves have been made.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance.
The Company shall cause all properties used or useful to the
conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and
kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in its judgment may
be necessary, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 5.05 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them,
if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of the Board of Directors
of the Company or the Subsidiary concerned, desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself
and each Subsidiary, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against
loss or damage of the kinds that, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of the
Company are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the
Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner, with reputable insurers or
with the government of the United States of America or an agency or
instrumentality thereof, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and by such
methods as shall be customary, in the reasonable, good faith opinion of the
Company and adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the business of the
Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner for corporations similarly
situated in the industry.
SECTION 5.06. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days
after the end of its fiscal year an Officers' Certificate stating that a review
of its activities and the activities of its subsidiaries during the preceding
fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a
view to determining whether it has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company
during such preceding fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
each and every
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such covenant and no Default occurred during such year or, if such signers do
know of such a Default, the certificate shall describe the Default and its
status with particularity. The Officers' Certificate shall also notify the
Trustee should the relevant fiscal year end on any date other than the current
fiscal year end date.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon
becoming aware of (i) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or (ii)
any default or event of default under any other bond, debenture, note, or other
evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or under any
mortgage, indenture or other instrument (as that term is used in Section
7.01(5)), an Officers' Certificate specifying with particularity such event.
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws.
The Company shall comply, and shall cause each Subsidiary to
comply, with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of the United States of America, states and municipalities, and of
any governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority, bureau,
agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of the conduct of their
respective businesses and the ownership of their respective properties, except
such as are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings in such
manner as not to cause any material adverse effect upon the business,
properties, operations, condition (financial or other) or prospects of the
Company or any Subsidiary, and except for such noncompliances as will not in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
operations, condition (financial or other) or prospects of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.08. SEC Reports.
(a) The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days
after it files with the SEC, copies of the quarterly and annual reports and the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which it is
required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. If the Company is not subject to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days
after it would have been required to file with the SEC, financial statements,
including any notes thereto (and, in the case of a fiscal year end, an auditors'
report by a firm of established national reputation reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee), comparable to that which it would have been required to include in
such quarterly or annual reports, as the case may be, information, documents or
other reports if it were subject to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. The Company shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a).
(b) The Company shall cause its annual reports to stockholders
containing audited consolidated financial statements and any quarterly or other
financial reports furnished by it to stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act
to be mailed to the Holders (no
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later than the date such materials are mailed or made available to its
stockholders) at their addresses appearing in the registrar of Securities
maintained by the Registrar. If the Company is not required to furnish annual or
quarterly reports to its stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company
shall cause its financial statements referred to in Section 5.08(a) above,
including any notes thereto (and, in the case of a fiscal year end, an auditors'
report by a firm of established national reputation reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee), to be so mailed to the Holders within 95 days after the end of
each of its fiscal years and within 50 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year.
SECTION 5.09. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of any stay or extension law or any usury
law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or
any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 6.01. When Company May Merge, Etc.
(a) The Company shall not, in a single transaction or through a
series of related transactions, (i) consolidate with or merge with or into any
other Person, or transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise) all or
substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety to another Person or group of affiliated Persons, or (ii) adopt a
Plan of Liquidation, unless, in either case:
(1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person,
or the Person (if other than the Company) (or, in the case of a Plan of
Liquidation, one Person to which assets are transferred) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which the
properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety or pursuant to a Plan of Liquidation are transferred or
leased (the Company or such other Person being hereinafter referred to
as the "Surviving Person") shall be a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
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to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the
obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(2) immediately before and immediately after and
giving effect to such transaction and the assumption of the obligations
as set forth in clause (1) above, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article Six and that all conditions precedent herein
provided relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
(b) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, the Capital Stock of which constitutes
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be
deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company.
SECTION 6.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer or lease of
assets in accordance with Section 6.01, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor person had been named as the Company herein. When a successor
corporation assumes all of the obligations of the Company hereunder and under
the Securities, the predecessor shall be released from such obligations.
ARTICLE SEVEN
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, including the Redemption Price, of any
Securities, when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
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(2) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on
any Securities when the same becomes due and payable and the Default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Company fails to deliver Exchange Property
upon exchange of any Security as required pursuant to the provisions
hereof;
(4) the Company fails to comply with any of its other
agreements contained in the Securities or this Indenture, including the
Change in Control provisions set forth in Article Thirteen, and the
Default continues for the period and after the notice specified below;
(5) there shall be a default under any bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced
any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether such
Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or shall hereafter be created, if
(a) either (i) such default results from the failure to pay any such
Indebtedness at maturity or (ii) the effect of such default is to
permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, with the giving of
notice if required, to cause such Indebtedness to become due prior to
its stated maturity and (b) the principal amount of all Indebtedness at
maturity and all Indebtedness the maturity of which has been so
accelerated in accordance with its terms, aggregates $5,000,000 or more
at any one time;
(6) final judgments not covered by insurance for the
payment of money which in the aggregate at any one time exceeds
$5,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary by a
court of competent jurisdiction and shall remain undischarged for a
period (during which execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 60
days after such judgment becomes final and nonappealable;
(7) the Company or any Subsidiary, pursuant to or
within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (A) becomes insolvent, (B)
fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, (C) admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
(D) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law
with respect to itself, (E) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree
or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law, (F) consents to the appointment of a
Custodian of it or for any part of its property, (G) consents to or
acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency
proceeding against it, (H) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in
the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or for any part of its property, (I) makes a general
assignment for
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the benefit of its Creditors, or (J) takes any corporate action in
furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the
foregoing;
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a
judgment, decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law which shall (A) approve as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of
the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) appoint a Custodian of the Company
or any Subsidiary or for any part of its property or (C) order the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; and such judgment, decree or
order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30
consecutive days; or any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or
application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is
commenced, against the Company or any Subsidiary and such petition,
application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; or any
warrant of attachment is issued against any portion of the property of
the Company or any Subsidiary having a value of at least $10,000,000
which is not released within 45 days of service.
A Default under clause (4) above (other than in the case of any
Defaults under Section 7.01 of this Indenture, which Defaults shall be Events of
Default without the notice or passage of time specified in this paragraph) is
not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the
Company and the Trustee, of the Default, and the Company does not cure the
Default within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the
Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of
Default." Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
When a Default is cured, it ceases.
SECTION 7.02. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 7.01(7) or (8)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may,
by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the Securities then outstanding may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee,
and the Trustee shall, upon the request of such Holders, declare all unpaid
principal of and premium, if any, of the Securities, together with accrued but
unpaid interest thereon to the date of payment, to be due and payable and, upon
any such declaration, the same shall become and be immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(7) or (8) occurs, all unpaid
principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Securities then
outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Securityholder. In the case of any Event of Default pursuant to the provisions
of Section 7.01 occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken
(or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding
payment of the premium which the Company would have had to pay if the Company
then had elected to redeem the Securities pursuant to Paragraph 5 thereof, an
equivalent premium (or, in the case of an Event of
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Default prior to the time optional redemptions are permitted, a premium equal to
5%) shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted
by law. Upon payment of such principal amount, interest, and premium, if any,
all of the Company's obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, other
than obligations under Section 8.07, shall terminate. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee
may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of
Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Securities which has
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, and (iii) the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.03. Other Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.
A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right
or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the
extent permitted by law.
SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 7.07 and 10.02, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may
waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a
Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Security, including the Redemption Price, or upon exchange of a Security, as
specified in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 7.01. When a Default or Event
of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases.
SECTION 7.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may 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 it. However, subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee may refuse
to follow any direction that conflicts with any law or this Indenture, that the
Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another
Securityholder, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability;
provided, however, that
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the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 7.06. Limitation on Suits.
A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holder or Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities make a written request to the
Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request
within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity;
and
(5) during such 60-day period the Holder or Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities do not
give the Trustee a direction which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is
inconsistent with the request.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over such
other Security-holder.
SECTION 7.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on a Security, including the Redemption Price, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security, to exchange the Securities in
accordance with the provisions set forth herein or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment or exchange on or after such respective dates,
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 7.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default in payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest or upon exchange of the Securities as specified in clause
(1), (2) or (3) of Section 7.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount of Exchange
Property then due or the principal, premium, if any, and accrued
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interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal, premium,
if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate per annum borne by
the Securities, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 7.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), any of their respective creditors or any
of their respective properties and shall be entitled and empowered to collect
and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial
proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to
the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 8.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in
any such proceeding.
SECTION 7.10. Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article
Seven, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 8.07;
Second: to holders of Senior Indebtedness to the extent payment
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness is required by Article Four;
Third: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities
for the principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest,
respectively; and
Fourth: to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix
a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to
this Section 7.10.
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SECTION 7.11. Undertaking for Costs.
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, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 7.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 7.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than
10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE EIGHT
TRUSTEE
The Trustee hereby accepts the trust imposed upon it by this
Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same, as herein expressed.
SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no covenants or
obligations shall be implied in this Indenture which are adverse to the
Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and
opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section 8.01.
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(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.05.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section
8.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any assets
received by it except as the Trustee may agree with the Company. Assets held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the
extent required by law.
SECTION 8.02. Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 8.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee
need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
consult with counsel and may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel, which conform to Sections 14.04 and 14.05. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such certificate or opinion.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and
shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, 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.
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(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby.
SECTION 8.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company, any
Subsidiary or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must
comply with Sections 8.10, 8.11 and 8.12.
SECTION 8.04. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than the Trustee's
certificate of authentication.
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder
notice of the uncured Default or Event of Default within 60 days after such
Default or Event of Default occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event
of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any
Security, including the Redemption Price, or upon Default or Event of Default
pursuant to Section 7.01(3), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long
as its board of directors, the executive committee of its board of directors or
a committee of its directors and/or Trust Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interest of the Securityholders.
SECTION 8.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder such reports, dated as of such May 15, concerning the Trustee and
its actions under the Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at all
times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each
stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed.
The Company shall notify the Trustee if the Securities become
listed on any stock exchange.
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SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not
be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's
agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it
harmless against, any claim, demand, expense (including but not limited to
reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel), loss or liability incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of this trust
and its rights or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company
promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek
indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide
reasonable cooperation at the Company's expense in the defense. The Trustee may
have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses
of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to pay
such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee's defense and there is no
conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such
defense. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its written
consent. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section
8.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all assets held
or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except assets held in
trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, or interest on particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 7.01(7) or (8) occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 8.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may
remove the Trustee by so notifying the Company and the Trustee in writing and
may appoint a successor trustee with the Company's consent. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
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(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may appoint a
successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided in Section 8.07, the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each
Securityholder.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10, any
Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 8.08, the Company's obligations under Section 8.07 shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any
further act shall, if such resulting, surviving or transferee corporation is
otherwise eligible hereunder, be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Eligibility of Trustee.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA 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
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this Section 8.10, 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 8.10, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article Eight.
SECTION 8.11. Conflicting Interests of Trustee.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest
or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, the TIA and this Indenture.
SECTION 8.12. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of the claims against the
Company (or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE NINE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 9.01. Termination of Obligations upon Cancellation of the Securities.
The Company may terminate its obligations under this Indenture
when:
(1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
2.07) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
SECTION 9.02. Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee.
After (i) the conditions of Section 9.01 have been satisfied,
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company, and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
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each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in clause (i) above
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the
Company's obligations under this Indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent shall pay
to the Company upon request any U.S. Legal Tender or U.S. Government Obligations
held by them for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Securities and any Exchange Property that remain unclaimed for two years
after the date on which such payment or property shall have become due. After
return to the Company, Holders entitled to such payment or property must look to
the Company for such payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned
property law designates another person.
ARTICLE TEN
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 10.01. Without Consent of Holders.
(a) The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, together, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities
without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Articles Six or Eleven;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in
addition to or in place of certificated Securities or for registered
securities with coupons in addition to or in place of registered
securities;
(4) to make any other change that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Securityholders; or
(5) to comply with the TIA;
provided, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such change does not adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder.
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SECTION 10.02. With Consent of Holders.
Subject to Section 7.07, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, together, with the written consent of the
Holder or Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities
without notice to any other Securityholders. Subject to Section 7.07, the Holder
or Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities without notice to any other Securityholder. However,
without the consent of each Securityholder affected, no amendment, supplement or
waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 7.04, may:
(1) change the principal amount of Securities whose Holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of
interest on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal amount or, premium, if any, of any
Security or change the Maturity Date of any Security;
(4) alter the redemption or exchange provisions in a manner
adverse to any Holder;
(5) modify the provisions concerning waivers of Defaults or
Events of Default by Holders of the Securities or the rights of Holders
to recover the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, or
redemption payment with respect to, any Security;
(6) modify the subordination provision set forth in Article
Four hereof in a manner adverse to any Holder;
(7) make any changes in Section 7.04, 7.07 or this third
sentence of this Section 10.02; or
(8) make the principal of, premium, if any, or the interest
on, any Security payable with anything other than U.S. Legal Tender.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a
notice briefly describing
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the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
In connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver under
this Article Ten, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, offer to any
Holder who consents to such amendment, supplement or waiver, or to all Holders,
consideration for such Holder's consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 10.03. Compliance with TIA.
Every amendment, waiver or supplement of this Indenture or the
Securities shall comply with the TIA, as then in effect.
SECTION 10.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, waiver or supplement becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may, until
such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, revoke the consent as to
its Security or portion of its Security. Such amendment, waiver or supplement
shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of such revocation
before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers' Certificate
certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have
consented to (and not subsequently revoked) the amendment, supplement or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any
amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding
the last two sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who
were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those Persons, shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether
or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such
consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record
date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of
clauses (1) through (8) of Section 10.02, in which case, the amendment,
supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Security who has consented
to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
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SECTION 10.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a
Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to
the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about
the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or
the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed
terms.
SECTION 10.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
Subject to the last sentence of this Section 10.06, the Trustee
shall execute any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this
Article Ten. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article Ten is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, execute any such amendment, supplement or waiver which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.01. Right to Exchange.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, at the option of
such Holder, to exchange at the then effective Exchange Price any Security or
any portion of the principal amount thereof which is $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof (unless the Company shall have elected a cash equivalent
pursuant to Section 11.10 hereof), at any time after sixty days following the
initial issuance of the Securities and on or before the close of business on May
1, 2002, or in the case of Securities or portions thereof called for redemption,
on or before the close of business on the fifth Business Day next preceding the
Redemption Date (unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption
price), for the Exchange Property.
The Exchange Price and the Exchange Property shall be subject
to adjustment as provided in this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.02. Method of Exchange.
In order to exercise the right of exchange, the Holder shall
surrender its Security to the Exchange Agent for exchange by delivering such
Security to, or mailing such Security by registered mail, postage prepaid, to
the office or agency of the Exchange Agent maintained for that purpose,
accompanied in each case by written notice to the Company and
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the Exchange Agent stating that the Holder elects to exchange such Security, or,
if less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be exchanged,
the portion thereof to be exchanged. Such notice shall also state the name or
names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of
Target Common Stock or, to the extent applicable, other Exchange Property, shall
be issued upon exchange. Securities surrendered for exchange shall be
accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Exchange Agent) by proper
assignments thereof to the Company or in blank for transfer; provided,
however, that any Security surrendered for exchange during the period
from the close of business on any Record Date for the payment of interest
through the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the following
Interest Payment Date (unless it or the portion being exchanged shall have been
called for redemption on a date in such period) must be accompanied by an amount
equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal
amount of the Securities being exchanged.
If the Company elects not to deliver cash in lieu of Exchange
Property pursuant to Section 11.10, within five Business Days after the proper
surrender of such Security for exchange and in accordance with the procedures
set forth in the Exchange Agreement, the Company shall or shall cause the
Exchange Agent to deliver to such Holder, or on its written order, a certificate
or certificates for the number of whole shares of Target Common Stock and/or
whole interests of any other Exchange Property deliverable upon exchange of such
Security (or specified portion thereof), unless exchange is conditional pursuant
to Section 11.18 hereof. Such exchange shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which such Security
shall have been properly surrendered for exchange, which shall be the date on
which such Security and notice and any such required payment and assignment
shall be received by the Exchange Agent. At such time, the rights of the Holder
of such Security shall cease and the person or persons in whose name or names
any certificate or certificates for shares of Target Common Stock or other
Exchange Property shall be deliverable upon such exchange shall, as between such
person or persons and the Company, be deemed to have become the holder or
holders of record of the shares or other property represented thereby.
If the Exchange Property includes securities and if between the
date of exchange and the date of delivery of such securities, such securities
cease to have any or certain rights at any time, or a record date or effective
date of a transaction to which Section 11.04, 11.05 or 11.07 applies shall
occur, the person entitled to receive such securities shall be entitled only to
receive such securities as so modified, and any dividends or proceeds received
thereon on or after the date such exchange is deemed effected. None of the
Company, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent shall be otherwise liable with
respect to the modification of such securities from the date such exchange is
deemed effected and the date of such delivery.
In the case of any Security which is exchanged in part only,
upon such exchange the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security
or Securities of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the
unexchanged portion of such Security.
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SECTION 11.03. Fractional Interests.
No fractional shares of Target Common Stock (or any form of
fractional interest in any other security or property which is part of the
Exchange Property) shall be delivered upon exchange of Securities. If more than
one Security shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same Holder,
the number of whole shares (or other integral units of such other securities or
property), which shall be delivered upon exchange shall be computed by the
Company on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or
specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. The
Exchange Agent on behalf of the Company shall pay, on the date the exchange is
deemed to be effected, a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional interest
in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price per share of the
Target Common Stock (or per unit of such other security or Exchange Property) on
the date of exchange.
Company shall authorize the Exchange Agent to obtain the funds
necessary, or anticipated by the Exchange Agent to be necessary, for payment of
such fractional interests by the sale of Target Common Stock or other Exchange
Property held by such Exchange Agent. Such amount of cash, if any, resulting
from such sale of Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property and which is
not necessary for the payment of such fractional interests shall be held as
Exchange Property for apportionment equally among the other Exchange Property.
The Company may deposit cash with the Exchange Agent from time
to time for payment of fractional interests upon exchange of Securities. In
addition, the Exchange Agent may sell from time to time Exchange Property in
advance to cover anticipated payments for fractional interests.
SECTION 11.04. Adjustment of Exchange Price.
(a) In the event Target shall (i) declare a dividend or
distribution on the Target Common Stock in shares of Target Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide the outstanding shares of Target Common Stock into a greater number of
shares of Target Common Stock, (iii) combine outstanding shares of Target Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of Target Common Stock, or (iv) issue, by
reclassification of shares of Target Common Stock, any shares of its common
stock (which in any such case shall apply to the shares of Target Common Stock
held by the Exchange Agent under the Exchange Agreement), the Exchange Price in
effect immediately prior thereto shall be proportionately adjusted so that the
Holder of any Securities thereafter surrendered for exchange shall be entitled
(subject to Sections 11.09 and 11.10 hereof) to receive the number and kind of
shares of Target Common Stock which such Holder would have owned or have been
entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above had
such Securities been exchanged immediately prior to the record date or if there
is no record date, the effective date of such event. Such adjustments shall be
made whenever any of the events listed above shall occur and shall become
effective immediately after the close of business on the record date in the case
of a stock dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after
the close of
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business on the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
reclassification. Any Holder surrendering any Securities for exchange after such
record date or such effective date, as the case may be, shall be entitled
(subject to Section 11.10 hereof) to receive shares of Target Common Stock at
the Exchange Price as so adjusted pursuant to this Section 11.04 and any other
Exchange Property apportioned thereto.
(b) In the event some, but not all, of the shares of Target
Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exchange of the Securities are tendered
or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the last time (the "Expiration Time")
tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to a tender or exchange offer (as it
shall have been amended) for shares of Target Common Stock, the Exchange Price
in effect immediately prior to the Expiration Time shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Exchange Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the total number of shares of Target Common Stock then deliverable upon exchange
of all outstanding Securities (including any tendered or exchanged shares), and
the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Target Common
Stock then deliverable upon exchange of all outstanding Securities less the
number of shares so tendered or exchanged. Such adjustments shall be made
whenever the above shall occur and shall become effective as of immediately
prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time. Any
Holder surrendering any Securities for exchange after the opening of business on
the day following the Expiration Time shall be entitled (subject to Section
11.10 hereof) to receive shares of Target Common Stock at the Exchange Price as
so adjusted pursuant to this Section 11.04 and any other Exchange Property
apportioned thereto.
(c) In the event any shares of Target Common Stock otherwise
deliverable upon exchange of the Securities are sold in a manner contemplated by
Section 11.03, 11.05(d)(2) or 11.09 hereof, the Exchange Price in effect
immediately prior to such sale shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exchange
Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares
of Target Common Stock then deliverable upon exchange of all outstanding
Securities (including any shares so sold), and the denominator of which shall be
the total number of shares of Target Common Stock then deliverable upon exchange
of all outstanding Securities less the number of shares so sold. Such
adjustments shall be made whenever such sale shall occur and shall become
effective as of immediately after the close of business on the date such shares
are sold. Any Holder surrendering any Securities for exchange after the close of
business on the date such shares are sold shall be entitled (subject to Section
11.10 hereof) to receive shares of Target Common Stock at the Exchange Price as
so adjusted pursuant to this Section 11.04 and any other Exchange Property
apportioned thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such sale pursuant to
Section 11.03, 11.05(d)(2) or 11.09 results in the sale of all of the shares of
Target Common Stock previously held as Exchange Property, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall conform
to the TIA as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture),
and to the Exchange Agent a supplement to the Exchange Agreement, each providing
that the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the right
thereafter (subject to Sections 11.09 and 11.10 hereof) to exchange such
Security (i) for
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the amount of cash becoming Exchange Property as a result of such sale which is
apportionable to the number of shares of Target Common Stock for which such
Security was exchangeable immediately prior to such sale, and (ii) the other
Exchange Property for which such Security was exchangeable immediately prior to
such sale. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments, and rights
to receive and retain dividends or their equivalents, which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments, and rights to receive and
retain dividends or their equivalents, provided for in this Article Eleven.
Notice of such supplemental indenture shall be filed with the Exchange Agent as
soon as practicable and mailed by or on behalf of the Company to the holders of
Securities at their addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no adjustment in the
Exchange Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
increase or decrease in such Exchange Price of more than one percent (1%);
provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph are
not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any
subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11.04 shall be made
to the nearest one-ten thousandth (0.0001) of a share or of an interest.
Whenever the Exchange Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall determine the adjusted Exchange Price in accordance with this
Section 11.04 and shall prepare an Officers' Certificate setting forth such
adjusted Exchange Price and any cash or other property apportioned to the Target
Common Stock and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is
based. Such certificate shall forthwith be filed with the Exchange Agent and the
Trustee, who may rely on such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of
the correctness of the adjustment. A notice stating that the Exchange Price has
been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Exchange Price and any cash or
other property apportioned to the Target Common Stock shall as soon as
practicable be mailed by or on behalf of the Company to the Holders at their
addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register.
SECTION 11.05. Exchange Agreement.
(a) The Company, simultaneously with the execution and delivery
of this Indenture shall enter into the Exchange Agreement with The First
National Bank of Boston, as Exchange Agent, pursuant to which the Company shall
deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Target Common Stock initially
constituting the Exchange Property. The Company shall deposit with the Exchange
Agent from time to time such additional Exchange Property not already held by
the Exchange Agent as the Holders of all outstanding Securities shall from time
to time be entitled to receive (subject to Section 11.10) from the Exchange
Agent pursuant to this Article Eleven.
(b) All cash received by the Exchange Agent as herein provided
will be invested by the Exchange Agent from time to time as requested in writing
by the Company in U.S. Government Obligations having a maturity of 12 months or
less pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. The Company shall be entitled to
receive and retain all ordinary cash dividends paid out of retained earnings on
the shares of Target Common Stock deposited
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with the Exchange Agent. All other distributions, if any, on Target Common Stock
or other Exchange Property deposited with the Exchange Agent shall become
additional Exchange Property. The additional Exchange Property will be
apportioned pro rata among the deposited shares of Target Common Stock, or, if
there are no such shares, among such other Exchange Property as shall have
replaced such shares.
(c) In case there shall be, at any time while any Securities
are outstanding, a nontaxable distribution of securities or other property on
Exchange Property, including pursuant to a tender or exchange offer to which
Section 11.04(b) applies (other than (i) cash dividends to which the Company is
entitled, (ii) dividends, subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications for
which an adjustment in the Exchange Price is made pursuant to Section 11.04(a)
hereof, (iii) securities or other property received in a transaction to which
Section 11.07 hereof applies, and (iv) subscription rights, options, warrants or
other similar rights to which paragraph (d) of this Section 11.05 applies), the
Company shall notify the Exchange Agent of such receipt and within five Business
Days of the receipt thereof, deposit with the Exchange Agent all such securities
and other property pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. Thereafter, the Company
in good faith shall either:
(1) instruct the Exchange Agent to sell any or all
securities and other property so received by way of distribution for
cash in such manner as the Company may instruct in writing; or
(2) instruct the Exchange Agent to retain and hold
such securities and other property; and the proceeds, after payment of
any taxes thereon pursuant to Section 11.05(h) hereof, of any such sale
and such securities or other property retained and held shall be
additional Exchange Property for apportionment equally among other
Exchange Property for which Securities are exchangeable as of
immediately after the close of business on the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 11.05(c) applies, or, if there is no
such record date, the effective date of such distribution (or, in the
case of a tender or exchange offer to which Section 11.04(b) hereof
applies, as of immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the Expiration Time for such tender or exchange offer);
provided, however , that if the Company has received a similar
nontaxable distribution on similar securities owned by the Company not
comprising Exchange Property, including Target Common Stock, the
Company shall not sell the distribution property received on the
Exchange Property unless the Company also sells the distribution
property received on the similar securities then owned by the Company.
(d) In case there shall be, at any time while any Securities
are outstanding, a nontaxable distribution of any options, warrants or other
similar rights (collectively, "rights") with respect to any Exchange Property,
including pursuant to a tender or exchange offer to which Section 11.04(b)
hereof applies, the Company shall notify the Exchange Agent of such receipt and
within five Business Days of the receipt thereof and deposit with the Exchange
Agent all such rights, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. Thereafter, the
Company in good faith shall either:
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(1) instruct the Exchange Agent to sell any rights so
distributed for cash in such manner as the Company may instruct in
writing; or
(2) to the extent there is sufficient cash among the
Exchange Property or to the extent the Company causes the sale of
Exchange Property to provide sufficient cash, after provision for
taxes, among the Exchange Property, instruct the Exchange Agent in
writing to exercise any rights so distributed (with such amount of
cash, if any, resulting from such sale and not necessary to exercise
such rights being held as Exchange Property for apportionment equally
among the other Exchange Property) and to thereafter either (i) retain
and hold any securities and other property received upon exercise of
such rights, (ii) cause the sale of some or all of such securities or
other property received upon exercise of such rights, or (iii) cause
the pro rata distribution of such securities or other property received
upon exercise of such rights to Securityholders; or
(3) instruct the Exchange Agent to retain and hold
such rights; provided that such rights shall not be allowed to expire
unexercised so long as they are in the money and if otherwise feasible;
or
(4) instruct the Exchange Agent to cause such rights
to be distributed pro rata to the Holders of record of Securities on
the Security register as of immediately after the close of business on
the record date (and if there is no record date, the close of business
on the effective date) for such distribution (or, in the case of a
distribution pursuant to a tender or exchange offer to which Section
11.04(b) hereof applies, as of immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the Expiration Time for such tender or
exchange offer);
and, in the event option (1), (2) or (3) is chosen, the proceeds, after payment
of any taxes thereon pursuant to Section 11.05(h) hereof, of any such sale and
any such securities or other property retained and held shall be additional
Exchange Property for apportionment equally among other Exchange Property for
which Securities are exchangeable as of immediately after the close of business
on the record date for the distribution to which this Section 11.05(d) applies,
or, if there is no such record date, the effective date of such distribution
(or, in the case of a distribution pursuant to a tender or exchange offer to
which Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, as of immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the Expiration Time for such tender or exchange
offer; provided, however, that if the Company has received a
similar nontaxable distribution on similar securities owned by the Company not
comprising Exchange Property, including Target Common Stock, the Company may not
sell the distribution property received on the Exchange Property unless the
Company also sells the distribution property received on the similar securities
owned by the Company.
(e) In case there shall be a distribution of cash on the
Exchange Property pursuant to a plan of liquidation or partial liquidation or a
recapitalization or restructuring, or a payment of cash for Exchange Property
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer to which
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Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, or other extraordinary cash dividend (other
than a transaction to which Section 11.07 hereof applies), after payment of any
taxes thereon pursuant to Section 11.05(h) hereof, the remainder of such
dividend or distribution shall be held as Exchange Property for apportionment
equally among other Exchange Property for which Securities are exchangeable as
of immediately after the close of business on the record date for such dividend
or distribution to which this Section 11.05(e) applies or, if there is no such
record date, the effective date of such dividend or distribution (or, in the
case of a tender or exchange offer to which Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, as
of immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the
Expiration Time for such tender or exchange offer).
(f) In case there shall be, at any time while any Securities
are outstanding, a taxable distribution of securities or other noncash items of
property (including subscription rights, options, warrants or other similar
rights, and including securities or other property received in a tender or
exchange offer to which Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, but excluding
securities or other property received in a transaction to which Section 11.07
hereof applies) with respect to any Exchange Property, the Company shall, as
soon as reasonably practicable after its receipt thereof, notify the Exchange
Agent of such receipt and within five Business Days of the receipt thereof,
deposit with the Exchange Agent all such property, pursuant to the Exchange
Agreement, and instruct the Exchange Agent in writing to sell such property so
received by way of distribution for cash in such manner as the Company shall
instruct. The proceeds of such sale, after payment of taxes thereon pursuant to
Section 11.05(h) hereof, shall be held as additional Exchange Property for
apportionment equally among other Exchange Property for which Securities are
exchangeable as of immediately after the close of business on the record date
for the distribution to which this Section 11.05(f) applies, or, if there is no
such record date, the effective date of such distribution (or, in the case of a
tender or exchange offer to which Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, as of
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration
Time for such tender or exchange offer).
(g) Concurrently with any instruction to the Exchange Agent
pursuant to subsections (c) or (d) of this Section 11.05, the Company shall
deliver to the Exchange Agent an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
subject distribution is a nontaxable distribution.
(h) Within ten Business Days of its notification to the
Exchange Agent of the Company's receipt of cash, securities or other property,
including any rights, warrants or options, the Company shall furnish the
Exchange Agent with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that a distribution to
which Section 11.05(e) or (f) hereof applies or any sale of the securities,
rights or other property received on such distribution or received on a
distribution to which Section 11.05(c)(1), 11.05(d)(1) or 11.05(d)(3) hereof
applies is taxable to the Company or the Exchange Agent, and (ii) an Officers'
Certificate as to the amount of federal, state and local tax payable by the
Company and the Exchange Agent as a result of a distribution to which Section
11.05(e) or (f) hereof applies and is estimated to be payable as a result of any
such sale (computed by the Company at the marginal tax rate applicable to
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such transaction). The Exchange Agent shall pay the amount of such tax as so
computed by the Company to the Company, in the case of taxes payable by the
Company, or itself, in the case of taxes payable by it, from the cash received
in such distribution to which Section 11.05(e) or (f) hereof applies, if any, or
cash apportioned to the Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property hereunder
or from the net cash proceeds received from any such sale. In the case of taxes
estimated to be payable as a result of any such sale, the Company shall deliver
an Officers' Certificate within ten Business Days after completion of such sale
stating the actual taxes payable as so computed and appropriate adjustment of
such payments shall be made. The remaining Exchange Property shall, in the case
of a distribution to which Section 11.05(e) or (f) applies, be apportioned
equally among the other Exchange Property as of immediately after the close of
business on the record date for such distribution, or, if there is no such
record date, immediately after the close of business on the effective date of
such distribution; provided, that in the case of a tender or exchange offer to
which Section 11.04(b) hereof applies, such apportionment shall be effected as
of immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the
Expiration Time for such tender or exchange offer. The remaining Exchange
Property, in the case of a sale of securities, rights or other property received
in a distribution to which Section 11.05(e) or (f) hereof applies, or a sale to
which Section 11.05(c)(1), 11.05(d)(1) or 11.05(d)(3) hereof applies, shall be
apportioned equally among the other Exchange Property as of immediately after
the close of business on the effective date of such sale. Any Holder
surrendering any Securities after such record date or effective date or after
the opening of business on the day following such Expiration Time, as the case
may be, shall be entitled to receive (subject to Section 11.10 hereof) any
Exchange Property apportioned thereto as so adjusted pursuant to this Article
Eleven.
(i) In the event of any reduction of the principal amount of
Securities outstanding (other than as a result of surrender for exchange for
Exchange Property), as evidenced by the delivery to the Trustee by the Company
of Securities for cancellation, the Company shall be entitled to the kind and
amount of Exchange Property as shall at the time be in excess of the kind and
amount of Exchange Property which would be required for the exchange of all
Securities then outstanding for the Exchange Property on the basis of the then
applicable Exchange Price and the other terms and provisions of this Article
Eleven and the Exchange Agreement. Upon expiration of the right to surrender
Securities for exchange pursuant to this Article Eleven and the Exchange
Agreement and when all other obligations of the Company shall have been
satisfied in this Indenture and the Exchange Agreement, including, without
limitation, Section 9.03, the Company's obligation to exchange Securities for
Exchange Property or to pay cash in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 11.10
hereof shall be terminated and all cash and investments and other property held
by the Exchange Agent under the Exchange Agreement which are not required with
respect to Securities previously surrendered for exchange will, subject to the
limitations contained in this Indenture in the Exchange Agreement and subsection
(j) below, be delivered by the Exchange Agent to the Company.
(j) The Exchange Agent shall not make any distribution of
Exchange Property to the Company prior to the receipt by the Exchange Agent from
the Company of
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an Officer's Certificate to the effect that no Event of Default exists hereunder
and no event or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would
become such an Event of Default exists and which states in detail the basis
asserted by the Company for such distribution.
(k) Accrued interest, if any, on U.S. Government Obligations or
other such investments shall become the property of the Company except for
interest accruing on Exchange Property received upon conversion or sale of
Target Common Stock in connection with a merger, consolidation, liquidation,
dissolution or reorganization or Target or a tender or exchange offer for Target
Common Stock pursuant to Sections 11.05, 11.07 or 11.08 hereof.
(l) The Company shall have the full and unqualified right and
power to exercise any rights to vote, or to give consents or take any other
action in respect of, the Target Common Stock or any other securities included
in the Exchange Property at any time, and the Exchange Agent shall have no duty
to exercise any such rights. The Company shall not be liable to any Holder of
Securities as a result of any vote, or failure to vote, consent or failure to
consent, or any other act or failure to act taken by the Company in good faith
in respect of the Target Common Stock or any other securities included in the
Exchange Property.
(m) The obligations, covenants and agreements contained in the
Exchange Agreement shall not constitute obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or any of the Securities, and neither the failure by
the Company to observe any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the
Exchange Agreement (unless such obligation, covenant or agreement shall also be
contained in this Indenture) nor the failure of the Exchange Agent to fulfill
any obligations, agreements or covenants set forth therein shall constitute
(with or without the giving of notice, the passage of time or both) a Default or
an Event of Default; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall
impair the right of a Holder to receive the Exchange Property apportioned to
such Holder's Securities in exchange for such Securities in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Article Eleven, subject to Section 11.10 hereof,
and nothing in this subsection shall impair the rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders under this Indenture with respect to a failure by the
Company to observe its express agreements and covenants to cause the exchange of
Securities surrendered for exchange for Exchange Property apportioned thereto in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Article Eleven, subject to
Section 11.10 hereof.
SECTION 11.06. Company To Give Notice of Certain Events.
If at any time:
(a) Target shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
on the Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property which the Exchange Agent
would be required to
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apply for the benefit of the holders of the Securities in accordance with
Section 11.05 hereof; or
(b) Target shall authorize the granting of subscription rights,
options, warrants or other similar rights to holders of Target Common Stock or
other Exchange Property; or
(c) there shall occur any reclassification of Target Common
Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of outstanding shares of Target
Common Stock) or any consolidation or merger to which Target is a party and for
which approval of any stockholders of Target is required, or the sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Target; or
(d) there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of Target;
then the Company, as promptly as practicable, shall cause to be filed at each
office or agency maintained pursuant to this Indenture and cause to be mailed to
the Holders of Securities at the addresses set forth in the Security Register, a
notice stating (i) the date, if known by the Company, on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or grant of rights, or, if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the Holders of Target Common
Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend or distribution or grant of
rights are to be determined, or (ii) the date, if known by the Company, on which
such reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Target Common Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Target Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
SECTION 11.07. Merger of Target.
In case of any consolidation or merger of Target with or into
any other Person which results in shares of Target Common Stock, as constituted
prior to the consummation of such transaction, being converted into other
securities and/or property (including cash), or in case of any sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of Target (if in connection with such
sale or transfer holders of Target Common Stock receive other securities and/or
property including cash, in exchange for their shares of Target Common Stock),
or of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
Target, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture, and to the Exchange Agent, a supplement to the Exchange Agreement,
each providing that the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the
right thereafter (subject to Sections 11.09 and 11.10 hereof) to exchange such
Security (i) for the kind and amount of securities and other property receivable
upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up, by a holder of the number of shares of Target Common Stock for which
such Security was exchangeable immediately prior to such consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and (ii) the other
Exchange Property for which such
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Security was exchangeable immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such supplemental indenture
shall provide for adjustments, and rights to receive and retain dividends or
their equivalents, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to
the adjustments, and rights to receive and retain dividends or their
equivalents, provided for in this Article Eleven. The above provisions of this
Section 11.07 shall similarly apply to any successive consolidation, merger,
sale, transfers, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
Notice of such supplemental indenture shall as soon as
practicable be filed with the Exchange Agent and mailed by or on behalf of the
Company to the Holders of Securities at their addresses on the Security
Register.
The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine
the correctness of any provisions contained in any such supplemental indenture
relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or
property or cash receivable by the Securityholders upon the exchange of their
Securities as herein provided after any such consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up or to any adjustment to be made
with respect thereto.
SECTION 11.08. Certain Tender or Exchange Offers for Exchange Property.
(a) In the event of a tender offer or exchange offer for any
class of securities included within the Exchange Property (i) if the Company
owns securities of such class which are not Exchange Property, the Company will
cause the Exchange Agent to tender such securities of such class in the same
proportion that the Company tenders its securities in such class which are not
Exchange Property, and (ii) if the only securities of such class which the
Company owns are Exchange Property, the Company may, at its option and in its
sole discretion, elect to cause the Exchange Agent to tender all or any portion
or none of such securities; provided, however, that, in the case
of a tender offer or exchange offer made by the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company, the Company will not cause the Exchange Agent to tender any such
securities included within the Exchange Property unless a majority of such
securities that are held by Persons other than the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company have been tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer as of immediately prior to the Expiration Time. The proceeds of
the sale, after payment of any taxes thereon (pursuant to Section 11.09), plus
accrued interest thereon, if any, to the date of exchange of any such Exchange
Property pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer shall be held by the
Exchange Agent as Exchange Property for apportionment equally among the other
Exchange Property.
(b) If, as a result of any tender or exchange offer, all shares
of Target Common Stock then constituting Exchange Property shall have been sold
or exchanged pursuant to such offer, the Company shall execute and deliver to
the Trustee a supplemental indenture, and to the Exchange Agent a supplement to
the Exchange Agreement, each providing that the Holder of each Security then
outstanding shall have the right thereafter (subject to Sections 11.09 and 11.10
hereof) to exchange such Security (i) for the kind and
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amount of securities and other property receivable upon such tender or exchange
by a holder of the number of shares of Target Common Stock for which such
Security was exchangeable immediately prior to the Expiration Time of such
tender or exchange, and (ii) the other Exchange Property for which such Security
was exchangeable immediately prior to the Expiration Time of such tender or
exchange. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments, and rights
to receive and retain dividends or their equivalents, which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments, rights to receive and
retain dividends or their equivalents, provided for in this Article Eleven. The
above provisions of this Section 11.08 shall similarly apply to any successive
tender or exchange offer.
Notice of such supplemental indenture shall as soon as
practicable be filed with the Exchange Agent and mailed by or on behalf of the
Company to the Holders of Securities at the addresses in the Security Register.
The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine
the correctness of any provisions contained in any such supplemental indenture
relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or
property or cash receivable by the Securityholders upon the exchange of their
Securities as herein provided after any such tender or exchange or to any
adjustment to be made with respect thereto.
SECTION 11.09. Tax Adjustments in Exchange Price.
If an event shall occur which causes the Exchange Price to be
subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11.04 hereof, or a merger,
consolidation or sale or transfer of assets or of any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Target shall occur requiring a
supplemental indenture under Section 11.07 hereof, or if a tender or exchange
offer requiring a supplemental indenture under Section 11.08(b) hereof shall
occur, and if, within ten days after the effective date or Expiration Time of
such transaction, as the case may be, the Company shall furnish the Exchange
Agent with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such transaction is taxable
to the Company or the Exchange Agent and an Officer's Certificate as to the
amount of federal, state and local tax payable by the Company or the Exchange
Agent as a result of such transaction (computed by the Company at the marginal
tax rate applicable to such transaction), the Exchange Agent shall pay to the
Company, in the case of taxes payable by the Company, or itself, in the case of
taxes payable by it, the cash held by it and apportioned or to be apportioned to
the Exchange Property for which outstanding Securities are exchangeable, up to
the amount of such taxes. In the event that the cash held by the Exchange Agent
and so apportioned or to be apportioned is insufficient to pay to the Company or
the Exchange Agent the amount of such taxes, the Exchange Agent shall, as soon
as reasonably practicable and to the extent legally permissible, sell in
accordance with written instructions received from the Company, or if no such
instructions are received, as determined by the Exchange Agent, such Exchange
Property (including any securities or other property included therein) as may be
necessary to pay, from the proceeds thereof after payment of any taxes by the
Company or the Exchange Agent on such sale, the amount of any such
insufficiency. Such amount of cash, if any, resulting from such sale of Exchange
Property that is not necessary to pay the amount of
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such insufficiency shall be held as Exchange Property for apportionment equally
among other Exchange Property. The Exchange Agent shall notify the Company and
the Trustee of any such sale and the Exchange Property sold. Following payment
of all necessary amounts to the Company or the Exchange Agent, such Exchange
Property held by the Exchange Agent shall be proportionately adjusted so as to
be apportioned equally to the Securities outstanding as of immediately after the
close of business on the record date or the effective date for the transaction
to which this Section 11.09 applies (as shall be specified in Section 11.04 or
11.07 hereof if and as applicable) or as of immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day following the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange
offer to which this section applies (as specified in Section 11.08(b) hereof),
as the case may be. Any Holder surrendering any Securities for exchange after
such adjustment shall be entitled (subject to Section 11.10 hereof) to receive
the Exchange Property as so adjusted pursuant to this paragraph. If this Section
11.09 shall apply to a transaction, the sale by the Company of the consideration
receivable therein shall not be legally permissible, and the amount of cash
among the Exchange Property shall not be sufficient to pay all taxes payable by
the Company or the Exchange Agent arising from such transaction, the Company may
direct the Exchange Agent to segregate for the benefit of the Company or the
Exchange Agent or deliver to the Company or the Exchange Agent an amount of
Exchange Property theretofore held by the Exchange Agent having a Closing Price
equal to the unsatisfied portion of the tax payable by the Company or the
Exchange Agent with respect to such transaction including any tax payable upon
the delivery or sale thereof in order to satisfy the aforementioned tax. Such
Exchange Property shall thereafter be solely for the account of the Company or
the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, and Holders of Securities shall have no
rights thereto.
In the event that an Opinion of Counsel given pursuant to this
Indenture concludes that whether taxes are payable by the Company or the
Exchange Agent is uncertain under the then state of the law or facts or both,
the Company shall have the option of requesting that the Exchange Agent
segregate the amount of funds that would be payable (or securities or other
property in lieu thereof) if such taxes were deemed payable, together with the
amount estimated in good faith to be the reasonable costs and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) of obtaining a determination as set forth below. The
Holders shall have no rights to such funds or securities or other property,
which shall be held by the Exchange Agent for the Company (or itself, as the
case may be), and the Exchange Property deliverable upon exchange of Securities
pursuant to this Article Eleven shall be reapportioned as though such segregated
amounts had been paid to the Company or the Exchange Agent for such taxes, and
any holder surrendering any Security for exchange after the record or effective
date (or, in the case of tender or exchange offers, after the opening of
business on the day following the applicable Expiration Time) of the applicable
transaction giving rise to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 11.09
immediately shall be entitled (subject to Section 11.10 hereof) to receive only
such Exchange Property upon exchange of Securities pursuant to this Article
Eleven as so reapportioned. The Company shall thereupon in good faith seek an
appropriate determination from the appropriate agencies and, if judged necessary
by the Company in good faith, from appropriate courts, as to whether taxes are
so payable. If an appropriate determination is made that such taxes are so
payable, then the Exchange Agent shall immediately pay the funds or deliver the
securities or other property so segregated to
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the Company (or, if taxes are payable by the Exchange Agent, retain such funds
or securities or other property for itself), and if an appropriate determination
is made that such taxes are not payable or an amount of tax is payable which is
less than the amount of funds or property so segregated, then the Exchange
Agent, after paying to the Company (or itself, as the case may be) out of such
funds or securities or other property the reasonable expenses and costs
(including attorneys' fees) of obtaining such determination (and any taxes so
payable), shall apportion such remaining funds or securities or other property
which had been so segregated among the Exchange Property as of immediately after
the close of business on the record date or the effective date of such
transaction giving rise to an adjustment pursuant to Section 11.04 or 11.07
hereof, or as of immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after
the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange offer giving rise to an
adjustment, whichever is applicable. If any Security has been exchanged on or
after such record date or effective date or after the opening of business on the
day after such Expiration Time, as the case may be, and before a determination
is made that no taxes are payable or an amount of tax is payable which is less
than the amount of funds or securities or other property so segregated, the
Company to the extent not previously delivered, shall deliver such Exchange
Property as reapportioned following such determination, to the Person to which
and in the manner in which the other proceeds of the exchange of such Security
were delivered.
SECTION 11.10. Cash Equivalent.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Article Eleven, in
lieu of delivering certificates representing shares of Target Common Stock or
other Exchange Property in exchange for Securities surrendered in accordance
with Section 11.02 hereof, the Company may, at the Company's option, pay to the
Holder surrendering such Securities an amount in cash equal to the value of the
Exchange Property for which such Securities are exchangeable (based on the
Market Price as calculated on the date of receipt by the Exchange Agent of the
notice of exchange delivered by such Holder within five Business Days of receipt
by the Exchange Agent of notice of exchange). Prior to so directing the Exchange
Agent to make any such cash payment, the Company shall deposit with the Exchange
Agent the cash so payable. The Company shall be required in certain cases to pay
cash in lieu of delivering certificates representing shares of Target Common
Stock or other Exchange Property pursuant to Section 11.17 hereof.
SECTION 11.11. Withdrawals of Exchange Property.
The Company shall be entitled, out of the Target Common Stock
or other Exchange Property, to such kind and quantity of Exchange Property as
shall be in excess of the quantity of Exchange Property held by the Exchange
Agent which would be deliverable by the Exchange Agent upon the exchange of all
Securities then outstanding, and such excess shall be held by the Exchange Agent
for the account of the Company and, upon delivery of the Officer's Certificate
provided for in the following sentence, released to the Company upon demand.
Upon demand of any withdrawal of Exchange Property from the Exchange Agent, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate (and a copy
thereof
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to the Exchange Agent) which shall state (i) the principal amount of Securities
then outstanding and the kind and amount of Exchange Property required for
delivery to the Holders thereof upon exchange, (ii) that the withdrawal of the
kind and amount of Exchange Property referred to in such demand is permitted by
the provisions of this Indenture and (iii) that the Exchange Property so to be
withdrawn would not be deliverable upon exchange of all Securities then
outstanding. In delivering such certificate, the Company may rely on information
furnished to it by the Exchange Agent as to the kind and amount of Exchange
Property held by it and the kind and amount thereof previously delivered to
Holders of Securities.
SECTION 11.12. Obligations of Trustee and Exchange Agent.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 of this Indenture,
neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any Holder of Securities to determine whether any facts
exist which may require any adjustment of the Exchange Price, or with respect to
the nature or extent 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. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall
be accountable with respect to the validity or value for the kind or amount of
any Exchange Property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the
exchange of any Security or the market conditions existing at the time of sale
of any Exchange Property; and neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall
be responsible for any failure of the Company to transfer or deliver any
Exchange Property or certificates or other evidence thereof to the Exchange
Agent as provided herein, or subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 of this
Indenture and the obligations assumed under the Exchange Agreement, to comply
with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.13. Preservation of Exchange Rights.
So long as any Securities shall be outstanding and exchangeable
for Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property pursuant to this Article
Eleven, the Company shall (i) preserve unimpaired the right of each Holder of
Securities, upon exchange thereof, to receive shares of Target Common Stock or
other Exchange Property as such Holder shall from time to time be entitled to
receive in accordance with the provisions of this Article Eleven, and (ii) not
pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or grant a security interest in, or permit any
mortgage, pledge, security interest or other lien upon, the Exchange Property.
SECTION 11.14. Transfer Taxes.
The Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in
respect of the transfer and delivery of shares of Target Common Stock for other
securities included in the Exchange Property pursuant hereto, other than income,
capital gains and similar taxes imposed on any Holder by reason of exchange of
Securities for Exchange Property; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the delivery, upon an exchange of Securities,
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of shares of Target Common Stock for other securities included in the Exchange
Property in a name other than that in which the Securities so exchanged were
registered, and no such transfer shall be made unless and until the Person
requesting such transfer has paid to the Company or the applicable Exchange
Agent the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the
Company and such Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 11.15. Fully Paid Shares.
The Company represents, warrants and covenants that all shares
of Target Common Stock delivered upon the exchange of Securities will be fully
paid and nonassessable and that each Holder of Securities who receives shares of
Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property in exchange for its Securities,
pursuant to this Article Eleven, will receive valid and marketable title to such
Exchange Property, free and clear of all claims, liens and encumbrances.
SECTION 11.16. Cancellation of Securities.
All Securities delivered for exchange shall be delivered by the
Exchange Agent to the Trustee and shall be cancelled by the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 2.11 of this Indenture.
SECTION 11.17. Registration of Target Common Stock and Other Securities Held
as Exchange Property.
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause Target to, for
so long as any Securities remain outstanding and exchangeable for shares of
Target Common Stock, (i) prepare and file with the SEC such post-effective
amendments to the registration statement as may be necessary to keep the
registration statement covering the sale of the Target Common Stock upon
exchange of Securities continuously effective; (ii) cause the related prospectus
to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and, as so
supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then
in force); (iii) in all other respects comply with the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the exchange of
Securities for Exchange Property in accordance with the terms set forth herein;
(iv) notify the Trustee and the Exchange Agent upon the filing of any prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment and supply as many copies of the
prospectus as amended or supplemented as shall reasonably be requested to the
Trustee and the Exchange Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
allow Target upon notice to the Exchange Agent and Alex. Brown (prior to or
following receipt of any notice of exchange of Notes for shares of Common
Stock), suspend for up to 90 consecutive days following such notice Target's
obligation to supplement or amend the registration statement in the event that,
in the opinion of the Board of Directors of Target, such supplement or amendment
would be detrimental to Target insofar as it would require the disclosure of
material, non-public information not otherwise then required to be disclosed in
accordance with Target's reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. The
Company shall use its best
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efforts to ensure that Target does not exercise the foregoing right to suspend
its obligation to supplement or amend the registration statement (i) for more
than one consecutive 90-day period during any consecutive 365-day period, (ii)
during the period following any notice by the Company of its exercise of its
option to redeem Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
prior to the completion of such redemption (provided that the Company has
notified Target at least five days prior to the Company's notice of such
redemption), (iii) following notice of a Change in Control of the Company that
permits the Holders of Securities to require the repurchase of the Securities
and prior to the date on which such repurchase right terminates, or (iv) on or
after April 25, 2002 and so long as any Securities remain outstanding and
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock. In the event of any such suspension by
Target, the Company shall, in accordance with Section 11.10 hereof, pay cash in
lieu of delivering Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property upon any
exchange during the period of such suspension or in the event that a
registration statement covering the shares of Target Common Stock is not then
effective.
If, pursuant to the transactions described in Sections 11.05,
11.07 and 11.08 hereof, Exchange Property includes securities which, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, may not be delivered in exchange for
Securities without registration under the Securities Act, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause such securities to be so registered as promptly as
practicable, except that in the absence of such registration, the Company is
required to deliver cash in lieu of such securities in the manner provided in
Section 11.10 hereof if such securities are deemed to be "restricted securities"
solely as a result of Collagen's affiliation with Target or the issuer of such
securities, as provided in Rule 144 of the Securities Act. Any such cash payment
may be made solely with respect to such securities.
SECTION 11.18. Conditional Exchange; Withdrawal.
(a) In the event of a proposed merger, consolidation or reorganization
of Target, the sale of all or substantially all of Target's assets, or a tender
or exchange offer for Target Common Stock as contemplated by Sections 11.05,
11.07 or 11.08 hereof (a "Reorganization"), each Securityholder may
conditionally exercise its right to exchange all or any portion of its
Securities for Exchange Property in advance of the Reorganization subject to the
completion of such Reorganization on the terms and conditions publicly announced
at the time of exchange, and to withdraw such exchange and retain all or any
portion of its Securities within sixty days following the date written notice is
mailed from the Company to the Securityholders (the "Exchange Withdrawal Date")
stating that such Reorganization shall not be effected or shall be effected on
materially different terms or conditions.
(b) A notice of exchange may be withdrawn by means of a written notice
of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Exchange Agent at any time prior to
the close of business on the Exchange Withdrawal Date specifying:
(1) the certificate number or numbers of the
Security or Securities in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is
being submitted;
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(2) the portion of the principal amount of the
Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is being submitted, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof; and
(3) the portion of the principal amount, if any, of
such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original
exchange notice and which has been or will be delivered for purchase by
the Company, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof.
(c) No Securities shall be deemed exchanged unless and until any
condition upon exchange has been satisfied.
ARTICLE TWELVE
MEETINGS OF SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 12.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Twelve 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, or to waive or to consent to the waiving of
any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any
other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the
provisions of Article Seven;
(b) to remove the Trustee or appoint a successor Trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article Eight;
(c) to consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant
to the provisions of Section 10.02; or
(d) to take any other action (i) authorized to be taken by or
on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the
Securities under any other provision of this Indenture, or authorized or
permitted by law or (ii) which the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate in
connection with the administration of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.02. Manner of Calling Meetings.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders
to take any action specified in Section 12.01, to be held at such time and at
such placed in the City of New York, New York or elsewhere as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Securityholders, setting forth the time
and place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken
at such meeting, shall be mailed by the Trustee, first-class
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postage prepaid, to the Company and to the Holders of the Securities at their
last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books of the Registrar,
not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for a meeting.
Any meeting of Securityholders shall be valid without notice if
the Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in person or by
proxy, or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all
Securities 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 12.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders.
In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of not less than 10% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 12.01, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such
meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or the
Holders of Securities in the amount above specified may determine the time and
place in the City of New York, New York or elsewhere for such meeting and may
call such meeting for the purpose of taking such action, by mailing or causing
to be mailed notice thereof as provided in Section 12.02, or by causing notice
thereof to be published at least once in each of two successive calendar weeks
(on any Business Day during such week) in a newspaper or newspapers printed in
the English language, customarily published at least five days a week of a
general circulation in the City of New York, State of New York, the first such
publication to be not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.
SECTION 12.04. Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders, a
person shall (a) be a registered Holder of one or more Securities, or (b) be a
person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for the registered Holder
or Holders of Securities. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present
or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders 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 12.05. Regulations May be Made by Trustee; Conduct of the Meeting;
Voting Rights; Adjournment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and
of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, and submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
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concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think appropriate. Such
regulations may fix a record date and time for determining the Holders of record
of Securities entitled to vote at such meeting, in which case those and only
those persons who are Holders of Securities at the record date and time so
fixed, or their proxies, shall be entitled to vote at such meeting whether or
not they shall be such Holders at the time of the meeting.
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 Securityholders as provided in Section 12.03, in which case
the Company or the Securityholders 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 principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote.
At any meeting each Securityholder or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented
by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting
in respect of any Securities challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the
chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or
instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the proxy to vote
on behalf of other Securityholders. At any meeting of Securityholders, the
presence of persons holding or representing 10% of Securities shall be
sufficient for a quorum. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to
the provisions of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 may be adjourned from time to
time by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, and the meeting may
be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 12.06. Voting at the Meeting and Record to be Kept.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Securityholders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities or of their representatives by proxy and
the principal amount of the Securities voted by the ballot. 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 Securityholders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such 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 such notice was mailed as
provided in Section 12.02 or published as provided in Section 12.03. The record
shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and the
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.
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Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 12.07. Exercise of Rights of Trustee or Securityholders May Not be
Hindered or Delayed by Call of Meeting.
Nothing contained in this Article Twelve shall be deemed or
construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of
Securityholders 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 Securityholders under any of
the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
SECTION 13.01. Repurchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in
Control.
(a) In the event of a Change in Control, each Securityholder will
have the right, subject to the terms and conditions of this Article Thirteen, to
require the Company to purchase all or any part of the Securities held by such
Securityholder on the date that is 40 Business Days after the occurrence of such
Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date") for a purchase price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the
Change in Control Purchase Date (the "Change in Control Price").
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such
time after the original issuance of the Securities as there shall occur:
(i) the acquisition by any person (including any syndicate or
group deemed to be a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act, or any successor provision to either the foregoing), of beneficial
ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other
acquisition transaction or series of transactions, through proxies or otherwise,
of shares of Capital Stock of the Company entitling such person to exercise more
than 50% of the total voting power of all shares of Capital Stock of the Company
entitled to vote generally in elections of directors; or
(ii) any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the
Company into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into the Company,
or any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
to another Person (other than a merger (x) which does not result in any
reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of
capital stock, or (y) which is effected solely to change the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company and results in a reclassification, conversion or
exchange of outstanding shares of the Company common stock into solely shares of
common stock); or
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(iii) a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of
the Company such that a majority of such Board are not Continuing Directors;
provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed
to have occurred if the average Closing Price of the Securities for each of any
five trading days within the period of ten consecutive trading days ending
immediately after the later of the Change in Control or the public announcement
of the Change in Control (in the case of a Change in Control under clauses (i)
and (iii) above) or ending immediately after the Change in Control (in the case
of a Change in Control under clause (ii) above) shall equal or exceed 105% of
the principal amount of the Securities, or (b) the rating assigned to the
Securities by a nationally recognized rating agency promptly after the public
announcement of the Change in Control remains equal to or better than the rating
of the Securities assigned by such agency immediately prior to the public
announcement of the Change in Control. A "beneficial owner" shall be determined
in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act or
any successor rule or regulation. For purposes of the foregoing, a Change in
Control shall not be deemed to have occurred solely because any person receives
revocable proxies entitling such person to (i) exercise 50% or more of the total
voting power of all shares of capital stock of the Company in an annual or
special meeting of stockholders or (ii) elect a majority of the members of Board
of Directors of the Company.
(b) Within ten days after the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the Company shall mail a written notice (the "Change in Control
Notice") of such Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to
each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) and shall
cause a copy of such notice to be published in a daily newspaper of national
circulation. The Change in Control Notice shall state:
(1) the events causing a Change in Control (specifying such
events) and the date of such Change in Control;
(2) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice
pursuant to this Section 13.01 must be given;
(3) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(4) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(6) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise
rights under this Section 13.01 and a brief description of such rights;
and
(7) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control
Purchase Notice.
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The Change in Control Notice shall also state whether or not
the Company has satisfied its obligations to the Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
If the Company is unable to satisfy such obligations, the Change in Control
Notice shall also state that the Company is or will be in default under Section
7.01 of the Indenture, that receipt by the Company of a Change in Control
Purchase Notice by Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding Securities will
constitute a Notice of Default thereunder, and that the failure of the Company
to cure such default within the applicable time period shall be an Event of
Default allowing the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities to declare the principal of all the
Securities to be due and payable immediately.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in this Section
upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase
Notice") to the Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the
Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(1) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or
Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(2) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or
Securities which the Holder will delivery to be repurchased, which
portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(3) that such Security or Securities shall be repurchased
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in this Article
Thirteen.
The delivery of such Security or Securities to the Paying Agent
prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all
necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a condition
to the receipt by the Holder of the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor;
provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so
paid pursuant to this Section only if the Security or Securities so delivered
to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof
set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
The Company shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant
to this Section 13.01, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such
portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Security also apply to the
repurchase of such portion of such Security.
Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 13.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of the
consideration to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the
Change in Control Purchase Date and the time of delivery of the Security.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder
delivering to the Paying Agent the Change in Control Purchase Notice
contemplated by this Section 13.01(c) shall have the right to withdraw such
Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to
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the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a
written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section
13.02.
SECTION 13.02. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase
Notice specified in Section 13.01, the Holder of the Security in respect of
which such notice was given shall (unless such notice is withdrawn as specified
in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change
in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such price shall be
paid to such Holder (provided the conditions in Section 13.01 have been
satisfied) promptly following the later of (x) the deposit of the Change in
Control Purchase Price pursuant to Section 13.03 and (y) the time of delivery of
such Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required
by Section 13.01(c).
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means
of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent at
any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date
specifying:
(1) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or
Securities in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted;
(2) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or
Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being
submitted, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;
and
(3) the portion of the principal amount, if any, of such
Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in
Control Purchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for
purchase by the Company, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof.
There shall be no repurchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 13.01 if there has occurred (prior to, on or after the giving, by the
Holders of such Securities, of the required Change in Control Purchase Notice)
and is continuing an Event of Default. The foregoing shall in no way limit the
occurrence of an Event of Default, including a default under the covenants in
Article Thirteen and the right to demand payment of the Securities upon
acceleration thereafter.
SECTION 13.03. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
On or before the Business Day following the Change in Control
Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying
Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is
acting as the Paying Agent, such Person shall segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 2.04) an amount of
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money sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of all
the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Change in
Control Purchase Date.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof,
U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the Charge in Control Purchase Price of any
Security tendered for repurchase, then, on the second Business Day immediately
subsequent to the Change in Control Purchase Date, such Security will cease to
be outstanding and will be deemed paid, whether or not such Security is
delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holder in respect
thereof shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Change in Control
Purchase Price upon delivery of such Security).
SECTION 13.04. Securities Purchased in Part.
Any Security which is to be purchased only in part shall be
surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or
Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the
principal amount of the Security so surrendered which is not purchased.
SECTION 13.05. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of
Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section
13.01 hereof, the Company shall, to the extent then applicable and required by
law (i) comply with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 (which term, as used herein, includes
any successor provision thereto) under the Exchange Act, and (ii) otherwise
comply with all Federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and
obligations under Section 13.01 to be exercised in the time and in the manner
specified in Section 13.01.
SECTION 13.06. Repayment to the Company.
Subject to the provisions of this Indenture, to the extent that
the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 13.03
exceeds the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities or
portions thereof to be purchased, then promptly after the second Business Day
immediately following the Change in Control Purchase Date the Trustee or the
Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess to the Company.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01. TIA Controls.
This Indenture is hereby made subject to, and shall be
governed by, the provisions of the TIA required to be part of and to govern
indentures qualified under the TIA.
SECTION 14.02. Notices.
Any notices or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if made by hand
delivery, by telex, by telecopier first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed
as follows:
if to the Company:
Collagen Corporation
2500 Faber Place
Palo Alto, California 94303
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
if to the Trustee:
For the purpose of Sections 2.03 and 5.02 hereof:
The First National Bank of Boston
c/o Banc Boston Trust Company of New York
55 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
and for all other purposes hereunder:
First National Bank of Boston
150 Royall Street, Mail Stop 45-02-15
Canton, MA 02021
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company or the Trustee by notice to each other may
designate additional or different addresses as shall be furnished in writing by
such party. Any notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally
delivered; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if
telecopied; and five (5) calendar days after mailing if sent by first class
mail (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have
been given until actually received by the addressee).
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Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall
be mailed to it by first class mail or other equivalent means at its address as
it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given to it if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
SECTION 14.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section
312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any
other person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 14.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied
with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been
complied with.
SECTION 14.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope
of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) 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 covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been
complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact
an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or
certificates of public officials.
SECTION 14.06. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Agent.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Securityholders. The Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Agent may
make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 14.07. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" used with respect to a particular place of
payment is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions at such
place are not required to be open. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at
such place, payment may be made at such place on the next succeeding day that
is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening
period.
SECTION 14.08. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE
AFORESAID COURTS. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION WHICH
IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS
OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE
MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO
THE COMPANY AT ITS SAID ADDRESS, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER
SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY
SECURITYHOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
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MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED
AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
SECTION 14.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of any of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 14.10. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as
such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creations. Each
Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.
Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
SECTION 14.11. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 14.12. Duplicate Originals.
All parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent
the same agreement.
SECTION 14.13. Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions in this Indenture or
in the Securities shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any
respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such
provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the
provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first written above.
Dated:
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
By: ------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest: --------------------------------------
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
as Trustee
By: ------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SECURITY]
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
[ ]% Exchangeable Subordinated Note
due 2002
No. $
COLLAGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
which term includes any successor corporation, for value received promises to
pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________________
Dollars, on May 1, 2002.
Interest Payment Dates: November 1 and May 1.
Record Dates: October 15 and April 15.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security
on the reverse side, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed to, or imprinted on this Security.
Dated:
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
By:
----------------------------------------
Attest:
- -----------------------------------------
Secretary
[Seal]
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[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
This is one of the Securities described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
as Trustee
By -------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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[Reverse]
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
[ ]% Exchangeable Subordinated Note
due 2002
1. Interest.
COLLAGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security from the
Issue Date until the Maturity Date at __% per annum. The Company will pay
interest semiannually on November 1 and May 1 of each year commencing November
1, 1995. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate of %
per annum and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent
lawful, at the same rate.
Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent
date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the
date of initial issuance of any of the Securities under the Indenture.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
This Security is issued with original issue discount for
United States Federal income tax purposes equal to the excess of the principal
amount over the issue price, with the issue price for this purpose reduced by
an amount equal to the fair market value of the exchange right described in
Section 7 of this Security as of the issue date. The Company has determined
that the fair market value of the exchange right represents $____ of each
$1,000 face amount of Securities and accordingly intends to calculate and
report to the Internal Revenue Service original issue discount with respect to
the Securities on the basis of such allocation.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close
of business on the 15th day of the month next preceding the month in which the
Interest Payment Date occurs. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying
Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and
interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts ("U.S. Legal Tender"). However,
the Company may pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest by wire
transfer of Federal funds, or interest by its check payable in such U.S. Legal
Tender. The Company may deliver any such interest payment to the Paying Agent
or the Company may mail any such interest payment to a Holder at the Holder's
registered address.
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3. Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Agent.
Initially, The First National Bank of Boston (the "Trustee")
will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Exchange Agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent, Registrar or Exchange Agent without notice. The Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may, subject to certain exceptions, act as Paying Agent
or Registrar.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as
of April ___, 1995 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise
defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section Section 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA").
The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are
referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities
are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited in aggregate principal
amount to $45,000,000 (subject to Sections 2.02 and 2.07 of the Indenture).
5. Optional Redemption.
The Securities may be redeemable at the option of the Company
at any time on or after May 10, 1998, in whole or from time to time in part.
The redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) (the
"Redemption Price") are as follows for the 12-month period beginning May 10 of
the following years:
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REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
---- -----------
<S> <C>
1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
</TABLE>
and 100% at May 1, 2002, in each case together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date.
6. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed at its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than
$1,000 may be redeemed in part.
Except as set forth in the Indenture, from and after any
Redemption Date, if monies for the redemption of the Securities called for
redemption shall have been made
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available for redemption on such Redemption Date and payment of the Securities
called for redemption is not prohibited under Article Four of the Indenture,
the Securities called for redemption will cease to bear interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
Redemption Price.
7. Exchange.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof
has the right, at its option, at any time after 60 days following the original
issuance of the Securities and prior to the close of business on May 1, 2002,
or, as to all or any portion hereof called for redemption, prior to the close
of business on the fifth Business Day next preceding the Redemption Date
(unless the Company shall default in payment due upon redemption thereof), to
exchange the principal hereof or any portion of such principal which is $1,000
or an integral multiple thereof, into Exchange Property or, at the Company's
option, a cash equivalent, as said Exchange Property shall be constituted at
the date of exchange, obtained by dividing the principal amount of this
Security or portion thereof to be exchanged by the Exchange Price, which shall
initially be equivalent to an exchange price of ____________ shares of Target
Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities (the "Exchange
Price"), or such Exchange Price as adjusted from time to time as provided in
the Indenture, upon surrender of this Security, together with an exchange
notice as provided in the Indenture, to the Company at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
of New York, or at the option of such Holder, the office of the Trustee, and,
unless any securities included in the Exchange Property issuable on exchange
are to be issued in the same name as this Security, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly
executed by, the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney. No adjustment in
respect of interest or dividends will be made upon any exchange; provided,
however, that if this Security shall be surrendered for exchange during the
period from the close of business on any Record Date for the payment of
interest through the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the
following Interest Payment Date, this Security (unless it or the portion being
exchanged shall have been called for redemption on a date in such period) must
be accompanied by an amount, in funds acceptable to the Company, equal to the
interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount being
exchanged. No fractional shares or interest will be issued upon any exchange,
but an adjustment in cash will be made, as provided in the Indenture, in
respect of any fractional share or interest which would otherwise be issuable
upon the surrender of any Security or Securities for exchange.
Any Securities called for redemption, unless surrendered for
exchange on or before the close of business on the Redemption Date, may be
deemed to be purchased from the Holder of such Security at an amount equal to
the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, by
one or more investment bankers or other purchasers who may agree with the
Company to purchase such Securities from the Holders thereof and exchange them
into Exchange Property and to make payment for such Securities as aforesaid to
the Trustee in trust for such Holders.
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8. Acceleration.
If the maturity of the Securities is accelerated pursuant to
Section 7.02 of the Indenture, an amount equal to the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest of the Securities outstanding together with accrued interest
thereon, in each case to the date of payment, shall become immediately due and
payable.
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities in accordance with, the
Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption.
10. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money.
If money for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest or Exchange Property remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent or Exchange Agent will pay the money back to the Company
at its request. After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent
with respect to such money shall cease.
12. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Securities
may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with
any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Without notice
to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the
Indenture or the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect
or inconsistency, provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities or make any other change that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.
13. Ranking.
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Securities by the Company is subordinated, in the manner and to the extent
set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company.
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14. Successors.
When a successor assumes all the obligations of its
predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, the predecessor will be
released from those obligations.
15. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then
outstanding may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of
Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided
in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before
it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default in payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest, or a default under the exchange provision) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
16. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services
for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator,
as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation
shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company under the Securities
or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a
Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
18. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee or
authenticating agent signs the certificate of authentication on the other side
of this Security.
19. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of
a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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The Company will furnish to any Holder of a Security upon
written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be
made to: Collagen Corporation, 2500 Faber Place, Palo Alto, California 94303,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
I or we assign this Security to
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee
________________________________
and irrevocably appoint _______________________ agent to transfer this Security
on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: _______________________ Signature __________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ____________________________________________
Bank, broker, dealer or other eligible
institutions participating in a recognized
signature guarantee medallion program.
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[EXCHANGE NOTICE]
To exchange this Security into Exchange Property, check this box / /
To conditionally exchange this Security subject to the completion of a
Reorganization (as defined in the Indenture), check this box / /
To exchange only part of this Security, state the amount $_______
If you want the stock certificate made out in another person's name, fill in
the form below:
________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert other person's Soc. Sec. or tax I.D. No.)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type other person's name, address and zip code)
Date: ________________________ Signature __________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ____________________________________________
Bank, broker, dealer or other eligible
institutions participating in a recognized
signature guarantee medallion program.
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[CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE NOTICE]
To elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 13.01 of the Indenture, check this box / /
If you wish to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by
the Company pursuant to Section 13.01 of the Indenture, state the amount
$____________.
Date: _______________________ Signature __________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee: ____________________________________________
Bank, broker, dealer or other eligible
institutions participating in a recognized
signature guarantee medallion program.
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EX 4.2
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
AND
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
This EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the "Exchange Agreement") is entered into as
of April ____, 1995 between COLLAGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, a national banking
association (the "Exchange Agent").
WHEREAS the Company has executed and delivered an Indenture (which as
originally executed and as supplemented or amended from time to time is herein
called the "Indenture") dated as of April ____, 1995, to The First National Bank
of Boston, trustee (such trustee or such trustee's successor as such, the
"Trustee"); and
WHEREAS under and pursuant to the Indenture, the Company may issue up
to $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its __% Exchangeable Subordinated
Notes Due 2002 (the "Notes"); and
WHEREAS pursuant and subject to the terms of the Notes and the
Indenture, each $1,000 principal amount of Notes are exchangeable at the option
of the holder thereof for (i) shares of common stock, par value $.0025 per share
(the "Target Common Stock"), of Target Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Target"), owned by the Company at the Exchange Price (as such term
is defined in the Indenture), which Exchange Price is subject to adjustment as
provided in the Indenture and (ii) such other securities, cash and other
property as may be deliverable as Exchange Property (as such term is defined in
the Indenture) upon such exchange pursuant to the Indenture; and
WHEREAS pursuant to the Indenture the Company is obligated to deposit
with the Exchange Agent and is depositing at the date of execution and delivery
hereof, certificates representing shares of Target Common Stock;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and in order to set forth the terms upon which the shares of Target
Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent by the Company for delivery upon
exchange of the Notes and all other Exchange Property held by the Exchange
Agent hereunder shall be held and dealt with by the Exchange Agent and its
successors as such, the Company and the Exchange Agent hereby agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS.
Capitalized terms used both in this Exchange Agreement and the
Indenture shall have the respective meanings specified in the Indenture.
Should any ambiguity exist between the use of any such capitalized term in this
Exchange Agreement and the Indenture, the meaning specified in the Indenture
shall be controlling.
SECTION 2. DEPOSIT.
The Company, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Exchange Agreement, is delivering to the Exchange Agent, irrevocably except as
provided in Sections 14 or 15 hereof, to be held by the Exchange Agent
hereunder, certificates representing such number of shares of Target Common
Stock as is initially required to satisfy the obligations of the Company upon
exchange of the Notes as provided in the Indenture, which shares shall be
registered in the name of the Company or its agent or nominee and endorsed in
blank or accompanied by stock powers endorsed in blank. Thereafter, the
Company shall deposit with the Exchange Agent, from time to time, such other
Exchange Property which may, as a result of transactions involving Target
Common Stock (as permitted under the Indenture), be required to satisfy the
obligations of the Company upon exchange of the Notes as provided in the
Indenture.
SECTION 3. RECORD OWNER.
The record owner of the Exchange Property shall be the Company or its
nominee.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants that it has and will have full
legal right, power and authority to transfer and deliver the Exchange Property
in the manner provided in this Exchange Agreement and the Indenture.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS OF THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
The Exchange Agent covenants and agrees that it will perform all of
the undertakings, duties and obligations described in Article Eleven of the
Indenture, which Article Eleven of the Indenture is hereby incorporated by
reference herein in its entirety, as the undertakings, duties or obligations of
the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent covenants and agrees that the Exchange
Property received by it pursuant to this Exchange Agreement shall be held for
and applied only in conformity with the purposes and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Exchange Agreement and Article Eleven of the
Indenture.
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SECTION 6. VOTING.
With respect to each matter that is voted upon by securities included
within the Exchange Property, the Company shall be entitled to cast all votes
to which the securities included within the Exchange Property are entitled, or
to execute any written consent with respect thereto, so long as such securities
included within the Exchange Property, on the applicable record date, shall not
have been registered in the name of a holder other than the Company or the
Exchange Agent or a nominee of either of them.
If the Exchange Agent or its nominee is the record owner of any
securities included within the Exchange Property as of the applicable record
date, the Exchange Agent shall from time to time deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to the Company such proxies, duly executed and in the form required
by applicable law, as may be necessary or appropriate to permit the Company to
vote on each matter submitted to the holder of the securities included within
the Exchange Property so deposited.
SECTION 7. NOTIFICATION OF ADJUSTMENT OF EXCHANGE RATE; EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
(a) The Company will notify the Exchange Agent in an Officers'
Certificate (as such term is defined in the Indenture) of any adjustment of the
Exchange Price or Exchange Property and will, upon request, notify the Exchange
Agent in an Officers' Certificate of the Market Price (as such term is defined
in the Indenture) of the Target Common Stock (or per unit Market Price of any
other securities or property which is part of the Exchange Property) as of any
relevant date for the purpose of computing cash adjustments in respect of
fractional interests. The Exchange Agent shall be under no duty or
responsibility with respect to any such Officers' Certificate except to exhibit
such Officers' Certificate from time to time upon request by the Trustee or any
holder of the Notes.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Exchange
Agreement, including Section 15 hereof, and the Indenture, upon surrender to
the Exchange Agent of any Note (or a principal portion thereof which is an
integral multiple of $1,000) for exchange in accordance with the terms thereof
and of the Indenture, the Exchange Agent shall: (i) provide notice of the
exchange to the Company and Target no later than the next Business Day
following receipt of the exchange request; (ii) if the Company has not elected
to pay each pursuant to Section 15, on the fifth Business Day following receipt
of the exchange request, cause to be delivered to, or on the written order of
the person for whose account such Note (or portion thereof) was so surrendered
for exchange, (x) a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Target Common Stock and other securities included within the Exchange
Property which the holder of such Note shall be entitled to receive in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture upon exchange of any
such Note (or portion thereof), (y) the property (other than securities or
cash), if any, apportioned thereto, and (z) a check for any cash apportioned
thereto and for any fractional interest in Target Common Stock or other
securities or property; (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Note so exchanged
marked canceled; and (iv) if only a portion of said Note is exchanged, obtain
from the Trustee and deliver to or on the order of the person for
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whose account the Note was surrendered for exchange a new Note or Notes for the
principal amount thereof not exchanged.
SECTION 8. DIVISION OF CERTIFICATES; PAYMENT OF TAXES, FEES AND CHARGES
AND CASH ADJUSTMENTS; PAYMENT OF FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.
The Company shall make, execute and deliver or cause to be made,
executed and delivered any and all such instruments and assurances and take all
such further action, as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the
intention of or to facilitate the performance of the terms of this Exchange
Agreement or to secure the rights and remedies hereunder of the holders of the
Notes. The Company shall pay: (i) any and all documentary, stamp, transfer or
similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the deposit of the shares of
Target Common Stock and other Exchange Property, if any, with the Exchange
Agent, in accordance with this Exchange Agreement and the Indenture and the
transfer or delivery of the Exchange Property to holders of Notes upon exchange
thereof; (ii) any income or other taxes incurred by the Exchange Agent in its
capacity as such for any reason (except for payment or accrual of its own
fees); (iii) all out-of-pocket fees or charges of the Exchange Agent in
connection with or arising out of this Exchange Agreement, the Indenture or any
exchange of Notes in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (iv) all
cash adjustments in respect of fractions of shares of Target Common Stock or
other fractional units of property or other securities which the holders of
Notes may be entitled to receive upon exchange thereof (after giving effect to
funds received by the Exchange Agent from the sale of Exchange Property for the
purpose of paying for such fractional interests); and (v) cash in an amount
equal to any losses on investments made pursuant to Section 9 of this Exchange
Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain on deposit with the Exchange
Agent funds equal from time to time to the aggregate amount of cash apportioned
to all Target Common Stock at each such time deliverable upon exchange of all
Notes then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the delivery, upon an exchange of Notes, of Exchange Property in a
name other than that in which the Notes so exchanged were registered, and no
such transfer or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting
such transfer has paid to the Company or the Exchange Agent the amount of any
such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Exchange Agent, that such tax has been paid.
The Exchange Agent shall be authorized to and, at the Company's
direction shall, sell any shares of Target Common Stock or other securities or
property which are part of the Exchange Property held by it in order to obtain
the funds necessary, or anticipated by it to be necessary, for payment of
fractional interests with respect to Notes delivered to it for exchange;
provided that after any such sale, the number of shares of Target Common Stock
and any such other Exchange Property remaining on deposit with the Exchange
Agent shall be sufficient to allow the exchange of all the then outstanding
Notes for shares of Target Common Stock and other Exchange Property on the
basis of the then applicable Exchange Rate. If a sale of shares of Target
Common Stock or other Exchange Property to make cash payments for fractional
shares is not permitted or if the funds obtained from such a sale are
insufficient, then the
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Company shall furnish additional funds to permit such payment in accordance
with Section 11.03 of the Indenture.
SECTION 9. INVESTMENT OF CASH.
All cash received and retained by the Exchange Agent under the
Indenture and Section 16 hereof shall be invested at the direction of the
Company in U.S. Government Obligations, provided that such obligations shall
mature by their terms within 12 months following their purchase.
SECTION 10. DISTRIBUTION OF EXCHANGE PROPERTY TO COMPANY.
The Exchange Agent shall cause any Exchange Property which the Company
is entitled to receive under Section 11.11 of the Indenture to be delivered to
the Company upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate, as provided in the
Indenture.
SECTION 11. AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION OF EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
(a) The Company, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent may by mutual
accord enter into supplemental agreements to:
(i) Cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
contained herein or with any provision of the Indenture.
(ii) Evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein contained;
(iii) Add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit
of the holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company;
(iv) Comply with the requirements of Section 14.01 of the
Indenture; or
(v) Make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Exchange Agreement or the Indenture so long as
such action shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of the
Notes.
(b) The Company and the Exchange Agent recognize that the holders
of the Notes are intended beneficiaries of this Exchange Agreement, and,
accordingly, except as specifically provided in subsection 11(a) above, this
Exchange Agreement may not be amended or modified at any time without the
written consent of the Exchange Agent, the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of not less than a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of
the Notes. No amendment or modification shall adversely affect the right of any
Noteholder to exchange any Notes for shares of Target Common Stock and other
Exchange Property at the
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Exchange Price and upon the terms set forth in Article Eleven of the Indenture
or reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes the holders of which are required
to consent to any amendment or modification, without the consent of all the
holders of all Notes then outstanding.
SECTION 12. DUTIES AND OBLIGATION OF EXCHANGE AGENT.
(a) The Exchange Agent shall be obligated to perform only such
duties as are herein specifically set forth. The Exchange Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Exchange Agreement, and may conclusively rely and
shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon an
Opinion of Counsel (as such term is defined in the Indenture) or upon any
Officers' Certificate, believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties; provided that the Exchange Agent
shall not make any payment or deliver any Exchange Property to the Company
until the Company has delivered an Officers' Certificate to the Exchange Agent
stating that the Company has complied with the conditions precedent provided
for in the Indenture. The Exchange Agent shall not be required to take any
action hereunder which, in the opinion of its counsel, will be contrary to law.
The Exchange Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to
comply with any of its covenants contained in this Exchange Agreement or in the
Indenture.
In the event the Exchange Agent is instructed by the Company to sell
any securities (including any shares of Target Common Stock) that constitute
Exchange Property, the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to an Opinion of
Counsel (which counsel is satisfactory to the Exchange Agent), to the effect
that the proposed sale of securities will not violate any applicable United
States Federal or state securities laws.
SECTION 13. SALES AND TENDERS OF EXCHANGE PROPERTY.
In the event that Article Eleven of the Indenture permits the Company
to direct the Exchange Agent to sell or tender any Exchange Property, the
Exchange Agent shall sell or tender such Exchange Property in such manner as
shall be set forth in written instructions concerning any such sale or tender
which are given by the Company by means of an Officers' Certificate, and shall
remit the proceeds thereof as provided in such Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 14. RELEASE OR SALE OF EXCESS EXCHANGE PROPERTY.
To the extent Notes are redeemed or purchased pursuant to Articles
Three or Thirteen of the Indenture, the Company shall be entitled, out of the
Exchange Property held by the Exchange Agent, to receive in a timely fashion
such number of shares of Target Common Stock and kind and amount of other
Exchange Property which otherwise would have been deliverable upon exchange to
the holder of the Notes redeemed or repurchased.
SECTION 15. CASH EQUIVALENT.
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In lieu of delivering certificates representing shares of Target
Common Stock upon surrender of any Note for exchange in accordance with the
terms thereof and of the Indenture, the Exchange Agent shall, if so directed by
the Company within five business days following the receipt by the Exchange
Agent and the Company of the holder's notice of exchange, pay to the holder in
cash an amount equal to the Market Price of the Exchange Property for which
such Note is exchangeable, determined as of the date of receipt by the Exchange
Agent of the notice of exchange relating to such Note plus any cash or other
property which the holder of such Note shall be entitled to receive in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Simultaneously with directing the
Exchange Agent to make any such cash payment, the Company shall deposit with
the Exchange Agent the cash so payable. After depositing the cash payable upon
exchange of the Notes, the Company shall be entitled, out of the Exchange
Property held by the Exchange Agent, to receive in a timely fashion such number
of shares of Target Common Stock or other Exchange Property which otherwise
would have been delivered upon exchange to the holder.
SECTION 16. INTEREST PAYMENTS, CASH DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND
SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS.
To the extent the Company receives any distribution of cash,
securities or other property or if subscription rights, options, warrants or
similar rights are granted to the Company (with respect to any securities or
property held by the Exchange Agent) which, pursuant to the Indenture, are to
be delivered (or sold and the proceeds delivered) on exchange of Notes, the
Company shall deliver such securities, other property, cash and rights to the
Exchange Agent and execute and deliver to the Exchange Agent a supplement to
this Exchange Agreement providing that the holder of any Note surrendered for
exchange thereafter will, subject to provision for taxes, be entitled to
receive, in addition to other Exchange Property, if any, the kind and amount of
securities and/or property receivable in connection with such transaction by a
holder of the number of shares of Target Common Stock or other securities
constituting Exchange Property for which such Note might have been exchanged
immediately prior to such transaction, plus accrued interest thereon, required
by the Indenture, to the date of exchange.
On instructions of the Company, the Exchange Agent shall sell such
rights, options, warrants, securities or other property received by it for
cash, which cash proceeds, net of any tax payable by the Company, shall then be
held for delivery on exchange of Notes.
SECTION 17. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. OF THE COMPANY.
(a) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
its properties or assets other than a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation, the Company hereby covenants and agrees
that: (i) the rights and obligations of the Company under this Exchange
Agreement shall be expressly assumed by a supplemental agreement reasonably
satisfactory in form to the Exchange Agent, executed and delivered to the
Exchange Agent, by
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the corporation, person or other entity formed by such consolidation, or with
or into which the Company shall have merged or to which the assets of the
Company shall have been sold, assigned, transferred, leased, conveyed or
otherwise disposed; and (ii) no Event of Default (as such term is defined in
the Indenture) shall occur at the time of any such transaction or after giving
effect to any such transaction.
(b) In the case of any consolidation or merger or any sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Company's properties or assets referred to in
subsection 17.(a) hereof and upon the execution and delivery to the Exchange
Agent of the supplemental agreement referred to therein by the successor or
acquiring corporation, person or other entity, such successor shall succeed to
the rights and obligations of and be substituted for the Company under this
Exchange Agreement, with the same effect as if such corporation, person or
other entity had been named herein as the Company.
SECTION 18. RELIANCE ON INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
The Exchange Agent may rely on the contents of any Officers'
Certificate furnished hereunder and, in delivering any such certificate, the
Company may rely on information furnished to the Company by the Exchange Agent
as to the quantity and identity of Target Common Stock and other Exchange
Property delivered to holders of Notes upon exchange thereof. The Exchange
Agent will furnish on request to the Company, such information as to the
Exchange Agent's holdings and as to Exchange Property delivered to holders of
Notes upon exchange thereof.
SECTION 19. EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Exchange Agent from
time to time, and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to compensation, as
mutually agreed by the Company and the Exchange Agent, and the Company will pay
or reimburse the Exchange Agent upon its request for all out-of-pocket
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Exchange Agent in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Exchange Agreement (including the
out-of-pocket compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel
and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Exchange Agent for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, cause of action or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Exchange Agent and
arising out of or in connection with its duties under this Exchange Agreement.
The Trustee and the holders of the Notes shall not be liable for any expenses
or compensation of the Exchange Agent, and no charge shall be made for such
expenses or compensation against the Exchange Property.
SECTION 20. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
(a) The Exchange Agent may at any time resign by giving 60 days'
written notice of resignation to the Company and the Trustee and by mailing
notice thereof to the holders of the Notes at their addresses as they shall
appear on the register of the Notes. The Company may at
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any time remove the Exchange Agent by giving like written notice of removal to
the Exchange Agent and the Trustee and by mailing notice thereof to the holders
of the Notes at their addresses as they shall appear on the register of the
Notes. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding may at any time remove the Exchange Agent. If the Exchange Agent
shall resign or be removed, a successor Exchange Agent, which in each case
shall be a bank or trust company having surplus and capital of at least
$50,000,000, shall be appointed by the Company by written instrument executed
and delivered to the Exchange Agent and to such successor Exchange Agent, a
copy of which shall be delivered by the Company to the Trustee.
(b) Any resignation or removal of the Exchange Agent and any
appointment of a successor Exchange Agent pursuant to any of the provisions of
this Exchange Agreement shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment
by the successor as provided in Section 21 hereof.
SECTION 21. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE AGENT.
Any successor Exchange Agent appointed as provided in Section 20 of
this Exchange Agreement shall execute, acknowledge and offer to the Company and
to its predecessor Exchange Agent, an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Exchange
Agent shall become effective; and such successor Exchange Agent, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the right, title
and interest to all property held hereunder and all other rights, powers,
duties and obligations hereunder, of such predecessor Exchange Agent. Such
predecessor Exchange Agent shall forthwith deliver to such successor Exchange
Agent physical possession of the certificates evidencing the Target Common
Stock and of all other Exchange Property and on the written request of the
Company or successor Exchange Agent and upon payment of any amounts then due it
pursuant to the provisions of Section 19 hereof, execute and deliver to such
successor Exchange Agent an instrument transferring to such successor Exchange
Agent all right, title and interest hereunder in and to the Target Common Stock
and the other Exchange Property and all other rights and powers hereunder, of
such predecessor Exchange Agent.
SECTION 22. SUCCESSION BY CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC.
Any corporation or other entity into which the Exchange Agent 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 Exchange Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity
succeeding to the business of the Exchange Agent, shall be the successor of the
Exchange Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such
corporation shall be eligible under Section 20 hereof.
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SECTION 23. TERMINATION OF EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
This Exchange Agreement shall terminate when the rights of all holders
of Notes under the Indenture to surrender Notes for exchange pursuant to
Article Eleven of the Indenture shall have expired or terminated pursuant to
Section 9.03 of the Indenture and otherwise and when all other obligations of
the Company shall have been satisfied under this Exchange Agreement, which
termination or expiration and satisfaction shall be evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate of the Company to that effect. Upon termination of this Exchange
Agreement pursuant to this Section 23, any Target Common Stock and any other
Exchange Property remaining in the hands of the Exchange Agent hereunder which
are not required for the exchange of Notes previously duly surrendered and duly
accepted for the exchange shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent to the
Company.
SECTION 24. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication shall be sufficient]y given if in writing
and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Collagen Corporation
2500 Faber Place
Palo Alto, CA 94116
Attention: Chief Executive Officer (with a copy to the Legal
Department)
If to the Exchange Agent:
The First National Bank of Boston
150 Royall Street, Mail Stop 45-02-15
Canton, MA 02021
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company and the Exchange Agent by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a holder of Notes shall be
mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to such holder at such holder's
address as it appears on the registration books of the registrar for the Notes
and shall be sufficiently given to such holder if so mailed within the time
prescribed.
Failure to mail any notice or communication to a holder of Notes or
any defect in it shall not effect its sufficiency with respect to other holders
of Notes. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above,
it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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SECTION 25. BENEFITS OF EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
Nothing in this Exchange Agreement or the Notes, expressed or implied,
shall give or be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than
the parties hereto, the holders of Notes as such and the Trustee as such
holders' representative, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
any covenant, condition or provision herein contained, all the covenants,
conditions and provisions contained in this Exchange Agreement being for the
sole benefit of the parties hereto, the holders of the Notes as such and the
Trustee as such holders' representative.
SECTION 26. HEADINGS.
The headings contained in this Exchange Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall have no effect on the interpretation or operation
of this Exchange Agreement.
SECTION 27. CHOICE OF LAWS.
This Exchange Agreement and the legal relations between the parties
hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Exchange
Agreement to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be affixed
hereto by duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
COLLAGEN CORPORATION
By:______________________________
Howard D. Palefsky
Chairman and CEO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
as Exchange Agent
By:______________________________
Print Name:______________________
Title:___________________________
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Exhibit 5.1
April 3, 1995
Collagen Corporation
2500 Faber Place
Palo Alto, CA 94303
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Collagen Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Collagen"), in connection with the preparation of the above-captioned
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to
register the public offering of up to $45,000,000 principal amount of %
Exchangeable Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2002 of Collagen (the "Notes")
(including up to $5,000,000 principal amount to cover over-allotments). The
Notes are intended to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Indenture") to be
entered into by Collagen with The First National Bank of Boston, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to
the Registration Statement, and sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement in
the form filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
(the "Underwriting Agreement") with the Underwriter named therein.
As your counsel in connection with this transaction, we have reviewed (a)
the Registration Statement; (b) the form of Indenture; (c) the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of Collagen and Target Therapeutics, Inc. ("Target"),
each as amended to date; (d) certain records of Collagen's and Target's
corporate proceedings; and (e) certain proceedings proposed to be taken by
Collagen in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the issuance of the
Common Stock, $.0025 par value, of Target owned by Collagen ("Target Common
Stock") upon exchange thereof. In such examination we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures on original documents, the conformity to original
documents of all copies submitted to us and the due execution and delivery of
all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the
effectiveness thereof. In making our examination of documents executed by
entities other than Collagen, we have assumed that each other entity had the
power to enter into and perform all its obligations thereunder and we also have
assumed the due authorization by each such other entity of all requisite actions
and the due execution and delivery of such documents by each such other entity.
In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph 1 below, we have assumed
that the Indenture will be qualified in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended. In addition, to the extent such opinion involves matters
governed by the laws of the State of New York, we have relied exclusively upon
the opinion of Morrison & Foerster, a copy of which is attached hereto, and we
believe that we are justified in so relying. Our opinion in such paragraph is
subject to all of the exceptions, limitations and qualifications set forth in
the opinion of Morrison & Foerster.
In addition, all of opinions expressed below are subject to the following
qualifications:
(a) We express no opinion as to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including, without
limitation, laws relating to fraudulent transfers or conveyances,
preferences and equitable subordination;
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Collagen Corporation
April 3, 1995
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(b) We express no opinion as to the effect of rules of law governing
specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, nor do
we express any opinion on the effect of judicial decisions which have held
that certain provisions are unenforceable where their breach would violate
the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or would be
commercially unreasonable, or where a default under any applicable
agreement is not material;
(c) We express no opinion as to compliance with applicable anti-fraud
provisions of federal or state securities laws;
(d) We are members of the Bar of the State of California and we are
not expressing any opinion as to any matter relating to the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States of America, the laws
of the State of California and the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Notes have been authorized and, when the Indenture has been
duly executed and delivered by Collagen and the Trustee and the Notes have
been duly executed on behalf of Collagen, authenticated by the Trustee
under the Indenture, issued in accordance with the corporate proceedings
being taken or contemplated by us, as your counsel, to be taken prior to
the issuance of the Notes and delivered to the Underwriter against payment
of the purchase price in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the
Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of Collagen.
2. The shares of Target Common Stock into which the Notes will be
exchangeable have been duly authorized and, when delivered upon exchange of
the Notes, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the
Registration Statement, including the Prospectus constituting a part thereof,
and any amendment thereto.
Very truly yours,
VENTURE LAW GROUP,
A Professional Corporation
